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Originally Posted by Gygax
I agree as well. The only time where it could be okay is if there are no replies to the thread. Such as making a thread that has already been started, discovering that, and deleting yours before it gets replied to.
As far as the grammar goes, I don't believe people are talking about strict enforcement. I think its more of a case of eliminating "IM speak". For example, "how r u" should be written out "how are you". These are forums, not a chat room, and there is no point in speedposting here. Trying to read posts full of IM shortcuts can be difficult and very frustrating. I'm not saying everything should be grammatically correct and certainly no always spelled right. But taking a little time to make more complete sentences will help get your point across rather than making it difficult to read what you are trying to say. I think that's what most mean when they say better grammar.
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apologies, this is more what i was getting at. i understand not everyone should have prefect typing/spelling/grammar, it's the IM speak that i find frustrating because it usually goes along with posts that are less than 10 words long that a person's opinion is right or wrong 'cuz he es sew gud' ect ect. that's my only issue.
i think the deletion of your own thread would be a good idea but have it so they after a certain period of time you can't take it down (if this is possible in this forum's format) because that would seem to please both sides, the repeat threads and people not being able to avoid the consequence of putting up a thread that might not go their way.