Here at the C -n- C blog we have a friendly place where people come to talk.  There are just a few rules which we believe will help to keep this a friendly place.  Most enjoy the sharing of ideas and that can best be facilitated by keeping an environment that brings people in rather than pushing them away. This is why we say:

1)  No personal attacks

2)  No profanity

3)  No hate speech

4)  No pornographic materials

5)  No trolls

6)  Try to stay on topic

7)  If you want to change the subject start a new thread

 

Hints ~ Internet Etiquette

This is from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Common rules for e-mail^[9] and USENET such as avoiding flamewars and spam are constant across most mediums and communities. Another rule is to avoid typing in ALL CAPS, which is considered shouting or yelling. Other commonly shared points, such as remembering that one's posts are (or can easily be made) public, are generally intuitively understood by publishers of web pages and posters to USENET.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette

 

This is from Net etiquette:

The Core Rules of Netiquette are excerpted from the book Netiquette by Virginia Shea. Click on each rule for elaboration.

• Introduction

• Rule 1: Remember the Human

• Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real life

• Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace

• Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth

• Rule 5: Make yourself look good online

• Rule 6: Share expert knowledge

• Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control

• Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy

• Rule 9: Don't abuse your power

• Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes

http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html

 

If there is an article which supports your argument you should summarize it with a link to that article.  (A link is that http: address)  There is nothing wrong with quoting an article, but try to keep it to less than a paragraph.  Please do not post whole articles as they will only be deleted.

A good communicator will try to keep his/her message simple and to the point.  If your post rambles on and is overly long it is likely not going to be read by most people.  Some times you cannot help but make a long post to support your argument, just keep in mind that it might not get read.