i wouldn't say this is an official guideline, but at least is a courtesy way of asking for help (for wat i think)..
1.
Use language which is understand by mostly everybody here.
Like wat mysticmind mentioned before, please refrain from using SMS language especially Bahasa Melayu's SMS language.
2. After having urself using an understandable language,
is time to make your question clear. wat r u trying to acheive? wat problem u faced? wat u did before? wat kinda ways did to took before to overcome this problem but fail?
3. After stating out clearly on ur problem encountered, is time to p
ut in the codes tat's u'd tried before (if there's any), this is the most important thing to do cause most of us here when trying to help u we need to look at wat u had done so far to be able to pin-point wat's wrong. Without this, not only u will have a hardtime solving the problem, even we who wanted to help also will have a hardtime.
4. Last but not least, after you write ur request, before sending it, give urself a minute and
read thru wat u'd typed, put urself in every kinda ppl from layman, proffesional to different races of ppl, will this understandable by mostly everybody? if is ok, then only post it.
So,
help us help u
as mysticmind said again -
u have to know how to ask for help before asking for help 