Many newbie on this forum struggle posting their questions/problems properly.
A short video explaining how should they post and what are the necessary information they should must add to their post could be helpful for newbies and forum members.
@moderators
Good idea, dinosaur generation (me included) prefer written instructions but mainstream is probably video.. 
I think many of us virtually always ask for things like:
Of course, some of these items are specific to certain categories of problems, but I think if the above would be covered in all new threads, it would make problem solving faster in about 90% of the instances.
hm I guess for some youngsters you have to make a series of 20 pieces of 10 seconds tik-toks.
But be aware these tik-toks must be so funny that they stay at least for 10 of them.
maybe montages of what NOT to do (e.g. "primitive pete" from shop class)
I think Primitive Pete works best by showing the right way, and then a problem with doing it wrong.
Maybe stepping through How to get the best out of this forum and showing the contrasts and costs of doing it wrong: distraction and lost helpers.
I find ESR's How To Ask Questions the Smart Way snarky enough to be funny.
Indeed.
Maybe include the
"this is not a code writing service but a help forum"
angle to dispel any delusions from the start.
Along with the angle of not writing all your code before you even run it, but build up with a new component, test & debug, before adding the next part.
Some stuff that might be important
That's what I can think of at the moment. I know that the above might go a little further than the intended purpose of the video.
Note:
As the forum does evolve over time, you might want to mention that the video was made at a specific date and things might have been changed.
newbies come here where they need to type in their questions and read textual answers… yet we can’t get most of them to read the best practices established by the community… not sure a video would get more clicks than the link to those best practices but I guess it’s worth a try.
It needs to be short and entertaining so you can’t touch all the topics. I would insist on
Unfortunately this is not a cultural icon outside the U.S. and to a U.K. person, and I suspect many other places, it means nothing.
It is a bit like the Blue Ox reference in the original Colossal Cave text adventure, outside the U.S. no one "got it".
@Delta_G I think this advice should also be applied to the introductory video idea. Don't expend a great effort trying to make a slick video that tries to cover every point while being funny and entertaining at the same time. Keep it small and simple to begin, no more than 3~5 points, and see how that is received. Adopt an agile approach, if you know what I mean.
@Delta_G
I don't think it's useful to retell the whole forum guidelines in a voice.
Use video for what it has an advantage over text - to show what is difficult to describe in words.
I would cover in it - how to insert code correctly, how to copy a sketch and error messages from the Arduino IDE, how to add pictures and how to edit posts...
The mechanic analogy without the car is not bad.
What about opening up with either a black closed box or a pet rock? The person with the object is adamant about there being a problem and they need help. However, no one else can see anything wrong.
The Video idea sounds good , but I usually don't want to see the Arduino get Unboxed so I drag the progress bar up to where the real stuff is done.
I would suggest small short Videos.
whatever you do, keep each point short, succinct
if something needs more time, put it nearer the end,
Kids today watch hours of videos to learn simple things. They are forced to do it in schools and they do it by choice for things they are interested in. They are masters at skipping over stuff they already know and pulling out just enough to answer the question.
Certainly it should try to be a good quality, entertaining, etc but a video about “How To Get the Best Out Of The Forum should actually cover the material in the doc. Given links to the doc and the vid, a person should be able to choose either and then buzz through to get the info they need.
Another benefit from following the guidelines in writing the question is that describing the problem well enough for helpers to help often leads to answering the question for yourself.
if a person posts his/her problem on the forum. it means he/she is interested in these types of things.
i don't think a simple 2-minute video has to be full of funny things.
If I understand you correctly you are asking permission to create accounts in order to have a fake abusive conversation as source material for a tutorial, is this correct?
I'm not against allowing established contributors a second account for testing or whatever but I find the proposed use of a second account concerning, so no, as proposed, I decline your request. Perhaps I misunderstood you, so feel free to try and persuade me.
I suggest you ask for volunteers to join a private discussion, which you can create, and have your mock abusive conversation there. Really though, I think this is not a good approach.
For reference I don't have a second account, although I know some moderators do.
Ah! There's the thing, I don't call it that, so I didn't recognise what you meant.
My suggestion is still to do this in a PM with some volunteers.
Absolutely do not do that, for the reasons you already know.
TBH I think you should consider which particular behaviours you wish to highlight and write a script around those. I suggest you aim for 3 things.