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Announcement: Forum Posting Guidelines


Posted by Nick


    Lead Web Developer

  • Root Administrator
  • 298 posts
Do not post content that contains any of the following. If you fail to follow these simple guidelines, you will receive a warning, severity to be determined by the moderator issuing the warning. If you accumulate 10 warnings, you will be banned, length to be determined by an administrator.

If you see any posts that contain any of the following, please report them to a moderator using the button in the bottom left corner of the offending post.


Posts containing the following may result in a warning or ban:

[indent]Irritating Posts (1 warning)
Bad grammar
Excessive misspellings
Using chat-speak
Excessive use of emoticons

Flaming / Trolling (1 warning)
Unnecessary anger or rage
Directly insulting another member
Attempting invoke negative responses from other members

Non-Constructive Posts (1 warning)
Multiple consecutive posts
Small posts (less than a full sentence)
Off-topic posts
Posts that do not contribute to the topic
Requesting support in the wrong forum or topic
Inquiring about staff positions
Non-English posts

Prohibited Content
Excessive profanity (1 warning)
Prejudiced or hateful content (1 warning)
Trolling (1 warning)
Directly copying content from another site (1 warning)
Highly grotesque or violent content (3 warnings and temporary post moderation)
Pornographic content (temporary ban and permanent post moderation)

Solicitation / Rival Site Advertising (permanent ban)
Linking to a rival site in a post, signature, private message, or profile
Solely soliciting or advertising products or service for sale from any company or individual on the forums (permission must be obtained from an administrator in advance if you are a long-time member wishing to advertise any product or service for sale)

Illegal Content (permanent ban)
Linking to or advertising any of the following:
  • Online gambling or casino-related websites
  • Alcohol, tobacco, drugs, weapons, or related items
  • Scam or pyramid-scheme websites
  • Coursework or student essays
Insubordination
Not abiding to orders given by staff

Malware (permanent ban)
Distributing, linking to, or uploading malware
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