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 Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:48 pm Post subject: Google Community Rules *READ BEFORE POSTING* |
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Revised: Monday, July 10, 2006
Before registering and/or posting on these forums, you must agree to all of the following forum rules, we also reserve the right to modify these Forum Rules from time to time without notice so please review these Forum Rules from time to time so that you will be apprised of any changes.
Be friendly & Be kind
Content deemed unfriendly or inappropriate by the staff may result in the poster being immediately banned. Do not reply to inappropriate content. If you see something inappropriate, do not reply to it. Verbally abusive or offensive personal messages are NOT allowed.
Think before you post a question
To keep the discussion environment useful for everyone, ensure that your question follows these guidelines.
Your question might already be answerd, check the Google Community Search function.
No posting for GC$ & No spamming
The philosophy behind GC$ is simple: to reward active members. It is a small EXTRA bonus incentive for being active on the forums. If you want to post to get GC$, do not post. Do not spam or intentionally reply to yourself (double posting or sockpuppeting) to earn GC$. We reserve the right to remove your ill-earned GC$ for any reason (usually spamming). This has been tried before, and the offenders were banned and lost all their GC$. Trust us you'll enjoy the forums more if you don't.
Visit this page for more information about GC$.
No flaming and/or trolling
This is not allowed in any section of the forums. Political and religious topics usually lead to flame wars, therefore you are advised to try to stay clear of these discussions. There is no place in these forums for racism, fascism or anything else deeply related. It gives moderators more work by deleting the posts, persistent offenders will be banned.
Binary /ASCII Posts
Posting in Binary/ASCII or any other code will be considered as trying to post a link to crack/FTP sites etc; even if your action is innocent you will be banned. Solution? Don't do it.
Don't type in ALL CAPS
This represents shouting and in many cases is not necessary.
Grammar and spelling
Take advantage of the Spell Check feature that we have implemented. Try to use correct spelling and grammar when posting, for example, type you instead of u.
Quoting other people and/or sources
Quotes must be placed within [ quote ] and [ /quote ] tags. You must also cite your source (unless the source explicitly does not require it).
One (1) account per person
To prevent users from changing their identities or causing misunderstandings, please register only one (1) account.
If you register more than one account, all of your accounts will be permanently banned along with all your ip addresses. If you attempt to get around this rule by creating another new account, your new account will be permanently banned as well along with the ip addresses you used.
If you have forgotten your user name or password, please let one of the administrators know.
Use your own account
Do not post from another person's account, unless you lack an account, and were given specific permission from one of the administrators. Do not allow others to post from your account as well you will be banned for violating either rule
Do not impersonate another member
Be your-self, any attempt to be someone else will result in a permanent ban.
No malicious attacks
Any organizing of attacks against another person or persons property, web hosting server or personal computer, will not be tolerated. The post will be immediately removed and your account will be banned
No advertising
Members may not publish or discuss any information regarding products or services they are associated with. Website promotion is allowed only in signatures, when compliant with the Signature rules. Members may not solicit members for any project or purpose external to this forum; public, private, or commercial. If you SPAM our members in any manner, your account will be disabled. Members may discuss details about their company when the topic starter or poster has made direct reference to their company and something needs clarifying. The response must be in direct reference to the point discussed and contain no added promotional material. If in doubt, you may contact an Administrator or Moderator first.
Referral links
Please don’t post any referral links of any kind in any of the forums. If you come to this community for referral links you may want to look elsewhere.
Posting referral links may result in a ban.
Warez / illegal Links
Please do not post, request or link to serials, keygens, cracks, illegal software or anything else that might be considered illegal.
The result in doing so will be an immediate ban.
Adult content
This is strictly forbidden as we have people from all ages visiting these forums; any threads or posts which are deemed to be adult in nature by a Mod/Admin will be deleted.
Image Posting
Height: 250 pixels
Width: 500 pixels
Preferred file types: jpeg, gif, and png
Dynamic images: discouraged due to slower loading times.
Image size: Smaller file sizes are preferred.
Use standard BBCode tags for images.
Images are best posted as clickable thumbnails; if you need an image host which includes this service you could use a site like ImageShack.
Keep images reasonable with no p--n, racism, adult language or anything else found offensive and we won't have to add any additional restrictions.
Avatars
Max height: 80 pixels
Max width: 80 pixels
Max size: 12kb (in kilobytes)
Keep it reasonable with no p--n, racism, adult language or anything else found offensive and we won't have to add any additional restrictions.
Signatures
Max height: 4 Lines, images must not be above 100 pixels in height.
Max width: Around 500px. Use some common sense. If the signature forces anyone to scroll horizontally on the forum, it is too long and will be removed by an administrator.
Max size: 200kb (in kilobytes)
Character limit: 512 (characters)
Links in sigs: a maximum of 2 only
Your signature must be set in your profile. Your signature is your signature, and it cannot be made for sale or for rent. You cannot append it to the end of your messages. Keep it reasonable with no p--n, racism, adult language or anything else found offensive and we won't have to add any additional restrictions.
Do not complain
About posts being edited, moved, deleted etc. If something like this happens, then you'll just have to accept the fact that the contents were inappropriate, please do not start or re-edit it back to what it originally said or contained. Also if your signature or avatar was removed it was because you were violating one of the rules that you could have over wise avoided breaking, also one more last thing, please do not complain about our forum rules they are here to help keep this board in working shape for your enjoyment.
Zero tolerance
You have been warned, you can be banned from the forum for any offense. Please kindly follow all the rules stated above and you won't find yourself being banned.
If in doubt about anything, ask for advice.
Thanks,
Google Community Staff.
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Please note that Signatures may contain two clickable links.
Also, we reserve the right to ask you to change or remove your signature at any time, for any reason.
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Affiliate links are usually considered to be a type of referral link.
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