Is there a place for keeping "problem solving hints"?

Question

I've noticed that I often collect data to diagnose a problem by:

1. Causing the problem to happen, then
2. ls -lrt/var/log,
3. tail -n 25 on recently modified log files, and
4. dmesg.
5. Read, wonder, think, guess, test, repeat as needed.

I'm sure that most of you have a few canned methods (like the above) for gaining information.

Where is a good place to share these tips?

Answer 1

If you can make them somewhat specific to a set of problems, you can ask a question and answer it yourself:

• How do I debug hard drive mounting errors?

• How can I find out what's causing X to crash?

  ...

Here's a prime specimen of such a question:

• I have a hardware detection problem, what logs do I need to look into?