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Forum Rules, User Agreement and Privacy Policy
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Re: Forum Rules, User Agreement and Privacy Policy
About posting news articles.
Guidelines
You need a link to the news article. Use a limited amount of the article with your opinion.
If your copyright material is posted on the forum send a PM to a Moderator stating you want it removed and it will be deleted.
You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Articles and links to articles are for debate purposes only.
Posting of your spam, links, articles, images or other material on this forum:
If you or your readers post your spam, links, articles, opinion editorials, images, pictures, or other material on this Forum and you do not want such posts due to copyright or other reasons, place a notice next to your articles, images, links, and share links, on your web site or blog stating that your readers shall not post such material on here. You should take steps including but not limited to notices, disable right click, and not including share button links, to prevent your readers from posting your material, links, articles, and images on this forum if you don't want it to be posted.
We will remove your copyright material if requested by PM or e-mail. Each forum topic post link must be included in the request. It may take time to remove posts because it's manual and the time to investigate the request, and likely done within several days. However, the above posting violation applies if the removal is due to a copyright claim or other demand rather than a simple request.
Fair Use Notice:
This site may contain copyrighted material posted by members. Such material is posted to advance understanding, debate, commentary, criticism, news reporting, educational use, information, research, knowledge, and educational purposes of the environment, news, politics, human rights, economy, democracy, science, and social justice issues, etc. Credit should be given to the author of all such copyrighted material when posting.
We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. For Fair Use Policy description click here.
Specific Instructions
1) Copy and paste the title if you want, or use your own title. The Forum Software makes a title mandatory.
2) Post your description of the article/opinion piece either here or after the quoted part of the actual article.
3) Copy and paste a portion, not the complete article, of the article to entice the reader to follow the link and/or back up your assertions above.
4) Place the copied and pasted portion in a quote box. To ensure it is clear what text is quoted, to make it easier for the reader to discern your opinion, or thoughts, from the article you are presenting and quoting. Using the Quote function is most desirable because it clearly shows what is quoted, but other techniques such as using italics within quote mark are acceptable if it is clear what is quoted. (This is not mandatory, but recommended, to make it easier for the reader to discern your opinion, or thoughts, from the article you are presenting and quoting.)
5) Place a link to the rest of the article/story. The link should show the URL as opposed to masking text such as CLICK HERE (This is Mandatory). If your story is from a site such as WSJ, you also might want to add "may require subscription to see whole article," next to the link.
Offending posts will have to be deleted due to the fact the moderators won't have time to "edit" said posts.
Guidelines
You need a link to the news article. Use a limited amount of the article with your opinion.
If your copyright material is posted on the forum send a PM to a Moderator stating you want it removed and it will be deleted.
You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Articles and links to articles are for debate purposes only.
Posting of your spam, links, articles, images or other material on this forum:
If you or your readers post your spam, links, articles, opinion editorials, images, pictures, or other material on this Forum and you do not want such posts due to copyright or other reasons, place a notice next to your articles, images, links, and share links, on your web site or blog stating that your readers shall not post such material on here. You should take steps including but not limited to notices, disable right click, and not including share button links, to prevent your readers from posting your material, links, articles, and images on this forum if you don't want it to be posted.
We will remove your copyright material if requested by PM or e-mail. Each forum topic post link must be included in the request. It may take time to remove posts because it's manual and the time to investigate the request, and likely done within several days. However, the above posting violation applies if the removal is due to a copyright claim or other demand rather than a simple request.
Fair Use Notice:
This site may contain copyrighted material posted by members. Such material is posted to advance understanding, debate, commentary, criticism, news reporting, educational use, information, research, knowledge, and educational purposes of the environment, news, politics, human rights, economy, democracy, science, and social justice issues, etc. Credit should be given to the author of all such copyrighted material when posting.
We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. For Fair Use Policy description click here.
Specific Instructions
1) Copy and paste the title if you want, or use your own title. The Forum Software makes a title mandatory.
2) Post your description of the article/opinion piece either here or after the quoted part of the actual article.
3) Copy and paste a portion, not the complete article, of the article to entice the reader to follow the link and/or back up your assertions above.
4) Place the copied and pasted portion in a quote box. To ensure it is clear what text is quoted, to make it easier for the reader to discern your opinion, or thoughts, from the article you are presenting and quoting. Using the Quote function is most desirable because it clearly shows what is quoted, but other techniques such as using italics within quote mark are acceptable if it is clear what is quoted. (This is not mandatory, but recommended, to make it easier for the reader to discern your opinion, or thoughts, from the article you are presenting and quoting.)
5) Place a link to the rest of the article/story. The link should show the URL as opposed to masking text such as CLICK HERE (This is Mandatory). If your story is from a site such as WSJ, you also might want to add "may require subscription to see whole article," next to the link.
Offending posts will have to be deleted due to the fact the moderators won't have time to "edit" said posts.
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Re: Forum Rules, User Agreement and Privacy Policy
Sometimes it seems necessary to get firm and/or confront members that are simply not happy being here with us. It is obvious in their postings/PMs. To allow problems to continue unrestrained doesn't contribute to an enjoyable experience for anyone here.
It is something that should be understood by everyone.
1. Being rude in postings to other forum members. If the accused is having a bad day, they may be notified with a warning but the continual practice will not be tolerated.
2. Being rude to the forum moderators. We try to have patience. We would appreciate a response with good intent. We have noticed that the ones that do not respond, and/or take their grievance to the forum, have no intention of complying with the rules.
3. Announcing in a topic or in a post that one wishes to leave this forum and in their announcement they include complaining or bitter reasons or the like! Those topics are poison to readers and will be deleted. If anyone does not like this forum, then they should leave. But we will not allow the posting of announcements to such. Why? Because it leaves forum members with caustic and poisoned thoughts full of presumption.
This may sound extreme but why would a forum exist where people discussed whether the forum was bad? This is absurd circular reasoning. Again, if you begin finding yourself unhappy with this forum, then please leave. Please do not leave with words of criticism.
4. Complaining and announcing that all of the members in here are deceived, blind, etc, etc. Blanket statements are unfair and serve no purpose other than to disrupt. Airing your grievances elsewhere, badmouthing decisions made here, in a one-sided manner is dishonest and deceitful.
Forum members, if you are having a problem with the leadership in here, then please PM and address the matter. Spreading gossip behind our backs through PM's serves no purpose other than to cause strife.
It is something that should be understood by everyone.
1. Being rude in postings to other forum members. If the accused is having a bad day, they may be notified with a warning but the continual practice will not be tolerated.
2. Being rude to the forum moderators. We try to have patience. We would appreciate a response with good intent. We have noticed that the ones that do not respond, and/or take their grievance to the forum, have no intention of complying with the rules.
3. Announcing in a topic or in a post that one wishes to leave this forum and in their announcement they include complaining or bitter reasons or the like! Those topics are poison to readers and will be deleted. If anyone does not like this forum, then they should leave. But we will not allow the posting of announcements to such. Why? Because it leaves forum members with caustic and poisoned thoughts full of presumption.
This may sound extreme but why would a forum exist where people discussed whether the forum was bad? This is absurd circular reasoning. Again, if you begin finding yourself unhappy with this forum, then please leave. Please do not leave with words of criticism.
4. Complaining and announcing that all of the members in here are deceived, blind, etc, etc. Blanket statements are unfair and serve no purpose other than to disrupt. Airing your grievances elsewhere, badmouthing decisions made here, in a one-sided manner is dishonest and deceitful.
Forum members, if you are having a problem with the leadership in here, then please PM and address the matter. Spreading gossip behind our backs through PM's serves no purpose other than to cause strife.