Quick Note On Diaries

by JD Arney on Oct 1, 2007 5:27 AM EDT in News

We've had some new users lately, so just a couple of quick notes:

Please try to feel out the lay of the land a little bit before you start posting diaries all willy nilly. Try to find an existing diary where it would fit to post your thought if possible before resorting to starting a new diary.
At least skim through the wiki before posting diaries.
The 300 character minimum is there for a reason, if you can't fill up that much space then comment in an existing diary or thread. Super easy to get to 300 by quoting or fleshing out your point just a tad btw, it's not tough.
I am not a grammar or spelling nazi, but show some respect for your fellow users by making your diary readable. A misspelled word here and there? Obviously ok. If I really have to struggle to understand what the hell you are trying to say then I'm deleting the diary. Harsh, maybe, but I can't remember the last time I deleted a diary that wasn't a duplicate, so it's not like it happens often. Run what you are writing through a quick spell check (or use Firefox, it has a spell check built in so you really have no excuse) and take a minute to compose your thoughts before writing.

This really isn't directed at anyone in particular, they are just pretty good guidelines that we should trot out every now and again. If anyone has anything to add feel free to do it in the comments. Thanks guys, you are awesome.

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New Users do not do what I do! I'm the bad influence here at rr

Killer Tucans all the way!!!

by Zach K on Oct 1, 2007 9:07 AM EDT reply actions

It's true

Zach is a bad roll modle

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Oct 1, 2007 9:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Damn

that hurts

Killer Tucans all the way!!!

by Zach K on Oct 1, 2007 9:24 AM EDT up reply actions

The good ones always do

"Before the (Red) Sox were the Sox, they were the Boston Braves and they were scouting my Dad in 1952." -- Dane Cook

by jch24 on Oct 1, 2007 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions

this is a good place to ask this

are some of these "new" people just alter egos of existing commenters? because a lot of them seem like the same person and have the same writing styles and grammatical errors.

I love the Reds no matter what!

by Daedalus on Oct 1, 2007 1:19 PM EDT reply actions

nah

there isnt much of that going on. that explosion of alter egos early in the year was really freaky, though. anyone remember when rose2hall picked a fight with himself and then asked jd to 'ban his ass'? wtfs?

Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah

by boobs on Oct 1, 2007 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions

It was a classic Redreporter moment

that should be memorialized forever in the Wiki. I think This is it

Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds

by Caleb on Oct 1, 2007 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions

and

here. i think he started it in a diary though.

Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah

by boobs on Oct 1, 2007 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions

lol

I love the Reds no matter what!

by Daedalus on Oct 1, 2007 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions

While we shouldn't encourage this kind of behavior

That was pretty hillarious, knowing now the story.

Besides, I am scared because I would seriously lose a fight to my alter-ego.

Quick! Somebody make a Cincinnati loves Ken Griffey Jr. too! video

by TheC on Oct 1, 2007 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions

you should be

The BackupC is better!

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Oct 1, 2007 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions

also

You can adjust your settings to display more diaries on the front page. That way a rush of diaries won't bump others off.

by Red Menace on Oct 1, 2007 3:36 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah

really good point, I think I have mine set to show 25.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. --Oscar Wilde

by JD Arney on Oct 1, 2007 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Settings

Can you adjust your settings so that the most recently commented diary is bumped to the top?

2-0 count: one pitch, one zone

by rojosoto on Oct 1, 2007 4:06 PM EDT reply actions

Settings

Can you adjust your settings so that everything about trading Adam Dunn is hidden from view?

by bobestes on Oct 1, 2007 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions

you need a plugin for Firefox for that

It also blocks all Bill Plashke columns and most of ESPN.

by Red Menace on Oct 1, 2007 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions

I have a question

what if i just have a question to see what other people think. Like i want to know what people think about Norris Hopper and his productivity in the future, would that constitute a diary? If not where would i post this?

by The Crushinator on Oct 1, 2007 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

Norris gets a lot talk around these parts

Anywhere he comes up, I would say feel free to make your position known or take a referendum then. Or, formulate a position, accrue statistics that back your position, and post it with an interesting hook and ask "What say you?" We rag on Norris a lot for his bunting and scrappiness, but he did have a batting average over .330. I tend not to do stats, so I don't know what his OBP was, or if he was an ideal leadoff guy (not ideal, but his pact with Satan made him useful). Is he likely to repeat his performance, and is performance more valuable than say Ryan Freel anyway?

I would say if you want to start a diary, do what JD says: Have some substance, be interesting, and make it readable (spell well). Chances are you wouldn't catch much stick for that. A simple popularity poll of "Do you like Norris Hopper? Yes/No/Maybe" is not so good.

by Brendanukkah on Oct 1, 2007 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Also, avoid the push-poll

This gets a lot of flak around here.

Example:

Norris Hopper is:

A great player who should be signed to a long-term contract.
A future Hall-of-Famer who should be kept at all costs, even if it means releasing Harang.
A terrible player who should be released, drawn, quartered and burned at the stake because he is a witch.

This sort of poll basically forces you to say that Hopper is either great or a HoFer or that he is terrible, neither of which are true.

This is a favorite tactic of boohiss, whom I dislike.

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Oct 1, 2007 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Can I vote on this?

"Two Dunn's enter, but only one Dunn will leave...unless neither do because they decide to play cards, drink beer, golf, and fish."--SlydeFrog

by Man Mountain on Oct 2, 2007 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Absolutely.

No fair voting "boobs." It is not a choice.

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Oct 2, 2007 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions

tits, then

"Two Dunn's enter, but only one Dunn will leave...unless neither do because they decide to play cards, drink beer, golf, and fish."--SlydeFrog

by Man Mountain on Oct 2, 2007 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions

grammar nazi strikes again!

none of which is true. none. of. which. is. true.
LOL!!!!!!

I love the Reds no matter what!

by Daedalus on Oct 2, 2007 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, yeah...

I had in my mind that the "great player/HOFer" was one category, and the "terrible player, etc." was another category, so there were two things, neither of which were true, but it didn't come out quite that way.

If you are a grammar Nazi, who is Hitler, then?

(drink)

If Krivsky doesn't exercise Adam Dunn's 2008 option, I'm a Mets fan until they fire him.

by Paul Householder on Oct 2, 2007 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

We both know the answer to that

Grammar Kitty!

by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2007 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree with Brendan says here

If you want to discuss a topic that is fairly basic, at least give people a jumping off point. Make a case either way or present what you see as the sides of the discussion. Not only is it not a waste of space, but you are more likely to get people to respond if you have more substance to what you post.

And one other formatting request (to the group in general): paragraph breaks. I don't know if I'm the only one, but I am much, much, much less likely to read what you post if it all appears as one paragraph bunched together. It's tiring to read. Start a new paragraph every once in a while and you'll make everybody's day better.

I'm not superstitious...but I am a little stitious.

by Slyde on Oct 1, 2007 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions