Here's my recommendations so far :
The Basics
- Post in third person,
- Post in present tense,
- Bold important character names (including your own PC's name),
- Wrap dialog in D or DIALOG tags,
- Wrap in-character posts in IC tags,
- Assume imperial measurements.
- Out-of-character posts that are unrelated to a specific in-game thread (e.g., discussion of real-world business) should go in the general Out Of Character thread,
- Out-of-character posts that are related to a specific in-game thread (e.g., discussion of the in-game scenario, player options or strategies in that scenario, etc.) should go in the in-game thread wrapped in OC tags,
- When replying you don't need to quote a recent post (the QUOTE tags can confuse the IC/OC tags and can complicate search results). So most of the time it's better to use the Post Reply button rather than Quote button,
- If you really do need to quote a post, try to quote just the relevant part and ensure that the whole of the QUOTE tags are entirely within the IC or OC tags.
- Potential orders for turns ahead of the current turn should go in OC tags; these are more player speculation about what might happen next rather than immediate character actions.