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Rule No. 1 - No "Flaming"

1) You will not post any messages that harrass, insult, belittle, threaten or flame another member or guest.

Rule No. 2 - No "Trolling"

2) You will not post any topic that disrupts the peace and harmony of this forum. Don't create meaningless threads with the sole purpose of starting a dispute. This includes messages in profiles and signatures.

Rule No. 3 - No "Spamming"

3) You will not double post or cross-post the same message in multiple forums. You will not mass-PM or mass-email multiple members of this site the same message. You will not post for the sake of increasing your post count or hack count.

Rule No. 4 - No "Offensive" Posts, Links or Images

4) You will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, racist, sexist, discriminatory, or otherwise violative of any local or international laws. This includes links in your signature, profile, bookmarks as well as posted images, photos and avatars. Staff will ultimately decide if something is appropriate or not.

Rule No. 5 - No Self-Promotion

5) You will not post any messages anywhere on this site that are primarily for the promotion or advertising of any website, forums, email address, business, MLM, activity, or other entities that you have an affiliation with (ie. no self-promotion). any person posting their site that has less than 10 posts will have the post deleted, all posts in the "Share Your Site" forum will be monitored, this forum is only for regular posters.

Rule No. 6 - No Public Posting of Copyright Material

6) You will not upload, attach or post anything that is copyright or licensed.

Rule No. 7 - Signature Restrictions

7) All signatures should not exceed the following size limits:

For text signatures: 4 lines normal size, 8 lines small size and up to 90 chars per line. Empty lines are also counted! Font sizes above 2 are not allowed.

For images in signatures: 1 image up to 300 pixels wide, 125 pixels tall and 20k in size

If you do want to have text and an image, you can have a maximum of 2 normal lines (or 4 small lines) and one image (in a new line) up to 300 pixels wide, 75 pixels tall and 20k in size.

You may have a link to your own website, but there must be no promotional language like "Best Hosting" or "Cheapest Styles". Paypal and affiliate links are NOT permitted.

Rule No. 8 - Site Advertising

You must have a minimum of 10 posts before advertising your personal site, we do not allow advertising of commercial sites.

Rule No. 9 - No Politics

We are politically neutral and have no political views, please keep the forum this way.

What happens if I break a rule?

The administrators and moderators of scale-models.co.uk have the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread or post, or suspend or ban any member for any breach of the rules or for any other reason with or without warning or notice.

What if I see a message posted that breaks a rule?

Please report these posts or threads to the administrator or moderator of the forum by clicking on the "Report" link at the bottom of the offending post or thread, and the post or thread will be reviewed and action taken as soon as possible.

What is my responsibility as a member?

Please keep these few rules in mind when you post. The administrators and moderators of scale-models.co.uk have the right to change these rules at any time without notice. It is the responsibilty of every member to remain updated with the current rules.

Why have rules in the first place?

The rules are there for the protection of the community as a whole and to prevent abuse, conflict and disharmony within the forums.

Have a nice day
 
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