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@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ your contributions.
 
 ### I have a question
 
+- Check out [existing questions on Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/thelounge)
+  to see if yours has been answered before. If not, feel free to [ask for a new question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=thelounge)
+  (using `thelounge` tag so that other people can easily find it).
 - Find us on the Freenode channel `#thelounge`. You might not get an answer
   right away, but this channel is full of nice people who will be happy to
   help you.