Read Before Posting

[moderator]

Just before you hit that "POST" button, here are a few tips to ensure that you leave a good impression among other board members.

* Spelling and grammar must be acceptable
* Break your posts into paragraphs with lines in between each paragraph
* Respect copyrights
* Post things in the correct forum
* Use capitalization correctly (no all caps or lack of caps)
* Do not reply to yourself unless it is a bump (use the edit button instead)
* One-line posts typically are bad, unless what is said is best said short
* Use punctuation and contractions correctly (no !!!!!!!! or Ill and Im)
* Post quality, not quantity
* No spamming
* 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
* Do not use SMS message type characters when posting a message in any thread. This is a website, not a cellular phone.
* Do not avoid the word filter
* Do not go overboard with the emoticons/smilies