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Hello,
I am a relatively new member on this forum, and I thought I would share a checklist of things for new members to do on this forum, and especially members who are not in the Forces, like me. These are things I have gathered from reading, making a few mistakes first hand, and checking out the last few posts of those members who have been banned. This is definitely going to overlap with the main thread for new members, but I think I can add a few things.
1) Try and keep your mouth shut if you can. Not everything really needs to be said. Yes, that may be how some of the army.ca veterans do it, but they've earned it.
2) Stay out of the weapons forums. You may have something to say, or something to ask about the C6/7/8/9, whatever, but again, a lot of the more "seasoned" members don't like it, and it's probably not necessary.
3) If you feel like you've been wronged or insulted, just "walk" away. As a new member, it's probably not a good idea to get into an argument with one of the more senior members on here. Even if in your mind, or reality, they are in the wrong, it's still just not a good idea.
4) SEARCH. This is one of the main things the other members get mad at us newbies for. If you don't know, search. Keep searching for a while, and then, if you still don't find anything, ask yourself if this really needs to be asked. If it does, then create a new post.
5) Spell correctly and use proper punctuation. It's not even that hard, you have the little squiggly lines to tell you when you misspelled something, and it makes others take you more seriously.
6) Don't get ahead of yourself. If you're not even sworn in yet, don't go asking about Para, Recce, Sniper, courses etc. And if you really want to know, then just search, because, almost guaranteed, some other newbie has asked the question.
So that's all that I can think of. If I come across as a d*ck or this post is redundant (I know there's a lot of overlap with the main thread) please let me know and I will go away forever.
-2ndChoiceName
I am a relatively new member on this forum, and I thought I would share a checklist of things for new members to do on this forum, and especially members who are not in the Forces, like me. These are things I have gathered from reading, making a few mistakes first hand, and checking out the last few posts of those members who have been banned. This is definitely going to overlap with the main thread for new members, but I think I can add a few things.
1) Try and keep your mouth shut if you can. Not everything really needs to be said. Yes, that may be how some of the army.ca veterans do it, but they've earned it.
2) Stay out of the weapons forums. You may have something to say, or something to ask about the C6/7/8/9, whatever, but again, a lot of the more "seasoned" members don't like it, and it's probably not necessary.
3) If you feel like you've been wronged or insulted, just "walk" away. As a new member, it's probably not a good idea to get into an argument with one of the more senior members on here. Even if in your mind, or reality, they are in the wrong, it's still just not a good idea.
4) SEARCH. This is one of the main things the other members get mad at us newbies for. If you don't know, search. Keep searching for a while, and then, if you still don't find anything, ask yourself if this really needs to be asked. If it does, then create a new post.
5) Spell correctly and use proper punctuation. It's not even that hard, you have the little squiggly lines to tell you when you misspelled something, and it makes others take you more seriously.
6) Don't get ahead of yourself. If you're not even sworn in yet, don't go asking about Para, Recce, Sniper, courses etc. And if you really want to know, then just search, because, almost guaranteed, some other newbie has asked the question.
So that's all that I can think of. If I come across as a d*ck or this post is redundant (I know there's a lot of overlap with the main thread) please let me know and I will go away forever.
-2ndChoiceName