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Dr. Bidlo
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| I would like to echo the earlier sentiments. Whill has done an amazing job moderating this forum and sometimes people disagree, but how they do it makes all the difference. It is a difficult job and we are all humans (I assume) with unique perspectives, experiences, and triggers. Thank you for taking on this task and keeping an eternal optimism! |
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Whill
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:59 am Post subject: [quote="Member"] [/quote] |
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Bidlo, thank you! It means a lot to read that.
| Site Admin wrote: | | (3) Keep it tidy. Before posting a new thread, please read the forum descriptions and post in the most applicable area. Please use the Search function or otherwise look for recent threads on the same topic before posting a new thread or resurrecting an old one. Please do not cross-post the same questions/topics in multiple forums, and please do not duplicate posts in multiple threads or the same thread. Topic drift is normal but if a tangent discussion gets out of hand, you may politely try to steer it back on course or request that a thread be split. (Admins and Mods can split but not merge threads.) Feel free to break up epic mega-posts into multiple posts as you deem appropriate, but please do not post multiple tiny replies just to increase your post-count. (Outside of Administrators and Moderators, the rank titles are just for fun.) When using the quote feature to quote from another post, always maintain who wrote the post you are quoting in the first quote block of your post, unless you are only quoting from the post appearing immediately above yours. If you are quoting multiple other users in a single post, always maintain each user in the first quote block for each user. It is a best practice when using the quote button that you edit the quote text in your reply to only include what you are replying to, especially for longer posts. Please do not post images with the [Img] tags that are greater than 750 pixels wide - Instead just post a URL link to a larger image. In the same regard, do not post very long URLs that stretch the page horizontally – Please either remove unnecessary aspects of the URL to shorten it, or use the [URL] tags with a short text description (the second option that appears when you hover your cursor over the [URL] tag button). Please spell check your thread titles. |
I reordered sentences in this guideline, but the only new part is in blue. I had to add this because of a recent increase in some users vaguely quoting other posts without maintaining the identity of the quoted user and several posts later, so it was not immediately clear who they were quoting. I had to go through the thread myself and edit references into posts so the conversation made more sense.
Below is an example of what is expected. Orange is you, blue is the first member you are quoting, and red is the second member you are quoting. No colors are needed in your posts–these are only colored here for example clarity)...
| BlueLeader wrote: | | Text block 1 |
Reply 1
Reply 2
Reply 3
| RedTwo wrote: | | Text block 1 |
Reply 4
Reply 5
Reply 6
If you click a post's Quote button, that puts identified quote tags into your post draft. If you want to reply to multiple posts, you can copy the quote text from the first post from your post draft, go Back to the thread, click Quote on the next post, then in that post draft make some space and paste the first post. Rinse and repeat as needed. To break up a quote block in your draft, just cut the end tag and paste it to the end of the first partial quote block, then add Quote tags for every subsequent partial quote block, etc.
If you want to use two windows/tabs to copy and paste text as needed (what I suspect some of you do), you still can do it that way, just manually edit at least the first partial quote block start tag for each member you are quoting to include what will turn it into an identifying quote block. You are just adding a ="UserName" in the right place.
You are welcome to use identifying quote tags for every partial quote block (my usual preference), so doing it only for the first block of each member is just the bare minimum. Below is the code for the above example:
| Code: | [quote="BlueLeader"]Text block 1[/quote]
Reply 1
[quote]Text block 2[/quote]
Reply 2
[quote]Text block 3[/quote]
Reply 3
[quote="RedTwo"]Text block 1[/quote]
Reply 4
[quote]Text block 2[/quote]
Reply 5
[quote]Text block 3[/quote]
Reply 6 |
Thank you.
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Whill
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| Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2023 12:59 am Post subject: Re: Keep it civil. |
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| SITE ADMIN wrote: | | Please do not engage in name-calling and personal attacks. |
Some more nuance I never thought I'd have to spell out... The above even applies to cases where someone has self-identified as something. That is theirs to own, but not yours to throw back at them. Let me try to give an example...
I grew up in a low income family. My dad was old-fashioned and felt that my mom having a job would make him look bad, so my mom wasn't allowed to work and my dad's one fast food restaurant manager job had to support a family of four. Sharing this does not mean other people can say, "You're only saying X because you grew up poor" even if they add, "I grew up poor too" and especially if they add, "I've risen above the mentality that you never have."
Please let me know if you have any questions.
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Whill
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2026 2:13 am Post subject: Re: Keep it civil. |
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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day
| SITE ADMIN wrote: | | (7) Keep it civil. ...Discriminatory remarks made on the basis of (but not limited to) race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or religion will not be tolerated here. Hate speech directed toward anyone (on this forum or elsewhere) will not be tolerated here. The Rancor Pit actively condemns hatred. |
I added bolded to the guideline.
| SITE ADMIN wrote: | | (7) Keep it civil. Anger, fear, aggression… the Dark Side are they. Please be respectful of the forums, other users, and their posts. Disagreements will occur on the forums, and there is usually nothing wrong with calm and civil discussion of the Star Wars franchise and RPGs. Sometimes all you can do is agree to disagree. Please try to avoid the mere appearance of incivility. It is a best practice to avoid excessive negativity on any subject (but see 11 below for a related imperative). Please be mindful of general forum etiquette, tone, and knee-jerk reactions. (It is a best practice to be aware of logical fallacies and cognitive bias.) If you are incorrect about something, just admit it and move on. Do not troll others. Do not post legal accusations or make other fear mongering statements. Please do not engage in name-calling and personal attacks. Harassment, bullying, and abusive behavior will not be tolerated (even by PM)... |
Just a reminder.
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