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@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ quoted above is what should be included to be helpful, because it
includes the command that was executed and the command's error
message(s).</para>
+<para>An excellent article on asking for help on the Internet in general
+has been written by Eric S. Raymond. It is available online at <ulink
+url="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html">http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</ulink>.
+Read and follow the hints in this document and you are much more likely
+to get a response to start with and also to get the help you actually
+need.</para>
+
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