# ATMB forum description

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atmb-forum-description/148573>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 14, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atmb-forum-description/148573 "2003-01-14T20:50:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atmb-forum-description/148573/1 "2003-01-14T20:50:06Z")

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> **For technical questions and concerns about the SDMB. This is also the place for practice posts.**

Is that “technical” supposed to be transitively applied to “concerns”? Or is this the forum for both “technical questions” as well as “concerns about the SDMB”, instead of “technical questions” and “technical concerns” all regarding the SDMB?

Stupid, I know. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atmb-forum-description/148573/2 "2003-01-14T21:25:52Z")

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Given what moderators tend to move here, I think the forum description would be more accurate if “technical questions and concerns” were replaced with “stuff”.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atmb-forum-description/148573/3 "2003-01-14T21:34:42Z")

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Munch - the latter. This is the forum for technical questions" and “technical concerns” all regarding the SDMB. It would **not** the forum to ask “why does my printer not print?” It _would_ be the forum to ask “how do you post a link at the SDMB?”

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atmb-forum-description/148573/4 "2003-01-14T21:40:51Z")

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Whoops. Sorry, Arnold, I misworded that.

Reworded:

Is that “technical” supposed to be transitively applied to “concerns”? Or is this the forum for both “technical questions re: SDMB” as well as “concerns about the SDMB”, instead of “technical questions re: SDMB” and “technical concerns re: SDMB”?

For example, a thread regarding the responsibility posters have concerning their conduct and correspondence on the board with each other.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atmb-forum-description/148573/5 "2003-01-14T21:49:31Z")

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Threads like that belong in ATMB too, **Munch**.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atmb-forum-description/148573/6 "2003-01-15T21:53:35Z")

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Thanks, Coldy.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atmb-forum-description/148573/7 "2003-01-15T22:11:02Z")

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[FAQ - guidelines for posting at the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=106617)

[quote]  
Some forum guidance _in re_ questions on SDMB policy:  
[ul][li]To ask “What is the accepted way of doing something at the SDMB?” put your post in ATMB.[/li][li]To ask “Why is this the accepted way to do something at the SDMB?” Should probably be in the BBQ Pit, but there are borderline cases.[/li][li]To ask “Why is this the accepted way to do something at the SDMB? I think it would be better if you did it another way.” The BBQ Pit.[/ul][/li][/quote]