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Quality Content Rule: Gettin' Enforced

by Damien (Official Announcements)
Okay ladies and gents. Having perused quite a few threads in the last three days, I've deleted a good score of nonesense posts, and have left sitting many more that -probably- should have been deleted. With Recluce's consent, the Quality Content stipulation in the MCN rules is now going to get a more stringent enforcement by me.

Here's how it's going to work. . . if your post violates the Quality Content rule by either not adding anything to the conversation ("that's a cool fig!") or by being so horribly full of grammatical errors that no intelligent person can understand what you're trying to say unless they sit and stare at your message for 10 minutes ("he gis wuts goin on anywaz just sain hi"), then the offending post will be deleted. I'm not going to coddle you by PMing you to let you know, and I'm especially not going to edit posts anymore asking you to please fix your post. I'm just going to delete it. Plain and simple.

There's two very easy ways to make sure this doesn't happen to you.

1.) Content! If you like a customization, a decal, a MOC, or what-have-you, say why. Write down what you particularly like about it, what you think could be improved, and any other thoughts you might have. Just saying "that's cool" is not, generally, sufficient.

2.) Pay attention in school! The English language is -not- that difficult to use adequately. I'm not requesting that any of you become scholars and masters of the written word. I am asking that you take care to make yourself understood. That means taking time on your posts, re-reading what you've written and possibly using a spellcheck program. Take your time. If you seem to be making a good attempt at this, that's all we are asking.


Now, this isn't meant to pick on anyone or make you not want to post. We want you to post! We just want you to post something of value that the community as a whole can understand and respond to. Personally, I'm hoping that everyone who has problems in these two areas can revise the way they make posts and become better members for it.

I don't know if any of the other Mod's will have anything to add to this, but if so - feel free to put in edits, guys (and gals).

-Damien


MCN Moderator of Customization Tips, Techniques & Questions
by Lamanda2 on Sat, 06/17/2006 - 22:32

Amen to that Damien!

i am glad you posted this for all of the members to see-and learn from,I also hope it gets alot of attention from members that need to work on spelling and leaving their thoughts in the forums,even if this just turns a couple members' thoughts around and makes then decide that they are going to take the step,and post better replies I will be a very happy camper : )

hmmm..Perhaps we may want to sticky this one?




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by Daredevil on Sun, 06/18/2006 - 02:06
I have nothing to add as I agree 100 %, so can you say stickied? :)


- Daredevil - Moderator of MCN

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by Deathstickman on Sun, 06/18/2006 - 11:15
Quote:
I don't know if any of the other Mod's will have anything to add to this, but if so - feel free to put in edits, guys (and gals).

No sir, everything is up there I would say otherwise.

Well said. 8.5 / 10 ;)


by Lamanda2 on Sun, 06/18/2006 - 11:23

Deathstickman wrote:
Well said. 8.5 / 10 ;)

heh..well,I guess that's better than 10/10 :-)

I am glad this was stickied,people better read it ; )




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by Daredevil on Sun, 06/18/2006 - 11:42
Perhaps a front page news story may help promote these new rules too?


- Daredevil - Moderator of MCN

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by Lamanda2 on Sun, 06/18/2006 - 11:48

Great idea DareDevil,I think that would be a very wise choice,

You should post it right away :-)




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by sithlordreturns on Sun, 06/18/2006 - 12:07
I agree with two people here:obviously you Damien, and the post above stating the great idea of a front page story on this topic by Daredevil. Great idea both of you!


People can't read, People can't spell, but people can bicker about what other people can't  do.

by Pharazon on Sun, 06/18/2006 - 16:09

Thank you for making this thread Damien. I must reiterate the suggestion of using the spell-check function. Seriously, it only takes a few seconds but makes a world of difference. Not to sound nasty about it but, it will get to the point of deleting messy posts especially if a member is too consistent. Just use common sense and be courteous to your fellow MCNers by keeping your grammar in good order.




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