Network Six

Welcome to Network Six. We ask that you observe a few rules and guidelines before posting and during your use of the forum. These have been compiled in order to make the forum experience an enjoyable place to post in and browse.

Although the site administrators will attempt to keep all objectionable material off the forum, it is not possible for us to review every message. All messages are the views of the author. Network Six and it’s administrators will not be held responsible for the content of any message. Network Six reserves the right to remove any post, topic and members from the forum, or issue restrictions on members where required. Any member who breaks the rules will be losing posting privileges for 14 days. Any member who breaches a guideline will be advised and asked not to do it again. Any member who is in constant breach of the rules (i.e. 2 fortnight bans or 5 guideline warnings) will be removed permanently.

Trolling
Internet Trolls are people that browse the internet and provoke discussion. There are a few types of this including being overly nice, cyber stalking and abusive PMs, threads and emails. They may also appear to be very friendly. Trolls are after one thing - attention. That's something you won't find here. Threads by trolls or referring to their actions will be removed without warning or explanation. If a thread is posted by a troll please do not respond to it in any way. Simply click the 'alert' button and we will take action as soon as possible. This includes spamming and stalking. Please don't do this, as you will end up either upsetting other members, showing yourself up or both.

Respect for the Network Six Administrators
At all times the administrators have one aim. This is to develop and encourage a friendly and helpful community. The forum administrator’s decisions are final, and no correspondence about moderation decisions will be entered into. Contrary to popular belief, we are human and do have a sense of humour. Remember - we are doing it for your own good.

Advertising
We are not here as a platform for advertising your store, product or commercial website. We ask that you do not advertise in posts/threads, signatures or avatars and profile pictures. Anyone found to be doing so will have the advertising removed without warning. If you wish to talk about advertising on the forum please contact Orry Verducci via Personal Message, or send him an email via his forum profile page. A link to non-commercial websites you run or TV Presentation related websites are allowed in signatures.

Abusive Behaviour
There's no need to be abusive towards other members on the forum. If you have a problem with a post please use the alert function, and do not respond to the post. This includes swearing at other members, as, no matter what the intention of the post, it may upset them (except some more 'soft' swear words). Also, racism, sexism and unnecessary prejudice is uncalled for - it will be dealt with very harshly, so be warned.

Offensive Content
Network Six has a varied user base. Bearing this in mind, you agree that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws. By all means contact us to vet content before posting if you are unsure whether it falls under these rules or not.

Copyright
As much as we'd love to see more of our solicitors, we don't want to be sued. Please ensure you have permission before posting copyrighted material. If you can not obtain permission, it's best just to link to it. Copyright laws can be very strict nowadays, and websites can and have been closed for breaching such laws. Copyright infringements include illegal music downloads and program cracks.

Keeping threads as they should be
Please remember to keep threads on-topic as much as possible. If every thread went off-topic, we'd be here 24 hours a day telling people off and banning them, which isn't much fun. Persistent 'thread ruiners' may have their posts removed and be subject to bans in the worst cases. Take part in discussions by all means, but if whatever you're saying you deem to be A) unrelated to the topic or B) not needing to be said then it's best not to say it.

Guidelines
Rather than a long strict set of rules we thought it'd be good to have some guidelines - things that should be observed where possible, but maybe aren't as serious compared to some of the rules. Posts may be edited and/or warned about to the administrator’s discretion. However, except in extreme cases, action to ban will most likely not be taken.

Grammar & Spelling
Please try and ensure that grammar and spelling is correct at all times. Checking your post doesn't take a minute, and ensures a more enjoyable atmosphere. You can even call on the help of spell checkers such as those found in the Google Toolbar or Firefox 2. The use of 'txt spk' and CrAzY tExT is not allowed, and posts composed in this format will be removed. The exception to this rule is, of course, if you are trying to make a point (such as showing how txt speak works, or how if you raegrrnage the lretets isdine a wrod the manineg is siltl the smae). Posts with unnecessarily poor grammar, spelling or any text language will face removal. We want to keep the forum tidy, and attract interesting members with equally interesting topics. Often, due to the nature of the forums, English may not be the first language for all members - so poor, non-Standard English will confuse things. This is in the interest of all members.

Be polite!
Being polite ensures a more enjoyable experience. Treat others as you'd wish to be treated yourself.

Images
Be careful with the images function. It's a great thing to have and makes threads more interesting. However - ensure that images are no bigger than 700 pixels wide - consider linking the image to a bigger one. We all know how annoying it can be if you have to scroll across the page horizontally just because and image is too big. If this is not followed, the images may face removal. Any with offensive content or advertising will be removed. This includes any type of pornography, however 'soft' it is.

Explain yourself and make the post easy to understand
We all want to help each other out here and have great discussions, and this can only be done if your post is easy to read, and includes a lot of information. If you need to change your post to make it clearer use the edit button.

Many thanks - The Network Six Team