05-23-2015, 08:36 AM
I would, yes 
But for newbies who don't know any better because it's what they've seen in poetry at school etc., I don't think it's entirely fair to censure them harshly for following an outmoded trend. It's also not awfully productive to call people morons just because they are not fantastic at grammar/spelling -- it *is* fair enough to suggest that they don't post in Serious and flag the post to a moderator for moving. Serious is really designed for people who are ready to workshop their poem, not people who just want a proofreader (in fact none of the forums are just for proofreading -- people who *only* comment on spelling and grammatical errors are copping out, as far as I'm concerned. Those things are easy to spot on a quick scan and don't offer evidence that you've actually read and thought about the poem.)
But for newbies who don't know any better because it's what they've seen in poetry at school etc., I don't think it's entirely fair to censure them harshly for following an outmoded trend. It's also not awfully productive to call people morons just because they are not fantastic at grammar/spelling -- it *is* fair enough to suggest that they don't post in Serious and flag the post to a moderator for moving. Serious is really designed for people who are ready to workshop their poem, not people who just want a proofreader (in fact none of the forums are just for proofreading -- people who *only* comment on spelling and grammatical errors are copping out, as far as I'm concerned. Those things are easy to spot on a quick scan and don't offer evidence that you've actually read and thought about the poem.)
It could be worse