1.Thou shall not falsify information.
2.You shall not willingly give a misleading link.
3.Observe other people's original work and keep it holy.
4.Honor all the members of the Mahalo Answers Community.
5.Thou shalt strive to reach the Black Belt 4th level.
6.Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor earnings.
7.Love thy neighbor as you love thyself.
8.Thou shalt always strive to improve thine answers by doing a little extra research.
9.Thou shalt seek knowledge for only the will thee be free from ignorance.
10.Honor the preceding nine commandments and thou shall be at mahalo answers forever more.
Source(s):
me,myself and I

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1. Thou shall not invoke Google as an answer.
2. You shall not flame users.
3. Observe the law of reciprocity in action.
4. Honor yourself and the community. By helping others, you will help yourself.
5. Do not try to "game the system".
6. Do not copy/paste your answers.
7. Use visuals in your answers when appropriate. They provide great clarity.
8. Always credit and cite your sources
9. Be polite please. Thank you.
10. Contribute often.
Source(s):
Off the top of my head

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1. Don't tug on Superman's cape
2 Do not spit into the wind
3 Do no harm to the Mahalo Brand

The song stuck in my head this morning
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1. Thou shalt not plagiarize from another site.
2. Thou shalt not answer with an 'I don't know,' as that just takes up space and is worthless.
3. Thou shalt not criticize other member's answers.
4. Thou shalt be kind and not sarcastic to the one who has asked the question. Even if it is such a 'duh' moment you must laugh about it with your spouse.
5. Thou shalt not be jealous of the marvelous answers of someone else and thus make snide comments about them behind their back.
6. Thou must pay all taxes from the money accrued from Mahalo.
7. Thou shalt not rest, because questions never cease.
8. Thou shalt do thy research before posting an answer.
9. Thou shalt answer in complete sentences with punctuation, because not everyone can understand computer jargon.
10. Thou shalt really not plagiarize because it tends to tick those off who have done their research and have read your word for word article elsewhere.
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1. Honor the tone of the original question. Jokes are only allowed for "How much wood could a woodchuck..." etc. but not for "How do I know if I have the flu."
2. Research your answers then cite them accordingly
3. Stop trying to answer everyone at once, just stick to your own expertise or research ability.
4. All of that bad stuff you can say is right out.
5. 42
And then they'd drop the other tablet, so there would only be five.
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1. Don't be stupid - Nobody cares about your completely unrelated opinion. If you want to voice that, there are plenty of other venues.
2. Try to be helpful - Really, if you don't have anything to add, be quiet. All you're doing is hoarding points and decreasing the signal-to-noise ratio.
3. Have fun - Helping people shouldn't be a chore. Not to mention, you're getting paid to do this. Enjoy it!
4. Stick to what you know - Everyone knows a little bit about a lot of things. Few people know a lot about certain things. Let the experts be the experts and get paid for their expertise.
5. Grammar counts - If your sentence doesn't make any sense, even a correct answer could get passed over.
6. Spelling counts - Spell check is your friend. It's painful to read horribly spelled answers and may lead to issues, including having your correct answer go unnoticed.
7. Be nice - There are plenty of other places to start and fight in flame wars, this should not be one of them.
8. Vote - If you see an answer or comment that is exemplary, vote it up. If you see an answer or comment that doesn't belong, vote it down. This is a community effort, participate.
9. Be concise - A short yet detailed answer that gets right to the point is a much better read than a long rambling one that takes paragraphs to get to a point.
10. Remember that JCal is the man - Self-explanatory.
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(written in modern style - not King James English)

5 for Questioners:

1. There IS such a thing as a stupid question - don't ask them.
2. If the definitive answer is obvious from a Google search, don't ask the question.
3. Search Mahalo Answers first - before asking the same question again.
4. Offer a reasonable tip if the question will require time and expertise to answer.
5. Select a Best Answer in a timely manner (same day if not hours).

5 for Answerers:

1. No Bull. Only talk about what you know.
2. Reference/credit your sources.
3. Don't pile on to an answer if you have little more to contribute.
4. Be as concise as possible.
5. Vote up fellow answers when you find a definitive answer.
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1. Thy shall not forget the purpose of this site.
2. Thy shall not report false information just to get paid.
3. Thy shall be respectful of thy internet neighbors at all times.
4. Thy shall not covet thy internet neighbors cash.
5. Thy shall put Mahalo.com on your list of favorite sites.
6. Thy shall not spread false information about Mahalo.
7. Thy shall tithe thy tip when it is obviously due.
8. Thy shall be thankful for the efforts of others.
9. They shall make efforts to avoid errors in grammar and spelling.
10. Thy shall be happy to have visited Mahalo.com
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If Mahalo Answers had commandments at all I'd leave. I prefer it to be more community driven and just regulated by the coded possibilities. I prefer recommendations instead and being rated high or low depending on the quality of what I say (by that I mean that there are cooler and better ways of informing users of how the site works or doesn't work, instead of prohibiting things, which rarely works).
Source(s):
The anarchist in me tells me so.

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Jason if you're thinking about having a 10 commandments for Mahalo, please don't!

They look silly and amateur and make it seem like you're trying to dictate and control users.

Please don't use this :)
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1. Thou shall have no other sites before mahalo.
2. Thou shalt not pretend your idea is original when it's not.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of mahalo in stains.
4. Remember the Mid Night. Go to bed.
5. Honor your moderators and your black belts.
6. Thou shalt not be a flamer.
7. Thou shalt not plagiarize -- any source or anything that is on the web, or in the books, or in the voice of another.
8. Thou shalt not steal ideas from other mahalo members.
9. Thou shalt not lie about another mahalo member.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's belt, points, or donkey.
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