When you use a desktop software, such as Microsoft Word, to write an entry and then paste it to iMechanica, the format often looks bad.  Instead, you can use Windows Live Writer to write blog post offline.  Installation takes about 5 minutes.  The Live Writer has a remarkably clean interface, and is very easy to use.

You can set up a list of weblog sites to contribute to.  You can write, edit and store an entry offline.  Whenever you feel ready, a click on the button "publish" will post the entry to your chosen weblog.  All the format will look right.

You can even insert an image.

As a moderator here on iMechanica, I have deleted a few posts recently that were clearly spam. As iMechanica grows and becomes more visible within the mechanics community and the broader internet community, we can expect the frequency of these kinds of posts to increase.

I think we might also expect to see posts turn from a spirited intellectual exchange to one that is personal. What should the moderators do in this instance? What is the appropriate response? Should we ban members that do this repeatedly? Are there other types of behavior that are deemed unacceptable here?

Here is a post at Directory Aviva listing a dozen U S Laws that every blogger should know.