Forum: catching badly formatted code posts

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It would be very cool to detect this automatically.

Another thing that may help is adjusting the welcome message to make it less likely that the code gets shared unformatted.

In the openFrameworks forum I think the message looks like this:

Hi! Welcome to %{site_name} — thanks for starting a new conversation!

To get help faster:

  1. Think of a useful title. Describe the issue in one sentence. Avoid common words like “problem” or “help”.
  2. Describe what you are trying to do.
  3. Describe what goes wrong.
  4. Include code and format it. Paste your code, select it and press the </> button in the toolbar to make it beautiful :slight_smile:
  5. Include a screenshot? Worth 1000 words sometimes.

This message will only appear for your first %{education_posts_text}!

The average user in both communities may differ and the message may need to be adjusted. But in general the idea is to make it easier to ask questions that are easier to answer and are more useful for others.

Here the source:

Hi! Welcome to %{site_name} — thanks for starting a new conversation!

To **get help faster**:

1. Think of a _useful title_. Describe the issue in one sentence. Avoid common words like "problem" or "help".
2. Describe _what you are trying to do_.
3. Describe _what goes wrong_.
4. Include _code_ and _format_ it. Paste your code, select it and press the </> button in the toolbar to make it beautiful :) 
5. Include a _screenshot_? Worth 1000 words sometimes.

This message will only appear for your first %{education_posts_text}!
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