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    • markwkiddM
      markwkidd
      last edited by markwkidd

      I was browsing Help and Support and thinking how it could be nice if the Discourse forum software had a feature like github's Issue templates. Those templates pre-populate the body of a new github issue post with the standard information needed to troubleshoot a problem.

      In terms of the RetroPie support forum, this is essentially the list of required troubleshooting information found in the middle of the Read This First guidelines. (Pi Model or other hardware / Power Supply used / RetroPie Version Used / Built From / USB Devices connected / etc)

      It turns out that Discourse does have this feature, which they call a "Topic Template." I thought I'd share this with the group in case it seems like it would be useful here: https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-topic-templates/38295

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators @markwkidd
        last edited by BuZz

        @markwkidd We are not running discourse - we use nodebb.

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • markwkiddM
          markwkidd
          last edited by markwkidd

          Oh lord. Why was I so sure you were on discourse? :-\

          Edit: and it doesn't seem like nodebb has this functionality. Maybe one day!

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          • herb_fargusH
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            @markwkidd even if we had the template I guarantee you people would still ignore it just like they do the GitHub template.

            If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

            Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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