Euro Radio Co Forum • Board Rules

Board Rules

Forum rules: Email address; What you need to know before you register; What will happen once I have applied to register; Post placement; Flaming and abuse; Offensive material; Reporting content; Copyright; Post etiquette; Post titles; Spam policy; Moderator rights; Private messaging (PM)

Signatures: Text size; Links; Size contraints; Abuse

Avatars: Size contraints; Content

Policing: 3 strike policy; Arguing; Unfair treatment; Ban circumvention; 3 strike exception; Permanent ban

Images, Diagrams and Pictures: Image Content; Supported Image formats

Forum rules

Email address: The following Email Address are not allowed:
aol.com or aol.mail.com
gmail.com or googlemail.com
hotmail.com or hotmail.co.uk
jetemail.com or jetemail.net
mailbox.com or mailbox.ru
mail.com or mail.ru
msn.com
yahoo.com or yahoo.co.uk
Or any other web based Email account.
You can only use a Personal Email account supplied by your ISP. Most ISP provide at least 2 free POP3 email accounts
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you, but it has to be done to help combat Spam.; Top

What you need to know before you register: Please read all the Forum Rules as it is one of the requirements before joining this forum.
You need to answer all questions on the Registration form.
Note that you will need to enter a valid e-mail address before your account is activated.
User name once you have registered a user name it cannot be change. so please choose wisely, Do not choose a user name which could be offensive as you will not registered.; Top

What will happen once I have applied to register: You will then receive an e-mail at the address you provide that contains an account activation link.
If you fall to activate the account within 10 days of receiving the activation link the activation link will be deleted and you will need to start again.

Once your activation request as been received the Administrator or Moderators will review your request then activate your account if there are no problems within 24 hours.

When you first start posting on the forum you will be a "Junior Member" as a Junior Member you will have no rights to use the Private messages (PM) service. When you have 25 posts to your name you will become a "Member" and will be given limited right to use the Private messages (PM) service.; Top

Post placement: Posts are to be made in the relevant forum category. Users are asked to read the forum category Announcements before posting. Users consistently posting to the wrong forum will be given a warning (see policing below). You are not allow to post your E-Mail address or any ones E-Mail address.; Top

Flaming and abuse: Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users. Flaming or abusing users in any way will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning and may even lead to you being banned.; Top

Offensive material: Members should remember this board is aimed at a general audience. Posting pornographic or generally offensive text, images, links, etc. Will not be tolerated and you will be banned.; Top

Reporting content: If members note an issue which contravenes something in this policy document they are welcome to bring it to the attention of a member of the Moderator Team, either by pm or the report post feature. Members are asked to not act as "back seat moderators". Members who constantly "act" as moderators may be warned.; Top

Copyright: Members are asked to respect the copyright of other users, sites, media, etc. Users linking to or asking for information on warez, crackz, etc. will receive a warning and their post will be removed.; Top

Post etiquette: Members should post in a way which is consistent with "normal writing". That is users should not post excessive numbers of emoticons, large, small or coloured text, etc. Similarly users should not SHOUT or use excessive punctuation (e.g. ! and ?) in topic titles or posts. Users consistently abusing this will be warned.; Top

Post titles: Members should use an appropriate, descriptive title when posting a new topic. Examples of bad titles include; "This sucks!", "I hate this radio!", etc. See forum category Announcements before posting.; Top

Spam policy: Spam or Spamming is not tolerated here under any circumstance. This includes offering services (charged and free), solicitation etc. Recruiting members for your own projects is not permitted and is also considered spam. Users posting spam will be warned and their post removed.; Top

Moderator rights: The moderators reserve the right to edit or remove any post at any time. The determination of what is construed as indecent, vulgar, spam, etc. as noted in these points is up to Team Members and not users.; Top

Private messaging (PM): When you first become registered forum user you will not be able to send any private messages (PM) until you have your Second rank marker, which you will obtain after you, have 25 posts. The above forum rules where applicable also apply to private messaging. Abuse of the private messaging system may lead to warnings (as above) and/or the revocation of private messaging.; Top

Signatures

Text size: Text sizes should be between 75% and 100% (small and normal). Text in signatures is subject to the same conditions as posts with respect decency, warez, emoticons, and so forth.; Top

Links: Links in signatures are not permitted.
You may not link to warez, porn or political, racist or other similar hate sites.; Top

Size contraints: Signatures may contain up to fore lines of text (of small or normal size) and/or one image, valid combinations include; a single image of no more than 100px high, 500px wide. Signatures containing an image this large may also include one line of small size text. Signatures containing an image of 60px high may include up to two lines of small size text or two lines of normal size text. Images of 25px height or less may allow up to three lines of normal size text or four lines of small size text.; Top

Abuse: Users abusing these rules will be warned and possibly stripped of their signature privileges.; Top

Avatars

Size contraints: Users are permitted to utilize a gallery avatar or to link to one of their own (subject to previous points on misuse of bandwidth). User defined avatars are to be no larger than 90 pixels square, contain no image which is pornographic or generally offensive or which attempts to portray the user as having an official status here (e.g. mimicking ranks or copying avatars of team members), and have a consistently high availability (i.e. links to images on slow servers or those prone to failure will be removed).; Top

Content: Avatars are subject to the same conditions as posts with respect decency, and so forth. Users abusing these rules will be warned and/or may lose their avatar privileges.; Top

Policing

3 strike policy: CB-ERC Takes Time operates a three strike policy. Users will be warned a maximum of three times for any and all offences in a three month period. If the need arises for a fourth warning a temporary ban will be put in place of between 10 to 21 days.; Top

Arguing: Arguing with moderators after having received a warning will lead to an immediate additional warning. Should this exceed three strikes a temporary ban will be put in place as above.; Top

Unfair treatment: Users who feel they have been unfairly warned you are welcome to contact the Administrator. If they feel you were treated badly they remove a warning.; Top

Ban circumvention: Any attempt to circumvent a temporary ban will lead to that ban being made permanent. Circumvention includes re-registering under a non-banned username, changing IP addresses to evade an IP ban, registering a new email account to evade an email ban. Circumvention includes posting as an anonymous user.; Top

3 strike exception: An exception to the three strike rule applies when users contact moderators personally (via any method) and post insulting, indecent or vulgar material. Such users may be subject to an immediate permanent ban.; Top

Permanent ban: Permanent bans are a last resort and thought is given before implementing them. While Euro Radio Co Takes Time may consider lifting permanent bans from time to time this is a rare occurrence.; Top

Images, Diagrams and Pictures

Image Content: Do not post any Image that include advertisements/SPAM.
Music is not allowed on the forums. Any Image is subject to the same conditions as posts with respect decency, and so forth.; Top

Supported Image formats: The forums only allow (Jpg, Gif, and PNG) and please keep all your images under 225kb in size.; Top