Subjects in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS/ SMS/TXT/Chat Speak

DavidB · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:32 pm

As of right now, any new threads with subjects in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS will be removed.

Cheers
David

Webslave · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:03 pm

Heck, we may as well do this right!

Additionally, effective immediately - posts containing unneccesary SMS/Chat/TXT speak will be deleted on sight without notice. Users who continue to offend will be issued with healthy warnings.

For those who are unaware of what I am talking about, see below:

Wrong:

TE2815 · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:11 pm

[quote="Webslave"]Wrong:

chairman · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:20 pm

As I said in the lounge. keep it up moderators. It is good to see a bit of active moderating going on

Graeme Breydon: Chairman Puffing Billy Railway, Treasurer Assoc.of Tourist Railways(Vic), Convenor Assoc of Tourist & Heritage Rail Australia Rail Safety Group, enthusiastic but currently inactive member of the Tramway Museum Society of Vic, SteamRail.

Webslave · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:25 pm

Here are some common "SMS Speak" words and their status:

Terms not to be used
Wot => What
U => You
R => Are
Dis => This
N => And
& => And
Iz => Is
Foto => Photo

Terms to be used in appropriate quantities
lol
lmao
rofl
brb

Terms allowed to be used freely
Any abbreviation of a name or concept
SSR
Wiki
CTM
ABS

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TE2815 · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:32 pm

What about these sparingly:
IIRC = If I Recall Correctly
IMHO = In My Honest Opinion
WSITD = Wild Stab In The Dark

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by the way with that comment/remark as TE28 Question

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michaelgreenhill · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:38 pm

As an abbreviation, those (and similar) ones falls under the last category outlined by James.

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DavidB · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:50 pm

As are some I use regularly, such as AFAIK and AIUI.

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David

Webslave · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:53 pm

I think we'll add 'WTF' to the "no" list.

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TheLoadedDog · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:49 pm

Farewell 'WTF'. **sniff**

Seriously though, this campaign has my full support.

"'Reality,' sa molesworth 2, 'is so unspeakably sordid it make me shudder.'"

Hitachi_Man · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:19 pm

I also suport this campaign fully. I hate text language so much

dad2natalie · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:32 pm

Whatabout realy pox avatars??? *looking in Michael Greenhills direction*

Hey? | What?

TheLoadedDog · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:37 pm

I'm changing my full support to mostly supporting this.

I've got a small concern about one area, and that is the concept of "banned words". I think a list of words or acronyms which are verboten is arbitrary and unwieldy. Message board rules should operate at a much broader level than this. A complex list of three different levels "not permitted, "tolerated is small doses", and "to be used freely" is going to going to catch out innocent newbies, or regulars who use certain terms absentmindedly. I think, if an otherwise unblemished post has, for example, one usage of the word "wot", then that post should not be removed, and its author should not be hassled. On the other hand, the SMS-style posts should of course be pulled. Moderators should act more like judges and less like legislators, IMHO. The rules should be more analogous to common law than the statute variety. Discretion and willingness to interpret the rules is the hallmark of good moderation. Blind adherence to black and white rules is not good moderation.

Some black and white rules will always be necessary. There should not be a huge number of them, and they should be broad. My favourite one of these is from another board I visit: We have one guiding principle: Don't be a jerk. Brilliant. That board does have other, more specific rules, but you could near get away with just having that one. I've adopted it for my own board (except I changed the American "jerk" to the much more local "goose"), and I'd recommend it for this board.

Rather than endless argument over which slang should and shouldn't be permitted, why not just have "thou shalt type in accepted colloquial Australian English" and leave it at that?

Just my 2c.

"'Reality,' sa molesworth 2, 'is so unspeakably sordid it make me shudder.'"

Webslave · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:43 pm

As with all rules, our moderators are encouraged to use common sense and descretion wherever they feel it is neccesary. I think that in itself just about covers what you've said there TLD™.

The list of banned words is advisory only. We take a hardline in announcing rules - simply as a deterrent.

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Maikha · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:55 pm

What about banning constant German accented text?

Seriously, that's as hard to read (Although easier to hear) as SMS/TXT crap is.

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