By Alianora La Canta
December 11 2008
Events of the last couple of weeks indicate that it would be useful if the rules of the forum were put in a more obvious place. Until now, they were stated in a forum post. The trouble is that forum post was a couple of years ago and now people are not referring to it before writing posts that could contravene them. Making it easier to find the rules should help.
[url=http://www.f1network.net/boards/read/s495.htm?949,8938751,8954329#msg-8954329]The original rules[/url] have worked well for the last couple of years, but I think now would also be a good time to re-state and extend them a little, so that everyone is using the forum with the same idea of what is and is not acceptable there.
- Please post only in English
- Be tolerant of other's mistakes with English, it may not be their first language
- Please don't use 'txt' language
- Don't make derogatory comments about someone's age, gender, race, nationality, sexuality, religion or anything else about them that is not relevant to the thread in question.
- Respect the opinion of others. If you disagree with it, express this in a polite and courteous manner!
- Don't copy and paste articles from other websites. Post a link instead.
- Please ensure any images that are posted are less than 720 pixels wide. Anything wider than this will break the forum page.
- Ensure any image in your signature is no wider than 720 pixels wide and 200 pixels high.
- Don't post spam on the board. If you want to advertise your own website, a single link in your signature is acceptable.
- Spam also includes inappropriate material such as pornography. Remember, our users are of all ages.
- Do not swear on the forum.
- Keep shouting to a minimum.
- Please try to be welcoming of other forum users; even those who do not consider themselves to support Force India F1 are often here because they appreciate/respect what it is doing. Those who are actually trolls will tend to be obvious, but being rude to them rarely works either.