Quote from: DavidCWG on April 30, 2013, 11:06:03 AM

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Perhaps this should be made more clear when you sign up then? There was no indication that this would be the case.

There was no indication that rubbish would be necessary either. Somehow, most people make an assumption that they should post rubbish rather than making an assumption that they should make intelligent useful posts. The rewarding of intelligent posts isn't really a rule or forum policy, it seems to be more something that some moderators just happen to do sometimes when they feel like it. Probably the assumption is that intelligent people will post intelligent things, so there is no need to tell them to do so. Others are going to post rubbish regardless of what you "tell them to do".

Even so, if you read through the threads that are linked in the "NEWBIE README" pinned to the top of the Newbie Forum (seems like a good use of the 4 hours of Newbie Jail time), you'll find that in one of those linked threads a Moderator has posted:

Quote from: tysat on April 16, 2013, 03:04:56 PM

If you have something new to post about it, write up the post and PM me with a link and I'll whitelist you/move the post if it looks good. Otherwise go for the 5 posts/4 hours till you can post outside, or you could PM people if you have something specific to say to them.

Additionally the Administrator has posted the following in another thread linked in the "NEWBIE README":

Quote from: theymos on April 16, 2013, 03:04:56 PM

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If you have really good posts, you can post a request for preemptive whitelisting in the appropriate topic.

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When you sign up, it does specifically state:

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If you are registering to ask a question, please ask it in the newbies section. Do not wait to ask it just because you must post it in "newbies": the question is very likely to have already been asked. If you don't end up getting good responses, you can ask it again elsewhere after you are established, or you can move the entire topic.