FAQ for the lounge
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Chris, Do you think it might be an idea to set up some sort of FAQ or usage guidelines for the lounge? It seems that just recently certain members (all of which seem to have joined fairly recently) are commiting the odd faux pas which some of the more long-standing members have to correct time and time again. Pointing out that things such as posting technical questions, suggestions for the site, pointless comments such as 'I'm bored' etc etc are not welcome would help to cut out some of the crap that we seem to have to put up with on an almost daily basis now. What do you think? James Spibey Well cover me in honey and throw me to the lesbians!
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Chris, Do you think it might be an idea to set up some sort of FAQ or usage guidelines for the lounge? It seems that just recently certain members (all of which seem to have joined fairly recently) are commiting the odd faux pas which some of the more long-standing members have to correct time and time again. Pointing out that things such as posting technical questions, suggestions for the site, pointless comments such as 'I'm bored' etc etc are not welcome would help to cut out some of the crap that we seem to have to put up with on an almost daily basis now. What do you think? James Spibey Well cover me in honey and throw me to the lesbians!
Why don't we just forward them onto John? :-D Just kidding. Actually this is a good idea James. Though we can be guaranteed of newbies (all respect to newbies :) ) still comitting a faux pas or two as they would not have all read the FAQ. Maybe as part of the registration process we can do a Microsoft. e.g. Please retype the last paragraph of the FAQ to verify that you have read it before continuing with registration. Cut and paste is disabled ;) Well cover me in honey and throw me to the lesbians! Where do I sign up? :-D regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge "In other words, the developer is dealing with an elephant, the accountant is dealing with a bunny rabbit." by Stan Shannon - 16/10/2001
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Why don't we just forward them onto John? :-D Just kidding. Actually this is a good idea James. Though we can be guaranteed of newbies (all respect to newbies :) ) still comitting a faux pas or two as they would not have all read the FAQ. Maybe as part of the registration process we can do a Microsoft. e.g. Please retype the last paragraph of the FAQ to verify that you have read it before continuing with registration. Cut and paste is disabled ;) Well cover me in honey and throw me to the lesbians! Where do I sign up? :-D regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge "In other words, the developer is dealing with an elephant, the accountant is dealing with a bunny rabbit." by Stan Shannon - 16/10/2001
Well cover me in honey and throw me to the lesbians! Where do I sign up? Get in line :-D James Spibey Well cover me in honey and throw me to the lesbians!
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Chris, Do you think it might be an idea to set up some sort of FAQ or usage guidelines for the lounge? It seems that just recently certain members (all of which seem to have joined fairly recently) are commiting the odd faux pas which some of the more long-standing members have to correct time and time again. Pointing out that things such as posting technical questions, suggestions for the site, pointless comments such as 'I'm bored' etc etc are not welcome would help to cut out some of the crap that we seem to have to put up with on an almost daily basis now. What do you think? James Spibey Well cover me in honey and throw me to the lesbians!
What sort of things would you like to see in the FAQ? cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
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What sort of things would you like to see in the FAQ? cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)
I would guess that it should be more of a 'usage guideline' than an FAQ. I see it as a way of informing new members that some posts are unacceptable in the lounge Such as:- - Overtly religious or political - Programming related (in that they would be better suited in one of the forums) - Pointless (such as 'hey is anyone else there?') etc I don't know if anyone else agrees with me but over the last few weeks/months there have been an ever-increasing number of visitors to the lounge and the increase in traffic is going to cause an increase in inappropriate posts. BTW, Winamp.com has a feature similar to this in their forums James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
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I would guess that it should be more of a 'usage guideline' than an FAQ. I see it as a way of informing new members that some posts are unacceptable in the lounge Such as:- - Overtly religious or political - Programming related (in that they would be better suited in one of the forums) - Pointless (such as 'hey is anyone else there?') etc I don't know if anyone else agrees with me but over the last few weeks/months there have been an ever-increasing number of visitors to the lounge and the increase in traffic is going to cause an increase in inappropriate posts. BTW, Winamp.com has a feature similar to this in their forums James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
okely dokely - I'll see what I can rustle up. cheers, Chris Maunder (CodeProject)