There are designated threads for topics. If you want to post something outside of these, you may ask me. PM's are acceptable.
Some general Gaia rules to follow:
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Thread Making Guidelines
Threads should be made to maximize their potential for complex, multi-faceted discussion. When making a thread, please try and keep your topics as focused as possible to avoid broad, generalized conversation and opinion swapping.
Threads asking users simply to give personal hypotheses, with little basis in fact or knowledge of the subject area, are more appropriate for General discussion.
Posting Guidelines
Flaming, abuse, spamming, and excessive off topic chatter are not permitted.
When replying, please keep your posts relevant to the thread topic or to the current discussion fork.
Do not make short posts that do not contribute to the thread at hand. By and large, posts that are only one line long will not satisfy this condition.
When Discussing and Referencing Articles:
Discussing current events:
When quoting a current news story, do not simply quote or link to the news article and then ask for a response. Instead, include some of your own commentry and thoughts to help spark a discussion.
"Read this article" threads:
Please do not make threads that are only copy and pastes of articles, dictionary/encyclopedia articles, forum posts from other sites, or anything else where the basis of the thread is a large peice of text that is not a current news article and is not something that you wrote.
If you wish to reference something, or use something as part of your thread, this is fine. However, you must properly cite references, or else your thread will be deleted for plagiarism. You also must add your own content to the thread, such as why you are posting it, what you think about it, and specific items from it that you would like to be discussed.
Threads should be made to maximize their potential for complex, multi-faceted discussion. When making a thread, please try and keep your topics as focused as possible to avoid broad, generalized conversation and opinion swapping.
Threads asking users simply to give personal hypotheses, with little basis in fact or knowledge of the subject area, are more appropriate for General discussion.
Posting Guidelines
Flaming, abuse, spamming, and excessive off topic chatter are not permitted.
When replying, please keep your posts relevant to the thread topic or to the current discussion fork.
Do not make short posts that do not contribute to the thread at hand. By and large, posts that are only one line long will not satisfy this condition.
When Discussing and Referencing Articles:
Discussing current events:
When quoting a current news story, do not simply quote or link to the news article and then ask for a response. Instead, include some of your own commentry and thoughts to help spark a discussion.
"Read this article" threads:
Please do not make threads that are only copy and pastes of articles, dictionary/encyclopedia articles, forum posts from other sites, or anything else where the basis of the thread is a large peice of text that is not a current news article and is not something that you wrote.
If you wish to reference something, or use something as part of your thread, this is fine. However, you must properly cite references, or else your thread will be deleted for plagiarism. You also must add your own content to the thread, such as why you are posting it, what you think about it, and specific items from it that you would like to be discussed.
