Please - stop posting needless stuff!

[Ken Leung]

Top 14 guide lines for posting on Chief Delphi Forum:


14. If you have a simple questions, research the answer in the manual or use the search function before posting. Report it to moderators and get it locked as soon as you got the answer you need.

13. When answering questions, only answer when you have a definite answer with the exact quote from the rule book to back it up. Do not post answers like "I think" or "Maybe...".

12. Only add to existing answers if you find them incompletely or wrong.

11. When commenting on a good (or bad) post done by someone, use the reputation points system instead of replying to their post. Let them know you appeciate their effort, or give them advices on how they can be better.

10. Have a point whenever you post a message. Avoid one liners that says "very interesting", "I agree", "I don't like it".

9. Avoid creating a thread that's over-generalized. Try to be specific in your discussion, and be prepared to organize the discussion into sub topics.

8. Watch which message you are replying to. Only reply directly to someone's post only if you are responding to their message. Otherwise reply under the starting post.

7. Start the thread under the appropiate forum.

6. If the discussion is off topic, create a new thread for the new topic and stop it right there.

5. If you see multiple threads about the same topic, link to them in the biggest one, and report to the moderators to be locked.

4. Be brief and quick to your point. The less people have to read, the faster they will understand you.

3. Think twice before you make a post. Spend at least 5 minutes thinking if you are contributing to the discussion. If you are wasting people's time, posting just to put your name up, or just feel like you have nothing better to do, don't do it.

2. Teach by example. Don't tell others to do what you won't do yourself.

1. Be considerate of others. Everyone start out as a beginner, so do not be harsh to anyone who do not know the way.