I found these tips in an article I read in The Admin Zone.

  • Spelling and grammar must be acceptable
  • Break your posts into paragraphs with lines in between each paragraph
  • Respect copyrights
  • Post things in the correct forum
  • Use capitalization correctly (no all caps or lack of caps)
  • Do not reply to yourself unless it is a bump (use the edit button instead)
  • One-line posts typically are bad, unless what is said is best said short
  • Use punctuation and contractions correctly (no !!!!!!!! or Ill and Im)
  • Post quality, not quantity
  • Keep your posts on topic
  • Use the search before asking a question
  • Argue with the post, not the poster (arguments on topic are good, but between members they are bad)
  • Do not post anything illegal, pornographic or anything questionable
  • A forum isn’t IM - write words out and avoid posting many replies to yourself
  • Do not avoid the word filter
  • Do not go overboard with the emoticons/smilies

Pretty sound advise to keep the forum in order.