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Subject: Should spelling and grammatical errors be punishable by bannings?
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  • 08.30.2007 8:12 PM PDT

because if seeing is believing,
then believe that we have lost our eyes

So you want 95% of the users on here gone I'm assuming?

  • 08.30.2007 8:19 PM PDT

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I personally think this post is offending. It’s not only discriminating but its punishing someone because of there education level. It’s like picking on someone for a handicap. It’s ridiculous. Part of a reading a forum is bad spelling, get used to it. No rules should enforce spelling, perhaps only a spellchecker would be necessary.

  • 08.30.2007 8:22 PM PDT
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"Whatever exists, whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent. These anonymous creatures may seem little or nothing in the world. Yet the smallest crumb can devour us. Any smallest thing beneath yon rock out of men's knowing. Only nature can enslave man and only when the existence of each last entity is routed out and made to stand naked before him will he be properly suzerain of the earth."

Three mistakes? Are you crazy? JAF would be skating on thin ice.

Honestly, that's just horrible. To institute any sort of system that punishes you for making a few typos would be an atrocity. Anyone who might have any sort of problem with spelling and/or grammar, who might not have learned a particular grammar lesson, who might be trying to use words they hadn't used before, or were still trying to understand the enigma that is the English language because they were raised to speak a different language would be thrown out immediately. All those people who made good, well thought out posts would be banned because they had spelt "teh" rather than "the."

It's also incredibly unfair to those who spell badly, because it assumes that those who do so are a detriment to our forums. I've seen plenty of good threads and posts that are made by members who would have been permanently banned if any system similar to the one that you are proposing were put into place.

I, and many of the other members here, can read the majority of these threads and posts with ease, regardless of the spelling. It is only a tiny percentage of the total number of threads and posts with poor spelling and grammar that are actually unreadable, and even then the person doesn't need to be banned, since they realize that they are going to end up with a locked thread, some flames, and no proper responses. So any particularly bad posters would soon amend their habits in order to avoid such embarrassments.

  • 08.30.2007 8:36 PM PDT

Me fail English? That's unpossible.

Seriously though.

These kind of rules would be considered very very strict. Members tend to not realize that they made grammar and/or spelling errors in their post. And if they were too late to edit it; they get a warning, or worse, a ban if they already received a warning for their unintentional mistakes.

You'd get a very angry community.

  • 08.30.2007 8:56 PM PDT
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while it would be entertaining as an experiment.

No.

  • 08.30.2007 9:17 PM PDT
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There's definitely an emerging pattern in your threads.

  • 08.30.2007 9:56 PM PDT
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There's definitely an emerging pattern in your threads.


I don't see any pattern other than the fact that the forums would be better off without them.

  • 08.30.2007 10:06 PM PDT
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The pattern is that he's a troll.

  • 08.30.2007 10:51 PM PDT

Formerly known as BASs13 and One Point Three

I'll take this a a joke. I bet this kid feels very witty right no. He is the ONLY person in the ENTIRE WORLD who has ever done this before.

  • 08.30.2007 10:54 PM PDT

Only Becausae I'm Awesome

Forum Tutorials --- WATCH THEM AND LEARN

I wouldn't mind members being slapped around a bit with a large cane for posting URL's, and then say they're too lazy to make them actual links.

  • 08.31.2007 1:29 AM PDT
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NO; that's a retarded idea.

Just no.

I mean, I spell incorrectly a lot just 'cause I can.

So, technically a :( face, or a >:3 is an error?

Just no. Go away. Terrible idea.

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  • 08.31.2007 1:45 AM PDT
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We should follow your system in terms of stupid threads. You'd be permabanned by now!

As it is, however, I'll just give you a warning. One more stupid thread and you're gone.

-TGP-

  • 08.31.2007 1:51 AM PDT