<p>Remember that you're talking to <em>real</em> people that are trying to help you, <em>for free</em>. Being nice and respectful is the least you can do to return the favour.</p>

<p>Interested in XPath, XSLT, XSL-FO, FOP, XSD, RNG, Schematron - well, XML. </p>

<p><strong>All good things come in threes</strong></p>

<p><strong>1</strong> A severe plague on SO</p>

<p>The <a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem">XY problem</a> - sounds familiar to you?</p>

<p><em>You want to do X, and you think Y is the best way of doing so (not really). Instead of asking about X, you ask about Y.</em></p>

<p><strong>2</strong> Definitely worth reading:</p>

<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/stack-hints" rel="nofollow">Writing the perfect question</a> and <a href="http://mattgemmell.com/what-have-you-tried/" rel="nofollow">What have you tried?</a></p>

<p><strong>3</strong> This guy knows how to be polite:</p>

<p><img src="http://i.stack.imgur.com/iXsir.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

Mathias Müller