For Newbies: The HitchHiker's Guide To The Pagalguy.com superway
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This primer is primarily meant for the newbies,old-but-still-not-comfortable,very-old-but-as-good-as-dead and the lost souls who come to this thread for salvation. ok maybe I am kidding about the last kind but hey one never knows....I have divided into three sections for easy perusal and the primer is more of the catechism kind.
Disclaimer: The views and suggestions in this primer are purely personal and is not necessarily endorsed by the administrator and mods of this forum!(yet!) So follow them at your own risk!
Section 1: This is for the
I-have-no-idea-about-the-site-so-start-from-the-beginning junta
Section 2: This is for the
cut-the-jazz-and-lead-me-to-the-mba-related-threads junta
Section 3: This is for the
what-else-is-there-to-do-here-other-than-mba junta
Section 1:
Target: Junta who have absolutely no idea about this site and want to get started...
"Hey what is the big deal about this site with such a strange name anyway?"
Two years down the line I am still wondering too...but as Calvin says in his last strip "Let's Go Exploring!"
It's irresistable and A D D I C T I V E!
Which would be vouchsafed by the number of hits and regular members of this forum. It
was primarily meant to be a "cat discussion forum" but has grown beyond that now. To know more read on....
"mmm...so where should I start? There are way too many threads and it is kinda confusing to navigate thro' this labyrinth!"
Well if you havent registered yet you could do so by going
here !
(Note: As of now there is
no provision to change your login name once you have registered. So think of an innovative one if you havent registered yet. )Only members are allowed to post and we do frown upon ppl who merely use the resources and do not contribute in
any way towards the betterment of the forum! If you have already registered you could go to this thread
Introduce yourself and tell us about yourself.
If your idea of introduction is something on the lines of
"Hi I am new to this forum. Hope to have a great time where we can help each other in our pursuit of MBA from IIM's"! well just dont bother posting there and save the server space....remember before you actually start posting in threads that is one thread where you can get a good launchpad for yourself. So make the most of it.
"Tnx for the unsolicted gyaan but what next? I am still confused with the various buttons and the subforums....would you throw some light on that?"
when you click
here you go to the main page of the forum and there you see the various sub forums. I guess the purpose of the sub forums are self evident. If not a brief idea about what the subforum "contains" and "might contain" is given below the subforum heading.
Caveat: Under
"Chit Chat" Subforum there is clause which goes "..You don't even have to make sense." That does not translate to carte blanche for spamming! What you say have to be relevant to the topic atleast!
Also peruse thro' the thread
NEW at PG ... and Confused/Lost ? Check (NEW at PG ... and Confused/Lost ? Check this post out!)
this post out! thoroughly. Most of the queries would have been answered if not you can ask there and be rest assured pretty soon someone will answer it if it is a genuine doubt.
" oh really... cant I just start a new thread with my doubt?"
Nopes!! Starting a new thread involves quite a bit of ritual. Thou shalt read this properly as it is
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT !
STEP 1: Thou shalt first formulate the exact qn in mind before jumping into starting a new thread.
STEP 2: Thou shalt see whether such a thread already exists. For that thou shalt religiously use the self evident
SEARCH function. Try all the combinations of the query you have in mind
and see if it can "fit" in any of the threads thrown up by the search. If you master the art of searching you are in for a smooth ride out here else you will keep getting your threads locked and simply lose you way out here
STEP 3: After STEP 2 and ensuring that absolutely no way the query you have in mind(or the topic on which you have to discuss) is already present you can open a new thread in the
relevant sub forum.
STEP 4: Remember it is a "discussion" forum so your job doesnt end up merely starting the thread. So thou shalt given
your view first on the topic at hand and then further the discussion.
" I guess that's fair enough...so what about naming of the threads?"
"HELP needed", "Attention plz!" ," I am Eligible and Single!" are
NOT the way new threads should be named! Thou shalt use your common sense and name the thread which gives someone more than an idea about what the thread might contain. Only then you can expect your thread not to be locked and get meaningful and swift responses. As the cliched phrase goes "Help Us To Help You"! Peruse thro' the forum first to get an idea about how threads should be named.
"Any thing to be kept in mind while posting in threads?"
We hate to say it but there are some rules you got to follow while posting too.
Rule 1: Thou shalt not copy/paste stuff from somewhere and pass off as your own. In other words thou shalt not plagiarize.
Rule 2: *if* you post something from the net thou shalt mention the
Source. If you dont have the source thou shalt mention the same as "Anonymous". But if you do a google search it is very much possible that you will get the source. Anyway
you are solely responsible for the contents you put up here and needless to say you have got to ensure that it is
not copyrighted .
Rule 3: Strictly no personal phone numbers allowed on the forum. Except in certain threads thou shalt not display your e-mail id either unnecessarily. You can use the
Personal Messaging facility for those purposes.
Rule 4: Needless to say it would be in the best interest of you to avoid extremely sexist,racist and risque comments. We are not exactly "prudish" but it doesnt reflect well on your personality if you indulge in it.(Common decency and public
etiquette) Suffice it to say you will be booted before you can say "Pagal guy"!
Rule 5: To the best of possibility avoid using vernacular language while posting if your target audience spans more than one state. The reason I guess is obvious and self evident.
Rule 6: Avoid CAPSLOCK and using bold fonts and colors for general posts.
Rule 7: Try to make sense in your posts cos' in an online community one is judged by his/her posts.(Again obvious!)
Rule 8: No surrogate or Direct Advertising of any kind!
Rule 9: No posting of results link before they are officially released!
Rule 10: No Ranking of MBA institutes(other words no mudslinging!)
Rule 11: Thou shalt not violate any of the above rules! :P
"Boy! you ppl sound quite draconian....so tell me when and how did this forum into existence"?
In the best interests of everyone the rules are inevitable. But hey they are hardly draconian if you think about it logically
As for the second part of your question you might want to go thro' this thread
History of PaGaLGuY.com (History of PaGaLGuY.com) !
"Wow! That was something....so who are the people behind all these?"
Well you could go thro'
Who is Pagalguy ????! to get an idea(?) abt the person behind it. And dont forget the
Forum Moderators who are doing a stellar job and the least but not the least the members themselves
You could also try
PaGaLGuY's Interview on CNBC - Young Turks - Thursday (PaGaLGuY's Interview on CNBC - Young Turks - Thursday) "Now That is something! Though am new here is there anyway I can contribute to the forum?"
Well you could take your own sweet time to get to know the forum well and see how useful it is to you ( and we hope vice versa too!
). Since the monetary aspect of running this is borne by one man a.k.a
Allwin there is an initiative taken by
Zango here
Contributors invited - read thread starter for any doubts. (Contributors invited - read thread starter for any doubts.) And remember if you have a chronic habit of saying
"Aye Aye" just for everything without actually meaning it just dont bother about the thread...
We can sympathisize with the habit...unfortunately quite a number of our forum members is afflicted with it as you will realize if you go thro' that thread.
and I honestly don't understand few posts ,I mean the idea behind ... 
so can u plzz help me out
... I am going for CAT05 all out.... so I want u guys to help me out