Ask 10 Persons Project Forum • Board Rules

Board Rules

Forum rules: Post placement; Flaming and abuse; Offensive material; Reporting content; Copyright; Post etiquette; Post titles; Spam policy; Moderator rights; Private messaging

Signatures: Text size; Links; Size contraints; Abuse

Avatars: Size contraints; Content

Policing: 3 strike policy; Arguing; Unfair treatment; Ban circumvention; 3 strike exception; Permanent ban

Audio, Video, and Pictures: Media Content; Posting Audio/Video; Supported media formats

Posting Articles: Content; Archiving; Post titles

Forum rules

Post placement: Posts are to be made in the relevant forum. Users are asked to read the forum descriptions before posting. Users consistently posting to the wrong forum may be given a warning (see policing below).; Top

Flaming and abuse: Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users. Flaming or abusing users in any way will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning.; Top

Offensive material: Members should remember this board is aimed at a general audience. Posting pornographic or generally offensive text, images, links, etc. will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning.; Top

Reporting content: If members note an issue which contravenes something in this policy document they are welcome to bring it to the attention of a member of the Moderator Team, either by pm or the report post feature. Members are asked to not act as "back seat moderators". Members who constantly "act" as moderators may be warned.; Top

Copyright: Members are asked to respect the copyright of other users, sites, media, etc. Users linking to or asking for information on warez, crackz, etc. will receive a warning and their post will be removed.; Top

Post etiquette: Members should post in a way which is consistent with "normal writing". That is users should not post excessive numbers of emoticons, large, small or coloured text, etc. Similarly users should not SHOUT or use excessive punctuation (e.g. ! and ?) in topic titles or posts. Users consistently abusing this will be warned.; Top

Post titles: Members should use an appropriate, descriptive title when posting a new topic. Examples of bad titles include; "This sucks!", "I hate this class!", etc. Examples of good titles include; "My java class uses outdated software", "About my campus", etc.; Top

Spam policy: Spam is not tolerated here under any circumstance. This includes offering services (charged and free), solicitation etc. Recruiting members for your own projects is not permitted and is also considered spam. Users posting spam will be warned and their post removed. See specific item on spam and 3rd party linking for more information.; Top

Moderator rights: The moderators reserve the right to edit or remove any post at any time. The determination of what is construed as indecent, vulgar, spam, etc. as noted in these points is up to Team Members and not users.; Top

Private messaging: The above forum rules where applicable also apply to private messaging. Abuse of the private messaging system may lead to warnings (as above) and/or the revocation of private messaging.; Top

Signatures

Text size: Text sizes should be between 75% and 100% (small and normal). Text in signatures is subject to the same conditions as posts with respect decency, warez, emoticons, and so forth.; Top

Links: Links in signatures are permitted to a maximum of four unique pages or sites. linked sites may be commercial in nature. You may not link to warez, porn or political, racist or other similar hate sites. Links are included in signature size limits.; Top

Size contraints: Signatures may contain up to five lines of text (of small or normal size) and/or one image, valid combinations include; a single image of no more than 100px high, 700px wide. Signatures containing an image this large may also include one line of small size text. Signatures containing an image of 60px high may include up to three lines of small size text or two lines of normal size text. Images of 25px height or less may allow up to three lines of normal size text or four lines of small size text.; Top

Abuse: Users abusing these rules will be warned and possibly stripped of their signature privileges.; Top

Avatars

Size contraints: Users are permitted to utilize a gallery avatar or to link to one of their own (subject to previous points on misuse of bandwidth). User defined avatars are to be no larger than 100 pixels square, contain no image which attempts to portray the user as having an official status here (e.g. mimicking ranks or copying avatars of team members), and have a consistently high availability (i.e. links to images on slow servers or those prone to failure may be removed).; Top

Content: Avatars are subject to the same conditions as posts with respect decency, and so forth. Users abusing these rules will be warned and/or may lose their avatar privileges.; Top

Policing

3 strike policy: A10 Takes Time operates a three strike policy. Users will be warned a maximum of three times for any and all offences in a three month period. If the need arises for a fourth warning a temporary ban will be put in place of between 1 to 7 days.; Top

Arguing: Arguing with moderators after having received a warning will lead to an immediate additional warning. Should this exceed three strikes a temporary ban will be put in place as above.; Top

Unfair treatment: Users who feel they have been unfairly warned are welcome to contact the relevant moderator, e.g. if warned by a moderator you should contact the Global Moderator. If they feel you were treated badly they remove a warning.; Top

Ban circumvention: Any attempt to circumvent a temporary ban will lead to that ban being made permanent. Circumvention includes re-registering under a non-banned username, changing IP addresses to evade an IP ban, registering a new email account of evade an email ban. Circumvention includes posting as an anonymous user.; Top

3 strike exception: An exception to the three strike rule applies when users contact moderators personally (via any method) and post insulting, indecent or vulgar material. Such users may be subject to an immediate permanent ban.; Top

Permanent ban: Permanent bans are a last resort and thought is given before implementing them. While A10 Takes Time may consider lifting permanent bans from time to time this is a rare occurrence.; Top

Audio, Video, and Pictures

Media Content: All Audio, Video, Pictures, and Pictures, posted should pertain to A10 Project. Do not post videos that include advertisements/SPAM. Music is not allowed on the forums, unless it is an original song. Media should not depict excessive violence or sexual content. A/V depicting racism or religion will be removed and the user will be warned. Media is subject to the same conditions as posts with respect decency, and so forth.; Top

Posting Audio/Video: There shall be no more than 2 media items per topic except Youtube video, all media must conform to the rules set forth. The first you are able to use an a10 ftp server. Connect to the directory where you can upload your video or audio file with the FTP client such as a "FileZilla." Audio must be posted using the following BBCode: [fmp3]http://sattwp.dyndns.org/phpBB3/ftp/mp3/your-song.mp3,title[/fmp3] Video must be posted using the following BBCode: [flv=]http://sattwp.dyndns.org/phpBB3/ftp/flv/your-video.flv[/flv] Please make sure the audio/video will play correctly before finalizing your post. Please see "Supported file formats" for more information.; Top

Supported media formats: The site media player supports: For video it can play only flv format. Other formats such as an avi, a wmv and a mp4 need to be converted to a flv. I recommend you a converter such as "Any Video Converter." For Audio it can play only mp3 formats. If your audio/video does not play in the media player, check your link. If it still does not play, then pm an administrator with your problem.; Top

Posting Articles

Content: Articles should be related to A10 project aim, intercultural communication or language learning. When posting an article, you must follow the template provided. Only provide a paragraph or two when quoting the article, and make sure you link to the source.; Top

Archiving: Members may post an entire article for archive purposes. Do not include any pictures or text ads. Archiving should be used with discretion, and only used if there is reason to believe the article might not stay online. Major news web sites usually keep their content for several years, articles coming from a major news source do not need to be archived.; Top

Post titles: The post title should be the name of the article. If article name is too long, or does not correctly describe the article, then you may create your own post title.; Top

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