Please look before starting a new thread!!!

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In an effort to avoid this prestigious board from turning into yet another haven for scratchers and the like, we should all take some time out of our day and other posts to list a few keywords for newcomers to use to search for widely discussed topics.

We all hate answering the same questions in multiple threads repeatedly due to the lack of willingness to search. Especially basic questions. This is in no means a substitute for the board, if you search and cannot find what you are looking for then feel free to post and i'm sure everyone here will be willing to help you.

Also lets try to limit this to keywords for searches, we don't need another 80+ page thread full of chatter, thats what the Bad Tattoos thread is for haha!

I'm also thinking about starting another thread about topics that can be started in a thread but should not be discussed in a public forum and continued in either PM's or if possible a password protected section.

So please if you have some keywords or topics that newbies should search for rather than starting a new thread and possibly getting bashed and flamed by the regulars for not searching please add them here.