1. Don't be afraid to get involved, make comments and engage in conversations. We all love to hear what other people think.
2. No abusive or harassing behavior. Posts containing inappropriate, overly personal, or slanderous language will be deleted at the discretion of the webmaster. Play nice.
3. Try to stay on topic. If you find yourself getting off topic, start a new thread.
4. Bafflegab is highly discouraged. Bafflegab is that peculiar variant of English, also called Bureaucratese, that resembles speech, but obscures meaning.
How do you avoid bafflegab?
Use short clauses in your sentences.
Make your points in point form.
Use headings to separate different topics within your post.
Include a summary.
All of these methods will create a clearer discussion.
5. Brevity is encouraged. Dont burden your fellow members with epic posts. They have other things to do with their lives. Keep it short and snappy.
6. Have fun!
UPDATE: We keep growing, new poets signing up every day, all of whom are eager to display their work. One thing we've learned from this is that it's a good idea if you're going to post multiple poems in one day to keep them all in one thread. That way, someone looking at the forum threads can see more of the poets who've posted lately, and not just a bunch of posts from the same poet. Does this make sense? You can see a good example of how I recommend doing it here:
http://vancouverpoetryhouse.com/forum/smf/index.php/topic,648.0.htmlI may start moving poems from the same poet posted in the same day into a single thread to keep the Poetry Jam board organized and displaying as many poets as possible (without diving into the archives). If you have any questions, feel free to message me.
Your friendly forum webmaster,
Chris
