30+ posts = Addicted Member
Advertising
- Advertising or soliciting other members to buy, sell or peruse any products or services through this discussion forum is not permitted. Listings of supply sources is limited to annual members. Advertising of competitive ventures is not permitted. Chain letters and junk mail are also strictly prohibited. Topics/posts that contain this will be both edited and locked.
Cross-posting
- Posting the same question in more than one forum is not allowed. Should this occur, then only the thread in the most relevant forum will be left open; all others will be locked and subsequently deleted.
Flaming
- Material that is knowingly defamatory, illegal, abusive, threatening or harassing, is strictly prohibited. Posts containing personal attacks on another user will be edited or deleted with no warning or consent.
No Cursing or Swear words
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No Racism, No Threatening, No (citing) Victimization (via PM) or Hateful posts / Retaliation of any kind against a member, or group of members.
Porn
- Material that is sexually explicit or otherwise obscene is not permitted on these forums. Topics/posts containing such will be deleted on sight. If you violate this rule, your account may be automatically banned without prior warning.
Right to Privacy
- You will not violate a person's privacy by publishing information against another member's will, information that is private and personal. If you violate this rule, your account may be automatically banned without prior warning.
Spamming
- Topics/posts that are just complete nonsense will be deleted, or have the entire thread locked, at the moderators discretion. If you violate this rule, your account may be automatically banned without prior warning.
Signature Size
- To keep the page loading time and visual annoyance factor down to a minimum, ensure your graphical signatures do not exceed a maximum of 15 kilobytes file size. Alternatively, three lines of text can be used as a signature. Do not pad out your text lines with blanks lines. A line of text is defined such that it does not wrap when viewed at a resolution of 640x480.
What should I do if I see objectionable material on the forums?
- It is important that members recognize the real-time nature of these forums; the moderators cannot always monitor the contents of posted messages. As such, we depend upon you to inform them when members are violating our rules. You must also recognize that they cannot respond immediately to such notices and that some time may pass before any warranted action is taken.
Suggestions
1. Make sure that your message topics fit the topic description of the forum that you are posting in.
2. Use the search function before posting, particularly if same question has already been answered. It'll avoid same thing being discussed over and over.
3. Read the sticky threads (if available) at the top of each forum - they are there for a reason, and generally contain information relevant to the forum that they are in.
4. Don't quote the entire message that you're responding to, only the pertinent passage. This makes it easier to read for other users.
We reserve the right to change or alter these rules at any time.
