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Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: Zowayix
Date: 2014-06-07 02:06:14

I'm guessing that rule was removed following the reopening of the forums, as every thread on the forum was a couple years old at that point.


I didn't see any conformation, but idea related: http://forums.glitchcity.info/index.php/topic,6690.0.html

(For Gary/other actual rulemaker these days to see) Is this confirmed now?

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: pokechu22
Date: 2014-06-07 10:29:50


It looks like the "Bump" rule is missing?


8.Stickies, by their nature, cannot be "bumped" and thus are exempt from this rule.


Above it, it doesn't define "Bump"ing, which may make this a bit confusing.


Do you not know what bump means…?


I kind of do.  I was only asking because I was re-reading the rules, and noticed that rule 8 was refering to a non-existant previous rule. 

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: GARYM9
Date: 2014-06-07 11:28:45
Rules were updated back in May to fix the COMPLETELY broken formatting it had and to remove the temporary rule about posting in topics before maintenance happened.  Seems two of the bumping rule points got removed somehow so I added them back.



I'm guessing that rule was removed following the reopening of the forums, as every thread on the forum was a couple years old at that point.


I didn't see any conformation, but idea related: http://forums.glitchcity.info/index.php/topic,6690.0.html

(For Gary/other actual rulemaker these days to see) Is this confirmed now?



If you can put what the rule would be into one line, sure.  Currently I removed parts of the second footnote in response.

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: Spoink
Date: 2015-02-17 14:28:02



      [li]For those new to English or those who are working to improve their grammar, an informative grammer guide is located here


It should be grammar. I'm not trying to be nitpicky.

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: Yuzihax
Date: 2015-02-17 15:46:14




      [li]For those new to English or those who are working to improve their grammar, an informative grammer guide is located here


It should be grammar. I'm not trying to be nitpicky.

pffhaha wow how long has that been that way?

someone is so totally fired.

edit: oh man, posting without capitalizing stuff is actually against the rules and that's the only way i've done it for years. that's awkward!

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: Ketsuban
Date: 2015-02-17 18:54:40
You're an admin. You enforce the rules. Now practice what you preach.

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: Yuzihax
Date: 2015-02-17 19:22:17

You're an admin. You enforce the rules. Now practice what you preach.

welp, truth be told you've got me there haha.

i'm more of the mind that if a given sentence is in actual english and it's legible, capitalization doesn't really matter. but yeah, i guess i should probably start using the shift key, though.

[size=6pt]apparently not starting with this post. i dunno.[/size]

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: Bent`
Date: 2015-02-17 22:23:49

You're an admin. You enforce the rules. Now practice what you preach.

The grammar rules here have always been pretty dumb, and used mostly to laugh and make fun of specific unpopular members.

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: Ketsuban
Date: 2015-02-18 16:11:58
I don't see anything dumb about them.

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2015-02-18 17:59:23
I think that the grammar rules are OK. For the correct capitalization part I am not sure if it's really needed, however, I think that correct capitalization helps to make our posts more readable and so should be encouraged personally.

I think that "For those new to English or those who are working to improve their grammar, an informative grammar guide is located here" may sound patronizing though, because people will have some knowledge to be able to read the posts here, and you cannot have one definitive informative grammar. It should probably be rephrased to something like "For people who want to improve their English, here are some small grammar tips".

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: SatoMew
Date: 2015-02-18 18:07:18

It should probably be rephrased to something like "For people who want to improve their English, here are some small grammar tips".


This sounds much better to me as well. And we could recommend the English section of Stack Exchange, which has helped me on more than one occasion (e.g.: when I wasn't sure if I should use "at", "on", or "in" for a given expression).

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2015-02-18 18:27:28
OK. I have edited the rules to include my suggestion (rephrasing the improving English suggestion) and yours (adding Stack Exchange as a recommended place to ask questions and receive answers).

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: Bent`
Date: 2015-02-18 19:43:51

I don't see anything dumb about them.

The used mostly to laugh and make fun of specific unpopular members part is what was dumb about them.

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: Spoink
Date: 2015-12-13 16:39:38
I think there should be a distinction between the forum title and description. They are both bold and I was confused that the link wasn't working. (the "forum rules" redirect)

Re: Forum Rules

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2018-05-04 11:04:47
Have added a new line to the rules:


- While swearing is allowed, any language that is intentionally offensive towards another with negative connotations will not be tolerated.