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Sign your name to your posts! (& other Rules to Posting here)
Re: Sign your name to your posts! (& other Rules to Posting here)
Originally posted by paulcalloway
Lets not forget the rules of this website:
1) Sign your full name to every post.
2) No farbism
3) Be nice
Hi Paul,
I'm pretty new here (I'm A.D., as in After Database crash), so as a short self description, I'm one of those guys that lives in fear of discovering rules that everyone but me knows about!
The faq seems like something that comes as part of the forum software, I don't see a button labeled "forum guidelines" (as the CW reenactor forum has), and even after checking all the posts you've made, I'm not positive that there aren't some rules here I don't know about.
After noting the requirement for a full name in the signature (not just the profile), I later noticed a rule regarding avatars, so I surmise that such a list does exist.
Perhaps the recent database loss trashed them before I could read them?
So, please share the website rules or point me to them ;)
(If there's some button or option I haven't found that's staring me right in the face that is obvious to everyone else...oh well, it wouldn't be the first time.)
Re: Sign your name to your posts! (& other Rules to Posting here)
Originally posted by paulcalloway
Lets not forget the rules of this website:
1) Sign your full name to every post.
2) No farbism
3) Be nice
What are the "rules" (other than above)?
I just got a private message tonight about the name... never gave it much thought, most everyone in the hobby (from west coast to Kentucky/Virginia to Texas) knows me only as "Champ" or "Captain Ferguson"; most are confused if I use my "other" name.
I was a little taken aback I guess because I know of at least one other current member who is using their "reenactor name" & not their "real" name, so I didnt think it was a problem.
Also, I was told that the avatar has to be a reenactor picture, not the Dept. of East Kentucky flag I currently use.
Re: Sign your name to your posts! (& other Rules to Posting here)
Champ,
We ask that everyone use there given name in their signature. While not well known in the hobby, people do know me as Dusty so I incorporate that into my signature.
Also, the avatar is supposed to be a picture of you in uniform, if possible. Allowing flag, cartoon characters, etc may open doors we don't need opened.
Thanks for complying.
Mike "Dusty" Chapman
Member: CWT, CVBT, NTHP, MOC, KBA, Stonewall Jackson House, Mosby Heritage Foundation
"I would have posted this on the preservation folder, but nobody reads that!" - Christopher Daley
The AC was not started with the beginner in mind. - Jim Kindred
I just got a private message tonight about the name... never gave it much thought, most everyone in the hobby (from west coast to Kentucky/Virginia to Texas) knows me only as "Champ" or "Captain Ferguson"; most are confused if I use my "other" name.
I was a little taken aback I guess because I know of at least one other current member who is using their "reenactor name" & not their "real" name, so I didnt think it was a problem.
Also, I was told that the avatar has to be a reenactor picture, not the Dept. of East Kentucky flag I currently use.
Can you please clarify?
Thanks.
I had the same thing happen last night.
Fritz Jacobs
Last edited by Fritz; 06-25-2007, 05:07 AM.
Reason: Signature
Fritz Jacobs
CPT, QM, USAR (Ret)
[email]CPTFritz@aol.com[/email]
Re: Sign your name to your posts! (& other Rules to Posting here)
The rules look pretty cut and dried to me. Very self explainatory, and straight foward. Now how simple is that ?
[B][FONT="Georgia"][I]P. L. Parault[/I][/FONT][/B][FONT="Book Antiqua"][/FONT]
[I][B]"Three score and ten I can remember well, within the volume of which time I have seen hours dreadful and things strange: but this sore night hath trifled former knowings."
Re: Sign your name to your posts! (& other Rules to Posting here)
P.L. is my first name. My Birth certificate is P.L. Parault Jr. My drivers License is P.L. Parault Jr. My S.S. Is P.L. Parault Jr. So I do sign my full name.
When I first joined this site I read all of the rules and have tried my best to follow them. It seems to me,that when I joined this forum,I followed the rules,and placed my FULL name on the bottom. Nobody said anything then.
[B][FONT="Georgia"][I]P. L. Parault[/I][/FONT][/B][FONT="Book Antiqua"][/FONT]
[I][B]"Three score and ten I can remember well, within the volume of which time I have seen hours dreadful and things strange: but this sore night hath trifled former knowings."
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