Proposed Rules for CarWale Forums

Hello fellow-members/users,

 

Like anyone of you, I too am a member/user of CarWale.  But, I have an additional role of helping Banwari & Ashish in keeping the forums clean, meaningful & organized.

 

I too love to participate on various threads, like you all do, and earn as many points as I can   Though we all have been contributing as meaningfully as possible, it is observed that some of us sometimes tend to register posts only for the sake of registering it & for earning extra points.  Therefore, in order to encourage meaningful & quality participation, I request we all need to take into consideration the following:

 

• The posts should be meaningful & not out of context. 
• We should post only/generally when we disagree or have something more/else to add or discuss other aspects/angles of the subject matter.
• There’s no point in repeating one’s views again or saying things like ‘I agree’, ‘Thanks’ or the like (though it may not always stand true).
• We should avoid creation/duplication of threads & discuss/post our views on the existing threads for the subject matters.
• We all should be very particular in our language/expression so as to not to offend anyone.

 

Nevertheless, there’s nothing wrong in posting an occasional remark/comment off the track/thread (subject matter) – provided it is in good humour & is like a pinch of salt.

 

So, let us all be our own moderators & ensure quality & meaningful participation. All said & done, if some one fails to do so, his/her posts/threads will be deleted/edited suitably – without meaning any offense.  This will be done very impartially & will apply to one & all.

 

Let your comments roll-in

 

Thanks & Cheers.

 

 

This post is edited subsequently for spacing the paragraphs.

This is a great move from you guys, however , my suggestion is that after a members Post is deleted 3 times  , he should be informed  by email , saying why his post was deleted and how he could have done better or not to post unensecary , so such warning once evry 3 posts from a member is deleted will help the member learn to post some good Ones

Cheers,
Sri

Dear Pankaj,

Just a 'thank you' is not enough for what you have been doing for the community. Still I thank you on the behalf of CarWale.com for your contribution. We really appreciate your and other active members' contribution.

You have come up with quite a comprehensive list of constructive suggestions, still I would like to add a few:

• Before starting a new discussion, try searching. I am pretty sure you will find the information you are looking for. Start a discussion if you are not satisfied with the information available in other discussions.
• I would like members to avoid writing in full caps. Sentences written in all upper-case are not friendly e.g. 'WHICH CAR IS THE BEST?' To me, text written in caps looks like someone is shouting at me.
• I would also encourage people to use proper formatting i.e. paragraphs, capitalization, full-stops, commas etc. This enhances readability and posts look like articles. Even if a post has valuable information, one just might not read it because of this.
• Excessive use of dots too looks awkward. "hello there..... i am here...... how are you...." Please avoid.
• This community attracts people of all ages from teenagers to senior citizens. SMS language. e.g. 'nething 4 u bro... vfm of da car is not gud... wud b better if u by xyz...' might be a usual language to a particular age-group but not for the others. Try using SMS language/abbreviations as less as possible.

These are just suggestions now but once everybody (almost) agrees upon these, the suggestions will become rules. If you have differing views, please comment.

I agree on this Banwari , and i am very much bugged with the thread of Suvs and regarding it in Lets discuss cars and buying a car topic  , there are juts too many , i  wish the member who starts a new thread should be warned through mail , and also i request the Mods to clean those things up

Cheers,
Sri

The suggestion is good.  However, I personally feel that deleting a member's posts a couple of times or more should itself serve as a message to him.  Besides, every member (new or old) as such knows what is expected of him in the forums & in any case, would automatically understand soon.

Banwari,

Thanks for appreciating.  I'll try & do my best.

The suggestions you have mentioned are really worthwhile - they are great tips for participating. Language/expression in particular is the core of communication. We should write lucidly so that it's understood well & by all - else, the basic purpose of communication is defeated.

Dear fellow-members,

 

This thread is revived purposefully with a dual purpose. One, so as to bring the contents to the notice of the new members; and two, to reiterate the same to all the members.

 

It is observed/felt that some of us sometimes tend to participate only for the sake of earning more & more points.  Such posts either contain repetition of views already discussed (same thread) or repetition of views of other members (same thread) in a paraphrased manner. 

 

It is, in fact, not necessary to always say something.  If we agree with the views/ discussions of the other members, we need not acknowledge it by repeating it or paraphrasing it – unless we have some other aspect or dimension to annex.

 

This is expected, all the more, from members those who are quite senior – so as to set a good example to the new entrants.

 

Therefore, coming straight to the point….. don’t be surprised if some of us see that some of our posts/remarks are being deleted.

 

Hope everyone of us appreciates & understands the concern. Thanks

Nice to see this thread, This is the first time I am reading this thread. Actually, i've added couple of forums in my favourite list and usually I use to go direct to couple of forums or else I use e-mail link only.

 

I use to type in Caps somtimes just to make my point clear (dont think I am shouting) anyways, I will try to avoid this thing. Other point, while writing ... I use dots.... this is my habit. I use to chat with my friends and dont know really but somehow started using dots.... its a kinda habit now. I'll try to avoid though.

 

Rest is fine and you guys are doing fantastic job, I usually go to any thread and post only when I think, I can say something about this car or that car, If you check, you will find that I am not participating in any thread/discussion on highend cars like BMW/Audi/Mercedes (Frankly speaking, jo car maine drive nahi kari, I cant say anything about that car. I can make comment on Looks only).

 

I love to spend some time here at carwale (even couple of days back my wife was firing at me, still you are at pc and carwale lol).

 

Thanks & Cheers 

Rajiv

 

 

This post is edited for reason stated in the following post (9).

@ Rajeev, it seems your grievances on Review Section have not been resolved to your satisfaction.  I suggest, you may post them once again in the Help us Improve Section (you may revive the earlier thread). 

 

Your suggestions pertaining to the same herein above will soon be deleted – so as to avoid intermingling of the same with the subject matter.  I hope you understand. Thanks.

 

 

 

 

The above post (8) has since been edited.

Well, I hope I haven’t ‘terrified’ any member by saying that such posts will be ‘deleted’

 

What I actually mean, which I trust most of us understand, is something like (for instance)…

 

ABC says “A 2^nd hand Alto of 2002 is the most likely to suit your budget”.

 

Now if XYZ says “I agree” OR “Yes, you can’t get another car” & the like, it’s unwarranted for.

 

Actually XYZ should preferably be saying something like “I agree but would suggest you to consider WagonR/Santro of 1999/2000 – they may come in your budget, and would be better than Alto”.

 

Someone else may add “It would be even better if you can increase your budget a little & go for WagonR/Santro of 2002 model”.

 

Like-wise, when ABC gives a good comparison of the cars, XYZ & others may discuss other dimensions & annex various other aspects not covered by him.

 

Needless to add, 'repetition of views & all that' generally doesn’t arise while disagreeing with each other ;-)

 

So, there’s nothing so special about it – let us all be a little careful.  In the process, the asker will benefit and so will we.

 

Cheers everybody