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Re: Forum Rules & Information
Post by Duckk   » Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:12 pm

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With what?
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Re: Forum Rules & Information
Post by George J. Smith   » Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:28 pm

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I have noticed that when using the latest post link in the topics list I always get taken to the top of the page with the latest post, not the latest post itself.
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Re: Forum Rules & Information
Post by Expert snuggler   » Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:35 pm

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What are the rules and recommendations about discussing religion?

Like politics, it's hard to avoid in this context, but obviously hazardous.

I was musing about religion recently, where the problem may have been mentioning contemporary Earth religions, and a non-moderator regular warned me away from the topic. I dropped the subject because the warning made sense.

If there's a cromulent way to apply the history of Terran religions to the future of Langhorneism that isn't Dangerous to the Forum, it's an area I'd like to explore. But not at the risk of a flame war.
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Re: Forum Rules & Information
Post by Duckk   » Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:53 pm

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If it's relevant to the subforum (such as Safehold, where religion plays a pretty big role), then discussion is fine so long as it remains topical. Off topic of course goes to Free Range.
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Re: Forum Rules & Information
Post by isaac_newton   » Tue Aug 11, 2015 3:19 am

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Expert snuggler wrote:What are the rules and recommendations about discussing religion?

Like politics, it's hard to avoid in this context, but obviously hazardous.

I was musing about religion recently, where the problem may have been mentioning contemporary Earth religions, and a non-moderator regular warned me away from the topic. I dropped the subject because the warning made sense.

If there's a cromulent way to apply the history of Terran religions to the future of Langhorneism that isn't Dangerous to the Forum, it's an area I'd like to explore. But not at the risk of a flame war.


Courtesy & clarity are always good! Phrases that imply that people of opposing views to you are either fools or knaves is not! Treat people and their thinking seriously - it is quite clear that there are deeply thoughtful people on both sides and that should be honoured.
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Re: Forum Rules & Information
Post by DDHvi   » Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:16 am

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Sorry, wrong thread :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Re: Forum Rules & Information
Post by Duckk   » Fri Oct 02, 2015 11:01 am

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Uhh... ok? Not sure how that's relevant to the operation of the forum.
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Re: Forum Rules & Information
Post by Brian   » Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:03 pm

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Duckk wrote:Welcome to the Forum Rules! As your Forum God - err, I mean Moderator -


Closing notes
If you have any questions or feedback, please don't hesitate to ask.

Happy Posting!


I did a topic search on the word "acronym"... got a bunch of hits on the specific word, but not much of general guidance on translations. Is there a thread here somewhere that lists common (Honorverse) forum acronyms?

-brian
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Re: Forum Rules & Information
Post by Duckk   » Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:09 pm

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We've had people post acronyms before, but as you've seen they're buried in the post history. As my Thanksgiving break project, I'll look into putting up an acronym page to the site.
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Re: Forum Rules & Information
Post by Keith_w   » Sat Nov 07, 2015 8:14 am

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Did the width of the topic page change? It seems that the am/pm moved to create a new line and thus less topics are displayed per page.
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