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Last updated August 19th 2005
Introduction
These rules are designed to ensure users feel safe and keen to participate. Failure to abide by them can result in a warning or outright dismissal and a ban.
What Mobile administrators and moderators reserve the right to edit, delete or lock entire threads whenever it is felt that these rules are being broken.
The Rules
1. Do not use insulting, threatening or provoking language.
2. Do not incite 'flaming' on the basis of race, religion, politics, gender, nationality or sexuality - or any other personal characteristic.
3. Do not swear, use hate-speech or make obscene and vulgar comments.
4. Do not break the law. This includes libel, condoning illegal activity and contempt of court (i.e. writing anything that might affect the outcome of an approaching court case).
5. Do not link to, or refer to, illegal downloads of applications, games, copyrighted images, movies, music or anything else that is being illegally distributed. This includes hacks, keygens, serials and filesharing services. Users that post, or ask for, such information relating to this (e.g. links) will be banned.
6. You may post a small amount of third party material, but to avoid breaching copyright you must credit the author and publication. Wherever possible, please provide a link to the material instead.
7. Please don't post the same message/comment to more than one forum. If a message is posted in the wrong area, simply ask for it to be moved to a more appropriate place.
8. Advertising in the forum is not allowed. You can however mention relevant, non-commercial websites, as long as they support your comment. Companies advertising may be invoiced for the appropriate fee for commercial advertising. Our charges can be obtained by speaking to our advertising department on 020 7324 3504, or writing to us and requesting a media pack.
9. You may not impersonate or falsely claim to represent a person or organisation. Misleading other users by abusing the registration procedure will result in the account being terminated immediately. Additionally, companies must not register false user names to promote their company/services.
10. Please post in English! We can't provide translations, although it is acceptable to post foreign information if the poster translates the message as necessary.
11. Do not post private addresses or phone numbers, including your own. You may post email addresses, as long as it is made clear who they belong to.
12. Attempting to post invitations (either on the forum, or via private messaging to individual users) to MLM/Pyramid schemes may result in a warning or instant ban. Do not post adverts or links to such sites.
13. If a post is edited, or a thread is locked or deleted, we will usually give you an explanation - unless it is totally obvious that it broke one (or more) of these rules. Do not restart a thread or ask on the forum why the message/thread was removed. These messages will be deleted and a warning given.
14. You may edit your post at a later date, but please do not abuse this by changing a message to make people who have replied look stupid. If you need to change a significant part of your message, please insert the word 'Edit:' and explain what has been changed. If you wish to retract a message completely, please delete it (or ask for it to be removed).
15. When replying to a message in any thread, please quote selectively and resist the temptation to quote the whole message to add an 'I agree' type reply. Other users can already see the original message/s above yours.
16) Please do not post messages simply to increase your post count. What Mobile does not reward users who reach 1000, 10000 or 100000 posts. Anyone who is clearly trying to up his or her post count without contributing anything useful will be given a warning. These messages will be deleted, which consequently lowers the post count. Don't waste your time!
17) If a user receives a significant number of warnings, on or off the forum, we reserve the right to delete that user - and if necessary ban them from returning.
General information
What Mobile will make every attempt to keep objectionable messages off the forum, using a dedicated team of administrators and moderators. However, it is impossible to review all messages. Each message expresses the view of its author, and neither the owners of What Mobile Forums, nor Clark White Publishing Ltd, will be held responsible for the content.
These rules are regularly updated and revised, so it is recommended that you take the time to check them periodically. Should you have any issues with them, please send a private message to one of the administrators or moderators.
Image Attachments, Signatures & Avatars
While many users have access to broadband/3G connections, there are still users on ordinary dialup or connecting over GSM. We ask that you show respect to these users by thinking about the size of any images you work with.
Image Attachments
If you wish to post large images (e.g. megapixel camera images), please try and post them as a link to a remote host, so users can choose whether to load the picture or not. Alternatively, consider posting a smaller version (thumbnail) with a link to the full size version.
Images wider than approximately 550 pixels cause the forum to 'stretch' horizontally. This makes it harder to read posts, so please resize them where possible - or link to them off site.
Signatures
It's acceptable to have signatures that contain images and animations, but please do not abuse this by attaching massive .GIF animation files (as a guide, please keep them below 75KB). Your signature may not contain advertising or anything else that breaches the rules above. If you fail to abide by these rules, you may lose the right to have a signature on your account.
Avatars
Please do not use an avatar wider than 110 pixels and do not use excessive .GIF animations (as a guide, please keep them below 50KB). Your avatar may not contain advertising or anything else that breaches the main rules above. If you fail to abide by these rules, you may lose the right to have an avatar on your account.
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