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Jan 18, 2012 13:35:54   #
MWAC Loc: Somewhere East Of Crazy
 
Found this and figured some might need a little refresher course (Not all 25 appy to UHH but most do)

1. Read the forums rules and guidelines before posting for the first time.

2. Search the other posts to see if your topic is already covered.

3. Use a meaningful title for your thread.

4. Do not use a forum to promote your product, service or business.

5. Be civil. Personal differences should be handled through email or IM and not through posts displayed to everyone.

6. Stay on topic.

7. Ignore spammers, respond to them personally and not through the board, or report them.

8. Do not submit a post that requires readers to download a large attachment. Either explain the attachment or, better yet, provide a link to the information.

9. Use plain text over HTML if you want your post to be readable by everyone.

10. In order to be understood by most people, use correct spelling, grammar and avoid slang unless you know the word or phrase will be understood by other members.

11. Do not double post (post the same message twice in one thread) or cross post (place the same message across several forums).

12. Act in a give and take manner; help others as often as or more than you ask for help.

13. Do not use all caps or SHOUT in your posts. In addition, one exclamation point is enough.

14. When replying to a post, do not quote more from the previous post than you have to.

15. Do not post new problems on someone else's thread and interrupt a topic of discussion.

16. Do not use someone else’s thread for a private conversation.

17. Most forums prohibit warez, cracks or illegal downloading of software and similar topics.

18. Watch your sense of humor, posts may be read by people from a variety of backgrounds and ages.

19. Do not use a huge and annoying signature, a modest signature is fine, moderators may remove large ones anyway.

20. Do not post any information that you want private. Posts should not contain personal, identifiable information or content embarrassing to others.

21. Do not post content that violates a copyright.

22. Do not post ”empty” or useless responses, such as just ”lol” or ”cool.” Only post responses when you have something to contribute.

23. Write concisely and do not ramble.

24. Do not use words like ”urgent” or ”important” in your subject line, be patient.

25. Do not chastise newbies.

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Jan 18, 2012 13:39:02   #
MT Shooter Loc: Montana
 
Great, now how do you get people to read and heed?

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Jan 18, 2012 13:40:29   #
donrent Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl
 
#10 - About the spelling bit... Why won't "spell check" work on this site ?

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Jan 18, 2012 13:49:01   #
notnoBuddha
 
Like people that actually should read and heed are now gong to do since there is a list? Good luck to you.

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Jan 18, 2012 14:16:34   #
Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY
 
Hopefully, everyone will begin adhering to number five, then we can work thru the rest. :)

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Jan 18, 2012 15:52:39   #
Falcon Loc: Abilene, Texas
 
Maybe Admin would be willing to post these in a prominent location as "obligations of forum members" or some such title. If someone gets impolite again we could refer them to rule # xx.

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Jan 18, 2012 16:00:35   #
Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago
 
donrent wrote:
#10 - About the spelling bit... Why won't "spell check" work on this site ?


Don, you are sure right. This site could sure use a spell/grammar check.

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Jan 18, 2012 16:05:35   #
MT Shooter Loc: Montana
 
Nikon_DonB wrote:
donrent wrote:
#10 - About the spelling bit... Why won't "spell check" work on this site ?


Don, you are sure right. This site could sure use a spell/grammar check.


Did you guys know that when you use "Quote Reply" that spell check is automatically activated> Thats the squiggly red lines under misspelled words.

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Jan 18, 2012 16:13:16   #
Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago
 
MT Shooter wrote:
Nikon_DonB wrote:
donrent wrote:
#10 - About the spelling bit... Why won't "spell check" work on this site ?


Don, you are sure right. This site could sure use a spell/grammar check.


Did you guys know that when you use "Quote Reply" that spell check is automatically activated> Thats the squiggly red lines under misspelled words.


MT, I've never seen the red squigly line. Maybe I will porpusely mispell something,....

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Jan 18, 2012 16:15:44   #
Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago
 
Nikon_DonB wrote:
MT Shooter wrote:
Nikon_DonB wrote:
donrent wrote:
#10 - About the spelling bit... Why won't "spell check" work on this site ?


Don, you are sure right. This site could sure use a spell/grammar check.


Did you guys know that when you use "Quote Reply" that spell check is automatically activated> Thats the squiggly red lines under misspelled words.


MT, I've never seen the red squigly line. Maybe I will porpusely
mispell something,....
quote=MT Shooter quote=Nikon_DonB quote=donrent... (show quote)


Nope, I didn't see a red line. I know what you are talking about though.....Like in MS-Word. just don't see it commin up.

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Jan 18, 2012 16:23:36   #
MT Shooter Loc: Montana
 
Nikon_DonB wrote:
Nikon_DonB wrote:
MT Shooter wrote:
Nikon_DonB wrote:
donrent wrote:
#10 - About the spelling bit... Why won't "spell check" work on this site ?


Don, you are sure right. This site could sure use a spell/grammar check.


Did you guys know that when you use "Quote Reply" that spell check is automatically activated> Thats the squiggly red lines under misspelled words.


MT, I've never seen the red squigly line. Maybe I will porpusely
mispell something,....
quote=MT Shooter quote=Nikon_DonB quote=donrent... (show quote)


Nope, I didn't see a red line. I know what you are talking about though.....Like in MS-Word. just don't see it commin up.
quote=Nikon_DonB quote=MT Shooter quote=Nikon_D... (show quote)


I see it under every one of your misspelled words, wonder why it is there for me and not for you? I am using Firefox, maybe thats a reason?

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Jan 18, 2012 16:24:44   #
MT Shooter Loc: Montana
 
I just noticed I have it for Reply and Quick reply also. I use Windows 7 Pro for my OS, maybe thats it too, no idea.

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Jan 18, 2012 16:33:59   #
Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago
 
MT Shooter wrote:
I just noticed I have it for Reply and Quick reply also. I use Windows 7 Pro for my OS, maybe thats it too, no idea.


I've got Winpro7, 64bit also. No firefox though. IE9. Oh well!

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Jan 18, 2012 16:51:14   #
JimH Loc: Western South Jersey, USA
 
Spell check seems to be browser dependent. Quick Reply, Reply, and Quote Reply all offer spell checking with Chrome as the browser.

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Jan 18, 2012 16:57:02   #
Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago
 
JimH wrote:
Spell check seems to be browser dependent. Quick Reply, Reply, and Quote Reply all offer spell checking with Chrome as the browser.


Thanks Jim. Hope I'm not missing a setting somewhere in IE9.
I'll have to bing it since google is down.

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