Search before you post — what I found already answered here

Almost posted a question that turned out to already have a thorough answer buried a few pages back, and wanted to encourage a quick search first, not to discourage questions, but because I found genuinely useful detail I'd have missed by just posting fresh and waiting for a reply. What worked for me: searching for the specific criterion or tool name I had a question about, rather than a vague phrase — "judging criterion documentation" turned up more relevant existing threads than "how do I prove judging." The more specific the search terms, the more likely I found something directly useful rather than tangentially related. Not a hard rule — if you search and don't find your specific situation addressed, absolutely post the question, that's exactly what this space is for. But a quick search first sometimes gets you a more detailed answer, faster, than waiting for a fresh response would.