[wp-forums] Profanity in Usernames

[Micah Cooksey]

I wonder if we could condense the rules down into a really short note  
to be included with somewhere in the registration process.  I agree  
with you Mark in that it would be pointless to send them a long boring  
set of rules they could care less about.  But maybe something like:
Welcome to the WordPress Forums!

Your password is: xxx

Some general guidelines:
Search the codex (codex.wordpress.org) and the forum before posting to  
see if yours is a common issue
Don't bump
Be polite and remember everyone helping you is a volunteer and is  
thereby helping you for free
Keep it clean - no posting links to adult/inappropriate unless you  
give a warning that they are

The complete forum rules may be found here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/68664

Something like that just to give people a general mindset.

I think that going through the rules is an awesome idea, and I love  
the idea of centralizing all codex and forum documents and making them  
easily findable.

Just my one and a half cents.
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Micah Cooksey
micah at ronnykathy.com




On Mar 10, 2010, at 4:18 PM, esmi at quirm dot net wrote:

> on 10/03/2010 23:27 Mark / t31os said the following:
>> I'd not go so far as to add forum rules or guidelines onto the  
>> registration process(good idea though, keep em coming), perhaps a  
>> link at the top of the form would be a good alternative though,  
>> maybe with a brief message..
>
> Agreed. People will just scroll through them otherwise. But I think  
> a note about the use of profanity is usernames - preferably right by  
> the username input - would be helpful. Nothing complex. Short &  
> sweet along the lines of:
>
> "Accounts associated with usernames that are considered to be  
> profane will be removed on sight."
>
> Probably not the best wording but it's a start?
>
> <snip>
>> One idea could be to have a singular document that covers both  
>> forum rules and forum entiquette. If you wanted to describe that in  
>> a more simple manner, it could be translated into "What you can do"  
>> and "What you cannot do".. (such a page wouldn't be desribed that  
>> way though - i'm sure someone cringed when they read that).
>
> Is "Do's & Don'ts" too simplistic?
>
> I'm also wondering if 2 documents might not work better that one.
>
> 1. Here's a list of all the things you can do to help others help you.
>
> 2. Here's another list of all of the things you shouldn't do unless  
> you want to get banned, moderated or otherwise get into trouble.
>
> For example, some people are genuinely nervous of posting site urls  
> in case they are contravening a forum rule. I think it might help if  
> they were made aware that it is not only OK - it's sometimes  
> essential - as long as the context is appropriate.
>
> <snip>
>
>> For now though, i do believe the forum rules could do with a little  
>> fine tuning, and maybe a few minor additions.
>
> I'll try and have a proper look at the current Rules over the next  
> day or so (time permitting) and see if I can come up with any  
> concrete suggestions for additions or changes. If we stick with it  
> for now, it can always be built upon until such times as it can be  
> naturally sub-divided. At the very least, it offers a clear focal  
> point for discussion.
>
> Mel / esmi
>
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