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Many users have been posting their in game teams on the RMT section. There are closed as they are against the rules, but new users continue to post them. This unnecessarily clutters the RMT section.
It is stated in the rules in the rules that IGTs are not allowed, but it seems new users don't read them. Putting an easily visible message at the top of the section to the effect of"This section is for competitive teams only. Do not post in game teams here. " would reduce the amount of clutter and hopefully stop users from spamming IGTs.

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I agree with Cdijk. I believe new users tend not to read the rules even after being told to, because the rules are long, and new users might not want to read those, especially if they are kids.

Second, I also think that new users who come in to post a question probably don't think about constantly checking their questions to see if somebody has answered or given feedback, and could very well not come back in 1 or 2 days. In that time their question is hidden, and they don't know why. Also, many users could be using the mobile version of the DB, in which case, the question-asking rules are underneath where someone would put a description and tags for their question, instead of on the side, like on a computer.

I'm not saying don't hide questions so new users can see them, (I think that would be useless,) but I think there has to be a different, incredibly obvious way to prevent these questions from being asked before they are asked, and I think this proposition does it.
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I could definitely see new users seeing "read the rules before posting" and going "my life, my rules" and posting the team. I am under the strong impression that less than 5% of new users read the whole rules page on their first day of joining. Putting a brief message at the top would certainly help.
I'd also like to add this banner should tell people to include their format as well.
So when is this going to get implemented?
When pm wants to

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