Comment Rules and Tips
Many pages on this site include a form for submitting comments. In order to keep the site enjoyable to others, you must follow certain rules when posting your comments.
Basic rules
- Do not post comments that annoy or harass others, or that are intended to start or continue a flame war.
- Do not use profanity. Anything caught by the profanity filter is considered "profanity" in this case. The filter is there for a reason.
- Do not spam. I do not want cheap "V\1\a.g//r'A" or free $50 gift certificates. Don't post excessive amounts of links, do not advertise your products, and do not post pointless comments like "haha first comment" or "fgkfdjgkfdgjfdkgfd".
- Don't post personal information, including your phone number or address. You may enter either your real name or a nickname in the Name field. To avoid spam on your behalf, do not post your e-mail address publicly (the email address entered into the Email field will not be displayed publicly.)
- Don't use 10-year-old IM speak. unless, of couarse, u r a 10 yr old, lol.
- DONT SHOUT IT IS ANNOYING AND POINTLESS AND WILL NOT BRING ANY ATTENTION TO YOUR COMMENT AT ALL IF YOUR WHOLE COMMENT IS TYPED IN ALL CAPS LIKE THIS. It's OK to use caps for EMPHASIS, however.
- Use BBCode properly and in moderation. Don't abuse BBCode by making your
comments display in a huge font and clashing colors. Don't embed large images (more than 600 by
600 pixels in size, unless it is expressly specified that you may post large images).
DO use appropriate tags when required; for instance, be sure to enclose computer code with[code]tags, and quotations with[quote]tags. - Do not post inappropriate content, including, but not limited to, websites of an adult nature or websites that contain malware. Do not embed images of a pornographic or otherwise disturbing nature.
If you do not abide by these rules, your comment may be deleted. If you frequently violate these rules, you may be banned either temporarily or permanently on an email, IP, or ISP level.
Tips
BBCode support
Many BBCode tags are supported in comments. If you've posted in forums before, you may already be familiar with BBCode; if not, I have a nice BBCode tutorial that can help you learn quickly. BBCode allows you to change text formatting, add links, change colors, insert pictures, quote others, and more.
Administrative comments
Comments posted by administrators can be easily distinguished from comments posted by regular users. Thus, you can be sure that a comment with an administrator's name is, in fact, a genuine admin comment.
Automatic line breaks
Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Keep this in mind when inserting code or quotations.
