These are just some suggestions for ways to make your posts more effective. (No, your posts won't be deleted if they don't adhere to every little thing! These are just guidelines for improving your posts. )
Basic Guidelines for Good Posting Behavior*Break your posts into paragraphs with lines in between each paragraph to help with readability
* Respect copyrights. When in doubt, post a link to the material.
* Do not reply to yourself unless it is a bump
* Post things in the correct forum
* Use capitalization correctly (no all caps or lack of caps)
* Watch your Spelling and grammar
* Use punctuation and contractions correctly
* Keep your posts on topic
* Use the search before asking a question
* Argue with the post, NOT the poster (arguments on topic are good, but between members they are bad)
* Do not post anything illegal, pornographic or anything questionable
* A forum isn't IM -- write words out and avoid posting many replies to yourself
Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Hit the Post Button:
* Have you reread your posts? Many times you will find small errors when you reread your posts. Some of these errors involve our rules.
* Have you reread your posts? Many times you will find small errors when you reread your posts. Some of these errors involve our rules.
* Have you used the Spell Check on your post? We offer this feature for it to get use. Even the administrators who have acceptable spelling use it. (Well...most of the time!
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* Are you contributing? If you are posting a question, did you provide information for us to help you? If you are posting a response, do you add something else to the discussion?
* Have you titled your post to best describe its subject or question? People find the threads that they are interested in mostly by scanning the titles, even when searching with our site search engine. Moderators may change the title of any thread to assist in describing the content of the thread without notifying the member who started the thread
* If you are posting a question, has it already been answered? Try using the search feature to save everyone some time. Also try checking "sticky" topics, our website.
* Will this post offend somebody? If it might, you should not post it. Offensive posts can be anything from insults and flaming to profanity and graphic or explicit posts.
* Is this in the correct forum? We have multiple forums for a reason -- they organize the discussion. Your post may be moved by a Moderator or the Administrator if it should be elsewhere. No biggie--just be aware.
* Does your post violate any of our other rules? If it does, do not post it.
* Have you posted this elsewhere today? Please don't create multiple posts.
