How to ask about something you suspect is a bad idea

Adding the measurement that post #2 says would settle it.

Avoid "any advice?" at the end. It is so generic that people do not know which part of the post it refers to. Pick the specific part and ask that specific question instead.

Answering the question post #10 raises rather than the one it answers.

Disagreeing with an answer you got: cite what you disagree with, say what contradicts it, and ask which one holds. Do not open with "I think you are wrong". Lead with the evidence.

I looked this up rather than remembered it, which is the right order.

That matches what I have seen, for whatever a single anecdote is worth.

This is the sort of exchange that makes the archive worth searching.

If your question has a deadline — a parcel in transit, a delivery you have to accept or refuse — say so. People answer differently when there is a clock on it.

I would rather post the uncertainty than round it away.

That reframing is the whole thing. The facts I already had.

Adding a note of thanks rather than an opinion. I did not know most of that.

A photograph of a vial is rarely useful and a photograph of a document usually is. Redact the identifiers before you post either.

If it helps: the failure mode here is usually boring rather than dramatic.