You can’t actually know everything or all the forum rules at once.

[SuperBitMan]

You’re very correct, new beginners don’t know all the forum rules works, the more they stay the more they can be able to understand this rules very well.

If you don’t understand forum rules yet, then it’s better you post less, and read more. If you post more, and you end up going against the rules, you are going to be punished for that, nobody cares if your account is a newbie or not. As a newbie, make sure you go through the forum rules frequently, try to familiarize yourself with the rules as soon as possible. If newbies are left unpunished after committing offense, then some of them are not going to improve. It’s better if newbies pressure themselves to understand what the forum rules is all about.

I can agree with you.
This forum is truly a treasure trove of important and valuable information and I believe we have a lot of people who just read it occasionally, without registering.

You are correct, do you know that last week I was replying to a post in a birthday party that I went, someone saw what I was doing on my phone and asked me if it’s bitcointalk.org I said yes he said okay, I quickly asked him if he is in the forum, he said he visits the site once in a while to check for some information, and I asked his account name he said his not registered in the forum and he was not interested in having an account, that was when I actually knew people really come to the forum without registering.
And the reason is best known to them, some newbies you see are not actually new to the forum they just recently registered after so many years visiting the forum.

[Juicyhome]

‎I will encourage those that are new in this forum to always visit the meta and reputation board, some cases over there will help you know what you should do or not do in this forum
‎This advice is not for beginners alone even some older members in this forum, because I believe some older members still don’t know all the rules.
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‎Lastly try to read the pinned posts in every board you visit

Even you Op don't know all the rules on this forum, we all grow the basics rules and grow never to break them, have been corrected so many times at this level,  not because I don't know the rules, we are humans and we make mistakes at times we forgot rules. Just as you said, we shouldn't be hard on any one that broke the rules, we should give the opportunity to correct themselves. If they keep breaking same rules then action should be taken asap.

No community can build well without rules and regulations, humans being can't work perfectly without law and discipline,  that's why this forum has rules and regulations to guide  our activities,  we have to read them and try to keep them,  newbie should not contribute to any thread without going through beginners and help thread, read all the rules and be use to it before making any post.