Welcome to 3G! Rules, Site and Staff Info are here!!!

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

I'm pleased to announce the grand opening of a new guild on Gaia dedicated to the betterment of spelling and grammar on this message board. This is a place where we literate Gaians can escape the idiocy that is so common on the public boards. I hope everyone who joins will feel at home here.

3G Rules


1. Obey the Gaia TOS.
2. Respect the mods.
3. Respect each other.
4. Don't ask to become a mod or an admin. That is the best way not to become one.
5. This should be a given due to the nature of this guild, but just in case: Please type in as literate and grammatical a manner as your current abilities allow (capital letter at the beginning of each sentence, "I" referring to "me", "myself", etc. is always capitalized, end sentences with either a period (.), exclamation point (!) or question mark (?)). A few mistakes are OK. We're human after all. But please, proofread what you type and fix any mistakes you may catch.
6. If you are admitted and would like to introduce yourself, here is the introductions sticky: Salutations, Greetings and Introductions. Please introduce yourself here and not in a new thread.
7. As a supporter of free speech, I will neither censure nor censor anyone who chooses to use the words "gay", "retarded" or "stupid" to describe a thing or situation they do not like. As long as the words are not being used to attack a fellow guild member, they are allowed. Threads put up by the overly sensitive whining about the use of said words shall be locked on sight.
8. Post articles and comments about literacy (or the lack thereof) both online and off, in the main forum.
9. Post about books you've read and authors that you like and dislike in the Literature subforum.
10. Post about everything else in the General Discussion subforum.
11. If you have a poem you wrote that you'd like to share, do so in the Poetry subforum.
12. If you'd like to quote a "txt tlk" post made by some n00b on Gaia, feel free to do so, but please make fun of the post and not of the n00b themselves, as this is counterproductive.
13. Threads that quote "txt tlk" are to be posted in the "TXT TLK" Horror Stories subforum.
14. Please don't start a thread solely for the purpose of advertising your website or starting a petition. Signatures are for advertising sites and there is a Petitions subforum in the Site Feedback forum for your petitions.
15. Don't hesitate to learn from as well as teach others. If you see a spelling or grammar error on the part of another member, the best way to deal with it is to set the example instead of nagging or flaming them. Conversely, be willing to learn from others in the guild and improve your own spelling and grammar. That's why we're all here, to learn and improve our language skills as well as ourselves.
16. Please don't harass other members about typos or accidental misspellings. Pointing out mistakes is OK, but only in a kind and constructive manner. I want all members to feel welcome here.
17. If you think you are being harassed by another guild member (being picked on for typos, etc.), please don't hesitate to PM me or one of the crew and we will take the appropriate action.
18. If you see someone blatantly violating the rules, again please PM me or one of the crew and we will take action.
19. Have fun and don't hesitate to mention this guild to others who care about literacy as much as we do.

The guidelines will be updated as required.

My Trusted Staff

Vice Captain/Co-Founder
DarkElf27


Crew
Zealot of Insanity
The MoUsY spell-checker
chrystalclear
Judas Iscariot
[yin~yang]


Thanks people! I couldn't run this guild without you! heart  

[DarkElf27]

Ah, yes, its finally working again.

I sent a couple of invites to people I know to be both intelligent and literate.  

[DarkElf27]

Oh, and if you put the entry fee in place to repay the guilds cost, it doesn't work that way; entry fees go into the guild account, which is inaccessable. Just thought I'd let you know.  

[Mitsuki_MoonChild]

Thank you for excepting my request!
I am very grateful for I am anti-text talk!
P.S. This is a great guild !

*Corrected  

[Myriane]

Thank you for accepting my request (if it IS you). Since I began school, my grammar and spelling always stood out for being excellent. Even as I learnt English, I was in the three top students of the class (sometimes even of my grade). I was always singled out for being good with the grammar and spelling parts. My reading comprehension did not go nearly as well. I have always had trouble with analyzing texts (that's why, sometimes, on Gaia, I may appear to have a little trouble arguing a well thought out essay). Anyway, I am nonetheless grateful for being in this guild, however small and inactive it may seem at the moment.  

[~prize_in_the_box~]

Yay for the grammar guild!  

[Jesminda]

Thank-you for letting me join. This movement is a step towards protecting the endangered species that is proper English.  

[tokkitoria]

Thank you for accepting me into this guild. It is nice to see people who are actually literate. 3nodding  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

You're all very welcome. Thanks for joining!  

[Face_of_fools]

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[Mizufusion]

Well.. it's not actually the first.. but it's good to be here. sweatdrop I have always had strong language skills, and it makes me cringe to see people abusing languages, whether or not it's English.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

My apologies for calling this one the first. I honestly didn't know about the other guild. I started this guild in early October. How long has the other one been in existence?  

[Mizufusion]

Shinobi 1977

My apologies for calling this one the first. I honestly didn't know about the other guild. I started this guild in early October. How long has the other one been in existence?

Hey, no worries. It's pretty easy to miss the other one since it's been pretty inactive for a while.. It's been in existance for quite some time, though. Before there was a GGN we had a huge thread in the guild forum. We finally got an official guild on July 30, 2004.

On a side note, we'll gladly accept members from this guild. A link exchange or guild alliance would be great. heart  

[VickoRano]

Thank you for letting me join! heart I'm finally finding people around my age group with INTELLIGENCE! It's so happy here in the Literate Guilds, where there are nice people and big in-depth conversations... unlike the 14-year-old girl who doesn't know what "cocoa" is... stare

*Hugs everyone simultaneously!*

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*Brain cells pop by the trillions.*

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