# Encouraging clearer questions on discourse?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/encouraging-clearer-questions-on-discourse/93187>\
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**Created:** [January 19, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/encouraging-clearer-questions-on-discourse/93187 "2023-01-19T00:18:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/encouraging-clearer-questions-on-discourse/93187/9 "2023-01-19T14:41:14Z")

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I think customizing the welcome message would be a good thing to try. Maybe the three bullet points (which feel a little generic) could be replaced by simply saying something along the lines of

> As a new community member, we encourage you to read the advice in [this post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/please-read-make-it-easier-to-help-you/14757) - it provides a list of useful tips which will help you to ask your question in a way that makes it easier for others to help you, and increase your chance of getting useful responses.

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