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1d. Thread bumping:
Do not "bump threads"; i.e. posting a short
response to a thread such as "bump", for the sole
purpose of returning that thread to the top of the thread index page. |
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2a.
Offensive material: Do not post crude sexual references
or material, images or links containing
pornography, gore or excessive violence. Remember that we have visitors
of all ages, post content should be as 'family friendly' as possible. |
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2b. Illegal material: Do not post
material which is violative of any law or which describes illegal
activities such as taking, growing, buying or selling drugs, the sale or promotion of weapons, hacking, downloading pirated software
or music, participation in criminal offences or plans to enact criminal
acts. |
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Note: To clarify; a discussion for
example in response to a news item about drug legalisation is
acceptable, but describing or promoting personal drug use, using the
forum to organise the distribution of drugs or to promote, organise or
undertake any other illegal act is strictly forbidden. |
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2c. Copyrighted
material: If you quote text from
another web site then please properly credit the source. Not doing so
constitutes plagiarism, always include a source link with quoted
material. Members are asked to copy only as much as is necessary when
quoting copyrighted material from other web sites, do not copy and paste
entire articles or web pages. |
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2d. Accuracy:
Do not post material that is knowingly or
intentionally false, inaccurate or misleading. |
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2e. Garbage posting:
Do not deliberately make posts of little worth or that contain
nonsense. |
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2f. Private content:
Do not post the content of private
messages, e-mails or the personal contact details of other members. This also applies to the contact
details, e-mails etc. of non-members and to other offline
correspondences. The content of private correspondences sent by site
visitors or members of staff via private messenger or through e-mail are
copyrighted to the sender and should not be reproduced, published or
distributed outside of this web site through any means without prior
written permission from the copyright holder. |
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2g. Language:
As this is an English speaking forum we ask
that our members post only in English.
Mobile phone shorthand, fictional languages and "leetspeak" are
disallowed. |
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2h. Agenda posting:
Do not use the forum to promote an agenda.
This often involves the starting of threads or making posts which appear
to be legitimate in nature but which are aimed at surreptitiously
promoting some political view, religious belief or to attack or
criticise other members, beliefs or views in an underhand manor which
detracts from unbiased and fair discussion. |
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2i. Medical advice:
Do not use the forum to request medical
assistance; while some visitors will offer their opinions on a medical
question in an attempt to help out, most are not qualified to assist you
and you are always best to seek the advice of your doctor. Discussions
pertaining to medical topics, discoveries and research are acceptable so
long as they avoid recommending treatments to specific members.
Similarly, promoting or recommending alternative medications to visitors such as
vitamin mega dosing, prescription drug abuse, white powder of gold, psychic experience inducing
drugs or anything similar is disallowed. |
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3. Behaviour |
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Any of the following constitutes
unacceptable behaviour: |
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3a.
Racism or
hatred:
Do not post racist or
hate-driven material or views which express hatred towards or
discriminate against any specific race, religion, country, gender,
individual or group. |
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3b.
Harassment: Do not harrass,
defame, threaten, bully or victimise other members, this includes but is not
limited to sending harassing private
messages or harassing members via posts, threads or profile comments.
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3c.
Profanity: Do not use profanity,
crude, vulgar language or attempt to intentionally bypass the profanity
filter. |
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Trolling: Do not troll the
forums. We define a 'troll' as
someone who's purpose on the forum is to create as much disruption as
possible, offend as many people as possible or otherwise disrupt the
forum service intentionally for personal amusement. |
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Flamebaiting: Do not
intentionally instigate "flame wars" or bait others in to making personal
attacks. |
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Abusive behaviour: Do not be
rude, insulting, offensive, snide, obnoxious or abusive towards other
members. |
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| 3g. Suggestive behaviour: Do not post
sexually suggestive comments, innuendo or engage in inapropriate
sexually oriented personal exchanges; purely personal correspondences
are best kept private. Using this site for the pursuit of an intimate
relationship with a member who in their country or state of residence is
below the age of consent is strictly forbidden, as is the sexual
harassment of members in private messages or via the chat room. |
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Multiple usernames: Do not
register more than one account. If you have forgotten your password please use the
password recovery system to retrieve it. If you have forgotten
your login username or are otherwise unable to access your account
please contact us via e-mail for assistance. If you want to change your
account's display name you can do so from the "My Controls" page. |
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Forum groups/gangs: The formation
or promotion of organised groups, clans or gangs is disallowed, as are
organised attempts to harrass other members, disrupt discussions or enforce a certain viewpoint
in any way that prevents fair and unbiased discussion. |
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Thread derailment:
Do not derail or 'hijack' threads with posts
that are either off-topic or designed to draw attention away from what
is being discussed. If you'd like to discuss something different either
start a new thread or find another existing thread which better suits
the area you wish to discuss. |
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Forum warfare:
Do not initiate or participate in
"wars" on the forum with other members. Collective or individual
attempts to attack, accuse, discredit or force a certain viewpoint on
other members are disallowed. A "war" can constitute a prolonged series
of disruptive confrontations between specific members or groups of
members with similar beliefs or views, usually with either side accusing
the other of being the aggressor and attacking, criticising and baiting
each other on a regular basis. Action will be taken against members who
instigate or participate in this type of activity. |
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| 4. Etiquette |
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maintaining a quality discussion environment, please avoid the
following: |
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Shouting:
Do not write in all uppercase letters, writing
in this manner is considered "shouting" and makes posts difficult to
read as well as looking unsightly and being annoying to other visitors. |
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Drive-by posting:
Do not respond to threads or gallery
pictures with short one-off responses such as "Fake!" or
"Photoshop!". If you think something is fake then explain why
you think that, elaborate on your response. |
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Quoting:
Do not quote everything that has
become beforehand in a thread only to add a short response, this not
only clutters up the board but makes threads harder to follow and tends
to be frowned upon by other visitors. Quote tags should only be used to
remove any ambiguity over what you are responding to, only use them when
necessary. |
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Display name:
Please choose a sensible display
name. Display names should contain only alphanumeric characters and must
not contain profanity, racism, sexual references, hatred or relate to illegal activities
such as drug taking. Do not use
your display name to display any web site or e-mail address, or to
impersonate, harrass or offend other members.
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Signature: Please be sensible
when it comes to what you put in your profile. Overly large, offensive,
sexually oriented or distracting signatures or avatars will be removed.
Signatures should not be used to attack other members or to 'bash' or
mock religious beliefs or views. We reserve the right to remove any
signature that we deem to be unsuitable, inapropriate or disruptive.
Signatures must also conform to the following guidelines: |
- Signature images must not exceed
500x150 pixels in size
- Signatures must not contain overly
distracting animated images
- A signature image should not exceed
50k in size
- Signatures should not contain
advertisements
- Members are allowed to include a
small text link to their own non-commercial web site in their signature
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Moderator action |
| Ghost Mysteries is a
privately owned web site and as such we reserve the right to remove any
post that we deem to be inappropriate, offensive or intentionally
disruptive, or to take any
action necessary against any member whose behaviour we deem to be
inappropriate, offensive or intentionally disruptive. Action taken is
done on a case by case basis and is dependant on the nature and severity
of the violations, but can include anything up to the banning of the account and IP address. |
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you agree to the following: |
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Compliance: You agree to
co-operate with the requests of our site staff should you be asked to
stop doing something that they deem to be disruptive, inappropriate or in
violation of the terms of service. |
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Protest: You agree not to attack,
harrass, threaten
or become abusive towards any member of staff. Members who become offensive or participate in
harassing, threatening or retaliatory action against a member of staff
will be subject to further action. All our moderators are volunteers who
give up their own free time to keep the forum a safe and friendly place,
please treat them with the respect that they deserve. |
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| 5c.
Appeal: If you disagree with
action taken against your account by a member of staff you can appeal
the decision by contacting either the member of staff who took said
action or an administrator privately via e-mail or through our private message
system. Do not start threads on the forum questioning or criticising
moderator action. |
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| 5d.
Access: If your access or posting
rights have been revoked, do not register more accounts in order to
circumvent this restriction. Accounts that we find belong to previously
banned members will also be banned. |
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| Ghost Mysteries reserves the
right to change or add to these terms and conditions at any time without
prior notice, and in any situation
the decision of an Administrator is final. |
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