General discussion rule text updated

[Steven P. Administrators]

we had a few complaints about the quality of the posts in GD so I have added some text to guide members thoughts before posting..

you can read it in the forum here: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=SF&s=&f=7

[enigma-penguin Veteran]

Definatly an update that was needed.. some points really needed to be stressed

[Glowstick]

Power bannage party ahead, because it's not like most people actually pay attention to the rule text!

[Toxikk Veteran]

Power bannage party ahead, because it's not like most people actually pay attention to the rule text!

well, you could encourage it. instead of making a dumb reply.

[Glowstick]

--edit: nm.

Edited June 18, 2004 by Tom Servo

[Veedems Veteran]

um where is it? i can't seem to find it. That link just brings me to the general forum.

[....]

Its in the text about the General Discussion.

[Veedems Veteran]

Its in the text about the General Discussion.

I am not going to post anymore when I' m still waking up. Thanks.

[....]

I am not going to post anymore when I' m still waking up. Thanks.

hehee...no problem, my friend. :laugh:

[Steven P. Administrators]

--edit: nm.

Neobond stares in disbelief

impressed!

[....]

Neobond stares in disbelief

impressed!

Uh huh. my thoughts exactly.

[Glowstick]

What? It was just a plain misunderstanding because of a different thing. I can still fill something in there, that causes loads of asterisks to show up, if you're disappointed.

[matt74441]

General stupidity forums or discussions are not included on Neowin so please consider this before starting topics.

Nicely said :D

[Joel]

What? It was just a plain misunderstanding because of a different thing. I can still fill something in there, that causes loads of asterisks to show up, if you're disappointed.

:rofl:

[Si Veteran]

Neowin reserves the right moderate members,

You forgot the 'to' :)

[Toxikk Veteran]

i have spoken with tom and there is no beef :)

we are just havin' fun here on nw baby! woo woo.

[Bearded Kirklander]

It took me a while to figure out that each forum area has its own section rules in addition to the main rules.

By the way, I really like how you updated the text at the top for guidelines in that section. I like that you have a link to the main site rules and the section specific rules for General Discussion.

It says that for Desktop threads you should try to keep things at 1024x768 and hopefully around 100k or less. Is that only under General Discussion and only under threads where you are talking about desktop layouts?

Thanks.

[Steven P. Administrators]

You forgot the 'to' :)

thanks :)

[[jon]]

Great (Y)

Now all you need to do is add "gmail" to the banned words list :rofl:

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' date='Jun 18 2004, 10:47'] Great (Y)

Now all you need to do is add "gmail" to the banned words list :rofl:

:rofl: Nice one.

[OPaul]

Thank you, this really needed to be done. I hope it gets enforced.

[Steffan]

i have spoken with tom and there is no beef :)

we are just havin' fun here on nw baby! woo woo.

there's no more beef? Why won't anyone tell me before we run out? :hmmm:

/me goes to the store and gets more beef

[OPaul]

How do these "x100 congrate" threads fall under;

We require members to show a level of maturity while posting or starting topics in order to keep the general discussion moving at a level that can be considered both intelligent, informative and at the same time contributory to the site.

For instance this one doesn't seem to follow that line of thought at all;

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=179645&hl=

[Steven]

How do these "x100 congrate" threads fall under;

For instance this one doesn't seem to follow that line of thought at all;

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=179645&hl=

Ther are reflections of a CONTRIBUTION that a member has made to the neowin forums. :happy:

[Glowstick]

No, they're just reflections on the post count of the member at the point of the creation of that useless x000 thread. They don't reflect any contributions. Just to be pedantic.