I had never heard of this “How to help us help you” post that is often linked, so I searched for it and found this.
The main take away I got from reading that was don’t ask tech support for help with anything but " My rhino is broken, and I need help asap… Tech is for broken stuff, forum is for how do I stuff."
Given that this forum is the place to post how do I do stuff questions… How can a “how do I stuff” question be off topic? Even if it is asked in jest to provoke a discussion.