Just a heads up, I stickied the thread for you. With the thousands of "what did I do wrong?" meta threads popping up, I didn't think that your pretty well documented list of basic rules needed to be fighting for the front page or be bumped daily for people to find it. The poll is pretty overwhelmingly in support, and its pretty clear that it is the unofficial rules, so it doesn't interfere with the necesity for the rules to be flexible to deal with issues on a case by case basis. If there is any concern about this being stickied, direct it at me. At the moment I can't think of a single reason why it shouldn't be, so I acted.
Thanks mprep and contributors.
Thanks. Closed the poll.
I think it's a good choice though maybe BadBear doesn't agree? I think people should be given a chance to see the rules though, but as with most stickies most people don't seem to read them but I guess they've got no excuse now.
As it is stated, I've named it "unofficial" for a reason. It's more of a reference thread rather than something to unquestionably base on. If BadBear sees any sentence that might show otherwise, I will change it so others wouldn't get the wrong idea.