Tolkienites:

In the world of the Tolkienite, Middle-Earth is our home, the written word of JRRT our tome of biblical enlightenment. Knowing how a Tolkienite thinks is highly beneficial to getting a Tolkienite to actually respond to your questions. The Middle-Earth Mod is being made by a group of Tolkienites, and Tolkienites-in-Training. Any questions, requests, flames, compliments, etc will thus be being viewed by the mind of a Tolkienite. So to prevent hurting YOUR feelings, and wasting our time, I've taken the time to write this guide for you. Please read it. Since it's been written for you who are interested in MEMod and asking questions or posting requests (etc), it will be referenced repetitively.

In the world of the Tolkienite, the kind of answers you get to your themetic questions or requests will depend as much upon the way you ask the question or pose the request as on the detail and difficulty of finding or developing the answer. This text will (hopefully) teach you how to ask questions in such a way as to provide maximal probability of receiving a satisfactory answer.

The first thing of note would be simply:
Tolkien wrote in depth, very detailed in all his descriptions. His use of the english language was profound, and his structure of wording such to inspire many a generation to the literary world of authorism. Those of us enamored by Tolkien's works are obviously disposed to such literal verboseness, as long as it remains comprehensible in its alliterative conciseness. This means we are more likely to read and answer posts that have had obvious thought and structure placed behind them.

Example:

Stupid: "Why won't the One Ring be included in the MEMod?!"

Note, this question has been asked countless times in countless methods of communication, from IRC to email, forums to IM's, and it's been answered so many times we are disgusted by its repetitive appearance. Note its open-ended frame for the question, ambiently leaving all intelligence from the question. This makes the reader think "Oh, another 1-celled organism found its way onto the net somehow..." as it leaves the poster's reputation and intelligence obviously questionable. If they are really interested in receiving a response, try actually LOOKING for it.

Smart: "I understand the timeline canonical issues concerned with retaining presence of the One Ring in MEMod, however why can't the MEMod Devs place the One in a canonical location and make it unusable? This is allowing the player to search for the One and POSSIBLY find it, given enough time and skill and knowledge of where to look... however not be able to claim it for themselves. I find this personally more in line with canon than completely leaving the One Ring out of MEMod altogether."

Now THIS is a rare gem. A diamond in the rough, someone who's name on the forums or IRC will be remembered in future requests or questions as someone of intelligence who is DESERVING of a response. It's obvious that this person (who's essentially saying the same thing as the above example) has actually looked for, found, and read the answers to his question BEFORE asking it... and he's taken the time to consider a possible workaround to implement something he considers essential to Tolkien's world. He (or she) gives reason for their question and backs it with canon realism, and shows in the post that the answers already given repetitively are understood. Over time, a person like this would no longer need to establish a reputation anymore by clarifying their understanding of our previous answers. They would be able to bypass this step and merely post their question, and they would be likely to receive a prompt and detailed response, as we already know and understand that this person is deserving of answers, since they take the time to search before asking.

Structuring your question or request with little thought to grammar and spelling is not recommended, as language is a key component to Tolkien's creations, and abusing language is sacrilege. Note that we understand not everyone has a complete grasp of English, so we do not look down upon those who post using broken English or improper spelling. As long as you maintain the qualities of the above "Smart" quote, grammar and spelling will only be a bonus factor to your posts. Good grammar and spelling would be bonus points to the post rating, bad grammar or spelling would have no bonus. Note that there is no malus (detriment) if you've shown that you are intelligently asking a question or posing a request. There IS a malus if you do not show these qualities, and have poor grammar and/or spelling.

Note that we also love jargon and urban language modifications. I use many an internet jargon term in my daily speech, such as "borked" to describe something that is broken, etc. Using jargon in an intelligent and witty manner is to be rewarded. Using 1337-speak and overly tedious repetitive unending jargon is to be avoided. Occasionally one may delve into a bit of 1337-speak or similar, however it is rare and generally only used in jest.

Another thing to note is that we actually LIKE answering questions. We just do so in a very literal and logical manner, taking (usually) much time in organizing our response. Good questions tend to get good answers. Bad questions either don't get answered at all or get flamed.