One of the biggest duties the Moderators of TMD have is closing bad threads and disciplining disruptive posters. This Tips thread is designed to give TMD users a better understanding of how to avoid our mighty lightning bolts from on high. It will also, incidentally, be very convenient to have something to point to when we have to take action.
Here is a list of the most common reasons we have to step in. We have law students among us, so I'll note that this is not an exhaustive list; there will be situations not covered here.
These links go to the full explanations, which are in the Open Type One forum.
1.
Writing Skills2.
Inflammatory Posts3.
Unjustified Thread Redundancy4.
Lack of Content5.
Unnecessary Whining6.
Prohibited Topics and Actions7.
Moved Threads