• We have implemented the following guide for using our community forums. This guide is designed to strike a balance between the main goal of our forums, providing support, and keeping the relaxed and welcoming atmosphere of our community.
• We require all posts to be positive, constructive, and on topic. We may delete individual posts that could ruin a good topic thread.
• Please post separate points or questions in separate threads. Short posts are more likely to receive a response.
• Please do not make unnecessary posts. Think of those who have slow internet connections.
• We reserve the right to remove any topics we deem inappropriate or disruptive to our community. Please note that, from time to time, topics may be removed for being inappropriate even though your individual post in that topic may have been perfectly fine. Please do not feel this reflects badly on you.
• Having fun is good, we like fun. Please keep it positive and polite. We do not censor opinions or ideas on our forums but we do take action against posts and/or topics that could cause unrest in the community beyond a civil and polite disagreement.
• You may not make personal attacks on other users or staff members either in public forums or private messages.
• You may not use profanity. It is unprofessional and offensive and will not be tolerated.
• You may not advertise or promote without previous arrangements.
• Spamming will not be tolerated.
• We reserve the right to ban any member who violates our guidelines or disrupts our community. We will be fair and provide warning in most cases.
• If you have an issue concerning our services, policies, or staff, please contact an administrator or moderator. All moderators, administrators, and support staff are highlighted in the active members list. We take serious complaints to heart and will do our best to address them.

The Golden Rules

1. There will be no profanity.
2. There will be no racial, ethnic, gender based insults or any other personal discriminations.
3. There will be no posts meant to offend or hurt any other member, in a manner which is offensive or inflammatory.
4. Spamming is not permitted; please keep all your posts as constructive as possible.
5. Pornography, or any other illegal transactions may NOT be linked in any shape or form.
6. All posts are property of the poster. This forum and all web sites owned in conjunction with this forum have the right to request alteration or deletion of any offensive post. Posts may be deleted for any reasons the forum administrators and moderators deem reasonable.
7. Users may not argue a moderator's decision publicly. Any and all complaints directed at a moderator must first address the moderator in question. If the problem can not be resolved, then the moderator and user must send their positions to the forum admin. The forum admin will make or change any and/or all final decisions.
8. Pictures may be posted as long as they are not explicive or offensive.
9. Signatures may not contain images, and text signatures must be a maximum of 5 lines. Failing to comply with a moderator's request to conform will result in the removal of your signature.
10. Please refrain from foul language, it is not necessary and any un-called for language will be removed and you will receive a final warning.
11. Remember to post in the correct forum. Take your time to look at other topics and see where your topic should go. If your topic is placed in the wrong forum, it will be moved by a moderator.
12. If a topic is recognized as being posted in the wrong forum, or if the post is a violation of our guidelines then please contact a moderator; please do not respond publicly to the member - a member of staff will do what is required upon contact. Any person/s who attempt to present themselves as a Moderator by posting negatively to a member's topic (which has been posted in error and requires locking or moving to another forum) will be sent a warning and placed into moderation queue upon further actions.
13. Any impersonation of a user from these forums, in any mode of communication, is strictly prohibited and will result in a banning.
14. Linked and locked topics are pruned regularly to reduce page clutter. If you have a question about where your topic went, please contact a Moderator or Administrator before starting a new topic asking where it went, or posting a duplicate of the original topic. We will be happy to provide you with a link to the new location, or a reason why it was locked and/or removed.
15. If you are linking to external content, you should link directly to that content. It is unacceptable to use link-thru systems to mask the originating URL, and cases where this is found to be happening may be edited or removed as appropriate.
16. If you are posting a completed piece or work in-progress and wish to have it critiqued, include in your topic that you wish to have it critiqued. (The mention of minor differences does not apply as a critique). Any inflammatory non-constructive comments will be removed at the discretion of the staff.
17. Copyright issues: You may include a single photograph or paragraph from a published text in your post if you give proper credit to the owner. This is covered under the "Fair Use" clause which protects such reproduction for "research/educational" purposes. Whole image collections, chapters from published texts etc is not permitted without expressed consent from the authors/owners and is in violation of international copyright law. If you wish to draw attention to more than a single photograph or paragraph, please link to the original work.
18. Piracy issues: We do not endorse or tolerate pirate works.