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Asking for help and other stuff 101


King112

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OK, so there are people who are asking for things such as "Give me an RQ" or along those lines.

This thread is kind of like a super doc that will tell you the do's and the don'ts in terms of courtesy, asking for help etc.

 

What we can help with!

a) We can help narrow or broaden an RQ

b) We can comment on how to improve an RQ

c) We can help with explaining citations etc

d) We can help explain what you have to do in an assessment.

e) Tell you if an article is OK or not for an Econ IA.

 

 

What we can't do!

a) Give you an RQ

b) Do your work for you

c) Tell you a fail proof formula for a 7 (its not possible!)

d) Allow you to discuss papers before 24 hours are up. IB rules. 

 

Forum Courtesies!

a) Please don't bump threads

b) Thank people! They take time out of their day to hep you, at least be decent. But, to reduce traffic, just like the post and/or send a PM to the person.

c) Please don't beg for likes or files. It's rude, annoying and frankly, a waste of everyone's time.

d) Please don't scream or be offensive towards people. Once again, they take time to help you.

e) Reviving old threads is a bad idea. It blocks out current user's questions, and it also is stupid because chances are the person has had the question answered. Also, it unnecessarily increases traffic. 

 

Stuff we don't tolerate:

a) Abuse. If you randomly abuse someone, we will take serious action.

b) Spamming. Posting stuff that's completely random, over and over again will get you in trouble. 

c) Porn. Posting porn will get you a direct ban.

 

 

Read THESE rules, they are awesome, and are highly detailed! Plus, they will explain anything I've missed.

 

This is by no means an exhaustive list, and I'm gonna keep updating it as time goes by.

So please give this a read and follow it. Do ask any questions by replying to this thread, or dropping me a PM.

Thanks!

Cheers,

King112

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Just going to add...

 

1. Help us help you. This means you put in the effort to show us what you have done, explain what you need help with, and put in a relevant topic title. "Need help focusing my RQ" is better than "Urgent help needed!!!"

 

2. Thank members through the reputation system, with the like button at bottom right of a post, not with a post that says "thank you". This is to reduce the traffic on the site.

 

3. Do not ask for past papers, or post links to IBO copyrighted material(yes, past papers are copyrighted material). IBS doesn't want to be sued by the IBO for distributing this stuff. We ask that you look elsewhere through a Google search, ask your teachers for them, or buy them from the IBO itself. Threads/posts made asking for this will be closed immediately when seen.

 

4. As King112 said, we can't do your work for you. This means we can't give you completely original ideas, or give you key comparison points or your lit. works, or tell you what would be a great idea for your Design IA. This ultimately defeats the purpose of you learning as an individual. We can guide you and give you feedback on your ideas, but do not tell us that you have ____ due in ___ days, and you need an idea of how to do it. We just can't do that.

 

5. Don't revive year old threads, especially if the question has already been answered. This is common sense. The person who made the thread probably doesn't even hang around the site anymore, not to mention they already got the help they needed.

 

6. If you find anything wrong, or have a problem with someone or staff on the site, report it or send any active staff member a PM. I know sometimes I may come off as an *******, but I/we(the staff)/our intention is to maintain the integrity of the website. We're humans too and IB students just like you, and we'd appreciate your understanding whenever we close threads, give you a warning PM, etc.

 

7. Spamming. Just don't do it. Posts that are one line long are usually considered to be spam because they likely won't provide any meaningful input. Keep your posts relevant on the threads you're writing.

 

8. Reading the board rules makes the forum run much more smoothly. We're not going to force members to read it, but when you find out one of your threads or posts are missing, or have somehow accumulated some warning points, you've probably breached one of our rules. The moderating staff take action at their own discretion

and will do our best to tell you what's going on, but if I see advertising, or a recently made account made just to reputation boost or spam, I might just consider suspending it just off of that. This is obvious. The point of the website is for IB students to help each other.

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  • 3 years later...

Hey, 

So, I have an older sibling who took the IB diploma, and did all the internals, etc. I was not truly planning on taking *any* of the ib's and as my school requires you to do the internals nevertheless, I took one of my sister's IAs aaaaaaand basically copied 80%. In some scenarios, I even copied her sources (gasp)!

Now, I'm CONSIDERING doing the DIPLOMA and so, having finished this copied internal and not having enough time to replace it my question is...

If I submit this internal, will they annul my diploma? It should be noted that my sister gave her whole diploma, including this subject, in Spanish and I'm doing this in English, hence I translated all the work...

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  • 1 month later...

I have a question that isn’t about an RQ. I don’t know if anyone can help, but here goes nothing. I am doing a Design Technology IA and I dont know if my prototype has to built out of the materials I listed the final product would be made of. If they are supposed to be made out of the listed materials I am screwed, because I’d have to spend $1,000 USD. From my understanding, and my friends, a prototype is a functioning model and doesnt have to be made of the actual materials, otherwise you’d (or the designer in general) be wasting money. However, my teacher said they don’t know. What do you think?

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