Conventions of the EDF

[Moos]

A thought prompted by new posters asking questions about 'how we do things' on here. Not intended as guidelines and certainly not rules, which are specified by Admin, but just thoughts about how things generally seem to go. Does the forum have a collective set of behaviours or is it heterogenous?

- Anything specifically about East Dulwich, whether serious or lighthearted, in the ED section

- Anything not about East Dulwich, whether serious or lighthearted, in the Lounge

- General discussions about local services / shops in the ED section BUT specific recommendations in Wanted, Offered and Recommendations (bit of a tricky distinction, this!)

- Generally being expected to back up your opinions with logic and/or facts

- Reasonable politeness expected... usually

- A general but not exclusive tendency to liberalism, politically speaking

- The Keef Convention: saying "What X said" in agreement to a previous post

- Writing 'Edited due to... ' when editing a post, to explain why you went back to revise your post

- Being suspicious of new posters raving about local services (not very nice, in my view, but understandable in the light of past fakes)

- A love of music (Song Game, Lyrics Game, What is ED Listening To..)

- A love of elbow-lifting!

What else?

Edited due to sounding much too much like rules the first time round. Ma'am.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

How disappointing, Moos - I thought you were setting up a meeting for us all in Hawaii or Lucerne or summink.

And how very dare you suggest I might possibly be liberal (except in my generosity of course!)

[citizenED]

The ability to spot sarcasm and irony is essential: elsewise you'll be hot under the collar thrice over.

Don't post anything positive about alternative therapies: your aura will not thank you.

[Moos]

I almost forgot...

- Usage of feck/fecking/feckers et al

[citizenED]

also..

- respecting posters anonymity by not using their real names if known

[karter]

citizenED Wrote:

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> also..

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> - respecting posters anonymity by not using their

> real names if known

Ditto. Some people are so thick though ED.

[KalamityKel]

Aren't they just!

[Moos]

Que? Have I missed a leetle dust-up?

[????]

Moos

Being suspicious of new posters raving about local services (not very nice, in my view, but understandable in the light of past fakes)

...I might just take out all but the first 5 words..;-)

[????]

Admin.....I think this and the older posters drifting away thread are great threads that get lost in here...can they be lounged please....pretty please?

[Administrator]

I am tempted but due to the current tendency for a lot of discussions in the Lounge to be turned into "we're 'aving a larf so leave us alone" threads I probably will not. I am going to wait a short for it to turn from a playroom back into a Lounge.

[????]

ok...but in terms of title, "Forum Decorum" is almost identical to this ....but content wise it's the playground, so I see where you're coming from..... I guess

[Moos]

- not reading 'About this Forum' :)

[????]

,,,I guess I could do that now:))

[Moos]

Too late! Mwah ha haah

[mockney piers]

What's elbow lifting btw?

Is it like the chicken or heavy shopping dances?

[Moos]

It is a sport popular among Forumites, good for toning the arm. By co-incidence, it's also an excellent means of getting your drink from the glass on the table into your mouth.

It is not technically dancing, but has been known to lead to dancing, both vertical and horizontal.

[annaj]

I'm fairly sure

is what this other mockney is doing (be patient, it starts about a minute in)

[citizenED]

Mockney, and not just "elbow lifting" but also Elbow.

[Ted Max]

A proposal for inclusion:

- No thread will ever better the living delight that is the 1950s Rodwell Road thread