This may seem like a strange question, but I want to make sure I'm sticking with the spirit of the site when I ask questions.
I notice a lot of questions are extremely short, sometimes even just one or two sentences.
I'll often take up 3/4 of the screen explaining my question before getting to the actual question. See this question as an example of one of mine.
Am I going overboard with information, or are questions this detailed encouraged? Should I look for a happy medium or stay the course?
In short, no. I prefer detailed questions if the detail is necessary and relevant.
Highly-detailed questions are fine as long as the actual question is clear. Sometimes people will go on for 5 paragraphs about some issue they're having and forget to actually ask a question.
You've put your question at the bottom and highlighted it in bold. That's good. It would also be fine to place the question text at the very beginning.
Just don't bury the question itself in the middle of an enormous amount of background information, because it's very possible that somebody doesn't need all that detail in order to answer it.
I prefer short and to the point questions with medium to long length answers that are well explained...when possible.
Long enough to clearly state what the question is, and hopefully to state what you've tried so far.
(and there's a user or two that I'd say needs their questions to be longer, as I'm starting to wonder if they're not just a veiled plea for attention)
