I don't mind the 'ur' stuff that much, being as I am 12, and everyone I know types like that. I don't approve of it, but I don't care. On unix.com, words are the only thing you have to communicate with. and if you mis-use them, people will think you are unintelligent and more immature then you actually are; use them correctly and people will think the contrary. If your posts fail to be in readability standards, no one will read them.
I know people who type like that. It's not because they are unintelligent (but in actuality they are unintelligent), but don't
want to type like that. To save time? No. They type at a fast enough rate that they wouldn't waste more then 1-2 seconds finishing words; they replace letters with different ones, which wouldn't make any speed difference; they make way too many typos; don't use any punctuation; lastly, they spell many of the words wrong. A simple phrase like "What's up?" is completely mis-used into "wutz up" (usually comes out with some typo, or some acronym). Maybe they type like that to fit in? To look cool? I don't know; nor do I care enough to research it.
Now for an Orwell quote (Full text
here):
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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.
Now related to the 'help' topics. You have to remember that some people are new to this, and can't be a complete ass to them. You have to slowly nudge them into the topic naming and such. Deleting/Editing the posts doesn't help them at all. You have to teach them how to do it properly, not do it for them.