# Guidelines in plain language

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/guidelines-in-plain-language/31815>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [August 20, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/guidelines-in-plain-language/31815 "2021-08-20T18:17:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/guidelines-in-plain-language/31815/7 "2021-09-01T09:21:13Z")

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Hello,

My suggestion is summarized here:

> [@Guidelines—Answering Questions](https://discourse.processing.org/t/guidelines-answering-questions/2145/6):
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> Hello folks! These guidelines are not prominently displayed or easy to find unless you know what you are looking for. As a member (logged in) I had to search for them. I suggest one simple succinct pinned post (on top) in all the categories that link to important posts: [Processing FAQ - Frequently asked questions](https://discourse.processing.org/faq)[p5.js Community Statement](https://p5js.org/community/)[Guidelines - Asking Questions](https://discourse.processing.org/t/guidelines-asking-questions/2147/4)[Guidelines - Answering Questions](https://discourse.processing.org/t/guidelines-answering-questions/2145/1)slight_smile

It got 8 likes.

Our community should be able to easily find the guidelines and we can direct them to a single post.

Anything that will add clarity to the guidelines would help.

> **[Wikipedia:Too long; didn't read](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Too_long;_didn%27t_read)**
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> Too long; didn't read (abbreviated TL;DR and tl;dr) is a shorthand notation added by an editor indicating that a passage appears too long to invest the time to digest it. Wikipedia:Wall of text is kindred.
> The tl;dr label is often used to point out excessive verbosity or to signify the presence of and location of a short summary in case the reader doesn't want to take the time to read the entire detail, i.e. the article is too long and won't otherwise be read. It can be misused as a tactic to ...

@jeremydouglass Thanks for all the work you are doing! It is noticed and appreciated.

`:)`

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