In the spirit of the other "tanking tips" thread on the main page, I figured I would make a thread that had useful information in it, in case any of our forum-goers are new to tanking and are afraid to ask questions.
Suggestions for quick and easy heroic tanking
Kill the one in the dress. Tell your party that exact phrase: "Kill the one in the dress." Also, if you can, mark a Skull on the one in the dress. It works wonders.If there is more than one mob wearing a dress, consider asking your mage or shaman to turn one of them into a tasty (and harmless) animal so that you can kill them both in a leisurely fashion.Seriously, kill the one in the fricking dress. It's [healing the other mobs/casting AoE spells/CCing your party].Always face all mobs you're tanking away from your party, unless the mobs give you a compelling reason not to.Don't turn your back to mobs. Pretend you're in prison, and they want to get "friendly" with you if that's what it takes for you to remember, but don't turn your back to mobs.If you die, always ask yourself what you could have done ("Could I have used a CD? Did I pull too many mobs? Should we have used CC?") before blaming the healer.Dyin's for fools.
If anyone has any additional useful suggestions, have at. Just having a little fun here. :)