Forum Rules & Guidelines

[chrisroscoe]

To ensure a great experience for all of us and considering the diverse makeup of our community, there are certain forum guidelines to follow. There aren't too many rules, so please read through these before posting. Our friendly moderators will help to enforce these guidelines in the forum.

Postings

Slanderous, defamatory, obscene, violent, abusive, threatening and harassing comments will not be allowed.
Respect the viewpoints of others, even if you may not agree with them. Agree to disagree.
No profanity or obscenities of any kind.
No personal attacks on other users.
No political or racial comments will be allowed.
No impersonation of other participants or public figures.
No FULL CAPS postings. In internet, CAPS equates to shouting.
Refrain from posting information which is not publicly available.
No copyrighted material is allowed. Please use links instead.
Please declare vested interest (if any) on the topic you are discussing
No multiple postings

Deletion of Threads

Mods and Admins reserve all rights to remove, modify or move posts at our sole discretion and without explanation. If you have any questions, please PM any of our us.

Multiple Accounts
Members are not allowed to operate multiple accounts. Immediate ban will be enforced.

Ads & Solicitation

No advertisement or solicitation of any kind is allowed in TS forums unless you are a paying sponsor. Any threads or posting which are deemed to be unauthorised solicitation or advertisement of services will be deleted promptly. Please read How to become a sponsor for more information.

Signature Length

Please limit your signature to a maximum of 4 lines. ( Members are allowed to include there soical media links here )

Avatar (User icons)

Users should make sure that their avatars are not offensive, abusive, racist or sexist in nature. TS is made up of a wide community of users so please be understanding towards others when selecting an avatar. Please refer to Avatar guidelines.

Nicknames

For new users, please note that the following types of username will not be allowed



Racist names
Religious or religion orientated names
Names that contain profanity, or variations of profanity
Names designed to imitate the name of another member
Names designed to imitate the name of prominent company or product (eg. BMW)
Names that imitate or ridicule prominent public figure





Forum Etiquette

Search First

We have a powerful search system and what you are asking may have already been answered. This will save you time from waiting for a reply. Before you post, visit our search page. If you have too many results, try limiting the date to the last 6 months.

Pick the proper forum

Your question will get answered much quicker if you take a minute and pick the most appropriate forum for your post.

Keep your post on topic

Please try not to stray from the discussion topic, especially in the technical threads when possible. If you are straying off into a new topic, start a new thread for it. If necessary, make good use of the Lite & EZ forum for chit chatting.

Be patient

Give new members some slack, don't chastise them for not reading this guideline first. Make them feel welcome into the community. We were all newbies once. Avoid sarcasm, it's often lost in the post and just ends up being rude.

Do not post "Smiley" only posts

Posting of extremely short or "Smiley" only posts that are non-constructive in nature are not beneficial to discussions.
Please refrain from posting such posts in the forums. Members who do this excessively will have their posts removed, and receive a warning or be banned.

Do not leave lots of blank lines in your post

Posting with lots of blanks lines will be deleted.


Note that this list is not exhaustive, and will be subject to change as and when required.