Please be nice to the INGO noobs

[sepe]

Don't call people you disagree with a bunch of D*cks , I learned that here.

If we disagree, you have permission to call me a Richard Noggin. I am many things and have heard far worse and been perfectly fine through it all. Matter of fact, if you want to call me a Richard Noggin for absolutely no reason, that is ok too.

I ACTUALLY READ THE FAQ!

So did I but that was just because I was trying to find anything I could to help me avoid writing a paper. I don't know what they say but I read them.

 

[bwframe]

We do have a video for the noobs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ3I6SDjmsE

It's a start. Now it needs updating and more importantly made interesting to those who do not know Scutter01 or Techres. It also needs to be required viewing for all before posting (yes, that means you and I too.)

 

[williamsburg]

We do have a video for the noobs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ3I6SDjmsE

hmmmm nice vid



i tawt i heard mentioned

 

[Colts]

Be nice to the not-so-n00bs as well!

I thought that was the whole point of owning and carrying a gun . . .

If everyone had one, I think people would be nicer, more respectful and polite?

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

We have an Introductions and Greetings Forum?

Porbly near the FAQ


Seriously though, i new next to jack about guns a year ago when i signed up, and havent had any problems with members talking trash to me because of my lack of knowledge. For the most part, people here are patient and well mannered, and i thank yall for runnin this site and keeping it worth checking.

 

[paddling_man]

I'm nice to newbs. A low post count and recent account initiation are not quality indicators of their level of knowledge and skill.

I reserve my scorn and disdain for those who have been around to illustrate, beyond a shadow of doubt, their true level of foolhardy, self-important, incompetence.

Indicators include:

"Everyone else is doing it wrong."
Stating their opinion as fact.
Ending statements of opinion with period. Not the mark of punctuation but the word. Period.
Taking themselves too seriously.
Composing "mean, cruel world butthurt swan-song" posts.



Wait... that's my doctoral nuclear engineer FIL. Well, everything but the swan song.

 

[littletommy]

^^^^THIS^^^^ Period!!!

 

[paddling_man]

Thanks, Lol!

 

[NapalmFTW]

I was CCWing with my permit the other day and somehow my clip fell out.

 

[printcraft]

I was CCWing with my permit the other day and somehow my clip fell out.

 

[canav844]

A big part of what makes INGO so great has been how comfortable newbies are when they first sign up.

That wasn't the case at all when I signed up for INGO. This forum greeted me with a demonstration of cla$$ as your other thread put it, first few months were miserable when j came here to search for IN specific info; I much preferred other national gun forums for a long time. Yet here I am, not having been treated with newb gloves and I hang out on INGO just fine.

And no I did not forget the purple.

 

[BGDave]

Never thought I could have this much fun without the chicken suit, wesson oil and shower curtain. Wait a minute, thought this was abuse Papascout thread. Disregard.

 

[HandK]

Great post Evan! +1 you personally made it a great place to visit when I first started here. and we all to often forget we were Noobs once our selfs!

 

[Bill of Rights]

Never thought I could have this much fun without the chicken suit, wesson oil and shower curtain. Wait a minute, thought this was abuse Papascout thread. Disregard.

You're getting confusing. This is the Please be nice to the INGO noobs thread. You thought it was the Abuse Papascout thread, but then you go and talk about the Disregard thread.

MAKE UP YOUR MIND!

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Blessings,
Bill

 

[ocsdor]

Does this mean the general politics section is going to have a warning for beginners?

 

[Bunnykid68]

Great post Evan! +1 you personally made it a great place to visit when I first started here. and we all to often forget we were Noobs once our selfs!

Evan is great. The other mods should aspire to be as nice as he is.

 

[HICKMAN]

I say start handing out infractions to anyone who mentions a noob's postcount or the "quality" of their first posts and any wisecracks along the lines of "nice post, only 43 more until you get to the classifieds"

I personally don't care most of the time if they post a question without searching too awful hard. Things change daily and unless it was just discussed in the last month, it's always good to post current info.

 

[JohnP82]

I agree! The newbie bashing really seems to be getting out of hand lately. The worst I see is when several members pile on.
It really is a shame because INGO is by far the best forum I have ever been a part of. The thing I have always liked best about INGO compared to other forums is that it has always felt more like a community than anything.
I have referred many people to this site and several of them never stayed because of the unwelcome feeling they received. Call them skin skinned or whatnot, but I don't blame some of the people that choose to leave if on their first or second visit they get piled on by several members for an honest mistake or for asking the same ol question.
I have seen many responses that have been rude and some that are just plain disrespectful. Many of the newb mistakes to me are not that big of a deal and nothing compared to some of questions shop owners get on a daily basis, but if several of us were in the shop we would not all ban together and trash that person to their face and run them out of the store. Respectfully correct them and help them learn. Like already stated by several posts before, we were all new once. My

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Voire dire question, your honor.

As rhino is not a noob, it is still OK to be mean to him?

 

[paddling_man]

He would feel unloved otherwise.