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Greetings, new members, and welcome to the UESP forums! After you introduce yourself in our welcomes and goodbyes thread and read the rules, you might find that you have a question or two about how the forums work. Given the large number of usual FAQs we see, the moderator team has decided to give you your own special place to ask questions and get answers!

Please note that we do encourage all users to read the rules and use the search function to find if their question has already been asked here on the forums, but sometimes it happens that you can't find what you're looking for or you overlook it - or, and don't try to hide it from us, you might be feeling a little lazy. We hope this thread and a few changes we have planned will help out.

First, let's address some of the common questions:

Why can't I get an Avatar, PM another User, or post a link?

You will normally get these rights after 7 full days of membership and 10 counted posts. Alternatively, you can go to the user control panel, select "Usergroups", click "Confirmed Users", and then "Join Group" - this will give Moderators your request, and in all but very few cases the rights are granted.

If you feel it's taking longer than usual and you've followed the above steps, please reach out a moderator - in green or pink - for help! There are several ways to contact us on and off the forums, and that information and our availability is in this thread.

Why isn't my post count increasing?

Post count will not increase for messages posted in the General Section or the TES General subforum. As this is a site about the Elder Scrolls, there is no reason to raise post count for General talk. This has been a matter of discussion, but the present policy prevails.

What is Necroposting, and why should it be avoided?

Necroposting is posting to a thread that hasn't had any replies for three months or more. Such a thread is considered dead or out-of-date, and unless the topic should be considered of permanent value, creating a new topic may be appropriate. In case of doubt, contact a moderator.

How can I hide spoilers? What is the spoiler tag for?
The spoiler tag is to hide either game information that might ruin it for players not yet as far as you (spoilers), or for other crafty measures such as hiding the answer to the joke you just asked. To use the spoiler tag, simply hit the SPOILER button above the text box and include the text between the two tags, or insert them yourself as follows:



What are the ranks under everyone's avatar and username?

A good discussion and explanation of this can be found in this thread of the UESP Site subforum.

Why is double post such a bad thing?

It's considered bad form to double post. If there are no new replies after your last one, use edit button at the bottom of your post to add some new information to your post. Double posting is considered as a rather bad no-do.

Why are my posts considered spam and/or off topic? What is "bad form" on the forums?

A lovely detailed explanation of this can be found in the thread What Would Avron Do?


Hopefully, this will answer your basic questions, but we still advise you to read the rules in full. It will help everyone here enjoy themselves to the fullest. And in case of doubt or in need of clarification, don't hesitate to ask, either via PM or right here in this thread.

Now get out there and start posting and have fun!

The Moderator Team.


A special and warm thank you all our great members who have volunteered to make this post informative. Thank you, everyone!

This is a temporary Announcement, meant to serve new members until we get the text attached in the Welcome post, being sent to all in connection with registration. I've added the ranks to the rules (except the hypothetical ones).

Someone want to fill me in on the significance of the naming for this mod group?

Thx

The Tea party mods patrol all of the general forums and it is their responsibility to keep them clean and spambot free. Or, you could go with the alternate explanation, that is that Avron is really a greenie that didn't want to change her pink color so we all just went, "meh" and left it at that.

Yes, kind of like what Cam said. There really is no "significance" in naming it; it was just a way to differentiate between, back then, a global moderator and a moderator with lesser powers. However,


And while I do spend most of my time in the General Discussion subforums, I think it's pretty apparent that I help out on all parts of the forum, as do the other moderators...but that's another story for another day.

That isn't entirely forums related, but I'll allow it to stay in this thread for people to see since it's helpful for the community (since we're all TES freaks and a few signatures have them). Thanks!

Sorry, I am just seeing this now. I actually meant the naming of the mod group. I was thinking there was some crazy right-wing movement over here at the UESP forums and that they were all moderators (ie: the Tea Party).

Well, I can be pretty militant, but the only tea party I identify with includes Earl Grey and biscuits.

Haha, nice, the good kind of tea party!

I'm not that new, but, can someone tell me what the OP stands for? I think I know what it means, but does it stand for anything?

OP = Original post, i.e. the first post in the thread.