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  • Joe
    Senior Member
    • May 2000
    • 2435

    Rules for this, and your own forum

    What rules do you have for your forum? Heres mine

    1. Avoid alliteration. Always.

    2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.

    3. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They're old hat.)

    4. Employ the vernacular.

    5. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.

    6. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.

    7. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.

    8. Contractions aren't necessary.

    9. Foreign words and phrases are non apropos.

    10. One should never generalize.

    11. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."

    12. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.

    13. Don't be redundant; don't more use words than necessary;it's highly superfluous.

    14. Profanity isn't worth a sh*t.

    15. Be more or less specific.

    16. Understatement is always best.

    17. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.

    18. One-word sentences? Eliminate.

    19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.

    20. The passive voice is to be avoided.

    21. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.

    22. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.

    23. Who needs rhetorical questions?

    Thank you.....
    Bike Forums.net
  • Dream
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2001
    • 1898
    • 3.6.x

    #2
    do not post porn.
    Radio and TV Player for vBulletin

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    • Wayne Luke
      vBulletin Technical Support Lead
      • Aug 2000
      • 73976

      #3
      Not sure if this is serious or comedy.. Either way decent topic.

      Going on the serious side here..

      You can read the community Guidelines for SPF at:
      Translations provided by Google.

      Wayne Luke
      The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
      vBulletin 5 API

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      • Joe
        Senior Member
        • May 2000
        • 2435

        #4
        Comedy
        Bike Forums.net

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        • jamez
          Member
          • Feb 2001
          • 68

          #5
          Now thats funny..

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          • Genotoxin
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2000
            • 143

            #6
            Here's one rule every forum should have:

            -... You read the rules too carefully... good.

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            • Skeptical
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2000
              • 2007

              #7
              How about:

              Thou shalt not turn off cookies based on the paranoia caused by those lame Jesse Burst articles from ZDnet, and then come harassing the admins with tons of emails asking why you can't post in the forums.
              Well, there it is.
              - Keeper of the Grove

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              • Skeptical
                Senior Member
                • Oct 2000
                • 2007

                #8
                Or:

                Upon seeing a closed thread, thou shalt not create a new topic to attempt to continue the closed thread.

                Thou shalt not cross post.

                Thou shalt not generate a signature that's 500% of the length of your usual post.

                Thou shalt click on 5 of our ads for each thread you view.
                Well, there it is.
                - Keeper of the Grove

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                • Unown
                  Member
                  • Mar 2001
                  • 80

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Skeptical
                  Thou shalt not generate a signature that's 500% of the length of your usual post.
                  For some reason I have a feeling that's directed at me.........

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                  • Skeptical
                    Senior Member
                    • Oct 2000
                    • 2007

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unown


                    For some reason I have a feeling that's directed at me.........
                    Uh... no it wasn't. I was thinking of a member of mine who'd put in ascii art in his sigs. Stuff like:

                    Code:
                    .                          / (         ) \
                    .                          \  \___  /   |_
                    .                          /  /     | `       \
                    .                         O O    ) /       |
                    .                        (_ .)    _  )      /
                    .                          `.___/`       /
                    .                           `-----'       /
                    .       <----.         __ /   __     \
                    .     <----|====O)))==) \ )    /====
                    .       <----'         `-- '  `.___, ' \
                    .                       |                 |\
                    .                        \               /_\\/',---|>
                    .                         /           _/  \_\\_//
                    .                   __  \        _/\___     \
                    .                  /    \_\     /     __/     /
                    .                   \_______|     \____/
                    
                    or
                    
                    .              /                             \            
                    .            /                                \             
                    .           /                                   \      
                    .         //                                     \\          
                    .       / /  «-^v•ÇHàóTïç ÔÑëZ•v^-»  \ \      
                    .     /   |                                       |   \     
                    .   /     \                                      /     \          
                    .  |        \       ___            ___      /        |      
                    .   \         \,+*        *\\||//*        *+,/         /     
                    .     \___ /                 §               \ __ _/       
                    .      \              ___\       / ___            /       
                    .       \              '\_/ \    / ' \_/  `          /       
                    .         \                   |_|                  /              
                    .           `*+,,,          /_ \          ,,,+*'         
                    .                 |                           |           
                    .                 |      /V°¯¯°V\        |    
                    .                  \\    |           |      //    
                    .                   \\     `^^^^^'       //
                    .                     \ __((((((((((__/            
                    .                            )))))))))                  
                    .                           ((((((((                       
                    .                             ))))))            
                    .                              (((
                    
                    or 
                    
                    :	                                            ,-'``/
                    :	                             ,------,       /' /   ,-'`'`'`)
                    :	                              '''`'`\ \     / / ,-''`,-'`'``
                    :	                                    \ \  / / / /'`'
                    :	                                      \\// ,-'`'``'`-,
                    :	                                ,-'''`'`'``V'`       :\
                    :	                           , -/  ,-~-,     ,-''`'-,   \-,
                    :	                         ,''  /  /'      \   /       \   \ '',
                    :	                        /   |   |    ,~,|  |`~,    |    |   \
                    :	                        |,/'`\   \   (@/   \@)  /    /'`'`\|
                    :	                       (  --, \,  '~~'`  /`\  '~~'  ,/  ,-- ')
                    :	                         \,/   '`-_     ,'`  `',    _-'`   \,/
                    :	                          /         '``'`        '``'`        \
                    :	                         /                                    \
                    :	                        /                                       \
                    :	                       |                                         |
                    :	                       \                                         |
                    :	                         \                                      /
                    :	                           \                                  /
                    :	                            \        O         O        ,/
                    :	                               \_                       _/
                    :	                                  ''`-------------------'`|
                    :	                                  _|'`~----------'`''    |
                    :	                                 /_|                    >\
                    :	                                |    '-,________,-''    |
                    :	                                |                            |
                    :	                                 '~~-,____|___,-~~'''
                    :	                                          ,. -'''''-., {S mSRemINd
                    :	                                       ,'            `,
                    :	                                      ;                ;
                    :	                                       ' ,            ,'
                    :	                                           ''~...~''
                    so on and so forth...
                    Well, there it is.
                    - Keeper of the Grove

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                    • Unown
                      Member
                      • Mar 2001
                      • 80

                      #11
                      I know someone who did that, but it wasnt so big. His entire signature was about this big:

                      |
                      |
                      |
                      |
                      |

                      Since Im no good at typing art, I wont try to copy it. But that's about how tall it was.

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                      • Parker Trasborg
                        Member
                        • Dec 2000
                        • 51

                        #12
                        Those are very pretty.

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                        • Steve Machol
                          Former Customer Support Manager
                          • Jul 2000
                          • 154488

                          #13
                          Here's the signature I use on usenet posts:

                          Code:
                           _          _
                          / \._ _|_ o|_) _  _.._ _|  _ _ ._ _   smachol "at" optiboard "dot" com
                          \_/|_) |_ ||_)(_)(_|| (_|o(_(_)| | |  [url]http://optiboard.com[/url]
                             |
                          I'll be interested in seeing if this works on this forum. I tried this with UBB's 'code' tag before but it didn't work.
                          Steve Machol, former vBulletin Customer Support Manager (and NOT retired!)
                          Change CKEditor Colors to Match Style (for 4.1.4 and above)

                          Steve Machol Photography


                          Mankind is the only creature smart enough to know its own history, and dumb enough to ignore it.


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                          • Skeptical
                            Senior Member
                            • Oct 2000
                            • 2007

                            #14
                            I've got a lot more ascii art, but it doesn't really show up correctly in this forum. But here are some more:

                            Code:
                            .                              /\
                            .                             / /
                            .                          /\| |
                            .                          | | |/\
                            .                          | | / /
                            .                          | `  /
                            .                          `\  (__
                            .                         _.-  ;  ,-.-.
                            .                      /    _____| 0 |0\
                            .                     |    /`            `^-.\.-'`-._
                            .                     |   |                           `-._
                            .                     |   :                                `.
                            .                      \    `._      `-.__             O.'
                            _.--,                   \     `._     __.^--._O_..-'
                            `---, `.                  `\       /` ` `
                            .   `\ `,                  `\    |
                            .    |   :                    ;  |
                            .   /    `.            ___|__|___
                            .  /    `---.:____...---' `--------`.
                            . /        (         `.      __      `.
                            . |          `---------' _   /  \        \
                            . |    .-.      _._     (_)  `--'        \
                            . |   (   )    /   \                       \
                            .  \   `-'     \   /                       ;-._
                            .    \           `-'           \           .'    `.
                            .     /`.                  `\    `\     _.-'`-.    `.___
                            .     |   `-._                `\    `\.-'       `-.   ,--`
                            .     \      `--.___      ___\    \           ||^\\
                            .      `._        | ``----''       `.   `\         `'  `
                            .         `--;     \                `.   `.
                            .             //^||^\\               //^||^\\
                            
                            
                            
                            :	  __|____|__                // \              I Go FiSHiNG
                            :	      |  (oo)                  //    \
                            :	     | |    O \               //       \
                            :	   _ | \__o_/             //          \
                            :	  /\ \‡‡\_/‡\ \\         //             \
                            :	 |‡|| |‡‡‡‡‡| |‡\__ o//                \ 
                            :	 |‡||  --   ---  |‡‡‡‡|//8                 \
                            :	 \‡‡‡‡_)___|      //                      \
                            :	    | /         \ |    //                         \
                            :	    |       |     |                                 \
                            :	    |____|___|                                  \
                            :	     |__|_ |__|_                                   \
                            :	 __|____\|___ 	\______~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^
                            :	 |                              |   ><>    ~^~^~^  ><}}}}}>   ~^~
                            :	 |                              |   ~^~^~^~^            ~^~^~
                            :	 |_________________|   <)))))><     ^~^~^~^~^~^~~^
                            
                            
                            
                            .                .·`          ` .. `           `·.
                            .             .:                ::                 :.
                            .          ..::           O  .:::.  O            ::..
                            .      .::::::::.         .·           ·.        .:::::::::.
                            .  .:::::::::::::::::::::                 :::::::::::::::::::::.
                            . :::::::::::::::::::::::                 ::::::::::::::::::::::::
                            . `·::::::::::::::::::::::.             .:::::::::::::::::::::::·`
                            .         `·::::..       `.      :      .`        ..::::·` TICKLE ME
                            .             `·:::::..     ·  ..:..  ·      ..:::::·`
                            .                 ``·::::::::::::::::::::::::::·``
                            .                        `````````````````` 
                            
                            
                            .             , - ~ ~ ~~ -,  /' ' ` ` ' ` ~ -,
                            .            /     , . . - ~' /   /' ~ - . , . -'
                            .           '|     |          /   /
                            .            \    '|  ¸ -' ,''-' ,'-,           , - ~ ,
                            .              \   \' ( ,'      ', '-,     ¸.-( ¸ ¸ #,'
                            .              ( \  '    ' -,,º,,'' º-''('(             ',
                            .               '-,        ¸ ¸                      , '
                            .                  '-,    '  ;  - . , , , ,  .  - '
                            .                      '\'-,   ', '\;' ~,  ' ,
                            .                        \,'-¸¸ '-¸¸'\,   '   ',
                            .                      -:' ¸ , . , , , ,`,';' '
                            .                      ,-',               ' , 
                            .      ,.,           ,'-'                   ',
                            .   ,-'     '-,    ,-'       /,.-            ,'
                            .  ;          ',,-'      ,-'               ,-', ¸
                            .  ',     \`    \      -'               ,-'     ,'
                            .   ',     \     ',     \          , -'   '-  ,-'
                            .     ;      \     ',     \   - ~,' \      ',
                            .    ,'~    ',     ;      ',,.-','    ',     ',
                            . , '         ', , , ;      ', ,'    /¸|    --', ¸
                            .(¸¸¸)¸¸¸¸)¸¸¸)    ,'         ' ,   ,'         '-,)
                            .                 (¸¸¸¸)¸¸¸¸)¸¸¸¸)(¸¸¸¸)¸¸¸¸)¸¸¸¸)
                            Well, there it is.
                            - Keeper of the Grove

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