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9/28/2004 8:12:54 PM
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Courteous and polite posting.

Ah, The Halo Movie Discussion Thread. I have been there for a little while, fighting valiantly for the anti-Halo movie.... thingy. Any road, my time there has pointed out some glaringly rude conduct regarding posting. This is prob. falling on well behaved ears, but what the hell. Here are a few useful tips that will help you gain acceptance and maybe a little respect. 1. Read the previous posts. Is not that much hard work. If the thread is only a few pages long, it doesn't take too long to have (at the very least) a quick skim throught the previous pages to see what has or has not been discussed, who the main posters are, to look for quotes you might like to use and to generally see how the post has gone. Posts flow like a river, and you must be in the boat of knowledge. 2. Use the [q ] [/q ] function. It is VERY basic, and it makes it clear what points you are addressing. 3. Use correct grammar and spelling (a point mentioned many times before) 4. Respect other peoples point of view. Your opinion is not the only opinion in the entire world on any given subject. 5. Point, counterpoint. Makes for interesting debates. 6. Use the edit button! It's right next to the 'Reply to' button. It's not that difficult. ([i] There we go goweb, just for you ;-) [/i] ) Follow these tips, and you shall be loved. Or, at the very least, not get beaten up so much. [Edited on 9/30/2004 12:36:07 PM]

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  • I feel your pain, truly I do. Unfortunately, suggestions and guidelines only get through to people who don't really have problems communicating (the clear sending and receiving of information) in the first place. Many of our members are more than capable of sending information. Are they all sending clear information? Unfortunately, they are not. Are they capable/willing to spend the time receiving/understanding information? Again, not as many as one would hope for. As an example, I'll pull a post from the thread in question. The name of the poster is not relevant. Take a moment to read this, and then try to guess what they are trying to say. [color=lightgreen]Well think about the movie this way… Halo is very well assumed to come out on November. But think about it this way…A halo movie would up the industry soci-economically and evolve the graphic movie industry. Another thing it could do is help expand Halo’s reputation….not degrade it but intensify it’s holding consequent.[/color] Now this was one of 3 uninterrupted posts in a row by the same person. If I thought that it was their intent, I would say that they were bumping, but I don't think that entered their mind. I truly do believe that this is a sincere and honest attempt at what they consider to be a logical and well thought discussion. But, I can only look at that and marvel. My first impression was that this was someone who was from a location where English is not the primary language. In such a case, I would say that they were attempting to make an important point, but that my inability to understand was due to the fact that there were differences between the transmitter and receiver. I don't find that to be a bad thing, and certainly not a failure on anyone's part. We could continue to try to and sooner or later, I am sure that we could. However, I checked the poster's profile. It showed they are in the US. Now I am in a quandary as to explain why I am unable (after multiple readings) to get any clear message from this. It could be that I am unable to grasp the subtle nuances and wording. The problem (with that theory) is that I can define and I know each word that is used! It (the post) reminds me of someone in my field (IT Management) attempting to use as many keywords, catchphrases and double-speak as possible in order to seem more knowledgeable, even if they don't know what any of them mean. I don't know for certain if that is the case, but I consider it as at least a possibility. I don't want to monopolize the floor here. Perhaps someone [i]can[/i] get more out of this than I could. Which was [color=lightgreen]"a Halo movie would be good".[/color] I would be glad to listen to any possible alternate interpretations. The point that I am making is that in this particular case, I am glad that I see the majority of this "communication" inside a few select threads. As long as they have a sandbox to play in, they're welcome to it. I doubt that we could give any guidance, helpful suggestions, or even a session with the discipline bat (if Shishka would loan it out) that is really going to change the core problem. [color=white]"What we have here is a failure to communicate"[/color] edit- don't you hate when you misspell a word, but the spell-check likes it anyway? [Edited on 9/28/2004 3:41:37 PM]

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