# tvvocold/How-To-Ask-Questions-The-Smart-Way

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way 《提问的智慧》中文版

Repository: https://github.com/tvvocold/How-To-Ask-Questions-The-Smart-Way
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tvvocold-how-to-ask-questions-the-smart-way
Homepage: http://git.io/how2ask
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-07-28T03:04:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 48/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 34, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4188, "days_push": 401, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3210, forks 329 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:48.731029+00:00)

## What it is
A Chinese translation of Eric S. Raymond and Rick Moen's classic essay 'How To Ask Questions The Smart Way', which teaches how to ask technical questions effectively in hacker and open-source communities. It is a documentation/educational text, not software.

## Use cases
- learn how to ask technical questions the smart way
- read the Chinese translation of smart questions essay
- improve my bug report and forum question etiquette
- onboard new contributors on how to seek help in open source
- find guidelines for asking questions in IRC and mailing lists
- teach beginners why RTFM and STFW matter

## When to choose
- you want the canonical Chinese version of the smart-questions essay
- you need a linkable guide for community etiquette and question-asking norms
- you are preparing onboarding material for new developers or forum users

## When to avoid
- you need software, a library, or a tool rather than a document
- you need an up-to-date or officially maintained translation with a license file
- you want interactive tutorials or courses rather than a static essay

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: chinese-translation, asking-questions, community-etiquette, esr, hacker-culture, faq-guide

## Member repositories
- tvvocold/How-To-Ask-Questions-The-Smart-Way (main) score 48

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.731029+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:24:44.411027+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tvvocold/How-To-Ask-Questions-The-Smart-Way (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:48.731029+00:00, sha a43912a54072)
  - homepage: http://git.io/how2ask (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:31.082999+00:00, sha 732d01bed2f7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.