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Murray · Daedalian Member

There are a lot of questions that keep popping up whenever new visitors arrive. And there seems to be a lot of confusion on the part of new visitors as to where to post certain kinds of messages (e.g. puzzles keep popping up in the "Ask the Minotaur" forum). We need a FAQ for new visitors that covers concepts specific to the GL Discussion Forum. Some of those garbage messages from random users are inevitable, but it would be nice to have something to guide those who would like to become intelligent users.

So, what do new users need to know? I don't think this will need to be the longest FAQ in the world. What information is crucial?

Amy · Daedalian Member

1) What are all these different Forums for? (You could break this up into several questions and answers, one for each Forum, but somewhere it should be noted that postings in one Forum that really belong in another will not be welcomed.)
2) How can I respond to someone else's post? (This may seem self-explanatory, but people do have a tendency to start new threads when what they want to do is add to an existing thread.)
3) How can I start a new thread?
4) I made a mistake in my post. Can I fix it?
5) I realized my post was completely wrong. Can I delete it?
6) How can I put hyperlinks in my posts?
7) I clicked on a link in a post and it didn't work. What's wrong?
8) Is there anything it's not appropriate to post in the Discussion Forums? (In this section you could reiterate all the stuff in the other FAQ about what's not acceptable in the Forums--harassment, obscenity, etc.--and also guide visitors to the puzzles we've all seen *many* times before and don't want to rehash. "Gee, why did everyone get all mad at me when I posted a comment on the Monty Haul puzzle?"

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[This message has been edited by Amy (edited 01-04-2000).]

AcidFast · Daedalian Member

How about the ever-popular :"What is the difference between Icarian and Daedalian members?"

And let's not forget the all-important:"How can I puncuate my posts with neat little smiley faces and such?"

Calfaile · Daedalian Member

A nice alphebetical listing of all covered puzzels will be nice (I know Amy already said it, but I'm Really tired of seeing the same puzzles over and over again)

Murray · Daedalian Member

That would be a pretty daunting task. I think we should be somewhat safe by just noting a few puzzles that keep coming up:

-Monty Hall and the Three Doors

-The "What is Greater than God?" Riddle

-The Liar and/or the Truthteller

What am I missing? I mean big ones that just keep showing up over and over. I don't think that there are too many, but I'm sure that's not all of them.

Alfie · Bovine Member

How about a friendly invitation to read the GL archives. Most of the reoccuring ones are in the archives. Besides the archives are great fun.

Ghost Post · Icarian Member

Sounds good. I'm not quite sure I see the difference between Icarian and Daedalian members myself...

I think the more posts you make the closer you are to being a Daedalian, right? Where did the names come from anyway? Icarian is from ancient Greek mythology I think...

Quailman · His Postmajesty

Raye: I think the magic number is 30 for becoming a dead alien, but for more info, check the FAQ:http://www.greylabyrinth.com/Forums/faq.html#Daedalian

HyToFry · Drama queen

I think that Icarian is a father and Daedalian is his son, or vice versa, but i'm not sure

When i posted this i was an Icarian.

[The last line of this message is a lie, HyToFry never edited this Message]

[This message has been edited by HyToFry (edited 03-09-2000).]

Calfaile · Daedalian Member

Icarus was Daedalius' son

pikachamp · swore in chat!

how about how to play the 3x3 puzzles?

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riddle me this riddle me that oh come on riddle me!

Borodog · Daedalian Member

Agreed. I had to post for the rules on the 3x3, although I then salvaged the thread by turning it into a real 3x3 itself.

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HyToFry · Drama queen

Minotaur was suggesting a "Read First" post in all forums. The post would get it's post date modified, and stay at the top of the forum at all times.

I'll do one for this forum explaining the faq and stuff. If the other mods want to do one, then they can too--although we've already been talking about this in the mod forum for a while.