Posting Etiquette
For use in the "In Character" forums.
Spellchecking.
Please spellcheck your posts.
Don't have Microsoft Word on your computer or a spellchecker? That's not an excuse.- OpenOffice.org -- A free program office suite with a built in spellchecker.
- SpellCheck.net -- Free online spellchecking.
- Dictionary.com -- For all of your dictionary definition needs.
Both American and Canadian/British variants of the English language are acceptable on Ramath-lehi.
REMEMBER: Every time you misspell a word, Shriker kills a nioti(e).Capitalization/Punctuation.
Try to use proper capitalization and punctuation. Fragmented sentences for style and emphasis are okay.
Chatspeak.
No chatspeak/netspeak/short forms. This includes, but is not limited to, substituting "y" for "why," "r" for "are," "u" for "you," "ic" for "I see," "thanx," "l8er," "luv," etc.
Actions & Spoken Text.
Either bold spoken words put them in a different font colour or put "quotation" marks around them so that people can distinguish them from your action text.
OOC Chatter.
Do NOT post out of character clutter in threads. Timestamps and small notes on the plot are just fine in the first post of a thread, but beyond that, things should be taken to a fully separate thread in the Game-Related forum (or to PMs). So please keep Out of Character comments in the In Character forums to a bare minimum. Too many OOC notes in the IC forums can result in you getting a warning.
Timestamping.
Remember to Timestamp the first post in a thread with your chosen date. The current month and year can always be found at the top of every page on Ramath-lehi.
Posting Tense.
Always write in third-person, past-tense.
Powerplaying.
No Powerplaying (God-Moding;Auto-Hitting;Emoding;Twinking).
Meta-Playing.
No Meta-playing/Omniscience.
Action Indicators.
Please don't use asterisks (*), tildes (~) or other strange markings to indicate character actions. You may however use any sort of symbol or marking in order to indicate telepathy or thought-speak.
Apostrophes.
Do not use excessive apostrophes ('pon, o'vr, gro'nd) unless you are writing character dialogue and wish to indicate an accent.
Posting Speed.
Please do not hound other people and tell them to post because they are "too slow" at responding. Ramath-lehi is a message board based game. We don't run at "chat speed." If the person hasn't posted in over a month however, then okay, go ahead and hound them. Just be nice about it. ;)
Private Threads.
If a thread is marked as "p" or "private" and you haven't been invited to join, don't post in said thread unless you have attained the thread maker's permission.
Posting Order.
Follow set posting orders (if the topic starter has requested them). For example, if three people are in a thread:
Person1 (the thread starter) posts first,
then Person2 posts,
followed by Person3.
Then Person1 posts again,
Person2 posts,
Person3 posts,
Person1 posts,
and so on...
Most Commonly Misspelt Words at Ramath-lehi
tattoo, Janardan
Frequently Misspelled Words
[A] a lot, acceptable, accidentally, accomplish, apologies, apologize, apparent, acquire, [B] believe, [C] changeable, committed, conscience, conscious, [D] definitely, discipline, disappear, [E] embarrassment, equipment, exceed, existence, experience, [F] foreign, [G] grateful, guarantee, [H] height, [I] immediate, intelligence, independent, its/it's, [J] jewelry/(jewellery), judgement, [L] leisure, license, [M] maintenance, medieval, mischievous, [N] necessary, neighbor/(neighbour), noticeable, [O] occasionally, occurrence, [P] possession, peace/piece, pleasant, precede, principle/principal, privilege, pronunciation, [R] receive, recommend, referred, reference, relevant, remember, restaurant, rhythm, [S] schedule, separate, success, [T] to/too, tomorrow, their/they're/there, truly, [U] until, [Y] your/you're, [W] weird
