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Please delete my thread "Argumentative essay writing, please help me!!!"

Mizh — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:57:39 GMT

Hi moderators and administrators, can you delete my thread.

I've changed my mind and I want to write another essay!

Please!

No more editing of posts?

Pter — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:41:40 GMT

In the past, we can edit our own posts as long as no one has replied to them. In the new design, I can't find the edit button anymore. Is this feature removed for some reasons?

Frequent poster?

JCDenton — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:28:01 GMT

Hi EF guys,

I just noticed that you gave me a new title.."Frequent Poster" ...Is that something to be a shame of? :-)...I don't think that I'm frequent poster. Frequence of my posts is 3-4 per month..:-(

thanks in advance for clarification...But maybe this title it's just a stage in membership here...:-)

thx

Announcement - Backup your PMs!

Punkybrewster — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:07:02 GMT

Hi everyone, we are going to update the PM system in the coming week and all existing Personal Messages will be lost, so if you want to keep any please save them locally as soon as possible.

Why I couldn't recive a notification in my email for reply?

Nader75 — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:08:33 GMT

Why I couldn't recive a notification in my email for reply?

By the way I choosed "yes" for the option "enable Email Notifications of forum/thread subscriptions and replies to my posts?"

but my email address is inserted only in the Private Email .

name posted

Little Bear — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:54:29 GMT

Hello,

Could you please show me how to edit my post. I put my full name in my last post and I found out that it's not a good thing at all. Everytime I google my name, I can see it in my entry, which has more or less some of my personal details. I would appreciate if someone can answer me regarding this matter.

Thank you,

Little bear

How on earth do you email people?

evitabonita — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:11:35 GMT

Hi, Does anyone know how on earth you email people on here. It just keeps saying access denied & although people are telling me their email addy is on their profile i can't acces it - any ideas?

thnx

chat

saravananvairam — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:51:26 GMT

how can I chat with others by using this website

Trying to join, but no code shows up...

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:04:50 GMT

Hi, I wanted to join, but on the registration page there is no code showing up to show me what to type in the box. I have tried Firefox and IE7.

I am able to see the code for posting this post.

Thanks!

Registration failure (Didn't receive email)

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:25:24 GMT

Hi. I tried to sign up, but I never got the email with password, any ideas?

Delete posts

CarlitosWay — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:49:28 GMT

Hello,

Is it possible to delete all my posts? I want to close my account!

Kind regards,

Carlito

Opera bug (Resolved)

Ant_222 — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:27:30 GMT

Hi all!With the new design the forum has stopped to work with Opera. It ignores "New Paragraph" symbols, displaying all my new posts in a single paragraph... When I press "Edit", the source does the have proper paragraph fragmentation.Thanks in advance,Anton

opera browser compatibility

Velimir — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:16:34 GMT

Hello,

Is there any chance to make visible text options (bold,italic ..) when typing messages using Opera browser. I've tried with suggested changes in 'Content Editor' but it didn't work.

Thanks

extra windows

Avangi — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:31:14 GMT

This is not a problem for me but 'tis a puzzlement. I mention it thinking it might serve as a clue to someone working on another problem.

Using Windows Vista, while logged in and posting on the forums lately (past week or two) I'll look at the borders of my screen (don't know the correct terms) and see that I have a second and sometimes a third EF window minimized and piggybacked onto my working window. Out of curiosity, I click it (maximize it) and it will show me correctly logged in, but visiting a thread and often a forum where I've never actually been. This is something totally new. In the past I've sometimes opened a second window, intentionally or by accident, but this is something entirely different.

Cheers, - A.

unable to login

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:17:27 GMT

Hi,

My id is 'Creativeguru' I do not know what is the problem suddenly. But as I type my username and password and click on the log in, it redirects me to the home page or the page on which i was navigating without giving me any message that why it is not accepting my username and password. Please help me out with this

I don't receive replies notifications

Penicillin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:19:05 GMT

Hello

When someone replies to my post, I don't receive Email Replies Notification.

I checked on "Enable Email Notifications of forum/thread subscriptions and replies to my posts".

What's wrong?

Thanks

why does it show my name as Australia always

Samkee — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:25:56 GMT

I registered my account and then chatted in the chatroom.but it showed my name as Australia^^,My name is Sam,why it cant be showed there?who can help me ?

time of the anon. posting

Jackson6612 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:04:28 GMT

Anonymous #48075 Tue, 18 Jun 09 26:27 PM

When an anon. replies to a post, his/her reply doesn't appear until it has been approved by the moderator. Does the time in the above quoted posting represent the time when the reply was posted or when the posting was approved?

I follow the Greewich Mean Time (00:00).

How to post a picture?

Prez1dent — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:18:04 GMT

Maybe I'm too lazy-bones to find the existing answer to my question (if it already exists) but how do I post a pic on this forum? I wanna post some funny pictures!

E-mail notification problem

Cool Breeze — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:19:04 GMT

To whomever it may concern

I have a rather peculiar problem: I don't get notifications from the General English Grammar Questions at all. There may be other similar sections. I do get notifications from other sections, probably all of them although I am not quite sure. It says at the bottom of the screen in the GEGQ threads I have participated in: "Email subscriptions disabled" even though they are enabled in my profile. This has gone on since the new look was introduced.

Cheers

EDIT: Another thing, not really a problem: sometimes the Trusted User icon appears below my name, sometimes it doesn't.

Please read before posting in this section.

Punkybrewster — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:05:25 GMT

If you are planning to post something in this forum, the Help forum, please make sure you are asking help on USING englishforums.com, or you want to report bugs etc, and not for help with homework, grammar and so on.
If you are unsure where to post your questions and they are not a forum issue, post them into the foo forum where we can then move it into the correct section.
Thanks :)

Frequently asked questions

Punkybrewster — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:34:10 GMT

Here is a collection of frequently asked questions that have been posted here.

Q - "I just posted my question to 'Free English...' and received the answer that it's a moderated forum, and I should wait. What does it mean?" Post Pending Moderation If the administrator has configured this forum to support email notifications you will receive an email when your post is either approved or denied (if you have emails enabled in your profile).You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available.
A - It means that it will not be posted directly, but will go to a "moderator's" section where a moderator reviews the post and will either approve it (post it), edit it (make changes to it), or delete it.

Q - "It seems that the ranking of a member is based solely on the number of postings made by that user, however, does it apply to his/her English language & grammar knowledge?"
A - Ranking is based on number of posts. Administration also awards symbols on an individual basis to members who have demonstrated positive qualities in the course of their participation here:

Checkmark = Proficient Speaker
Hammer = Administrator
'Yin-Yang' Taoist symbol = Moderator
Picture of Two People staring at a Checkmark = Professional English Teacher
Angel - Trusted User

These are placed under the avatar to the right of each post. These do not mean that other members, junior or otherwise, are not excellent advisors. The site administration can only do with and monitor so many valued assistants. In the end, this is the internet, and you can only see what you read on your screen: you must consider the advice given and decide for yourself whether it is of value to you.

Q - "I marked all read by mistake, how do I undo it?"
A - It cannot be undone.

Q - "I have posted a question, but no one is replying, why?"
A - There are a lot of posts and only so many people around to answer them. Anyone can post up an answer but many of the learners feel a bit shy about this, so most answers are coming from a fairly small group of people. Everyone is here voluntarily so sometimes, unfortunately, no one has time to deal with a particular post.

Tips for getting answers!

Register and log-in before posting - messages from people we feel we have come to know and regular visitors will naturally be more attractive to us than the hundreds of anonymous posts, where we don't even know that the poster will bother to come back and read our reply. Become an active member of the forum, answering other posts as well, and you will become part of our community and be more likely to get answers in return.

Make the subject line interesting and descriptive of the contents of the post. Just 'hello' or 'help' do not really catch the eye when you are scanning a long list of unanswered posts.

Don't take it personally, we all have busy lives, and sometimes posts just stack up and get missed due to lack of time.

In the Make Friends section, try answering a few requests instead of just posting your own, there are lots of people feeling the same way that you do.

Q - "How can i find more info about an Englishforums.com user?"
A - On the right side of the post you can click on the name of the member which will take you to their profile page.

Q - "I don't know why some of my posts are being deleted?"
A - The post might not have been in the correct forum and a mod moved it, or the post did not follow our guidelines and it was deleted, or the post was a duplicate. For any of these reasons you should get an email informing you of the reason.

Q - "Can you remove some old posts of mine, I don't want them there anymore?"
A - Generally we do not delete any posts inside a thread where answers have already been made. This would cause confusion and disturb the flow of the thread. Requests for post deletion can always be made and we will gladly check the individual requests.

Q - "All the notification messages are sent to my bulk box even though after many times I've tried to put them back to my inbox. Does anyone know why?"
A - If this happens you need to check your junk filter settings. Usually you will find an option to add a "safe sender".

Q - "I want to find some posters that I have posted before, about four months ago. How can i find them?"
A - Click on your name on the top right corner of this website and you will see your profile. Then, by clicking on "Recent posts" you will have all your posts listed.

Q - "How does this member "status" change? Who changes it and why? I mean those "Junior Member", "Regular member", "Senoir Member", "Forum Guru", "Member" and lots and lots of others. What does it depend on? How much of posts has the member to post for those list of statuses?"
A - It depends on the number of posts. It is changed automatically, as a part of the programming. The list can be found here.

Q - "How do I change my username?"
A - Send a PM to an administrator if it is absolutely necessary for you to change your username, and they will look into it.

Q - "How do I post pictures?"
A - Attaching images is only possible in the YUI (advanced) editor. Check in your profile (site options) if the editor is enabled. If it is, you will see a button where you can attach files while creating your post. A java applet will start and now all you have to do is drag and drop your files into the little window (or browse to the file).

Q - "How do I send a private message (PM) to another member?"
A - Either go to the profile of the member and you will see the option on the bottom left, or click on the mail icon next to a member's name in a post. PMs can only be sent to trusted users, moderators and administrators.

Q - "Why can't I edit and delete my posts at any time?"
A - That would be against a basic principle of discussions: you can't erase what you have already said. Every discussion would turn into a mess and couldn't be called a discussion anymore. There is a time frame in which you can edit your post (one week) but only if there are no replies.

Q - "Why are anonymous posts allowed?"
A - It is everyone's right to remain anonymous, and some visitors are prevented from registering by their company or institution Internet policy. Of course we would prefer everyone to register because it is more motivating and personal to answer a question a member has made rather than a post by an anonymous user.

Q - "Why are controversial subjects and all anonymous posts moderated?"
A - The threads in Controversial tend to attract strange posts, simply because they tend to deal with race, religion, politics, etc. If we lifted the moderation, it would of course be possible to delete such posts later; but it would make for a very ugly atmosphere in the meantime. Same goes for anonymous posts. We want to prevent spam, duplicate posting etc.

(more will be added soon)

something wrong with my account

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:44:25 GMT

Hi, I had registered an account in ESL forum with username duylam before website was upgraded. And now I can't login.

I go to login page (http://www.englishforums.com/login.htm?ReturnUrl=%2fEnglish%2fAddPost.aspx%3fForumID%3d11), type my user/pass and press logi n button. After that I was forwarded to last page and still be a anonymous user.

I used forgot password to get new password and try again but it was the same.

Administrator, can you help me ?

Why am I not in the list of most active members?

Prez1dent — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:16:51 GMT

Hey! By the way, I'm back!!
I have noticed that I'm not in that list anymore. Can you tell me why?

How to create a new post

kingcotton — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:40:35 GMT

I'm John, just joined.

How I can post a question about the English Grammar?

I think at least I can reply for somebody posted.

John