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SL IT Forum Rules
By: admin Date: December 24, 2014, 12:14 pm
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Hello Members
We want to build our SL IT Forum into an active community for
web users worldwide. These rules are in place so that all
members can enjoy their time here.
1.) First and foremost, this is an English speaking site
All posts must be in proper English for others to understand. No
txt speaking, no shortcuts and use proper sentence structure. No
one wants to read a post of all CAPS or 1 long run on sentence.
Use spacing and punctuation where appropriate. Use the Italic
and Bold options if you need to get something important across.
2) Be Respectful
Treat other members as you would have them treat you. This means
no flaming, insulting, or belittling other members.
3) Stay on Topic
Posts in a thread should not deviate from the original topic.
For a new discussion, make a separate post. Along with staying
on topic, it should be noted to post in the right area! Before
40 posts you will have your post moved and advised where to
post. If you are beyond the 40 post mark your post can be
deleted without notice. Each area has a description on what is
included in that area.
4) No inappropriate language or images
Avoid vulgar, racist, and sexist comments, as well as swearing.
We have a Zero Profanity policy. There is an automatic censor,
but that does not mean anything it misses is necessarily
acceptable. The censor should never have to be used, as
appropriate language should be used initially. Do not post
pornographic, violent, gory, or otherwise offensive graphics or
links. Images should be scaled down as necessary to maintain a
consistent and readable forum layout.
This includes but is not limited to mis-spelling words, using
l337 speak or by substituting a symbol for a letter to use the
intended word. Any of these actions is considered bypassing the
swear filter and will get you an immediate warning, infraction
or any action perceived appropriate by our staff.
5) No Spamming
Spamming is a broad term. Spamming includes:
site and registering on our site using your site within your
user name to get it promoted.
support on another site
list but the Administration feels falls under the Spamming
Category
Along similar lines, do not "double post". Double posting is
making another post directly after a post of your own. The edit
window for member posts is 24 hours, so any post within this
time frame should be edited into the earlier post. While there
may be case by case exceptions to this, such as new information
or a price drop in a Buy/Sell/Trade thread, for the most part
double posting is not allowed. Double (or multiple) postings
will be either merged by the mod staff, or simply deleted. Since
double posting is also form of spam, warnings and/or infractions
may accompany this action.
Along with this, post in the right forum. Any member with 40 or
fewer posts trying to learn the site and where things belong
will just have their thread moved to the proper area and advice
given. If you have more than 40 posts your thread can be deleted
without warning and if it continues to happen a infraction
given.
6) Keep Things Legal
Any discussion, links, or information on hacking, cracking,
serial numbers, pirating, warez, or any other illegal matters is
not allowed. This includes talks of Emulators and Torrents. The
links provide the information needed.
Talks of items that are not yet available by any legal means
will also be taken in under this rule. This includes Games,
Operating Systems, Service Packs and Betas not released yet to
the public. Since there will be no way for people to obtain
these by any other means then by Piracy or Warez.
7) No Avatar or Custom Title Abuse
Avatars and custom titles are subject to Rule 3. Titles may not
contain "Banned", "Administrator", "Moderator", or any of their
abbreviations.
Using a copy of a moderator, super moderator, or admin badge,
user title, or any other such identification will be grounds for
this.
8) Signatures must adhere to the following specifications:
1.
in size 2. Text size 3 and above is not allowed. Text size 1 may
only be used with a graphic, with no more than 8 lines.
2.
468x120. Please keep the file sizes small for loading times.
3.
information are not allowed.
4.
the layout of the forum and so have been disabled.
5.
6.
reach 40 posts. If you abuse the system and try to get to 40
posts as fast as possible you will lose this privilege.
7.
by having a F@H stats signature and a milestone userbar.
9) The Buy/Trade/Sell area is a privilege.
It is not a right. You must earn you way into this area with
having 100 posts. As with the signatures spamming you way to 100
posts will get you disbarred from this area. The B/S/T area has
a very special set of rules to follow. Read up on them so you
know them before you get access and start to post there.
10) Off-Topic Area is also a privilege.
It is not a right. You will gain access to this area at 40 posts
just like your signature. This area has its own set of rules as
well. Read up on them and get to know them before you enter so
that you do not get into trouble upon gaining access.
11) Questions or Concerns
If you have a question, comment or concern contact the Moderator
of the area you have the issue with. If they can not resolve the
issue they will refer it to the next person in line.
Confidential concerns can be posted in the Confidential
Discussions forum. Only the original poster and the moderator
team can see these posts, and any discussions there are treated
as both private and confidential.
12) New Members have certain requirements that must be met
before access is granted to certain features, namely Signatures,
PM (Personal Message) System, B/S/T (Buy/Trade/Sell) Forums, and
the OT (Off-Topic) Forums. The requirements are as follows.
"That is some good information" will get you noticed real fast
and get your signature use blocked before you even get it. A
couple posts like this are fine, but 40 posts just so you can
put up a link to your site will not be allowed.
For a full explanation as to why these measures are in place
please refer to this topic started by our Administrator,
Trotter.
13) Enjoy yourself! Have a great time posting and we look
forward to your feedback.
When the rules are breached, the moderators and administrators
may issue infractions, remove privileges, or choose to ban a
user immediately, depending on the severity. Ignored warnings
and continued offense usually result in banning.
Infractions are serious. They are meant to be reminders of the
rules. They are PRIVATE and meant for your eyes only. This is
why we use the Personal Message System to communicate
violations. They are not to be shared in the public forums at
any time.
The administrators and moderators reserve the right at all times
to edit or remove any posts, images, signatures, avatars, and
custom titles. At no time can the terms Administrator, Moderator
or Banned be used in your custom titles. These terms are
reserved for special purposes.
SL IT Forum reserves the right to change or alter these rules
at any time without notice. Anything not expressly covered in
these rules is subject to an Administrator/Moderator's approval.
An Administrator and/or Moderators word is final.
SL IT Forum is here for informative purposes only. We are not
here to help bypass, or otherwise negate, security or any other
measures put in place by a Employer, School or Parent. We are
not here to do your school work for you either. We will help
explain results or help you to find information to get results
but we will not flat out give answers to homework or school work
questions. School is for learning. Getting the answers handed to
you is not going to help anyone in the end. Any topic of such
matter will be instantly closed.
Anyone impersonating a moderator, super moderator, or admin will
be subject to an immediate ban. This includes if such a comment
was made in jest or as a joke. Such matters are taken seriously
no matter what the content of the message or your relationship
with the member(s) included in the topic.
*** Note: Only ONE account is allowed per individual. Anyone who
opens an additional account will be immediately and permanently
banned from the site. If there will be more than one account in
a household contact an Admin via PM or email before the new
account is started. We are not mind-readers and will
automatically assume that both accounts belong to a single
person.
We will answer any and all your questions in regards to your
account here at Tech-Forums.net, as well as to answer questions
in regards to what is acceptable per our policies.
Regarding avatars, signatures, and special areas:
Forum privileges have been set up on usergroups. These
usergroups allow for different forum privileges to be earned as
members participate in the community, and thus are based on the
number of posts made by members. Here is a current breakdown of
those permissions and the usergroups for them:
Registered Users (0 -39 posts):
Registered Users Extra (40 - 100 posts):
Registered Users Extra BST (100 - 249 posts):
(accoding to the rules)
Registered Users Extra 2 (250+ posts):
(according to the rules)
Any and all of these privileges can be revoked, but will only be
revoked if there is reasonable evidence that calls for it. Also,
any member "spamming" their post count to try to gain access
(such as a multitude of useless or very short "I agree" type
posts) will quickly find either their posts deleted, their
access revoked, or both.
The Infraction System is a way to give points to members that
break the rules. We have moved to a "three strikes and you're
out" way of doing them. This breaks down like this:
used judiciously)
Custom Infraction is whatever points that an Admin wants to give
and will expire whenever they want.
The points will accumulate until they expire. If a user
accumulates a certain amount of points, there are automatic
bans. The Infraction System is a disciplinary system designed to
help members conform to the rules. That's why this system has a
set amount of points and a set amount of time for expiration of
those points. The auto ban is also a great way to show that
abiding by the rules is imperative. Note: Some of the
infractions areextended. That means a user will receive extended
expiration times if given a second infraction that matches an
existing active infraction. For example, a user is given a small
infraction that expires in 14 days. An hour later this user is
given the same infraction for another post. Since the user
already had an active small infraction, this new infraction's
expiration time is added to the end time of the previous
infraction. Effectively, this new infraction will now end 27
days and 23 hours later instead of the default of 14 days. If
the user was given a third infraction, it would be added to the
end of the second infraction as well, which in this case would
put them in the temp ban.
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