I like the name "Top Gun". It sounds courageous.

vkimo wrote :

Vapor, yours should be "King of the Hill"
-end quote

Is that because I sell propane and propane accessories, or because of the site?

All of the above!

I don't know if this happens already, but I would like to suggest some sort of grammar and/or quality controls for the articles submitted to the site.

As Vapor can attest, I'm a little nuts for writing, because I just LOVE to write about things I like, but -as you can ALL attest- my English is far from perfect, and even when I'm sure that you can COMPREHEND me, I hardly doubt that the average visitor would be so forgiving on that matter (hey, it can even damage the image of the site and I wouldn't like that at all). I'm sure that all the material submitted here has to by pass some sort of control before it's published, but where I'm trying to get here is that it can be a good idea to have someone willingly controlling grammar for the articles written by foreigners such as I (it can even be a special rank in the long run... if someone wants to take care of it that is, I would do it if you want to have Spanish articles on the site).

Silvervix wrote :

I don't know if this happens already, but I would like to suggest some sort of grammar and/or quality controls for the articles submitted to the site.

As Vapor can attest, I'm a little nuts for writing, because I just LOVE to write about things I like, but -as you can ALL attest- my English is far from perfect, and even when I'm sure that you can COMPREHEND me, I hardly doubt that the average visitor would be so forgiving on that matter (hey, it can even damage the image of the site and I wouldn't like that at all). I'm sure that all the material submitted here has to by pass some sort of control before it's published, but where I'm trying to get here is that it can be a good idea to have someone willingly controlling grammar for the articles written by foreigners such as I (it can even be a special rank in the long run... if someone wants to take care of it that is, I would do it if you want to have Spanish articles on the site). -end quote

Here I have often fixed grammatical errors. It is my belief that to have as much correct grammar in each article as possible is of a tremendous benefit to us as a community, and to the site in terms of search engine optimization. As you said, not many people enjoy reading anything that hurts their eyes (or heads for that matter). And poor grammar can make it difficult for certain content to be found by search engines. Ultimately, we want to entertain as many people as possible, so that they feel inclined to enter in to our community.

Well, that's such a relief! Thank you for the explanation (I will see if I can come up with something really awesome to make my debut here ).

Holy cow. Silvervix, your writing is impeccable. Even though I intentionally break rules at times, especially in the non-formal forum environment, I pay much attention to grammar and I notice when something is off. I can tell the character of poor English, or something that has been translated by a computer or non-professional. Aside from your specifically saying so, the one and only thing that betrays you as someone who is not a native English speaker is that you write jaja instead of haha.

shakin steak wrote :

Holy cow. Silvervix, your writing is impeccable. Even though I intentionally break rules at times, especially in the non-formal forum environment, I pay much attention to grammar and I notice when something is off. I can tell the character of poor English, or something that has been translated by a computer or non-professional. Aside from your specifically saying so, the one and only thing that betrays you as someone who is not a native English speaker is that you write jaja instead of haha.
-end quote

Thank you so much for that, it is really nice to see that all the time invested in this hasn't gone to waste

And yeaaaah, my fingers keep finding the "J" key whenever I want to laugh, I can't help that

Silvervix wrote :
And yeaaaah, my fingers keep finding the "J" key whenever I want to laugh, I can't help that
-end quote

And that is fine. I kind of like the "jajaja" laugh. It's like your trademark.

And yes, your English is superb. At that is quite a feat, as American English is just stupid. Seriously, boloney is going to be spelled "bologna"? Kernel is going to be spelled "Colonel" if we're talking about a military officer? It's just soooo dumb.

Yeah, I don't really have a problem with "jajaja".

I'll admit that I didn't know what it meant at first, but now I do.