Forum Rules

[Igor]

WnSoft Forum Rules

Common

1. WnSoft forum is an international forum. All messages must be in English only. It is acceptable that a post can be written in a foreign language and supplied with a full English translation. Exceptions are specialized sections of the forum that must use the language specified in the section title.

2. Respect other members of the forum.

3. Don’t use this forum to post any material which is knowingly false, abusive, vulgar, hateful, obscene, pornographic, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy.

4. Personal abuse and persecution of other forum members are unacceptable.

5. All forum materials (posts, slideshows, photos, videos, etc) must be acceptable for all ages, including children of over 7 years old.

6. It is forbidden to publish slideshows or AV shows containing shocking footage that can hurt or scare sensitive people or children.

7. Limited publishing of slideshows and AV shows featuring naked human body is allowed. All images must have an artistic value and beauty, and comply with corresponding legislation. The topic containing such materials must contain a warning text. The forum administration reserves the right to remove inappropriate materials at their own discretion.

8. WnSoft forum is not intended for discussing and advertising similar software programs sold by competitors.

9. Offenders will be punished by the forum administrators or moderators, and inacceptable posts and topics can be edited or removed.

10. Regular offenders can be denied access to the forum for a certain period of time or forever.

Topics and Posts

1. Keep responses short by minimally quoting earlier posts or other, outside sources. Quote only the particular passage you are targeting with your comments.

2. Make posts on topic, discussing relevant issues at hand. If a member wants to start a discussion in a different direction, begin a new topic.

3. Do not use extreme font size or style in your post. Use special font parameters only to highlight a particular word or a short phrase when it really necessary.

4. Do not use excessive coloration in your post. This includes changing the color of your complete post to something other than the default message color.

Moderators

1. Moderators maintain order in the forum and ensure compliance with the rules of the forum.

2. Moderators must comply with the rules of the forum as much as other members of the forum.

3. Moderators are appointed by the forum administrator(s).

4. In the event of a conflict in the forum, moderators must attempt to resolve the conflict. Moderators may bring the need to comply with the rules of the forum or the need for mutual respect to the attention of the members of the forum.

5. Moderators may pass a difficult problem to the administrator(s) of the forum for solution.

6. Moderators receive user messages regarding forum problems through the reporting center or via personal messages. Moderators must take measures to resolve the problem. Moderators may respond to the member who sent the report, reporting on the measures taken. Moderators may request additional information about the problem from the member.

7. Moderators have a right to give a warning to the member who violates the rules of the forum. The warning must contain the rule, which is the basis for moderator’s actions.

8. Moderators may limit a member’s access to the forum for 1-7 days in the event of multiple violations of forum rules. This action requires a consensus of at least two moderators.

9. Moderators may ban permanently spammers.

10. Moderators must delete or edit a members post if it violates the rules of the forum. In this case, the moderator must add an explanation for the intervention, including the rule which is the basis for his/her actions, in the same topic.

11. Moderators may divide the topic into two separate ones, if a discussion of two separate issues has begun.

12. Moderators may move the topic into another section, if the subject matter is not related to the section of the forum it was in, or if there is a more appropriate section of the forum.

13. Moderators may close a topic if it causes conflict among members and further posts are not related to the original subject, or if the topic violates forum rules. In this case the moderator must add a post with the explanation of his/her interference.

14. In cases where a Moderator sees an obvious mistake in information given or an unintentional typing error which could lead to misunderstandings, the Moderator will offer the Original Poster the opportunity to correct the mistake or typing error before intervening.

WnSoft forum administration,

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Please discuss the rules here.

All possible future changes in these rules will be reflected in messages below.

[Igor]

Added a new paragraph to the section "Moderators":

14. In cases where a Moderator sees an obvious mistake in information given or an unintentional typing error which could lead to misunderstandings, the Moderator will offer the Original Poster the opportunity to correct the mistake or typing error before intervening.