====== The Forum of Filth ======
Ah, hello! If you're reading this page, on the wiki, you've probably already run into the
[[http://enquirer.improbableisland.com/forum/|Forum of Filth]]. The Forum of Filth is [[CavemanJoe]]'s super cool
[[themetest|club house]] that only the coolest kids ever find((despite being
prominently featured in the navigation bar
at the top of every page loaded in [[Improbable Island]])) and only the ice-coldest ever
regularly visit. In it, you will find unprecedented levels of <del>whining</del> discussion
about the game, its mechanics, and its story. However, with that piddling amount of power comes
a piddling amount of responsibility so, without further ado,(([[Lie]]s!)) let's discuss some
community((Psh. [[page 3|One guy]] wrote this entire page.))((Yes, but anyone can edit it if
they disagree.)) guidelines aimed at making the forum the best it can be!

===== How to Use the Forum of Filth =====
There are two things you need to know about the Forum of Filth that make it different from
many other forums: It moves slowly and its search function sucks((No, I'm pretty sure it's a law of nature that all forums have terrible search functions)).
With that in mind, all the
other guidelines make perfect sense.
==== Put Things in the Right Forum ====
If you put your topic in the right forum((this is a confusing term, I'm afraid.
The Forum of Filth is actually made of a handful of other "forums", which act as sections,
containing related topic)), it will be easier to dig up in the future. Forums include:
  * Places
    * General
    * Programming Help
    * Feedback and Development
  * Season Two
    * Development((From what we can gather, this forum was supposed to be for CMJ to make topics within, to which we would respond. An odd specialization for a forum to have, given that it sits right next to the Feedback forum. CMJ must have realized this was wacky after creating this forum, because the later-created Places forum does not have this distinction.))
    * Feature Requests, Ideas and Feedback
  * Off-topic
    * In-Game((This forum was probably supposed to be used for In-Character interactions, but mostly it just gets used to talk about the game in a way that isn't giving feedback or proposing new ideas.))
    * Out-of-Game
Do not create a topic in the Legacy forums. Also, despite what some of the forum descriptions
say, bug reports are probably better suited to [[http://www.improbableisland.com/problem_report.php|Petitions]].
==== Continue Conversations Correctly ====
Other forums have rules against "necromancing", posting in threads that are old. By contrast,
due to the aforementioned slowness and crappy search capabilities, necromancy is encouraged
in the Forum of Filth, as it's much more convenient to have all the posts on a topic in one
place.

If you aren't necromancing a thread, but are continuing a conversation, or responding to
something,((like a [[http://www.improbableisland.com/motd.php|MoTD]], for example))
please include a link to any relevant places, so that readers can find what you're responding to years in the
future, when it's buried under piles of debris and detritus. If it is impossible
to link to whatever it is you're talking about, please explain it in your post,
even just briefly.

==== You Don't Usually Have to Quote ====
The Forum of Filth, like many other forums, includes a "quote" button so that you can quote parts of someone else's post in your post. This is usually only necessary in busy threads, or if you're responding to a post with multiple part. Otherwise, you can just address your post to the person you're responding to, and everyone will know what you mean. E.g., if I post "Rohit is the best robot" in the thread, you can usually just post something like, "Full Metal Lion, I understand where you're coming from, but Robot is the best robot." instead of having to quote me, so long as my post isn't too far in the past. When in doubt, quote to increase clarity. You don't necessarily need to quote the entire post you're responding to, you can redact.

==== How to Link to a Specific Post ====
This process is a little more complex than it honestly should be, but here we go...

First you must find the name of the post, which is a number. You may find this either by examining the target url of the "quote" button, which will contain the name as a quoteid parameter, or by right-clicking the name of the poster of the post, and hitting "Inspect Element". Somewhere in the gobbledygook will be something like ''<a name="2"></a>'', and that number is what you want.

After you have the name, append it to the url of the thread after a '#', like so: http://enquirer.improbableisland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=1#2. That will link directly to the post you wanted. 

There's a very simple [[greasemonkey|userscript]] that [[greasemonkey:ii-direct-filth|can do this]] for you.