My Community Guidelines

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These guidelines are effective immediately. ForumBlock Staff reserves the right to make changes to these guidelines at any time with or without notice. Ignorance will not be accepted as an excuse. If you fail to follow these guidelines your account will be limited in features (temporarily or permanently) or terminated at our discretion. ForumBlock shall be referred to The/This Site in this agreement. By using the site you agree to all of the below guidelines.

Accounts

1. You may not be in possession or have access to more than one account. If you are found to have multiple accounts (two or more), both or all of your known accounts at This Site will be terminated and your IP will be denied access from the site meaning that you cannot register or access the site in any way.
2. You may not provide any other person access to your account on The Site. If you are found to have provided access (login) information to anyone for any reason (including Staff members, we can access your account via the Administration Panel without knowing your personal login information), your account will be terminated.
3. Racist, vulgar, or otherwise inappropriate names will be changed. You will receive one warning point for this offense. You will receive an email notifying you of your name change.
4. Inappropriate profile pictures will be removed and one warning point will be applied to your account.

Posting

1. English is preferred, but your post will be not be deleted if the language is not English, simply understand that it will likely not be answered. Using a translator is recommended.
2. Please search before posting a support topic, it is possible that it has already answered.
3. Be sure to post in the appropriate section, you will not be penalized for this but it may slow response times if posted in the wrong section.
4. Please use descriptive topic titles. Don't just label your topic "Help!" or "???" or "Facing Error".
5. Illegal or "nulled" copies of copyrighted or paid software is strictly prohibited. We WILL report you to the appropriate authorities as well as tell the author(s) of the software of your misconduct.
6. Do not "hotlink" or provide direct links to resources. Meaning: Post the website to obtain the software, not a direct MedaFire link to it. This includes uploading the file(s) as attachments here. Be respectful, give the author credit by linking to their site.
7. No trolling, flaming, or overly negative criticism will be tolerated.

Advertising

1. Advertising your site via your signature is permitted, but only one link is allowed and it must be small and not overly obtrusive. If we deem your site to be too similar in nature to ours, your advertisement will be removed.
2. Advertising your site via your profile picture is not permitted. Your profile picture will be removed and one warning point will be applied to your account.

Miscellaneous

1. Sending support requests to any Staff member (unless directed) is prohibited.
2. You may send PMs to members for support, however you take the chance that they may report you for that.
3. Sending PMs to anyone regarding the below is prohibited.
   1. Solicitation of funds
   2. Advertising
   3. Anything sexual in nature
4. Using status updates for anything not allowed in topics, posts, or PMs is also prohibited.
5. The downloads system is for content that YOU have made, not for content others have made.

Please feel free to PM our Staff at any time to request clarification on a rule or guideline.

Please see our article on Jerkism and not being a jerk.

I'd like some feedback on the verb-age and how well its written, any grammatical mistakes, missing rules, etc.

 

Edited September 7, 2015 by Nervodx