"Welcome" and/or "Beginner Thread"

Hey,

I have just noticed lately (including myself) there seems to be a good number of people who are new to the site and or asking alot of questions that a bunch of the regulars get tired of answering/seeing often.

How about a beginner thread with the basics of the site, the layout, how to use search effectively and maybe a thread about what all the abbreviations mean. Alot of people are using shorthand in their messages/threads and not everyone is keen on what every single one means.

Also, Books is a hot topic and comes up often. People seem to be coming here on the recommendation of getting more information of all sorts. So maybe a list of good introductory books that the site moderators recommend (i know there is a thread similiar to this somewhere).

Just my .02

 

There's not a terribly good solution to this. If new kids don't use the basic search tools at their disposal, they're not going to read the beginner thread.

Speaking as a beginner, I feel I am an expert on the subject.

 
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Anthony .:
Thanks DMCD, if only we had a welcome thread kids would not ask about drug tests or background checks anymore.

You saved the free world, lets give this guy a Nobel Peace prize.

Ignore him. He got a good nights rest last night......and you know what he didn't "get".

Seriously though, not a bad suggestion. I think Patrick should write a word document and have it appear during the registration process (like those stupid agreements whenever you download a new software and all you do is click except with out reading). Perhaps Patrick can put a 30 sec time delay on being able to ht accept and/or make the document visually stunning so a person will read it---it's not like its going to be 100 pages of legal shit.

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Anthony .:
Thanks DMCD, if only we had a welcome thread kids would not ask about drug tests or background checks anymore.

You saved the free world, lets give this guy a Nobel Peace prize.

Dont really understand what the lambasting was for but whatever. As for the FAQ page... try putting it under the "Forum" tab since a majority of it pertains to forum material. I didnt even know it existed til someone mentioned its under the "about" tab...

And if you dont want "suggestions" anthony, dont have a suggestions tab. Wow, thats a novel idea. Now give me a Nobel Peace Prize. I didnt quite deserve it before.

"Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish"
 

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