Unless the question is missing important context, it should be answered; or to say it another way, anwerers shouldn&#x27;t be concerned with if it&#x27;s the <i>right</i> question, only that the question is clear.<p>If someone asks the wrong question, they might get the right answer, that doesn&#x27;t help them. That&#x27;s not a problem. That might be the right answer for someone else - no answer is <i>just</i> for the original submitter, but for anyone else to whom it is relevant.<p>The problem I&#x27;ve found is I&#x27;ve asked a very targeted question, and rather than answer it (or not, in the case that someone doesn&#x27;t know the answer) people imply it&#x27;s missing the context of what it&#x27;s for - it doesn&#x27;t matter, that would be a different question!<p>It seems sometimes people ask &quot;what are you trying to solve&quot; (in the guise of &quot;helping newbies who ask the wrong questions&quot;) hoping it will turn out to be an easier question.<p>I&#x27;ll also note, even if the question is the &quot;wrong&quot; way, those are the best ways to clarify how to do, since they&#x27;ll be done on only rare occasions, and hence have less documentation.