New Rule

[GommeInc]

It's pointless posting in my eyes, so it could fit under that?

[Thetan]

Your garden is overgrown and your cucumbers are soft!



See, that could be used as an insult too. Doesn't mean its harmful. I don't like the idea of adding new rules, its too messed up and complicated as it is. But I do agree, grammar police are annoying.

[Catzsy]

I voted not sure,
As i think maybe it should be implemeted into the "bullying rules"

But if someone is just pointing out things like
"You spelt because wrong"
That, Is fine.
But if someone says
"You have the grammer of a 3 year old"
That is bullying, in a way

I agree and I feel it is demeaning to the member. This isn't school. Sure you can't use text talk there but this is an online forum where people hopefully like to be free of the grammar rules.

[GommeInc]

Net and text speak should be allowed, this is an online forum and people our age do talk like that online, obviously not to the extremes where it is unreadable. As long as the common net/text words are used then it should be fine. As Catzsy said, this isn't school, you would think an online forum would be an excuse to escape it for interesting discussions amoungst people roughly the same age. It's like the moderators/management's reason behind users not allowed to say "stupid," "idiot," "moron," "imbesile," "twit," "dick," "*****," "piss," "arse," "***" and a hundred other acceptable words in teen culture, but not allowed in school. A quick news flash to that reasoning, this isn't school and the management, nor the moderators are NOT teachers, they're teenagers just like the rest of us, which is what they should be aiming to be. Nothing is more frustrating than people pretending to be something they're not.

[leah]

tbh it is annoying when know it alls correct your spelling and judge you on spelling mistakes, I agree to an extent, but i dont think they should be punished.

[The Professor]

IMPO, it comes under "trolling" because it contributes nothing to the thread and is only there to start arguments. Trolling is an instantly punishable offence by way of caution/banning, so creating another rule wouldn't really serve to do much

[GommeInc]

I like how 'trolling' is now the big word. Trolling is looking for an argument without reason. Telling someone they've spelt words wrong or have terrible grammar isn't trolling, it's just rudeness really and the main point which shows it isn't trolling is because it draws information from a reply by another members. Trolling is making an argument out of thin air with little relevance, as stated below..."/

Trolling:

Deliberately posting false information in order to elicit responses from people who really want to help. A typical response might be, "No, Bart Simpson was NOT one of our founding fathers."

Deliberately provoking arguments on newsgroups or bulletin boards, with no other intent than to gain attention for the sake of attention.

To deliberately post false or controversial messages to gain attention for the sake of attention, usually from people who genuinely want to help. The act of posting false messages is called trolling.

[Catzsy]

I like how 'trolling' is now the big word. Trolling is looking for an argument without reason. Telling someone they've spelt words wrong or have terrible grammar isn't trolling, it's just rudeness really and the main point which shows it isn't trolling is because it draws information from a reply by another members. Trolling is making an argument out of thin air with little relevance, as stated below..."/

Trolling:

Deliberately posting false information in order to elicit responses from people who really want to help. A typical response might be, "No, Bart Simpson was NOT one of our founding fathers."

Deliberately provoking arguments on newsgroups or bulletin boards, with no other intent than to gain attention for the sake of attention.

To deliberately post false or controversial messages to gain attention for the sake of attention, usually from people who genuinely want to help. The act of posting false messages is called trolling.

I have to agree here - there is a great deal of difference between this and 'Trolling'.

[Jay.]

We don't need ANOTHER rule.

[o.o]

[The Professor]

Hi,

I think we should have a new rule stating that people cannot post commenting on other people spelling/grammars mistakes made in the post. In retrospec its a form of bullying if you keep posting postituantly about that person saying "Ow you cant even speak english" , "You have grammar of a 3 year old", that is all forms of bullying. Also some people cant help there spelling and grammar becuase of things like disletcia and other things. Also, the people commenting with theese comments seem to do this is alot of threads trying to cause arguments within the thread and attacking the person who created the thread.

IMPO, it comes under "trolling" because it contributes nothing to the thread and is only there to start arguments.

The parts in bold back up the point. Rarely, if ever, does someone comment on spelling without the intention to cause or continue an argument. It is often used when a person has been defeated in a logical argument and wants to find a way to carry it on to save themselves from looking like they've been beaten.

I'd also like to include one of Gomme's definitions to back up my point:

Deliberately provoking arguments on newsgroups or bulletin boards, with no other intent than to gain attention for the sake of attention.