# Asking users to provide as much information as they can **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [June 24, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440 "2020-06-24T06:50:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mmdj2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/mmdj2/32/124_2.png) [@mmdj2](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mmdj2)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/1 "2020-06-24T06:50:22Z")
when creating new topics, as you type in the title, in preview there is something like “Your topic is similar to…”. i was wondering if it’s possible to show something like that in preview, before users write anything, and ask them to provide information and details about their issues. there are [instructions](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/getting-help.html)on how to ask good questions and what users can do to help people find out what’s wrong. to me it makes more sense if that was shown when users had some issues and were trying to report them, not as a welcome message that 90% of people ignore. i think if the [Asking good questions](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/getting-help.html#asking-good-questions) (or at least a link to that page) was in the preview, we would see less topics that provide almost no info about their issues. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/2 "2020-06-24T06:52:57Z")
A link is pinned to the top - perhaps you already closed it so it no longer appears for you? ![Screen Shot 2020-06-24 at 4.52.05 pm](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/95e2705b7cdc8f6542c9645aa9e87e9c532c4c54.png) ---
**Author:** ![mmdj2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/mmdj2/32/124_2.png) [@mmdj2](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mmdj2)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/3 "2020-06-24T06:57:15Z")
i think i have 😑 but it makes more sense if it was in preview too. as they will see it every time they ask a question. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/4 "2020-06-24T07:05:28Z")
I’m not sure how much control Discourse gives me over that screen. And one of the design decisions they made is that pinned topics disappear after being read/dismissed - forcing a message in front of the user over and over again seems to run counter to that. ---
**Author:** ![mmdj2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/mmdj2/32/124_2.png) [@mmdj2](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mmdj2)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/5 "2020-06-24T07:08:00Z")
right, i don’t know how this works tbh. i was just wondering if that was possible. no big deal if that’s not possible tho 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/65b543/32.png) [@vit](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/vit)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/6 "2020-12-28T03:42:21Z")
The link points to the same screen --\> [http://prntscr.com/wb6o1d](http://prntscr.com/wb6o1d) ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/7 "2020-12-28T07:22:29Z")
Strange, the link works for me. ---
**Author:** ![mmdj2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/mmdj2/32/124_2.png) [@mmdj2](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/mmdj2)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/8 "2020-12-29T10:42:35Z")
works for me too ---
**Author:** ![vit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/65b543/32.png) [@vit](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/vit)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/9 "2020-12-29T20:24:24Z")
How= to ask question= See post-9 Users are expected to do some homework. If you have made **no effort** to solve the problem, people are **less likely** to help you. \*Search this Forum [Asking users to provide as much information as they can - #9 by vit](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/9) \*Search the Manual \*Search reddit Comments: [How to Search Reddit Effectively: Useful Tips and Tricks to Know](https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/right-way-search-reddit/) Anki version? Scheduler - Standard 2.1 or Beta? Relevant Screen shoots. Is the problem repeatable with Add-ons off ? Help us help you ! Thank you ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/10 "2020-12-30T04:30:27Z")
Well, that’s mostly rehashing what’s written on the getting started page - it would be easier to just link them to that page 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/65b543/32.png) [@vit](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/vit)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/11 "2020-12-30T20:05:39Z")
I may do it – if people support is feeble. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/asking-users-to-provide-as-much-information-as-they-can/440/12 "2023-05-01T03:04:59Z")