*Bows down to Zwyatt*
Seriously, it's so great that you took the time to do all this! I would also like to add my vote to newbs being forced to read this during the reg. process (it would have helped me tons, I know I sound totally blond here but it took me forever to even notice the sticky's, though I did make friends with search), but I realise that has a whole host of problems accompanying it.
Just a couple of copy-editor mistakes I noticed:
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There is
(ARE?) TONS of information archived
(Actually, not to be evil, just the copy-ed in me coming out, you could probably axe all of this (enables users to jump right into the tutorial and doesn't lose any of the important points. I too would like to forewarn newbies in this way, but there is a danger of sounding condescending. )
There is TONS of information archived in the thousands of threads on this site. That information is just waiting for us to locate it. It gets aggravating for members to have to answer the same questions several times a week. This is why we need to search for answers to our questions before starting new threads.
I don’t think any of us want to be that person that annoys everyone by asking the same questions that 100 people before us have already asked. By doing a search we keep ourselves from being that person. We should never be afraid of asking questions, but there’s no point in asking questions that have been answered many times already.
I know that using the search function isn’t a “sexy” thing to do. People think it’s time consuming and boring and we don’t get that interaction with other people. This doesn’t have to be true. In fact, searching can easily be much faster than taking the time to start a new thread, waiting for replies, and then reading all those replies. Besides, if all we are after is interaction with other members there are plenty of other ways to get it (chat, photo gallery, general chit-chat, misc. discussions, etc.).
I think
(LOVE the note to open 2 windows so they can see the tutorial!)
This is a VERY important thing. If your posts and questions are filled with misspellings and grammar
(grammatical?) errors
I think I speak for all the forum’s members when I say that I’m looking forward
TO talking to you and can’t wait to see your pictures!
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Gah, now I look back on all of that it looks so harsh! Well, do with my suggestions what you will.
Fantabulous work, I hope to see it flagged and sticky'd very soon