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 Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:47 pm
Nathan Summers How not to act like the latest generation of n00b bashers, and instead more like the responsible intelligent senior members we claim to be.
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:14 pm
I suppose there's the obvious of not feeding the trolls.
If someone is obviously trolling, do NOT respond to them. No matter what they say, no matter what they do. DON'T respond. Go to the forum page and PM an active moderator informing them of the offense and leave.
Responding to threads, whilst it may be fun and earn you gold, please try to avoid responding to the same person with the exact same response as someone before you. Take a moment to read and see if the point you are about to make has been covered recently.
This goes along with robotically pointing to the stickies. Chances are, someone else is lurking right beside you and will jump on it, you don't need to bother.
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Harbinger of Pandamonium Crew
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:32 pm
There's been entirely too much focus on spelling and grammar lately. Unless a post is mangled beyond any sort of comprehension, it isn't worthwhile to point out the flaws, except as a suggestion to improve the quality of their posts AFTER you make a more relevent point. Don't make that criticism the entire point of your response. Also, if you simply must be correcting spelling and grammar, you better make sure your post is error free.
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:54 pm
Phoenix315 There's been entirely too much focus on spelling and grammar lately. Unless a post is mangled beyond any sort of comprehension, it isn't worthwhile to point out the flaws, except as a suggestion to improve the quality of their posts AFTER you make a more relevant point. Don't make that criticism the entire point of your response. Also, if you simply must be correcting spelling and grammar, you better make sure your post is error free.
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:24 pm
Responding to a thread really depends on what the thread is about, but in most situations it's always best to ask yourself if what you're about to post is appropriate and will actually be beneficial to the topic. It may seem pretty basic but just read over it once after finishing it. I can't tell you how many times I finish a post then go back and rewrite the whole thing.
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:19 pm
Spider_Jerusalem Responding to a thread really depends on what the thread is about, but in most situations it's always best to ask yourself if what you're about to post is appropriate and will actually be beneficial to the topic. It may seem pretty basic but just read over it once after finishing it. I can't tell you how many times I finish a post then go back and rewrite the whole thing.
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Harbinger of Pandamonium Crew
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:20 pm
Phoenix315 Spider_Jerusalem Responding to a thread really depends on what the thread is about, but in most situations it's always best to ask yourself if what you're about to post is appropriate and will actually be beneficial to the topic. It may seem pretty basic but just read over it once after finishing it. I can't tell you how many times I finish a post then go back and rewrite the whole thing. Oddly enough I seem to miss most typoes I make when revising.
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:33 pm
Spider_Jerusalem Phoenix315 Spider_Jerusalem Responding to a thread really depends on what the thread is about, but in most situations it's always best to ask yourself if what you're about to post is appropriate and will actually be beneficial to the topic. It may seem pretty basic but just read over it once after finishing it. I can't tell you how many times I finish a post then go back and rewrite the whole thing. Oddly enough I seem to miss most typoes I make when revising.
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Harbinger of Pandamonium Crew
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:36 pm
I seem to remember talking about how best to start an "intelligent thread" back in the Anti Sticky but I don't really remember anything that came out of it. Have any insight?
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:43 pm
Since it's being eaten by the archiver, I can't go back and look, but I remember a few things.
-Do some research
-Either an open-ended question or something vaguely controversial
-the first post shouldn't be able to fit in the title
-avoid using common characters in versus threads (ie Inuyasha)
probably some others, but I can't recall them offhand.
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:03 pm
That's all of the ones I remember.
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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 7:58 am
I make spelling mistakes way to often... but I try to fix them when I catch them... I do at least try to make an understandable post.
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:40 am
Raven_Darkholme Phoenix315 There's been entirely too much focus on spelling and grammar lately. Unless a post is mangled beyond any sort of comprehension, it isn't worthwhile to point out the flaws, except as a suggestion to improve the quality of their posts AFTER you make a more relevant point. Don't make that criticism the entire point of your response. Also, if you simply must be correcting spelling and grammar, you better make sure your post is error free. Anyone stops me from using my translator and it's their a**! scream whee
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:28 am
Sorce Raven_Darkholme Phoenix315 There's been entirely too much focus on spelling and grammar lately. Unless a post is mangled beyond any sort of comprehension, it isn't worthwhile to point out the flaws, except as a suggestion to improve the quality of their posts AFTER you make a more relevant point. Don't make that criticism the entire point of your response. Also, if you simply must be correcting spelling and grammar, you better make sure your post is error free. Anyone stops me from using my translator and it's their a**! scream whee
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:36 pm
I'm bumping this up because if Phoe's topic keeps up we'll need it.
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