Please read the following rules before posting for the first time. These are, we hope, for the benefit of everyone. Persistent offenders will be banned from the board. Thank you and enjoy your time here.
1. All members must converse in an acceptable fashion to be allowed the privilege of continued participation. In particular, please do not flame other members' posts.
2. Please try to post in the approriate forum. If in doubt, post in General Discussion where pretty much anything goes, including gripes about us.
3. This board requires that all members provide a valid email address. This email address will only be used for user account validation and activities directly related to the features of this community, and will never be given to any third party.
4. If posting to an existing thread, please try to keep your post on-topic. If you want to open up a new avenue of discussion. please start a new thread (linking back to the old one, if appropriate).
5. When creating a new thread, please take a moment to give it a topic title which is understandable and describes the content of the thread properly.
6. Please do not post the same message in more than one forum. If you feel your message should be moved to another forum, please
email the administrators - we will be pleased to help.
7. All members must acknowledge the authority of the staff insofar as administrative actions are concerned. These issues are no longer open for discussion once the staff member has indicated that the matter is closed. Further concerns regarding an action should be communicated via a private message to the staff member, and not discussed publicly. Furthermore, once a thread on a particular topic has been closed or removed and indicated as being unacceptable by a staff member, starting a new discussion on the exact same topic will result in administrative action being taken against the poster.
8. All members must refrain from posting links to -- or information regarding how to obtain -- copyrighted or illegal material. Actions of this nature will not be tolerated
9. All members must post in English. Content in other languages are allowed as long as full English translations are provided, or otherwise at the discretion of the staff. User profile information (including sigs) in other languages is allowed.
10. All member sigs must be kept brief -- 3 to 4 lines at most. Signatures and avatars must also be non-obtrusive, non-offensive and work-safe.
11. Members are only allowed to have a single user account with the forums.
12. All members must refrain from using the forum for advertising purposes.
If you have any problems or queries, please
email the administrators.
