Using cuts
This is very important. All image and text heavy posts and SPOILERS need to be under a cut. How to: Cuts

Using Links
Easy way to direct someone to a website, image or lj-user.  How to: Links

Showing Images
I'd suggest Imageshack for hosting because, unlike Photobucket, you don't need an account. How to: Images

Using HTML
Very useful to know, not only in Livejournal but anywhere. How to: HTML






Why Paradox?

Well, it's a technical term that rather fits our Penny and Sheldon:

1) A statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true; 2) One (as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities.

Sheldon and Penny are opposites who attract, two individuals who seemingly don't mesh, but together do so beautifully. So, Sheldon/Penny: Paradox.




Who Runs this place?

The moderators are:

arabian
deludedvision
irrel
sinstralpride




Where can we find the rules of this place so I don't get in trouble?

The complete list of rules and guidelines is located here.




How to post fanfic

Parts of this tutorial taken from here.

The header used in this community is this:
Title:
Spoilers:
Rating:
Word Count:
Disclaimer:

You might include other elements in your header, such as author or summary, but be sure to use the elements above. Furthermore, if your rating is above PG-13, please include reasons as to why (profanity, violence, smut, etc).

Following the header comes the actual fic. Here you have a choice; you can either include the fic in the post you make to the community, or you can link to the fic in your on lj or fanfiction.net account, so that all comments on the fic will be in one location.

If you choose to include your fic in the community post, your fic should be behind a cut so as not to force it on readers.

Example:


For information on cuts click here.

Lastly, don't forget to tag your post as a "fanfic", plus any other tags you think might apply.





What are tags and how can I use them?

Each post is tagged so it's easier to find in the future. Looking for a mod post? Fanfic? Fanart? Fanvid? You can find the list of tags here.




Who Plays Whom?

Sheldon ... Jim Parsons
Penny ... Kaley Cuoco
Leonard ... Johnny Galecki
Howard ... Simon Helberg
Raj ... Kunal Nayyar




List of common acronyms

BBT/TBBT: The Big Bang Theory
PTB/TBTB: The Powers That Be
UST: Unresolved Sexual Tension
IMO: In My Opinion
IMHO: In My Honest Opinion/In My Humble Opinion
IDK: I Don't Know
IDEK: I Don’t Even Know
BTW: By The Way
FYI: For Your Information
OTOH: On The Other Hand
LOL: Laugh Out Loud
ROTFL: Roll On The Floor Laughing
TL;DR: Too Long; Didn't Read

Can't think of anything else... help?

Other definition for internet slang can be found in Urban Dictionary.






List of episodes acronyms

Pilot: 1.01 Pilot
TBBH: 1.02 The Big Bran Hypothesis
TFBC: 1.03 The Fuzzy Boots Corollary
TLFE: 1.04 The Luminous Fish Effect
THP: 1.05 The Hamburger Postulate
TMEP: 1.06 The Middle Earth Paradigm
TDP: 1.07 The Dumpling Paradox
TGE: 1.08 The Grasshopper Experiment
TCHP: 1.09 The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization
TLD: 1.10 The Loobenfeld Decay
TPBA: 1.11 The Pancake Batter Anomaly
TJD: 1.12 The Jerusalem Duality
TBJC: 1.13 The Bat Jar Conjecture
TNA: 1.14 The Nerdvana Annihilation
TPCI: 1.15 The Pork Chop Indeterminacy
TPR: 1.16 The Peanut Reaction
TTF: 1.17 The Tangerine Factor
TBFP: 2.01 The Bad Fish Paradigm
TCT: 2.02 The Codpiece Topology
TBS: 2.03 The Barbarian Sublimation
TGE: 2.04 The Griffin Equivalency
TEA: 2.05 The Euclid Alternative
TCNT: 2.06 The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem
TPPP: 2.07 The Panty Piñata Polarization
TLSE: 2.08 The Lizard-Spock Expansion
TWAT: 2.09 The White Asparagus Triangulation
TVC: 2.10 The Vartabedian Conundrum
TBIGH: 2.11 The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis
TKRI: 2.12 The Killer Robot Instability
TFA: 2.13 The Friendship Algorithm
TFP: 2.14 The Financial Permeability
TMC: 2.15 The Maternal Capacitance
TCS: 2.16 The Cushion Saturation
TTD: 2.17 The Terminator Decoupling
TWSN: 2.18 The Work Song Nanocluster
TDHJ: 2.19 The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition
THI: 2.20 The Hofstadter Isotope
TVR: 2.21 The Vegas Renormalization