Auchtung heir commandant! I will spell check from now on. I am a terrible typist and often don't catch the dumb mistakes.Katherine
OK.Just a thought, if people think their posts are going to be critiqued you may notice less posting. I understand the reason WHY you want this done, but I'd hate to see the level of posting decrease.
To ALL Members,I am writing this post to ask you to do me a favor, I have noticed many posts that have many spelling mistakes and general mistakes such as typing to fast and having words not typed properly. Here is an example:"Ih ave bee n on dialysis f or 3 years." (This really bothers me, this is just being careless)I am asking ALL of our members to please have pride in our site and do 2 things before you hit that "Post" button, 1) Please use the "Spell Check" button for every post and 2) Please go through your post and fix any mistakes. Let's set an example for future members by having pride in our site. I am getting tired of seeing members post so carelessly. If you do not start taking pride in your posts and I see many spacing errors and mis-spelled words I will simply delete that post. I do not want it to come to that so I am asking you to please have pride in YOUR post, it only takes an extra few seconds to spell check and correct any other mistakes.I hope you understand that we are here to help US and OTHERS and I want people who are looking for help to be able to read your posts and understand them.I am also asking that you REPLY to this thread to confirm that you have indeed read this and understand the new rules. I will start deleting posts if I need to.Thank you,EpomanOwner/Admin
Quote from: Epoman on March 18, 2006, 10:52:53 PMTo ALL Members,I am writing this post to ask you to do me a favor, I have noticed many posts that have many spelling mistakes and general mistakes such as typing to fast and having words not typed properly. Here is an example:"Ih ave bee n on dialysis f or 3 years." (This really bothers me, this is just being careless)I am asking ALL of our members to please have pride in our site and do 2 things before you hit that "Post" button, 1) Please use the "Spell Check" button for every post and 2) Please go through your post and fix any mistakes. Let's set an example for future members by having pride in our site. I am getting tired of seeing members post so carelessly. If you do not start taking pride in your posts and I see many spacing errors and mis-spelled words I will simply delete that post. I do not want it to come to that so I am asking you to please have pride in YOUR post, it only takes an extra few seconds to spell check and correct any other mistakes.I hope you understand that we are here to help US and OTHERS and I want people who are looking for help to be able to read your posts and understand them.I am also asking that you REPLY to this thread to confirm that you have indeed read this and understand the new rules. I will start deleting posts if I need to.Thank you,EpomanOwner/AdminMaybe if you are going to be the grammar police you should fix this post."typing to fast" should be "typing too fast"Also the number two should be written out "do 2 things" should be "do two things"Also the first comma after favor should be a period.The sentence in the parenthesis should have a period at the end. Putting it in parenthesis doesn't make it special.Oh and misspelled has no hyphen.There are other formatting issues but I'm not going to waste my time with them.
I do not care about a mis-spelled word here and there, or a spacing problem once in a while. I DO care when I see a post that has multiple misspelled words OR when I can not understand what the poster is trying to say.
Maybe if you are going to be the grammar police you should fix this post."typing to fast" should be "typing too fast"Also the number two should be written out "do 2 things" should be "do two things"Also the first comma after favor should be a period.The sentence in the parenthesis should have a period at the end. Putting it in parenthesis doesn't make it special.Oh and misspelled has no hyphen.There are other formatting issues but I'm not going to waste my time with them.
Quote from: Epoman on March 19, 2006, 09:49:09 AM I do not care about a mis-spelled word here and there, or a spacing problem once in a while. I DO care when I see a post that has multiple misspelled words OR when I can not understand what the poster is trying to say. OK. I understand this, as I have noticed a post here or there that I really could not make heads or tails out of it. I don't think it's unreasonable to ask that people make their posts readable, as you said it will make the board more appealing to new members and encourage them to make THEIR posts more readable. I think as long as everyone had the understanding that we're all human and bound to make a few mistakes, even with spell check, it's not too much to ask.I appreciate all the hard work you put into this place, Epoman, and the pride you have in it.
Thanks Epoman.As an Australian should I spell check to the "American" English.For example you spell color we spell colour.What do you suggest I don't want to offend you and your site.My feelings in this matter is that we can't (is this alright or should it be the full word of cannot) all be expected to be O level oxford scholars, I do agree that we should all be clear in our posts, but its hard enough dealing with dialysis let alone having to worry about how you post.I do check my work but I'm (again should this be I am?) just worried you are going to scare away anybody that needs help but has trouble communicating in the written form.After all this is a great site and if people can't post because there not winners of a spelling bee competition you are not helping all.There is another option Epoman,for all those people that won't be able to post on this site open a site called I HATE DIALYSIS AND I CANT SPELL.COMP.S Did a spell check, and it recommends changing Epoman, that would be a bit of a dilemma now wouldn't it.Got a laugh out of that one.