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User questions are best asked on a public community site. The largest such site
is Stack Overflow.  There are also smaller active groups of users that ask and
answer questions on IRC, Gitter, and Reddit.

These forums are not moderated by the NumPy team at the moment (we wish we
could, the volume is just a little overwhelming!). We encourage everyone to
engage patiently and respectfully in all these forums, in the spirit of the
[NumPy Code of Conduct](/code-of-conduct).


_For NumPy development related matters (e.g. bug reports), please
see [Community](/community)._


### [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/numpy)

A forum for asking usage questions, e.g. "How do I do X in NumPy?”. Please use the `#numpy` tag.

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### [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Numpy/)

Another forum for asking usage questions.

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### [Gitter](https://gitter.im/numpy/numpy)

A real-time chat room where users and community members help each other.

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### [IRC](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23numpy)

Another real-time chat room where users and community members help each other.

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title: Get Help
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**User questions:** The best way to get help is to post your question to a site
like [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/numpy), with
thousands of users available to answer.  Smaller alternatives include
[IRC](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23numpy),
[Gitter](https://gitter.im/numpy/numpy), and
[Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Numpy/). We wish we could keep an eye on
these sites, or answer questions directly, but the volume is just a little
overwhelming!

**Development issues:** For NumPy development-related matters (e.g. bug reports), please
see [Community](/community).



### [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/numpy)

A forum for asking usage questions, e.g. "How do I do X in NumPy?”. Please [use the `#numpy` tag](https://stackoverflow.com/help/tagging)

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### [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Numpy/)

Another forum for usage questions.

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### [Gitter](https://gitter.im/numpy/numpy)

A real-time chat room where users and community members help each other.

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### [IRC](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23numpy)

Another real-time chat room where users and community members help each other.

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Make 'dev issues' more prominent in help page
DOC: Make 'dev issues' more prominent in help page

Since visitors may want either user or developer help, I
made the developer link more prominent.

Also, for Stack Overflow, added a link explaining how to tag
a question.
