Here are our 7 top tips for asking questions on Q&A – read them, follow them and make the most out of the collective experience, knowledge and helpfulness of the money.co.uk community.
1. Post your question as a question
To maximise your chances of getting a helpful answer you should start questions with a word like: 'How', 'Where', 'When', 'Who', 'Which', 'What', 'Why', 'Can', 'Should', 'Do' etc, and end it with a question mark.
For example: Which credit card should I get?
2. Use proper English
More people will find, and answer, your question if you use correct spelling and grammar - so no text-speak please.
3. Categorise your question
You need to assign a relevant 'Category' when you ask a question – this will help others to find it and increase your chance of getting quality answers. To increase the chances of getting the answers you need you can also assign your question to a relevant ‘Action Plan’ or ‘Company'.
4. Don’t post a question that has already been asked
....and has received a satisfactory answer.
Please check for similar questions before you post as someone may have already answered your question. But feel free to post a question again if:
- the existing answers don’t give you the information you need
- no ‘best answer’ was chosen
- different circumstances apply
- the answer may have changed since the existing question was posted
- the answer you’re looking for is likely to be different for some other reason
5. Choose a ‘best answer’
Please choose a ‘best answer’ once you receive a reply that gives you the information you need - doing so will close the question. This means that although your question, and the answers given, will still be available on the site, no new answers can be added. Questions will become closed automatically if you don’t choose a ‘best answer’ within 2 weeks.
‘Best answers’ for each question will be flagged and the member who answered will be ‘thanked’ automatically. You can also ‘thank’ other people that have posted answers to your question too.
6. Keep it on topic
The money.co.uk community is here for ideas, support and guidance, not to put up with ranting, abuse or any other kind of unpleasantness. Please take a look at the posting guidelines and keep posts clean and on-topic.
7. Keep it friendly
You can post comments against answers to your questions – please keep these polite, constructive and respectful even if you don’t agree with what someone has written.
