# SDMB Posting Rules; Appendix A, Subsection 16, SubParagraph 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680 "2006-06-14T14:38:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680/1 "2006-06-14T14:38:19Z")
You know what we need around here? More rules. I think we especially need rules that will be difficult to cite, impossible to enforce and easy to break. In other words, I’d like to foster a culture of Outlaws here on the SDMB. Wait, no I don’t. What I want is to restore some order around here. Yeah, that’s it. So please review the following and immediately report any rogues to the proper authority\*. [ul]Posters shall not quote the OP in the first response in the thread.[/ul] [ul]All new members must henceforth forward to this licensing body _exactly_ (and in US currency) 11 pennies, 3 nickles, 17 dimes and one (2003) quarter. Cash only, PayPal, Credit Cards and Checks not accepted[/ul] [ul]When addressing a Moderator, the proper etiquette is as follows: _“Hail, Moderator. Greetings and Salutations.”_. Failure to comply will result in 2 days in the pillory.[/ul] \*Since I am not _actually_ sanctioned to create, enforce or otherwise endorse Board Policy, I guess this thread would have to stand as the authority regarding matters of policy, uh, recorded in… this thread. Can we make this sticky? I think we ought to. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680/2 "2006-06-14T15:10:47Z")
Mundane - check. Pointless - double check. Must share - not so much, I think. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680/3 "2006-06-14T15:32:10Z")
I like rule #3 but think we should all greet eachother that way. How much nicer would your day be if you were always greeted like that. Hail **Winston Smith** , Greetings and Salutations! I’d like to offer that no thread involving babies, puppies or kittens be allowed without a link to cute photos. That is all. Carry on then. ---
**Author:** ![hawksgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@hawksgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawksgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680/4 "2006-06-14T15:38:20Z")
I second rule #1. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680/5 "2006-06-14T15:50:38Z")
> [@hawksgirl](#): > > I second rule #1. I rule second number two. 😕 Who’s Number One? You are, Number Six. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680/6 "2006-06-14T15:54:12Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I rule second number two. > 😕 > > Who’s Number One? > You are, Number Six. You _rule_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680/7 "2006-06-14T16:15:19Z")
Winston you don’t have enough to do at work again, do you! You had better start the ask Winston’s coworks thread again. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680/8 "2006-06-14T16:16:43Z")
I thought the rules said questions about the rules go in ATMB and comments upon them go in the Pit… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680/9 "2006-06-14T16:56:30Z")
[ul] [li]No pooftahs![/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680/10 "2006-06-14T17:00:23Z")
Rule 5: There is NOOOOO rule 5. Rule 6: No pooftahs! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680/11 "2006-06-14T18:15:05Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > Rule 5: There is NOOOOO rule 5. > > Rule 6: No pooftahs! 😃 Rule #7: No member of the SDMB shall maltreat any other member at all… …if there’s anybody watching. Rule #7: I don’t want to catch anybody not citing! Now I shall ask the Padre for a prayer. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-posting-rules-appendix-a-subsection-16-subparagraph-3/360680/12 "2006-06-15T00:12:32Z")
Is the second Rule #7 there to make up for there being no Rule #5?