FSM Forum Rules and Guidlines

An excellent idea! 

Well.. That's two of us, Slusher....

While it couldn't hurt, I wouldn't expect it to get any more notice that way. We had/have similar stickies over at ModelWarships and you still find people posting against rules, be it in the wrong forum or asking questions that are answered in those posts. Humans are good at filtering out "clutter."

what about making one of those things you have to read thru before you can create an account?  Have a "quiz" in the account-creating process to show you actually read/comprehended it?

Tracy White

While it couldn't hurt, I wouldn't expect it to get any more notice that way. We had/have similar stickies over at ModelWarships and you still find people posting against rules, be it in the wrong forum or asking questions that are answered in those posts. Humans are good at filtering out "clutter."

bondoman

Tracy White:

While it couldn't hurt, I wouldn't expect it to get any more notice that way. We had/have similar stickies over at ModelWarships and you still find people posting against rules, be it in the wrong forum or asking questions that are answered in those posts. Humans are good at filtering out "clutter."

 

Funny parallel-  one of our professional activities is designing regulatory signage. Do people pay attention? Mostly. For the rest of them, at least it provides the basis on which to enforce the rules.

Not sure what industry your "regulatory signage" is prepared for but working in a HIGHLY regulated industry (banking) I will tell you that most customers are so inundated with rules, fine print, exceptions, etc., that they rarely read, let alone understand, much of what is thrown at them (which also goes for many of us charged with following them)!  Thank goodness these are only modeling forum rules and guidlines in question.

I design signage for a living. All kinds of stuff from ballparks to airports to museums. You can see me at www.debranicholsdesign.com.

In any case, KISS is usually the standard and we should all know what that means.

"MEN" "WOMEN" "EXIT".

If it was a sticky with about a 50 word count,  that'd do the trick. I don't think that most good sets of instructions that come to mind take much more.

bondoman

In any case, KISS is usually the standard and we should all know what that means.

"MEN" "WOMEN" "EXIT".

If it was a sticky with about a 50 word count,  that'd do the trick. I don't think that most good sets of instructions that come to mind take much more.

Damn straight, those are words to live by.

The Ten commandments have 307 words. 

No wonder I have problems...

stcat

The Ten commandments have 307 words.   

How many numbers???

Between 8 and 10, depending on the manufacturer.

I got mine from Airfix.  It wasn't as detailed.

iraqiwildman

 

stcat:

 

The Ten commandments have 307 words.   

 

 

How many numbers???

15 originally, if Mel Brooks' "History of the World, Pt. I" is to be believed

They definitely need to be easier to locate. I had to search all over for them until I discovered the sort and filter function. It could at the very least be made a sticky in the Forums and Etiquette forum. You can't expect people to follow the rules if they don't know what the rules are.

Bump

A small one, but I doubt you'd be comfortable calling it a baby bump.

The other "Bump" gif I have woulda got me thrown in the stockade...

:: Searches for grinding gif ::

What, I'm in Seattle - it's coffee!

I have never read the rules because I can't find them. There's some thing you have to do to get them to read, and I don't get it so I suffice to read them when periodically re quoted.

I'm in San Francisco, it's salami.

Tracy:... dumb question.. are you any where near Bangor Maine?? we have business there.. called White Signs...

Reasoned.. I agree.. I was in the Credit Union world for 9 years... NO ONE opens their mail.. NO ONE reads the signs you post in the lobby.. NO ONE reads the banners and pop ups on your website.. grrrrrr....lol

signs,,, signs.. everwhere there's signs...

CallSignOWL

what about making one of those things you have to read thru before you can create an account?  Have a "quiz" in the account-creating process to show you actually read/comprehended it?

Oh no. No tests. I take enough of them for work.

bondoman

I have never read the rules because I can't find them. There's some thing you have to do to get them to read, and I don't get it so I suffice to read them when periodically re quoted.

I'm in San Francisco, it's salami.

They're in "FSM Forum Rules and Ettiquette". 

Go one down from there and click on the forum for   "FSM Forum Rules and Ettiquette"Click on THAT.

You'll see THIS:

THEN, you will possibly see this:

"There are no posts to show. This could be because there are no posts in this forum or due to a filter."

So, you have click on the sort and filter link:

Open the drop-down under "With date". Then for now, choose "Show All" 

Then, make sure that you have chosen "Show All" again under the "With read status"  in the drop-down there.

THEN the "Forum Rules and Etiquette" post will show..

The admin that "reposted" it  locked it, so there is no way for anyone to bump it, aside from another admin doing it..

Funny thing is, you have to know where it is, AND how to get to it, in order to read the following:

New members please read these simple guidelines