what are the do's and don't on gateworld for newbies

[Arga]

Do : bullet point paragraphs when needed

Don't : start every thread in the "general discussion" forum, but look if there is a more appropriate sub-forum (like Characters, Science & Tech, Fun & Game, ...)

[Nolamom]

Do post, but don't over post, because then it's just spam....

Avoid the awful "I agree" posts. If you agree, state your reasons for agreeing, or what you found about a post to be insightful. Otherwise it's just spam.

[Peoples_General]

Do: Go along with Peoples_General on how StarGate "pwnz".

And embrace the path to StarGate-ment!

Do Not: Engage in a religious/political/sociological debate with Peoples_General.

For the wicked shall be vanquished!

j/k

[Jedi_Master_Bra'tac]

I agree and in the McKay related threads it is practically a given to spell it as ZedPM.

you know only Americans say zee-pee-em, so to everyone else, ZPM and ZedPM are the same.

Do
Search for threads before you start them

Start Threads in the right folder

Give Jedi_Master_Bra'tac green

Don't
Have huge sigs

Spend too much time in Fun and Games and/or Character + Relationships, it's a great way to get a good post count but remember the old saying, stop worrying about your post count and just make your posts count

Spam
Have huge sigs

[Adria]

DO NOT insult the females who posts pics

there have a right to just like anyone else

[Jedi_Master_Bra'tac]

DO NOT insult the females who posts pics

there have a right to just like anyone else

So is it OK to insult the males?

[Pharaoh Atem]

So is it OK to insult the males?

her post is steaming from a big issue that happen yesterday at the post pic thread that also got the mods involved

[Morbo]

probably what i said - even though i was being playful and not very serious and never said anything detrimental.
but no one ever takes things the right way around here.

[Anubis69]

but no one ever takes things the right way around here.

What? That's the most preposterous thing i've heard since i discovered some people use superfluous and unnecessarily large words to make themselves seem smarter... How can you live with yourself after uttering those kinds of nonsensical observations? Actually, i feel particularly aggrieved, and downright angry, by those accusations!

To be fair it's hard to tell "playful" on a forum... Unless you used smileys. Then again they can ruin comic effect. Personally, i've been trying to cut back on smileys. *shrug* ... I guess it depends on the person.

[cshawzye]

Thanks for all the tips from a VERY new newbie.

[Peoples_General]

DO NOT insult the females who posts pics

there have a right to just like anyone else

What? Who would say something bad about others in public???

Sorry, I rarely go into the Off-Topic threads.

[Pharaoh Atem]

make sure you can spell and write correctly.
if you can't don't even bother posting on gw cause no one will like you or read your posts.

[Morbo]

there's really no excuse for bad grammar, especially in that form.

[SGA4ever]

-Starting a new thread about Furlings is probably a bad idea. There are a gazillion threads about them already, and rumor has it we're going to be seeing them in season 10 of SG-1 anyway.

sounds like a time line type situation http://www.zeldauniverse.net/forums/...ther-theories/

the subject came up so much that there made a sub forum for it

thanks for this thread