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== Things you shouldn't do. Especially Not Twice ==
== Things you shouldn't do. Especially Not Twice ==


If you see someone misusing tools, appliances or small children apparently unaware of how stupid they're being, please tell them. And write it up here, '''at the top where new entries will be read''', in the hope that someone else will learn, too. No need for names (unless, of course, you want to).
If you see someone misusing tools, appliances or small children apparently unaware of how stupid they're being, please tell them. And write it up here, '''at the top where new entries will be read''', in the hope that someone else will learn, too. No need for names (unless, of course, you want to). Be gentle, but don't keep quiet. It isn't helpful to let someone else suffer their own mistakes.


=== Overcritical ===
Everybody using equipment in the space is expected to look after that equipment. That means finding out how to use it properly. If you break something and there were guidelines here that would have avoided it, that's not just an unfortunate accident, it's YOUR FAULT. Take responsibility. If the warnings were wrong or insufficient, correct them. That's your responsibility too.


Folks, while all the below is very useful and all that, can we please work to avoid a culture of criticism? It's the reason I've not been to the space for a few months now. I found it disheartening to get mutually contradictory 'you must do it like that' / 'you mustn't do it like that' instructions from different people. Sure, if you know what you're talking about and it's a safety or equipment-damage issue then go right ahead, but it's really not helpful to give your guesses as must-follow instructions.
Equally, the flip side of "don't moan, just fix it" is not throwing a strop if people don't fix it in the way that you would have done it. That hasn't happened to me, but I've seen it happen to others.
We're all newbies in one area or another; it's not an "I know more than you do" competition.
[Response : Apologies if anything below is unfair or elitist. My intention is that people should have enough doubts in their perfection to ASK, but not enough to put them off doing stuff. Please modify anything you feel is unfair, unhelpful, or contradicts advice given elsewhere. Or bring it up on the discussion page. --[[User:Artag|Artag]] 23:54, 16 March 2011 (UTC)]


===Mill Vice===
===Mill Vice===