When a user wishes to post for the first time in the scripting section, they should be forced to read and acknowledge the “Using Code Tags” thread. Some other options:
There are just too many new users posting code without code tags.
nah, I’m not a newb, and I’ve never read that thread, nor care to.
If you find a user posting without code tags, simply don’t help them.
So if you’re not a newb this wouldn’t apply to you lol.
just add a 1 click to post a canned response telling people to use the code tags
Right, but I also could care less if one uses the code tags or not. This forum topic is for those who need help, and there are select few like myself that spend time helping individuals who need it. I’m not sure why a code tag would effect your ability to help someone.
It certainly makes it easier by formatting the code into a readable format.
There’s a reason they stickied a topic about it in the first place.
Well if you ask for help from others you should do your best to help others into helping you. If people have trouble deciphering your post, they likely won’t help you, plus it is a bit rude to people who want to help you but have to spend 5 minutes reading your tagless code.
Because I’m not going to waste my time trying to find the flow of un-indented code. People are asking for help so why cant they put the effort in, to make it easier to get that help.
same here… no code tags == no help
or
if (!codeTags) DontHelp();
If you see a user not using code tags, don’t not help them, that’s just rude - show them that code tags exist, say they should use them and be useful.
we arent saying dont inform, we are saying, they have to meet us half way.
it’s what i do when i’m in a good mood… if i am feeling especially merry i will even include a link to the sticky.
mostly i more feel like… meh
I don’t think it’s rude at all. If you want someone to help you, you have to ask properly. If someone came up to you on the streets and said, “Hey you help me right now. Lift this box in my car right now.” Would you do it? Probably not because he didn’t ask properly. If someone said, “Excuse me, could you please help me lift this box in my car?” you might be a lot more inclined to help. Same thing here.
True, but in the first case, you would say “No if you ask me like that, jerk.” So, don’t help them necessarily, but also give them the reason you’re not helping them.
I think a softer touch of if you paste into the input field it should ask you if it’s code… something like the paste options in excel. First couple of times it’s set to big full text “Is this a code sample?”, after that set a cookie and it’s just a little “js”/“c#” icon to the side or something.
It could be smarter than that, even. Determining whether a post contains code is usually not that difficult - lots of int, void, bool, function, var, (), {}, and so on. If we are talking about doing some forum programming, just have it do a basic search for these things and then prompt the user, “it looks like there’s code here outside of code tags - are you sure you want to proceed?”
i’d prefer radio buttons for spam in the moderation panel tbh 
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