1. Administration

1.1 - These rules will be administered by the Site Owners and their appointed Moderators to try and provide a happy and fun environment for all posters.

1.2 - The Site Owners reserve the right to change, alter or allow concessions to these rules as they see fit.

1.3 - The Site Owners bestow authority on the Site Moderators to enforce all rules as they see fit.

1.4 - The site owners & Site Moderators will hereafter be referred to as the "Moderating Team"

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2. General Posting

2.1 - Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users. Flaming or abusing users will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning.

2.2 - Posts should be made in the relevant forum. Users are asked to read the forum descriptions before posting to ensure they post in the correct area. Users consistently posting to the wrong forum may be given a warning.

2.3 - Members should make an effort to check existing threads before starting a new topic in order to prevent duplication. Duplicated threads may be removed or merged at the discretion of the moderating team.

2.4 - Members are asked to not act as back seat moderators. 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 Moderators Team via the ‘Report to Moderator’ link.

2.5 - Members should remember this board is aimed at a general audience. Posting *X* Rated text, images, links, etc. will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning.

2.6 - Members are asked to respect the copyright of other users, sites, media, etc. Users linking to, or asking for information on warez, crackz, etc. or re-printing material, including but not limited to photographs or text that is the intellectual property of someone else without permission will receive a warning and their post will be removed.

2.7 - Members should respect the bandwidth of other users and sites and take this into consideration when posting images or attachments. The use of inline () image tags pointing to data stored on third party systems for which the user has not received permission to link to may be removed. The maximum size of images within a topic should not exceed 500 pixels in width. Members who post oversized images that stretch the forum should resize and edit their posts accordingly. If they cannot, the image may be removed.

2.8 - 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 (excessive use of capital letters) or use excessive punctuation (e.g. ! and ?) in topic titles or posts. Members should also refrain from excessive use of “TXT Speak”. Users consistently abusing this may be warned.

2.9 - Members should use an appropriate, descriptive title when posting a new topic. (Examples of bad titles include; Help me!, I'm stuck!, I've got an error!, etc.). We may rename, move or delete those topics we feel are not appropriate.

2.10 - The determination of what is construed as indecent, vulgar, spam, etc. as noted in these points is based solely upon the judgement of the moderation team. “Mob Rule” will not come in to force at any time nor will it be tolerated.

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3. Email

3.1 - Emails may be sent to your registered email address from time to time to let you know what is happening with the latest news from CaleyThistleOnline.com.

3.2 - If your email address is no longer valid, the email will bounce and we will require you to update your email address on your next visit.

3.3 - If emails sent to your address bounce 3 times your account will be inactivated so please ensure you keep it updated at all times.

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4. Spamming

4.1 - Please do not spam our forums. Spam is not tolerated here under any circumstances.

4.2 - Our definition of spam includes unsolicited advertising of other forums, products or websites especially by users who register solely for the purpose of posting such information. Postings of this nature will be removed and the user account will be terminated or suspended. 

4.3 - Rule 4.2 may be relaxed at the discretion of the moderating team if it is felt that the posting may be of benefit or interest to site users. Relaxation of this rule will only be considered when the poster has requested permission to post this type of material prior to making their post.

4.4 - Moderators will use their discretion to warn or ban users who do not adhere to these rules.

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5. Private Messages

5.1 - The above forum rules where applicable also apply to private messaging.

5.2 - Abuse of the private messaging system may lead to warnings (as above) and/or the revocation of private messaging privileges.

5.3 - You can choose to be notified or not of Private Messages by email. You can set these to your own requirements in your profile.

5.4 - Abuse of private messaging should be reported using the ‘Report to Admin’ link in the offending message.

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6. Signatures

6.1 - Signatures may contain up to three lines of text (of small or normal size) and/or up to three images totalling no more than 300 pixels width and 60 pixels height.

6.2 - The maximum number of text characters is 300.

6.3 - Signatures may contain up to 4 “smilies” of normal size. Oversized “smilies” are subject to the same rules as normal images.

6.4 - Text in signatures is subject to the same conditions as posts with respect decency, warez, emoticons, etc.

6.5 - Links are permitted in signatures. Such links may be made to non-website related material, non-commercial ventures, etc. Rule 4.2 also applies to forum signatures.

6.6 - Links are included within the text and image limits above.

6.7 - Links to offensive sites may be subject to removal. Users abusing these rules will be warned and/or may lose their signature privileges.

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7. Avatars

7.1 - User defined avatars should be no larger than 125 x 125 pixels. They can be animated but should contain no image which attempts to portray the user as having any official status here e.g. mimicking ranks or copying avatars of team members, may not exceed 8KB in file size. Avatars from this site are not to be hot linked to any other sites under any circumstances.

7.2 - Avatars are subject to the same conditions as posts with respect to decency, etc.

7.3 - Users abusing these rules will be warned and/or may lose their avatar privileges.

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8. Usernames

8.1 - We reserve the right to amend or delete accounts where the user has chosen an unacceptable username or display name.

Unacceptable names include, but are not limited to: those which mimic one of the moderating team, where the name suggests an official standing on this forum, where it may be mistaken for an ICT club official or player (past or present), where it may be mistaken for an official or player of one of our rival clubs, or where it is, in the opinion of the moderating team, abusive or inappropriate for some other reason.  

8.2 - We reserve the right to amend usernames which are too long and disrupt the look of the forum pages. 

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9. Pictures

9.1 - You can use your own pictures or pictures from other sites provided they do not breach the rules of the other site regarding hot linking and are not in breach of the original owner's copyright.

9.2 - The maximum width of pictures posted on the forum should be no larger than 500 pixels wide.

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10. Moderators

10.1 - This site has 3 levels of moderation.

a. Site Moderators are responsible for moderating all boards within the forum.

b. Senior Moderators can moderate any forum and are also responsible for making judgments where the guidelines may not cover a specific situation.

c. Site Admin are ultimately responsible for situations that cannot be resolved by Board, Site or Senior moderators. Site Admin will not normally moderate a board unless another moderator is unavailable and the content needs to be moderated urgently.

10.2 - Site Moderators & Senior Moderators will be responsible for the policing of the Forum and will apply the rules as they see fit. All forum users (including other moderators and site admin) are subject to the rules.

10.3 - Site Moderators & Senior Moderators will make their judgment based on the websites moderation guidelines. In situations where the guidelines do not cover an issue the moderator will take whatever action they deem necessary before referring it to a Senior Moderator or Site Admin.

10.4 - The moderating team 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 The Moderators and not users.

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Last Updated 4th August 2009

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