# About the "Q&A" category

**URL:** <https://forum.vocalpy.org/t/about-the-q-a-category/13>\
**Category:** Q&A\
**Created:** [March 20, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.vocalpy.org/t/about-the-q-a-category/13 "2022-03-20T20:06:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.vocalpy.org/t/about-the-q-a-category/13/1 "2022-03-20T20:06:49Z")

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# Q&A: Questions and Answers

**This is a category to ask questions about, get help with, and discuss `vocalpy` and affiliated packages.**

> **[VocalPy](https://github.com/vocalpy)**
>
> A software community for researchers studying how animals communicate with sound - VocalPy

## You can start a new Q&A topic even if you don’t need help!

Please also use this category if you have some ideas related to VocalPy that you’d like to talk about with the community.

## How to start a new topic in the Q&A category

Please ask questions or start a discussion by creating a new topic.  
To create a new topic, click on the “+ New Topic” button on the upper right of the screen:

 ![Screen Shot 2022-03-20 at 4.11.49 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/vocalpy/original/1X/994befcbbd42e387fd3fc2e60040af38c34e835e.png)

If your question is about an affiliated package like `vak` or `crowsetta`, please apply the appropriate **tag** to your topic, so we can better find and answer your questions.

## Asking for help

If you _are_ asking for help, please think carefully about how you formulate your questions, to make it easier for us to help you. We highly encourage users to **read this guide** from StackOverflow on how to ask a good question: [https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask](https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask)

For **reporting bugs** , please use **GitHub Issues** instead in the corresponding repository.  
For example, to report a bug with `vak` go to [https://github.com/vocalpy/vak/issues](https://github.com/NickleDave/vocalpy/issues)