GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
So, we've had a handful of threads that we (the staff) have felt compelled to rename lately for various and sundry reasons and I just wanted to take the time to reiterate some of our policies and make an entreaty to sanity (and yes, if you are wondering, I also speak like this in real life...as do my very nerdy kids). (also, please excuse typos since I'm on my phone as the minion and witchlette have absconded with my laptop to watch Bill Nye on youtube)
1. Please don't use cursing in titles. This includes WTF, which ya know, is a stand-in for something else. This is an extention of our overall policy of refraining from excesssive cursing in general. Remember, PG rated family friendly forum...and while WTF has become common in the lexicon, just say no to txtspk plz
2. Please pick thread titles that give us some indication of what awaits us should we read the thread. There are a number of folks here that have limited time on the forum or may be at work or school...ambiguous titles make it diffficult for them to prioritize which threads they have time to view and respond to. Also, it makes it difficult to determine which threads might contain topics that one doesn't want to view on a shared computer network.
3. And while I'm at it...please remember that we don't allow text speak as a general rule (the occasional FWIW, TBH, ISO, etc is fine, but keep it to a minimum). Also, please remember to provide translations to any foreign language use (including in your signature), whether it be in thebean, klingon, latin, or japanese. And (in the interest of sanity for the people reading--some of us have old eyes) please break up longer posts with paragraph breaks--wall of text is hard to read.
This isn't directed towards anyone in particular...it is stuff all of us have been guilty of from time to time, but occasionally we all need a reminder!
Thanks!
Thalassa
On behalf of the Management & Staff
So, we've had a handful of threads that we (the staff) have felt compelled to rename lately for various and sundry reasons and I just wanted to take the time to reiterate some of our policies and make an entreaty to sanity (and yes, if you are wondering, I also speak like this in real life...as do my very nerdy kids). (also, please excuse typos since I'm on my phone as the minion and witchlette have absconded with my laptop to watch Bill Nye on youtube)
1. Please don't use cursing in titles. This includes WTF, which ya know, is a stand-in for something else. This is an extention of our overall policy of refraining from excesssive cursing in general. Remember, PG rated family friendly forum...and while WTF has become common in the lexicon, just say no to txtspk plz
2. Please pick thread titles that give us some indication of what awaits us should we read the thread. There are a number of folks here that have limited time on the forum or may be at work or school...ambiguous titles make it diffficult for them to prioritize which threads they have time to view and respond to. Also, it makes it difficult to determine which threads might contain topics that one doesn't want to view on a shared computer network.
3. And while I'm at it...please remember that we don't allow text speak as a general rule (the occasional FWIW, TBH, ISO, etc is fine, but keep it to a minimum). Also, please remember to provide translations to any foreign language use (including in your signature), whether it be in thebean, klingon, latin, or japanese. And (in the interest of sanity for the people reading--some of us have old eyes) please break up longer posts with paragraph breaks--wall of text is hard to read.
This isn't directed towards anyone in particular...it is stuff all of us have been guilty of from time to time, but occasionally we all need a reminder!
Thanks!
Thalassa
On behalf of the Management & Staff
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