Forum Guidelines: Read Before Posting

[Mehdi]

The number 1 goal of this forum is to help people achieve their goal.
* Anything you post on this forum must be done with this goal in mind.
* Always give constructive feedback or do not answer at all.


Things You Must Keep in Mind
* People online are real people
* People often struggle with things that are completely obvious to you.
* People have on average an IQ of 100.
* If you’re getting feedback, realize that the person must care a lot to have sent it.
* If you give, you’ll probably wind up getting, too.
* If you write IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS it sounds like shouting.
* If you flame, you’re wasting real people’s time.
* If you spam, you’re making yourself look bad.
* If you get mad at something: write it down, save it as a draft, go outside for 10mins, then come back and read what you wrote. You'll most likely won't feel like posting it anymore.
* Tell people what they're doing wrong and why so they understand how to fix it.


Read the FAQs, eBook, Archive and Do a Search
* Lots of questions have been asked before
* Make sure you read the faqs in the categories that have one, read the StrongLifts 5x5 eBook, check the Archive and do a search
* You'll get a faster reply reading all of those, and you'll learn other things too during your research.


Posting Guidelines
* Get to the point.
* Say what you want to say in a civilized & direct way.
* Check your spelling & language: english is not the primary language of a lot of forum members, including me. Make it easy for us to understand you.
* Use paragraphs & punctuations, this increases readibility.


Subject of Posts
* Use descriptive headlines. They increase the amount of answers you'll get. "Please help" says nothing. "Help me build muscle" is concrete.
* Avoid ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. It sounds like you're shouting.
* Avoid !!!!!! and ????? and !?!?!?. Posting stuff like "please help!!!!!" or "what about this????" make you look like a 10y old.


Arguing
* It's ok to disagree
* There's a difference between disagree and dislike
* Winning an argument equals time lost doing more constructive things
* Everybody is his own boss eventually
* Often people have to fail before they can see the light


Making Fun of Others
* Making fun of yourself is ok. Making fun of others can hurt their self-esteem especially if it's already low. Avoid.
* This includes posting funny pics in reply to posts. This isn't 4 chan. Avoid.
* Again: give a constructive answer or do not give an answer at all.


Insults/Name Calling/Rascism/Sexism/etc
* There are males, females, americans, europeans, asians, africans, etc on this forum
* We're all human beings with the same goals
* Refrain from insulting, name calling, rascism, sexism, etc


Spam & Self-promotion
* You can put a link to your site/product/etc in your signature (check your profile).
* You can post _relevant_ links if they help other people achieve their goal.
* You know when you spam, and when you do, you'll get a ban. No questions asked.


Trolling
* Find something constructive to do with your time.
* The only way to deal with trolls is to limit your reaction to remind others not to respond to trolls.


Copyright Infringement
* You're not allowed to share copyrighted material with other forum members.


Failure to Follow These Guidelines Equals Ban
* You get 1 warning. You do it again: ban.
* Spammers get a straight ban, no questions asked.


Use the Report Button
* All posts have a report button (exclamation mark) left of the name of the forum member who posted.
* Click it to report posts that are against the above guidelines. This helps moderators do their job.

Any questions, contact me.


Thanks for keeping things civil. Atmosphere is great on this forum and we would like to keep it like this.