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r/sql
Can you promote here?
Promotion is allowed only with moderator permission (or inside designated threads). A short, honest modmail before posting costs two minutes and functions as a safe-conduct pass; skipping it is the most common avoidable removal.
From the rules · Do not post links to basic tutorials (those go to /r/learnsql); always format code and show your attempted work.
Links
The rules clearly allow links. A plain-text mention still often outperforms a URL from a young account.
What this community rewards
Dominant post formats: question, discussion, showcase
Title: short and to the point; prefix help requests with the SQL dialect in [brackets] (e.g. [MySQL]). Use first‑person for experience/career/showcase posts. Typical post: concise title with a 200–800 word body, include formatted SQL and minimal reproducible examples. Tone: professional, technical, helpful. Upvoted: clear questions, well‑explained problems, useful tools/projects; removed: low‑effort ads or off‑topic tutorial links.
Arriving in the local format matters: cross-posting the same text everywhere reads as tourist instantly. The wider method is in the Reddit playbook.
Classified mechanically from the community's published rules and recent top posts, last checked July 2026. Rules change and moderators have the final say: verify at r/sql's rules page before posting anything that matters.
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