Failure to follow these rules may result in you being officially warned: 3 warnings and you will be permanently banned from the Bluetack Internet Security Solutions forum, subject to admin discretion (below your member name in any given post is your warning level - 0 % means no warning)
Rights - Global Moderators have the final say in any matter and have the whole right to modify, to move or to close any of the created threads. If you have a problem with any of these matters please PM an Administrator.
1 Forum Posting - Please familiarize yourself with the different forum sections because posting in the wrong forum section will result in a warning. Please also use the forum search function and read all forum stickies, guides, FAQ etc before posting a thread as the questions and or points you are bringing up may already be in an existing thread. Failure to search for a subject before you post will also result in a warning. This is to respect the time spent by staff and members of the forum.
2 Login Details Your login details are for you only. Posting your login details either here or at another forum/website for others to use will result in an instant ban from the forums. Posting details creates a hole in our system. Registering is completely free so there is no reason for anyone to be posting their details.
3 Registering Names Any member registering with profane/inappropriate/degrading names will have their name wiped or will be banned. There is no reason people can not register with an appropriate name so this will not be tolerated. We go through the Members list when we need to and any will clear the members name without warning. Simple solution to this is not to register with inappropriate names.
4 No Stealing! - Do not post material from these forums without the proper authorization from the author or Administration of the site. We do like to help share, but not at the cost of all the hard work people have put into their posts, if you do so please post a link back saying where the work was done. You cannot take credit for any Bluetack Internet Security Solutions news article. If you repost a Bluetack Internet Security Solutions news article on any site you must specifically designate "Bluetack Internet Security Solutions News Article" as well as the actual hyperlink of the article at the Bluetack Internet Security Solutions forum.
5 Advertising - Advertising or soliciting other members to buy, sell or peruse any products or services through this discussion forum is not permitted. Chain letters and junk mail are also strictly prohibited. Topics/posts that contain this will be both edited and locked.
6 Flaming - Material that is knowingly defamatory, illegal, abusive, threatening or harassing, is strictly prohibited. As with anything, you, as a member, should use good common sense when posting. In other words, you agree not to be a jerk. Posts containing personal attacks on another user will be edited or deleted with no warning or consent.
7 Staff - If you are rude to a member of staff in public or in a private message then it could result in an instant ban. Our staff members use up their free time without getting paid to help people here. If you must question what a staff member posted or did then do it politely or in a private message to them. If you are not happy with their response then contact one of our staff Administrators.
8 Right to Privacy - You will not violate a person's privacy by publishing information against another members will, information that is private and personal. If you violate this rule, your account may be automatically banned without prior warning.
9 Spamming - Topics/posts that are just complete nonsense will be deleted, or have the entire thread locked, at the moderators discretion. If you violate this rule, your account may be automatically banned without prior warning.
10 Private Messaging- Please use the forum section resources to find the answers to your issues. Do not private message or email a staff member for an answer to one of your questions that can be found in the forum or you could be warned. Private Messaging (PM) is traditionally for off topic talk between known members. Using Private Messaging to spam other members will not be tolerated under any circumstances and will result in an immediate ban from the forum.
11 Racism - Topics/posts containing such will be edited or deleted accordingly. If you violate this rule, your account may be automatically banned without prior warning.
12 Religion, Politics - Do not discuss or initiate religious or political subject- we have a diverse group of members and those topics usually end up in flaming from other members whether intended or not. Moderators have the right to delete any religious or political statements to preserve the constructive environment of the forum.
13 Porn - Material that is sexually or otherwise obscene is not permitted on these forums. Topics/posts containing such will be deleted on sight. If you violate this rule, your account may be automatically banned without prior warning.
14 Warez - Providing or asking for information on how to illegally obtain "warez", "gamez" or any other software or work protected by copyright law is strictly forbidden. This includes posting, requesting or even linking to websites that directly host them. Providing information on how to crack or defeat software copyright / registration protection or posting Sig2Dat / ed2k / Magnet / Torrent / direct links to the files themselves is also not allowed! If you violate this rule, your account may be automatically banned without prior warning, this also includes tools that are specifically designed to cause damage or denial of service to other machines.
15 Post Pumping - If a post is suspected to serve no other purpose than to increase the post count of the poster, then the moderators may, at their discretion, issue a PM to the member in question enquiring about the nature of the post. Posts/Threads that are blatantly post pumping will be removed/locked without recourse to the poster. Also, please make sure to edit an existing post if you need to add something shortly after making the first post.
If you have something to ask, only ask it in one post! Do not post the same question or information in different posts! (this includes posting additional posts within minutes of the first one- please use the edit option to add whatever you need to the first post.
16 Cross-posting/Double-posting - Posting the same question more than once or in more than one forum is not allowed. Should this occur, then only the thread in the most relevant forum will be left open; all others will be locked and subsequently deleted. If you have found that you posted in the wrong section, you need to let a moderator know and they will move the post for you.
17 Signature Policy - To keep the page loading time and visual annoyance factor down to a minimum, ensure your graphical signatures do not exceed much more than 550 x 125 Pixels. If a member wishes to put a picture in their Signature, they should be careful who they are hosting with. If they are found to be hosting it at a malicious/bogus site, they will have that image removed. Anyone found to have questionable/fake/misleading links in their signature will have those links removed and get a warning. Regular members should not exceed 1 external link in their signature.
If these limits are exceeded then you may be contacted by a moderator requesting an amendment to your signature. If none is made within a reasonable period of time, then a moderator may remove your signature from your profile and you will be warned.
18 StreamRippers - Due to legal liability issues, any information or references to information about streamripping applications are strictly prohibited within these forums. Any threads/posts containing such information will be edited/deleted without warning.
19 Reporting Posts - What should we do if I see objectionable material on the forums? Use the report option next to the related post if it's on violation of any rules. Please use the report option only for rule violations. If you use them for support/technical questions, you may be warned.
It is important that members recognize the real-time nature of these forums; the moderators cannot always monitor the contents of posted messages. As such, we depend upon you to inform them when members are violating our rules. You must also recognize that they cannot respond immediately to such notices and that some time may pass before any warranted action is taken.
Bluetack.co.uk News Related Policies:
1) Article copying: You may freely distribute articles posted on this website, however you must credit the author of the work and link to this website.
2) Article linking: If you wish to link to us on a high profile website (such as slashdot) please contact us first. We need to make sure that our webserver can take the increase in traffic, so please PM an administrator first.
3) Plagiarism: You MAY NOT claim to be the author of any news posted within the "Bluetack Internet Security Solutions News" section or the External News section unless you wrote the article! Be sure to include a source link when you make a post. Plagiarism will result in an instant ban.
When you signed up for the forums, you agreed to abide by the rules of the forum. The rules, as witnessed here, can be changed at any time, and we reserve the right to modify or change them at any time. We have a peaceful community established here, and we will keep it that way! Thank you!
We hope you stick around and become a part of the Bluetack.co.uk community!
Thanks,
The Bluetack Forum Staff