Asking For Help Rules

[AIME15]

Some guidelines that you should follow when you are asking for help:

Thread Title

• Make your title fairly descriptive and concise. A good example is "MATHCOUNTS Number Theory"; a bad example is "HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
• Post the source of the problem.

Posting the Problem

• Use proper spelling and grammar (to the best of your abilities). People who are here to help you out don't want to wade through something like "if 3x/4-x+18=2 what is x".
  
• Attach a diagram when applicable.
  
• Search the problem before you post it.

What You Tried

• Post what you attempted, even if it may not have worked. We are not here to give you solutions, we are here to help you learn.
  
• Be detailed.

Questions

• Ask specific questions; it makes it easier for those helping you.

Replies

• Be respectful of the opinions given to you.
  
• If you disagree with a reply, cite examples or give some sort of analysis supporting why you disagree.

Basic Etiquette

• Don't make a post to thank somebody who has helped you; even though it is respectful, it clutters up the forum. Private message them instead.
  
• Don't make a post to tell somebody to stop spamming. Private message them instead.
  
• Don't make a post asking a moderator to lock a thread. Private message the moderator instead.

[AwesomeToad]

Would it be okay to post the source in the subject and the math subject in the subject description.

Example:

2009 Workout 4 Problem 5 (Subject)
Counting/Probability (Subject description)

[pythag011]

[mathlearner2012]

wow Eugene, thanks for these great tips.

[Dojo]

[$LaTeX$]

Also adding on to what AIME said, mods do not have to post something when they lock a top. They could just pm the person telling them about the reason for the lock instead of posting.

[$LaTeX$]

Also, I think that people using other forums should be aware of these rules (maybe post them as stickies on other forums?) Lately, I've noticed a lot of people in the Middle School Classroom Math forum, and there are many other forums, not "abiding" to these guidelines.