A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
It smacks a bit of codifying something that evolved, and will continue to.
Yeah, that's a fair point. I don't know -- we don't want to sound like The Assholes of All Time ("post this way or die!"), but OTOH it seems to me like the point of the etiquette document is suggesting ways to fit in smoothly. Things like not signing posts and quoting people in replies is almost as much a part of that as abiding by our NAFDA rules.
But you're right that it might be overly dogmatic to put in an official document.
I can see the quoting not having occurred to a new poster (or it seeming overly complicated before you get the hang of quick-editing). But the people who sign posts know that 99.99% of us don't sign posts. They just don't care.
They may be underestimating how many of the people that preceded them it pissed off, but I had no idea it was a big deal (on the level of spoiling people, I mean).
Reminding people not to sign their posts reminds me way too much of TWoP!
But the people who sign posts know that 99.99% of us don't sign posts. They just don't care.
You think? I think it's more that they're used to fora where you *do* sign your name, so they sign it out of habit and don't really notice that no one else does.
I had no idea it was a big deal (on the level of spoiling people, I mean).
Well, I did use the word "almost." But it depends on how you define "big deal." It's the difference between one big thing, and a little thing done 500 times. Repeated little things tend to bug me more, but that's totally a personal mileage thing.
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Reminding people not to sign their posts reminds me way to much of TWoP!
Yeah, the chance we'd look like assholes if we codified it does bother me, so that's a valid argument.
So can I just hit people who sign their names? Please?
Jon - is just leaving my post like that gonna work for you as far as being easy for you to work from to make changes? Should I e-mail you something? Am I making any sense?
I'm trying to bookmark relevent posts, but if you wouldn't mind emailing me the final edits, that might be easier.
I propose a ban on shout out lists. Before it happens. lol lol lol
I would definitely ask shrift before putting a link to the script site in the FAQ.
I'm with you on that one Allyson!
Yup. The FAQ is googleable. Her in-thread announcements aren't.
but if you wouldn't mind emailing me the final edits, that might be easier.
will do.
The FAQ is googleable. Her in-thread announcements aren't.
Then I say we just delete the Q about the scripts being available online all together.
