- Don't double post. There's an edit button for a reason. If you need to delete one of your posts, the delete button is an option after selecting edit.



- Make the effort for your posts to be grammatically correct and coherent. We understand that not everyone speaks English as their first language, and we're willing to give some leeway here, but if English is your first language you really have no excuse to be making incoherent posts. Bad formatting not only makes your posts unpleasant to read, but they also lessen the positive impact of the points you're trying to make.



- Don't put your opinion in hide tags. This isn't really infract-worthy but if you're going to write a paragraph of your thoughts and opinion, make it visible. Hide tags have their place, but hiding your opinions in hide tags is apt to make people not read them at all. There is enough censorship on the internet already, don't censor yourself here.



- Don't reply to a quote by putting bold text inside the quote box. This is execeedingly difficult to properly respond to. If you feel the need to break up a quote, you can do so by editing the quote tags. For example:



[ QUOTE=User's Name]

Paragraph 1



Paragraph 2

[ /QUOTE]



(The spaces in the tags shouldn't be there, this is just to show you the format)

Would become:



[ QUOTE=User's Name]

Paragraph 1

[ /QUOTE]



Response



[ QUOTE]

Paragraph 2

[ /QUOTE]



-Do not insult or flame other users. Correcting users when they say something that's clearly wrong is fine. Calling them a (BAN ME PLEASE) or saying they are stupid/retarded is an automatic 2 point infraction, no exceptions for anyone, badged users included.



-Do not make posts that don't contribute anything to a thread. Short posts that are corrections when people say something wrong is okay (although you should not overdo this, don't go all out and check people's grammar or something like that), but posts that are just "I really agree with you" are unnecessary, the like button is something you can use to show your agreement to posts. You can respond to posts you agree to and add more on top of what the user said though. Also, if you disagree with a users opinion, do not reply with something along the lines of "lolwtf are you out of your mind", explain why you think they are wrong, preferably more than just one sentence.