This is a continuation of a long topic, addressed by post number rather than by page. Start at post 1 · go to the accepted answer.
If you want a fast orientation, read three solved topics in the subcategory you care about. Solved means somebody said the answer worked, which is more signal than reply count.
That has been true for the cases I have seen and I have not seen many.
That is a cleaner way of putting what I was circling around.
The answer to the reading-order question is: the how-to-ask page, then whichever compound page applies to you, then the sourcing standard. Forty minutes and it saves weeks.
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