Forum Rules

Forum rules updated 24.02.15

NOTE: If you have any questions about forum rules/guidelines, please email support at adrian438@btinternet.com

A valid e-mail address is required to register for the forums. After you agree to the terms listed below, we will send you a validation e-mail. The email will include a link to validate and approve the registration. You will need to complete the validation process to become a member with posting privileges. Please keep your email current so that you will receive forum notices.

Company names/ business names/ commercial names/ trademarks (or variations thereof), domain names/websites and web addresses/email addresses are not permitted for user names or avatars. Please use discretion when choosing a name and avatar as obscenities or images that breach other rules are not allowed and will be removed without notice.

English is the only acceptable language.

Use of the forums

Please remember that we cannot actively monitor the contents of, and are not responsible for, any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of pabr.org.uk or any entity associated with pabr.org.uk. All advice voluntarily given by any member in any Forum is provided free of charge. pabr.org.uk accepts no liability for the content and is released from any responsibility for information found using Internet links posted on the forum.

Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately via the report function. We do have the ability to remove objectionable messages and will make every effort to do so if we determine that removal is necessary. Please use the report button only for posts in blatant violation of the forum rules. Misuse of the report button is not allowed.  Removal is a manual process, so please realize we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. Responding to objectionable messages is discouraged.

Please preview and proofread what you have written before posting. Posting in all capitals or in all bold, and using large or unusual fonts and colours is bad netiquette. Misspellings and grammatical errors can make posts difficult to understand. However English is not always the first language of our members, so don’t waste space correcting other members’ grammar and spelling where it isn’t necessary. Some forums have additional guidelines pinned at the top of the opening page. Please read these, as you are responsible for following these rules as well.

In using pabr.org.uk Forum I agree:

  1. Not to use pabr.org.uk to post any material which is knowingly or can be reasonably construed as false, inaccurate, invasive of a person’s privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law.
  2. Not to post about activities or links to websites containing such material that are illegal. This includes but is not limited to: gambling, betting, pornography, illegal drugs, fake goods/clothing, file sharing, warez, cracks, pyramid schemes, etc. Discussion of file-sharing of pirated material is prohibited, however file sharing for legal purposes is allowed.
  3. Not to post comments that could be reasonably construed as defamation or libel. Defamation is the issuance of a statement about another person or business which causes that person to suffer harm. Libel is when the defamatory statement is published either in a drawing, painting, cinematography, film, picture or letters made visible by any means, or any other recording instruments, recording picture or letters, or by broadcasting or spreading picture, or by propagation by any other means.

Posting Content & General Conduct

  1. Respect fellow members by posting in a civil manner: do not launch personal attacks, or be hateful or insulting towards other members.
  2. Not to post disruptive or inflammatory messages, vulgarities, obscenities or profanities or to incite useless arguments by avoiding troll activity.
  3. Not to post inflammatory messages on the forum, or attempt to disrupt discussions to upset its participants, or trolling. Trolling can be defined as the act of purposefully antagonizing other people on the internet by posting controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.
  4. That the moderator has complete discretion on content.
  5. That spamming is not allowed in any way, shape or form, through mail, PM, forum post, or any other method.
  6. Not to post any copyrighted material except as fair use laws apply (as in the case of news articles). Please only post a link, the headline and the first three sentences.
  7. Any links posted must lead to the website the link indicates. Links that are misleading or direct to a site different than the one indicated are not allowed.
  8. Not to make changes to quoted material that changes the intended meaning of the quoted post.

Privacy

  1. Not to post phone numbers, email addresses, business names, or web/Facebook/Twitter/Google+ addresses in posts or signatures. Web addresses to non-commercial sites/blogs, or Facebook/Twitter/Google+ addresses, may be posted in a member’s profile page.
  2. Not to post member’s personal information including emails, personal messages, photos or web site details.
    Advertising, sponsors, user accounts.
  3. Members are forbidden to ask for or accept donations, gifts or commissions from other members.
  4. Multiple accounts by the same person are not allowed.