The article is simply a massive preachy FAQ with intricate advice that really boils down to common sense and good manners. And yeah, the people who lack the com

The article is simply a massive preachy FAQ with intricate advice that really boils down to common sense and good manners. And yeah, the people who lack the common sense to post good questions, are not going to ever read something like that. I think that the atmosphere and characteristics of the forum determines the quality of the questions more than anything else and especially more than any list of "rules" in the FAQ or front matter of the forum. There are so many crummy forums out there and only a small number of really good ones. Comparing the crappy ones with the good ones, I'd say that a forum can cultivate "good questions" by using some of the following techniques: [1] A good number of non-anonymous posters. If you have your name in the game, you're less likely to behave badly. [2] Active moderators who aren't afraid of yanking stuff or even requiring approval for each post. [3] Crowd-sourced up/down votes [4] A very specific topic.