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Any organized gathering must have rules and
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along together. Regular forum users will be familiar with much of what follows.
Newcomers, who may be unfamiliar with web-forum
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Terminology
Plain English is the order of the day, but there
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we'll contact you as soon as possible.
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real time, and it can be tempting to respond offensively in the heat of the
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other forum users. A thread entitled "Aaaaaargghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
Where are my orders?" will irritate other users, and will be less likely
to attract the right help. Good thread titles indicate the problem's nature
"Should I mail or hand-carry my boombox"
tells everyone what to expect.
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at the top of each forum section, and we hope that you'll do so before posting
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necessary to use bad language to make a point. Although modern usage has seen
many previously unacceptable terms become a part of everyday conversation,
there are certain words which are universally acknowledged as being
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posts that (in our opinion) contain such language, and the moderator's
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