Minimal Spelling and Grammar Options

[Saffy]

After a lot of talk and complaints I've been seeing, I believe we should instill a minimum level of quality regarding spelling and grammar. The most of us do use proper language on this forum, so I'm not going to say we're a cesspit of poor posts. However, there's a problem when understanding what someone has written is near impossible. I acknowledge typos occur. I'm certainly not suggesting we be Grammar Nazis either. But I and a few others are tired of seeing worthless, incomprehensible posts.

So please take the time to check your spelling and grammar before you post. Warnings may start going out to those who repeatedly offend spelling and grammar without any effort to improve. If your post looks like garbage, reads like garbage, then it will be treated as garbage.

Questions? Comments? I believe this action to be reasonable.

[Marie]

I don't think it's nitpicking. I think being picky about grammar is just enforcing people to use common sense (which, sadly, does seem to be lacking in a small number of people).

My main pet peeves when it comes to "bad posts" would have to be lack of punctuation and heavy texting-style chatspeak (or whatever you call that nowadays). It's hard to read a post (especially a long one) when the thoughts aren't divided with sentences or commas! Not to mention, it makes the writer look bad...

As for chatspeak... If you have a full keyboard, USE IT. Type properly. That's why it's there.

That's...about all I have to say on this subject, heh. It's not like everyone's grammar and spelling needs to be perfect, but everyone should make an effort to make their posts readable and understandable.