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When posting please use meaningful Titles for Google - ( do not use literary titles )
Example we have a great thread about Italian Music - Unfortunately the title given was 'Lucio battisti and others' - If you now search on Google for 'Battisti and others' the thread is on the home page - Unfortunately nobody does such a search - If the title had been 'Italian Music' that would have been more useful -

Also : When you start a thread please add also some meaningful tags.

Grazie
Paolo

ciao paolo

maybe you can put this not as a thread but as a welcoming message to whoever register his/herself to this forum as well as putting it in the FAQ section/ make a new section title 'General guidelines' the same as Video, Chat!, Food etc..
well just my suggestion paolo

Thank you Paolo - Those of us that you have entrusted as moderators will find the post very helpfull, as I'm sure will everyone else whom are members of, or viewing, the forum. Thanks for the hard work you and the team put into running the site.

Grazie mille Paolo. The rules are fair and should not be difficult to follow. They are truly just common sense. Ronald has a good idea to post these rules as a permanent part of the welcome page and also have a new section including the general guidelines.

Oh no.. rules.. rules.. everywhere I go there are rules.

Paolo.. rules are made to be broken.. do I have to read them?

Paolo Ronald's idea seems great, as a message or in the Faq it would have more visibility than as a sticky imho.

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Well We also need to limit the amount of political postings !
If I let Villa and Max loose there will be only Bush and Berlusconi posts on the forum ... actually Villa is a lot more reasonable now.
I do want to limit the amount of political posting one beacause members did complain - Two because anyway two many postings produce the opposite effect ! ( example : When I am personally pushed to go one side I react going toward the other ! ) I never voted Berlusconi but now I am personally contemplating ... just as a reaction from being pushed one way - nothing rational !
So: any suggestion on how we can either limit or place the political posting in its own section ?

Paolo - I think the "Political threads" should be under a separate heading. Many people have strong views, and that's good, as is the debate that follows. However, if an Italian-based thread turns into a debate about Bush and Berlusconi, it will certainly put a lot of visitors off from joining, and also alienates the (minority it seems) non-Italian and non-American members. I would like to add that whilst Villa and Max may have strong political opinions, they have never (to my knowledge at least) been rude or aggressive.

ciao every body
i agree with markymark,many people are searching free expression,let us give them chance ,but in a separated place into the forum
thanks