I'm starting this thread having just seen a [WiFi connection problem thread][1] started, giving no hardware information but there have been dozens of threads started where hardware information is required.

I suggest that if you use a tag like `wireless`, the question form expands to ask extra detail. In this case simple commands like: What is the output of `lsusb`, `lspci` and `sudo lshw -c network`?

Give them a plain textarea for each one, each optional (because not all threads need this information, in fairness). When posted, this information is turned into a code-block and stuck, with some headers to the bottom of the main text.

Provided the question was tagged properly in the first place and the questions those tags use were good, this extra detail would go a long way to streamline the whole process.

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In terms of implementation, this is something we can ask StackOverflow Inc for... Or we could just do it ourselves. I see no reason why this can't be done by pure JS (which we have some control over IIRC), pulling in the questions from a JSON file on another server (also under our control).

I would even go as far as to say this would be easy to accomplish.

  [1]: http://askubuntu.com/questions/22247/10-10-wireless-will-not-connect