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--- forum_community_guide [2025/08/06 17:52] – melon
+++ forum_community_guide [2026/07/28 21:02] (current) – [Replying to topics :-o] melon
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 ====== Community Forum Guide! ======
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+**This page documents an Melonland Policy**
+It describes a widely accepted standard that all users should normally follow.
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 This guide will help you understand how the forum works and how to make the most of it.
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 To reply to a topic, you need to go to the topic where you want to reply and click the **Leave a Reply** button. You can also use the **Quote** buttons, or __highlight text to quote it__! At the bottom of the page you'll also find a dropdown that lets you **Quick Reply** without leaving the page.
+  * It is not necessary to reply //to// someone directly, forum threads do not have sub-replys like many social media sites do. If you are replying to the person directly before you, or the topic as a whole, you can simply do so with a general reply. If you are replying to someone further back in the discussion, that's a good time to use quotes.
   * A reply can just be a sentence, or something much longer and formatted like a topic, that's up to you. Keep in mind that a forum is not a chatroom so you should put a bit of time into replies!
-  * Replying to very old topics is sometimes called **Necroposting** this is totally fine to do on the MelonLand Forum and you are encouraged to respond to old topics.
+  * Replying to very old topics is sometimes called **Necroposting** this is totally fine to do on the MelonLand Forum and you are encouraged to respond to old topics - other forums may have different rules!
   * If you want to add more to your last reply; instead of replying again, click the button that says **Modify**, go to the end of your reply and add the word “EDIT” followed by your new text. You can do this again and again by doing “EDIT 1” “EDIT 2” etc. This helps keep the topic clean and readable for others.
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 ==== Managing & Giving Gifts ====
-The forum has a gift system ; click **View Gifts** on anyone's profile, to view them. Gifts are a fun way to reward people for things they have done (E.g. someone might give you a gift if you write a particularly good response to their topic). You can also delete gifts you don't want on your own profile with the delete button (this is fine to do)
+To Do: Update this section with artifacts info
-**To give a gift:** You must be a full member (60+ posts) OR be a [[https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?topic=1201.0|forum donator]], then click view gifts on someones profile, you'll find an upload a gift form which lets you upload any image that is 32x32px or less.
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