Suggestion:

making a newbie mistake that leads to drawing attention to yourself in a spectacularly unwanted way

Because we can all do it, no matter how long we've been here....

Because we can all do it, no matter how long we've been here....

True. Maybe we should take out the "making a newbie mistake" portion entirely, and leave the sentence as:

Tripping into the guacamole" is Buffista expression for posting in a way that draws attention to yourself in a spectacularly unwanted way.

True. Maybe we should take out the "making a newbie mistake" portion entirely, and leave the sentence as:

I think we should leave in 'mistake'. 'Cause doing so intentionally is something else entirely.

Also, I'm incorporating the suggested edits into a cut-and-paste of the etiquette text.

it should be labeled in a way that is not "cheesebutt" nor even, sadly, "George", but something possibly meaningful to newbs. Site history? Site culture?

I'd been calling it (more formally than cheesebutt) "Lawspeak", which I realize is the term for what illiterate Icelanders did in the 900s when they assembled for their summer legislature once a year: one guy would stand up and recite the entire law-code (from memory, because they were all illiterate), so everyone would be on the same page, and then trials/deal/adjudications could begin.

It's a document of policies and rules, although it does tend to be historical in describing how those rules came about.

OK. Jon, did you edit the text I originally sent you, or are you OK with my updating what I'd originally written? I'll need to take out or rewrite bits that have chagned due to time-passage, but it should be a quick thing to do.

You can edit your original text.

And the ideas for updating the FAQ/etiquette pages are all great but can someone keep track and put everything in a master document that I can work off of? ta!

can someone keep track and put everything in a master document that I can work off of?

Lyra, sounds like you're on top of it, yes?

I'm doing etiquette, but I think tina's doing the FAQ. We might want to bring the guacamole posts to her attention.

Things we can probably stand to edit out:

However, newbie mistakes are usually corrected gently and informally.

(This will be replaced by the guacamole section.)

If you do accidentally post a spoiler, please either delete it or white it out. If you don't, a Stompy Foot may do it for you.

(Combining with other spoiler bullet.)

The Feet can delete any post at any time or refuse service to anyone, but they use their super-powers for good.

(It's cute, but I don't think it says anything not said in the rest of the bullet.)

Just FYI,

(Unnecessary)

and many posters from all over the world. So read the FAQ, as it will acquaint with you with the personality of the board.

(Seems redundant with other content.)

Can I suggest that we put in the following (italicized) since I suspect it will be a way it's also referred to:

"Tripping into the guacamole" or "guac-ing" is Buffista expression for posting in a way that draws attention to yourself in a spectacularly unwanted way.

And wrod, Wolfram, about seeing the moral indignation in my posts there. I was with you in the guac over the war thread. I remember being a pissy nitpicker, but I'd forgotten how many times I posted, beating the same dead horse.

IIRC bicyclops, you were the one who helped stop the raving Wolfram. Something about it not being worth the hurt feelings. So. Damn. True.

I had a nice long rant ready to go, but now that the kerfuffle seems to have died down, I think it might end up in the SIDS file.