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| Topic Started: May 22 2007, 04:35 AM (250 Views) | |
| mon | May 22 2007, 04:35 AM Post #1 |
 
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We do not allow posting of defamatory, obscene, threatening, profane and hateful messages. The administrators reserve the right to judge which posts fall under this category. We will not hesitate to ban or disable user accounts of offending posters. Likewise, violation of the posting guidelines below will also result to disabling of user account. I. Creating a new thread STAY ON TOPIC. Be guided by the forum descriptions to make sure that you are starting a new topic in the correct forum. LURK BEFORE YOU POST. To prevent double threads, use the Forum Search to look for existing threads that may be similar to the topic you want to start. BE SPECIFIC. When entering the thread title, use specific and descriptive subject lines so that the other members will know what your thread is all about without opening it. Check the Moderators Lounge Thread if the forum has a thread labelling policy. FLOODING IS NOT PERMITTED. Posting the same topic in more than one forum is considered as flooding. Post a topic only in the most appropriate forum. CLAS.SIFIED ADS ARE DISCOURAGED. There are numerous websites which offer these services. It is best that you just post there your needs/wants. II. Posting Messages STAY ON TOPIC. Keep your comments and questions relevant to the focus of the thread so as not to waste other people's time. If you find an off-topic post, do not reply to it so as not to start an off-topic conversation. If you don't have anything to add to the discussion or just smileys, refrain from doing so. DO NOT ABUSE FONT PROPERTIES. Use only the bold/italic/foNT tags to emphasize something, not in your entire post. INSERT SPACES AFTER PUNCTUATION MARKS. Always insert a space after a punctuation mark to make your post easy to read. DO NOT ABUSE ELLIPSES. Ellipses are composed of only 3 or 4 dots and are used only when something is left out of a sentence, not as substitute for periods or a design cliche. REFRAIN FROM POSTING LOOOOOONG MESSAGES. Aside from making it difficult for others to read the posts, it also ruins the layout of the page. USE PRIVATE MESSAGES. If your post would only concern a number of people, it is best to send them a private message instead so as not to disturb and deviate from the flow of the discussion. NO FLOODING. If you're the last poster in a thread, edit your previous post instead of posting messages consecutively. REFRAIN FROM POSTING FULL TEXT OF ARTICLES. If you find an article that you'd like to share with others, just post a synopsis of the article then include a link to the article. Don't forget to cite the source so as to minimize risk of copyright lawsuit. NEVER Post videos that contains obscene, violent or anything explicit. DO NOT attach files larger than 3mb rather use file hosting sites that provide free services. III. Quoting Posts DO NOT QUOTE THE FIRST POST. It is already a.ssumed that you are replying to the post of the thread starter. 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Large fonts - please try to keep the size of the fonts to a tolerable size. 2. Unclosed tags - please make sure the bbcode tags are closed, especially the color and bold tags because they affect succeeding posts in the forums. 3. Annoyingly large images - please keep the size of images to 700 x 210 pixels. Make sure your entire signature height (including text) does not exceed 210 pixels. If you don't know how to measure the height of your sig, then better keep it as small as possible. 4. No flash videos on signatures it takes the page longer to load. 5. Offensive / Vulgar - try to make your sigs or at least make it not offensive. IV. General House Rule 1. Proper etiquette and Christian charity must be observed at all times by all forum users. 2. In order to maintain Message Board posting privileges, user records (“profiles”) must contain 1) some “real” full name, including a “first” and a “last” name and 2) a current functioning e-mail address. 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