Welcoming Newcomers

10 Jan 06 | TPartyType

[TPartyType]

Alamo-Girl used to have a super Newcomers Welcome Desk and Information Center. I've been on extended leave from FR. Is there still a place where newbies can go to get oriented, pick up some lingo, learn etiquette, get questions answered without getting flamed, etc.?

My sister just registered, so I'm trying to help her out.

Thanks!

[Fiddlstix]

HTML Help Threads & Other Info for Newbies
(And Anyone Else Who Needs It )

• HTML Bootcamp (Cyber patriot training)
  
  
• The HTML Campfire
  
  
• Formatting Messages with Outlook Express (HTML Bootcamp)
  
  
• Basic html formatting
  
  
• R U new? Some Tips....
  
  
• HTML for FReeper Newbies
  
  
• HTML Sandbox (Original Thread)
  
  
• HTML Sandbox (Thread Two)
  
  
• HTML Sandbox (Thread Three)
  
  
• HTML Sandbox (Latest Thread)
  
  
• Reference HTML Cheatsheet
  
  (Also This for New Freepers)
  
• Revised & Updated! -- THE LEXICON OF FREEREPUBLIC -- (FR dictionary, more help for newcomers!)
  
  
• Fifth Edition of the Lexicon of FreeRepublic * * A helpful FR dictionary for newcomers * *
  
  
• Updated FR Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List due to Copyright Complaints
  
  
• Way too many duplicates and vanities. Please read - again. (Welcome Newbies)
  
  
• Posting refresher course - Please read

[MNJohnnie]

Hey this would be great thing. Do you know if a Free Republic Boot Camp exists?

[Fierce Allegiance]

Tell her to ignore the Kitty Squaddies! Some look like this:

Thanks for teaching me to postpics, BTW. I haven't forgotten the generous help from both of you!

[mysterio]

get questions answered without getting flamed, etc.?

Now, what fun would that be?

[TPartyType]

Thanks, Fiddlstix!

I remember this "super-post"! Very helpful.

[TPartyType]

Keep on Freepin' On!

[b4its2late]

Re-Welcome to FR!

[TPartyType]

SHUT YOUR FESTERING GOB, YOU SNIVELING TIT!

[TPartyType]

Here ya go, Purp . . .

Check out the links provided by Fiddlstix. By the time you get done with those, you'll be a pro.

[b4its2late]

This might help!

THE LEXICON OF FREEREPUBLIC (More help for newcomers)

[TPartyType]

Wow, the lexicon's from 2000 and the last update of the Newcomers Welcome Desk was 2002.

Don't anyone care for da newbies no more? Maybe there's a new way people are "assimilated" (remember the fun michigander had with that one?!) around here these days, and I just missed it . . .

(I'm gonna go update the HTML Sandbox right now! HA!)

[b4its2late]

And here's a gem you may or may not have missed, but it's worth revisiting as we approach 2008:

The REAL Clinton Record

[Fiddlstix]

You're welcome J

[b4its2late]

I'm sure there are some someplace. I just thought I'd start from the beginning!! LOL!

[derllak]

Hooray! Someone else lower than me on the totem pole! I finally have someone to pick on! :)

[NerdDad]

Hey Hon,

These links might help you. Pay particular attention to the Lexicon and Posting Instructions.

[TPartyType]

Your tagline evokes horrible mental images. Argh! (or should I say, arf!?)

[MNJohnnie]

Resistance if futile. We are the Freepers. You will be assimilated

[MNJohnnie]

assstimulated

Hey now Freepers don't play that game. Try Democrat Underground. They are really hot for that sort of stuff over there. :-)

[Fintan]

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[TPartyType]

cute!

[TPartyType]

:o)

[Fintan]

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Me??? Or the name tag???

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[TPartyType]

I was referring to the nametag, but I'm sure you're cute, too!

BTW, I think everyone should receive one of those nametags (and a cigar?) when they register at FR . . .

[NerdDad]

Durn dog still has chili breath. From both ends.

Homemade venison chili. First time I made my chili in nearly 30 years. I put just a little too much cayenne in it this time but it sure hasn't slowed that dog down.

[MNJohnnie]

What do you think of my new tagline?

[Darksheare]

"My sister just registered.."

I conned my sis into joining.
And did the customary ritual hazing, and then she got back at me by scanning some pics, and related embarrasing stuff.

So, Haze yer sis if you must out of tradition, but be aware that she'll get you back eventually.
*chuckle*
Saw that you redid the sandbox thread, excellent.
Have a good one!

[TPartyType]

[Darksheare]

*chuckle*

Yeah, in the long run it is safer not to bust on ones sis.

[TPartyType]

Do you know of any new welcome threads to which I can steer my sis? Thanks. BTW, Purple Mountains Maj, I'd like you to meet Alamo-Girl!

[Alamo-Girl]

Hello, old friend!

I'm very honored to meet your sister, Purple Mountains Maj!

Do you know of any new welcome threads to which I can steer my sis?

Yes indeed. Every day I post the Oswald Chambers devotion on the Religion forum and I will be pinging both of you there in a jiffy.

[stands2reason]

Hello!

I'm not new, but I'm newly returned from posting exile!

And I've already been accused of being a troll again!

[eeevil conservative]

LOL! That TAGline is TREMENDOUS!

I LOVE IT!

[DainBramage]

I would advise that your first task should be to compose a one sentence post stating a little about your concerns and start the thread in BREAKING NEWS.

Your welcome in advance.

[Darksheare]

Ouch.

Good to see you again.
Been odd on my end of things lately.

[TPartyType]

I really like the Religion-Moderator's "ground rules" in the first post position for the Chambers devotion "Cyber-Chapel." It's so very important to create a safe haven. I think I'm a very tough minded person, but I really don't enjoy exchanging barbs with mean spirited people.

I honestly don't believe people who practice the sort of conservatism I was taught treat others that way. (Immanuel Kant: "Treat others as potential members of the kingdom of ends, never as means only." Jesus Christ: "Treat others as you would be treated." Moses: "Love thy neighbor as thyself.")

I even posted something awhile ago to try and introduce a little civility and "decorum" to "web discourse." [click here] I don't think it's had any impact, but there are some pretty decent links there if I do say so! :o)

God Bless you both reeeeeeeeeeeal good!

[TPartyType]

Do NOT follow the advice in #35, Purp. He's baiting you. That's the quickest way to get max-flamed . . . maybe even nuked!

Nice try, DainBramage, you shipdit.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so very much for the excellent information on the link, TPartyType!

Purple, my formula for peace: when people are reduced to throwing spit wads it means they are out of ammunition. So the best thing to do when that happens is simply leave the conversation - the point has been made. LOL!

[DainBramage]

I guess it would be a bad idea. (:)

[TPartyType]

Sorry if I misinterpreted your motive there . . .:o)

(Just out of curiosity, what does (:) mean?)

[DainBramage]

I forgot this ^. (:^)

[Rebelbase]

Let me flame your sis', I promise to be gentle.

[Tijeras_Slim]

What kind of man let's his sister hang out with this crowd? :-D

[TPartyType]

Hey, meester! Ju want to flame my seeester?

Get out of here you perv!!

[eyespysomething]

Newbies can go nowhere and not get flamed.

(-8

I mean c'mon, most of us went through that. It's like a rite-of-passage.

[TPartyType]

(:^) hee, hee . . . got it. Have a good day!

[TPartyType]

I think there should be a safe haven somewhere on Free Republic for the more delicate types among us. It's good to be tough-minded, no doubt, but there's something to be said for decorum and civil discourse, too. I think FReepers are deep enough thinkers and magnanimous enough to allow for both.

Valuing decorum and civility is part and parcel with conservatism, IMO.

[eyespysomething]

Oh, I know, I'm just hasslin' ya!

[TPartyType]

Oh no! What have I done?!