A troll is a post (or the person who posts it) designed solely to attract predictable responses or flames. The well-constructed troll is a post that induces lots of newbies and flamers to make themselves look foolish, while subtly conveying to the more savvy and experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't fall for the joke, you get to be in on it. People post such messages to get attention, to disrupt conversation, and simply to make trouble. If it's exceedingly clever and insightful, it can be amusing, and actually contribute to the community, but this is rarely the case. A troll is only successful if you respond to it.

Flames will happen. Try and keep them intelligent and flame the idea, not the person.

While flames will happen, flame wars don't have to. The best way to respond to a flame is to ignore it.

The best online farewell was also the first. (Skip the middle if you must, but be sure to read the axioms at the bottom.) If you want to change the forum, posting a farewell won't accomplish that, and will only make you look foolish when you come back.

Be it literal, word-for-word, rhyming or poetic, singers are always looking for translations. There is an extraordinary number of translations to be found on the internet. However, good translations are few and far between. Ultimately, the best translation, the one that will feed your understanding of the text the most, is the one you do yourself. Many singers think of doing ones own translation as an integral part of ones preparation for performing a piece. Hence, they often perceive asking for translations as a sign of laziness.

Since there's no way to verify whether the information is provided with the consent of the individual, it's important the the transmission of such information take place over email. If it is available on the internet (on a resource site, or the individual's website) post a link in lieu of posting the information.

Do not reveal the identity of anyone on the forum. This includes naming the person behind a login or revealing that the same person uses two logins.

It's understandable that, in the course of protecting your anonymity, you may want to create multiple logins, but keep this to a reasonable level.

Cursing is certainly not prohibited on the forum, but excessive foul language may be moderated, if only because excessive foul language is usually indicative of ad hominem attacks.

Be as concise and descriptive in your subject line as possible. (e.g. "Need information!" or "Help!" are not descriptive subject lines.)