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Fix typo in howto-ask #97

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion conf.py
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"resource for web development are the MDN web docs: http://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn"
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"howto-ask": (
"Asking questions well increases your chance of getting help. "
"Asking questions will increase your chance of getting help. "
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"well" as in, "good".

"will" doesn't make a ton of sense in this context. Asking vs not asking will increase your chance?

The intent here is that "Asking questions which are formulated well" vs "Asking poorly formulated questions".

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Oh, I completely misunderstood that message. I failed to parse it as "asking questions in a good way".
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No worries! I'm open to a PR that makes the language more clear.

"Learn how to write good support requests in this article: http://bit.ly/howto-ask"
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"criticize_language": (
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