How to be a Responsible forum member - Downloaded from the Wizards Community, all coding removed by Solauren

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#1 mudbunny Apr 22, 2008 8:35:08	How to be a good poster It is very simple. Any forum community out there has one major requirement for it to be successful. There has to be discussion of topics that interest the community. If there is something that interests you, whether it be D&D, Magic:The Gathering, or any other topic, chances are very good that there is a WotC forum that has other people who are also interested in talking about it. Find the forum, and talk about it. First impressions count. Whether it is true or not, posting in leet-speak gives the impression that the poster is lazy and uneducated. You should strive to post in as clear a manner as possible. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, paragraphs all help, with the understanding that not all our boards brethren and sisters are native english speakers. Basically, use all the stuff your english teachers told you about. Paragraphs, commas, periods, capital letters at the beginning of sentences, all that stuff. It is possible that you are the first person to have come up with a discussion topic, but it is unlikely. Check the first couple of pages of threads to see if the topic has been discussed before. If so, use that thread. AT the same time, if the thread is over 2 weeks old, it is probably fairly safe to start a new thread. However, look before you post. Maybe your issue has already been addressed. You don't go to a dentist to get your eyes examined. In the same way, put posts in the appropriate threads, and threads in the appropriate forums, you will get better responses this way. Try to keep posts on topic. If ya gotta go OT, do it in style, you may get to do it only once. Post information, links, data to support arguments, statements, opinions. Blind assertions are rarely convincing, even this one.
#2 borogamer Nov 12, 2010 10:17:25	Your link to the CoC is broken.
#3 Teki Jun 22, 2011 15:25:59	Your link to the CoC is broken. Yes it is.
#4 mudbunny Jun 23, 2011 8:51:55	Is not!! :P Thanks.
#5 sophiasmith941 Oct 07, 2011 3:38:59	Hi..Thanks a lot for such aqn informative forum post...I was looking for this from long time...

How to be a good poster

It is very simple. Any forum community out there has one major requirement for it to be successful. There has to be discussion of topics that interest the community. If there is something that interests you, whether it be D&D, Magic:The Gathering, or *any* other topic, chances are very good that there is a WotC forum that has other people who are also interested in talking about it. Find the forum, and talk about it.

First impressions count. Whether it is true or not, posting in leet-speak gives the impression that the poster is lazy and uneducated. You should strive to post in as clear a manner as possible. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, paragraphs all help, with the understanding that not all our boards brethren and sisters are native english speakers. Basically, use all the stuff your english teachers told you about. Paragraphs, commas, periods, capital letters at the beginning of sentences, all that stuff.

It is possible that you are the first person to have come up with a discussion topic, but it is unlikely. Check the first couple of pages of threads to see if the topic has been discussed before. If so, use that thread. AT the same time, if the thread is over 2 weeks old, it is probably fairly safe to start a new thread. However, look before you post. Maybe your issue has already been addressed.

You don't go to a dentist to get your eyes examined. In the same way, put posts in the appropriate threads, and threads in the appropriate forums, you will get better responses this way.

Try to keep posts on topic. If ya gotta go OT, do it in style, you may get to do it only once.

Post information, links, data to support arguments, statements, opinions. Blind assertions are rarely convincing, even this one.