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Language and Dialects

Forum activity is usually conducted in English, Code and Logs.

When posting log output, you should scrub or otherwise anonymize sensitive information, such as phone numbers, IP addresses, hostnames, usernames, passwords, etc.

When posting configuration, dialplan, etc., please consider the local Discourse Markdown dialect to help make your information easier for others to read. Here are some markdown examples you can use on the Asterisk forums:

preformatted text inside single front and end backticks

three backticks and the word conf in use before this line (```conf)
and three more backticks in use after this line (```)

<?php

/* using three backticks and the word php (```php) */

for ($x = 0; $x <= 10; $x++) {
  echo "Howdy World $x !";
}

?>

$ echo "backticks then the word shell"
$ ls
$ mkdir -p /tmp/test/this/out

block
quote
with a greater than > sign in front of each of these three lines

looks okay for shell things as well:
$ cat /proc/interrupts

italics enclosed in single asterisks
bold in double asterisks

• unordered
• list
• items
• using
• asterisks
  • can
    • be
      • nested
• if you
• • • • • • space things correctly

1. number at the start of the line then a period then a space
2. get you numbered lists
3. even if the numbers are all the same eg. 1. 1. 1.
4. which makes it easier to add something later
5. but there is no nesting

Yes, we have emojis! Type a colon : and see what happens

Wrapping up this section… if your screen scrape or other copy/paste/editing effort doesn’t look very nice in the “Preview” pane, then please consider using the “Upload” button or the “Link” button to your (scrubbed!) logs. Generally, it is better to use log files, not screen scrapes.

This is a Civilized Place for Public Discussion

Please treat this discussion forum with the same respect you would a public park. We, too, are a shared community resource — a place to share skills, knowledge and interests through ongoing conversation.

These are not hard and fast rules, merely aids to the human judgment of our community. Use these guidelines to keep this a clean, well-lighted place for civilized public discourse.

Improve the Discussion

Help us make this a great place for discussion by always working to improve the discussion in some way, however small. If you are not sure your post adds to the conversation, think over what you want to say and try again later.

The topics discussed here matter to us, and we want you to act as if they matter to you, too. Be respectful of the topics and the people discussing them, even if you disagree with some of what is being said.

One way to improve the discussion is by discovering ones that are already happening. Please spend some time browsing the topics here before replying or starting your own, and you’ll have a better chance of meeting others who share your interests.

Be Agreeable, Even When You Disagree

You may wish to respond to something by disagreeing with it. That’s fine. But, remember to criticize ideas, not people. Please avoid:

• Name-calling.
• Ad hominem attacks.
• Responding to a post’s tone instead of its actual content.
• Knee-jerk contradiction.

Instead, provide reasoned counter-arguments that improve the conversation.

Your Participation Counts

The conversations we have here set the tone for everyone. Help us influence the future of this community by choosing to engage in discussions that make this forum an interesting place to be — and avoiding those that do not.

Discourse provides tools that enable the community to collectively identify the best (and worst) contributions: favorites, bookmarks, likes, flags, replies, edits, and so forth. Use these tools to improve your own experience, and everyone else’s, too.

Let’s try to leave our park better than we found it.

If You See a Problem, Flag It

Moderators have special authority; they are responsible for this forum. But so are you. With your help, moderators can be community facilitators, not just janitors or police.

When you see bad behavior, don’t reply. It encourages the bad behavior by acknowledging it, consumes your energy, and wastes everyone’s time. Just flag it. If enough flags accrue, action will be taken, either automatically or by moderator intervention.

In order to maintain our community, moderators reserve the right to remove any content and any user account for any reason at any time. Moderators do not preview new posts from existing verified reputable users in any way; the moderators and site operators take no responsibility for any content posted by the community.

Always Be Civil

Nothing sabotages a healthy conversation like rudeness:

• Be civil. Don’t post anything that a reasonable person would consider offensive, abusive, or hate speech.
• Keep it clean. Don’t post anything obscene or sexually explicit.
• Respect each other. Don’t harass or grief anyone, impersonate people, or expose their private information.
• Respect our forum. Don’t post spam or otherwise vandalize the forum.

These are not concrete terms with precise definitions — avoid even the appearance of any of these things. If you’re unsure, ask yourself how you would feel if your post was featured on the front page of the New York Times.

This is a public forum, and search engines index these discussions. Keep the language, links, and images safe for family and friends.

Keep It Tidy

Make the effort to put things in the right place, so that we can spend more time discussing and less cleaning up. So:

• Don’t start a topic in the wrong category.
• Don’t cross-post the same thing in multiple topics.
• Don’t post no-content replies.
• Don’t divert a topic by changing it midstream.
• Don’t sign your posts — every post has your profile information attached to it.

Rather than posting “+1” or “Agreed”, use the Like button. Rather than taking an existing topic in a radically different direction, use Reply as a Linked Topic.

Post Only Your Own Stuff

You may not post anything digital that belongs to someone else without permission. You may not post descriptions of, links to, or methods for stealing someone’s intellectual property (software, video, audio, images), or for breaking any other law. You may not post output from Large Language Models without giving them proper credit eg. “I copied this from …”

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Terms of Service

Yes, legalese is boring, but we must protect ourselves – and by extension, you and your data – against unfriendly folks. We have a Terms of Service describing your (and our) behavior and rights related to content, privacy, and laws. To use this service, you must agree to abide by our TOS.