All,
When the time approaches for you to venture out on to the Internet and grace us with a new thread full of noble purpose, wry humour or technical merit, please take a second or two to consider your choice of thread title. Often this seems to be a mere afterthought to the eloquent and witty text in the main post (yeah, right) and as such we, your fellow enthusiasts, often have difficulty discerning what you might be wittering on about.
Some examples:
A. Selling a cam cover
Bad thread title: for sale
Good thread title: Cam cover for sale
B. Asking which tyres to use
Bad thread title: which ones?
Good thread title: Which tyres are best for VII RS?
C. Help with dump valve install
Bad thread title: help!!!!!1
Good thread title: How to install dump valve on an Evo IV?
D. A 'hilarious' video clip found on ebaumsworld (or other such shithole)
Bad thread title: LOL
Good thread title: LOL!!! Video of this fat kid singing at his computer!!!1
E. Post about the state of this bloody country, it's all their fault, I blame the parents etc. etc.
Bad thread title: makes me mad
Good thread title: I read the Daily Mail and as such probably need lobotomising
A moment of thought when titling your opus can save those of use who, for some strange reason, might not be interested in your eBay auction for a set of Star Trek 25th Anniversary Steak Knifes or the 953rd thread about dump valves, from having to look at your bloody post.
While you are at it, try the Preview Post feature (it can be used more than once folks!) to see if your post is at least semi-legible. You could also take a few seconds to add a few capital letters at the start of sentences and a bit of punctuation; you know, that boring old stuff that actually makes your post readable to the rest of us?
And while you are at it, look at the forum you are posting in; is it really the most relevant place on the MLR for your thread? Again, some examples:
A. Selling a cam cover
Bad forum: Lancer Chat
Good forum: Parts For Sale
B. Asking which tyres to use
Bad forum: Technical Questions
Good forum: Tyres/Wheels
C. Help with dump valve install
Bad forum: Non-Lancer Chat
Good forum: Technical Questions
D. A 'hilarious' video clip forund on ebaumsworld (or other such shithole)
Bad forum: Picture & Video Gallery
Good forum: Chit Chat
E. Post about the state of this bloody country, it's all their fault, I blame the parents etc. etc.
Bad forum: Lancer EX 2000 Turbo
Good forum: www.enochpowell.co.uk....sorry, that should be Non-Lancer Chat
Thanks for reading, these things are about the least you can do to help in this frantic and stressful age.
Have a Merry Christmas
The Rest Of Humanity
When the time approaches for you to venture out on to the Internet and grace us with a new thread full of noble purpose, wry humour or technical merit, please take a second or two to consider your choice of thread title. Often this seems to be a mere afterthought to the eloquent and witty text in the main post (yeah, right) and as such we, your fellow enthusiasts, often have difficulty discerning what you might be wittering on about.
Some examples:
A. Selling a cam cover
Bad thread title: for sale
Good thread title: Cam cover for sale
B. Asking which tyres to use
Bad thread title: which ones?
Good thread title: Which tyres are best for VII RS?
C. Help with dump valve install
Bad thread title: help!!!!!1
Good thread title: How to install dump valve on an Evo IV?
D. A 'hilarious' video clip found on ebaumsworld (or other such shithole)
Bad thread title: LOL
Good thread title: LOL!!! Video of this fat kid singing at his computer!!!1
E. Post about the state of this bloody country, it's all their fault, I blame the parents etc. etc.
Bad thread title: makes me mad
Good thread title: I read the Daily Mail and as such probably need lobotomising
A moment of thought when titling your opus can save those of use who, for some strange reason, might not be interested in your eBay auction for a set of Star Trek 25th Anniversary Steak Knifes or the 953rd thread about dump valves, from having to look at your bloody post.
While you are at it, try the Preview Post feature (it can be used more than once folks!) to see if your post is at least semi-legible. You could also take a few seconds to add a few capital letters at the start of sentences and a bit of punctuation; you know, that boring old stuff that actually makes your post readable to the rest of us?
And while you are at it, look at the forum you are posting in; is it really the most relevant place on the MLR for your thread? Again, some examples:
A. Selling a cam cover
Bad forum: Lancer Chat
Good forum: Parts For Sale
B. Asking which tyres to use
Bad forum: Technical Questions
Good forum: Tyres/Wheels
C. Help with dump valve install
Bad forum: Non-Lancer Chat
Good forum: Technical Questions
D. A 'hilarious' video clip forund on ebaumsworld (or other such shithole)
Bad forum: Picture & Video Gallery
Good forum: Chit Chat
E. Post about the state of this bloody country, it's all their fault, I blame the parents etc. etc.
Bad forum: Lancer EX 2000 Turbo
Good forum: www.enochpowell.co.uk....sorry, that should be Non-Lancer Chat
Thanks for reading, these things are about the least you can do to help in this frantic and stressful age.
Have a Merry Christmas
The Rest Of Humanity