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Re:New users: Welcome. Please read the site guidelines. by almost on Saturday January 31, 2009 @05:34PM (#460171)
How about "Don't say anything you wouldn't say to someone's face" next to the submit button for the comment box? It could be a link to the full guidelines page maybe.

Even for older users it could be good to have a little reminder to not be an arsehole (I could certainly use that sort of reminder on occasion).

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Re:New users: Welcome. Please read the site guidelines. by ConradHex on Tuesday February 03, 2009 @12:02PM (#464217)
Didn't someone write some kind of code to detect when a given text might be a flame? Not sure what it was based on. It'd be cool if the site said "your message looks kind of flame-y. Are you sure you want to post it?"
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