Social Guidlines

[Spaded!]

Do

Following are some guidelines that you should keep in mind when
posting.

• Post in English, using proper mixed case and punctuation. A single exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?) is enough.
  (Spaded! will ridicule you for this, and may start deleting posts. you have been warned.)
• Use a relevant, specific and descriptive subject for a thread.
  "I was thinking of something" and "Here's an idea" are not good topics.
• Stay on topic. When posting a new thread, make sure it fits into
  the topic of the forum. When replying to a post, make sure to stay on
  the topic of the thread you're posting in.
• Be constructive, and back up your statements. If quoting, make
  sure to quote all relevant text, and if needed, provide a link to the
  source.
• Pay the moderators and other volunteers proper respect. They
  spend their spare time to assist and improve the
  community.
• Be nice - especially to newcomers. Let people become acquainted
  with the environment and do beginners' mistakes without patronising
  them. Please respect that people may have a different political,
  religious, philosophical and cultural background than you.
• Play fair. Be truthful and respect other people's privacy. Do not misrepresent or impersonate others.
• Have fun! That's why we're all here. Just remember to have fun with others, not at the expense of others.

Don't

This is a list of things you should not do on our bulletin board. If you do any of this, you might find your access to the bulletin board closed, possibly permanently.

• Flame. Flaming is verbally attacking people or groups of
  people - e.g. a profession, an organisation, a company. Name-calling
  and defamatory comments are typical examples of flaming.
• Rant. Ranting is posting irate and normally unconstructive
  comments. It's normally used to let out frustration, but also as a form
  of trolling.
• Troll. Trolling is posting to provoke others, luring them to
  flame or rant. Trolling is sometimes done involuntary, so please be
  considerate when posting.
• Spam. Spamming is posting the same thing several times, or
  posting without any real content. "Bumping" (posting to move a thread
  up on the forum list) and cross-posting (posting the same thread in
  several forums) are examples of spam.
• Fight. Taking a personal conflict to the bulletin board is not needed. Allow those not involved to avoid having to see it.

Moderation



Moderation is not ever a topic for open forum. If you have any
questions or feedback on moderation it should be addressed to the
community manager or the specific moderator via private message.

• Do not post threads questioning moderation. Such threads will be removed
• If a topic is closed or removed do not, under any circumstances,
  re-post the same topic or material. If you have any questions as to why
  a thread was closed or removed please contact the moderator via private
  message.

For more knowledge on how to interact on the Internet, we encourage you to get acquainted with standards for netiquette such as RFC 1855 .