A little rant for desdamona

1. Des must show that she is capable of following a topic of conversation. I realize that we are all guilty of going off topic on occasion, and I have no problem with that, but Des has a heavy history of not being able to follow the topic. She hasn't been here long enough to have accumulated such a history except by design. I ask all participants to help by not responding to off topic posts.2. Des must totally understand the concept of citing sources and supporting claims. She needs to learn what a primary source is, what hearsay means and the difference between a claim and a belief.3. Des needs to learn to write in a manner that does not leave her opponents shuddering when they think that she is home-school teacher.Sylas's excellent post Style Guide for EvC should be one of the first pinned topics when that option becomes available to us.