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These can be one-time bannable offenses for which you will not get a warning.

1. Insults. Direct personal insult of another member, i.e., "You are an idiot." and all the variations. Why? Because this isn't grade school. People should be able to discuss or even dispute other's posts without insulting people. And the only purpose of a post like this is to incite other people. There are a lot of other non-direct-personal insults that won't necessary get you banned instantly, such as... "that is an idiotic comment". Depending on the context/nature, they may get edited. Bottom line -- don't try to piss off others.
2. Spam. Not just being a prolific poster, but posting the same exact post in many different threads, posting multiple pointless posts in the same thread, or making numerous post with no real content. This will get you banned.
3. Harassment. Purposely intimidating a particular member, harassing them, sending them unwanted private messages, etc.
4. Registration rules. Violation of the rules you agreed to when registering for the site: that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.
5. Multiple registration. You may register only one account, and if you were banned, you may not reregister. Reinstatement can come only from me.
6. Shared accounts. Accounts are to be used by only one person, and not shared between family members, friends or any other people. Registration is free, so there is no reason not to create a unique account for each person.

Things Not to Do

These are usually not instantly bannable - but will likely get you edited and/or warned.

1. Useless posts. Do not bother making posts with only one or two words (e.g., LOL) or a smilie, or post simply to have the first reply in a thread. Such posts waste everyone's time and will be deleted. Posts saying "I agree", "me too", or the equivalent are also routinely removed. Posts that just have links to your site will be removed. This is not your link farm so do not treat it as one.
2. Off-topic posts. Off-topic posts will be deleted/edited. If you keep doing it see #5.
3. Warez/Serials/Keys. Do not post software serial numbers or keys or refer people to specific websites or software whose purpose is to break or bypass software licensing methods, distribute cracks, or obtain or use commercial software or media in violation of its license and/or for copyright violation. Do not ask for or give such help.
4. "Trolling". Do not post in order to anger other members or intentionally cause negative reactions. For a given post, this can be a subjective call, but a pattern of such posting or an especially egregious case will get you banned. Basically, don't try to pick fights. Knowingly posting false information is also prohibited.
5. Any ongoing actions that make more work for everyone else. If banning you is easier than dealing with the problems you are causing, you will be banned.

Postings.

BUMPING THREADS

The bumping of threads either posted by you or anyone else will NOT be tolerated. If a thread appears to be bumped you will receive one warning, after that the thread will be removed from the forum and you will receive a 7 day ban.


Content

If you have some breaking news or wish to post a story from another site, please ensure that you add a link back to the original source of the article, this is only polite and will prevent us from being sued for copyright.
Content articles and news that do not have a link back to the source will be removed from this forum without notification.

Stale Members

Members of the forum must be active and post topics and replies at least once a month. People that sign up to the forum just to add a signature's links, promoting their own site by creating topics about their site and adding a link to it and not contributing otherwise for a for a period of 3 months will automatically be removed from the forum

LINK SPAMMING

If you wish to exchange links with one another then you will only need to post your url ONCE there is no need to to keep duplicating your url we already no what it is from the first post.

If you wish to trade links then do it through your personal messages do not fill the forum with comments such as " your link has been added" and "thanks for the link exchange" ect ect, posts like this make the forum uninteresting and boring. members who do not comply to this will receive a warning, and the post will be removed

When quoting from someone else please ensure that you do not duplicate their url, this is link spamming and all links of this nature will be removed with admin comments.
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