The primary purpose of this forum is to provide an online community where members can display their models, profiles and other imaginative creations, share and discuss ideas and modeling techniques with like minded colleagues and most importantly, to have fun. We generally like to assume everyone as an adult but in return expect you to act like one.
Being a community, we recognise that like all civilised communities, there is a need for some guidelines of what is deemed acceptable behaviour. As such, the following rules are drafted to help provide some guidelines for your posting and behaviour. Please try to follow them. If you aren’t prepared to, then maybe this forum isn’t for you.
1. Remember why you are here – Remember what this forum is about and why you joined.
2. Be courteous to others – The old adage about “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” goes a long way here. This means that you should always think before posting. If you wouldn’t like having someone say something to you, then chances are that other people won’t like the same said to them. Personal attacks on others are always inappropriate. Disagree all you like with their ideas or opinions, but don't resort to name-calling or flaming.
3. Overtly political, religious and nationalistic posts are discouraged – We recognise that certain topics will draw passionate responses from members. We respect that. We also respect that not everyone has the same viewpoint. It is far easier therefore to simply agree to disagree and thus get back to the real reason why we’re all members here, i.e. to have fun and discuss modeling.
4. Avoid sniping – We know that some posts can generate a negative reaction resulting in a snipe or a slap down at the member who posted it. This is very bad form and can lead to serious disagreements, the same goes for putting down other forums or people, whilst you may or even we may disagree with what’s occurring elsewhere on the net it’s not our place to be hostile. This can lead to serious problems to the forum and members should it get out of hand.
5. No Sponging – We know you are keen to benefit from the knowledge and experience of others, but please try to do your own research first (Google is a wonderful resource). Also remember that other members are not there just to answer your questions. That doesn’t mean you can’t ask questions. However, endless requests for information without contribution is not encouraged. If you need some information on a project, why not start by sharing what you found already, and see if others join in with additional material. This also means if moderators or other members give you links to relevant materials, please READ them before coming back to the topic with more questions.
6. Use the “Report Post” Option – If you feel that a post is in the wrong section, is inappropriate, or otherwise objectionable, do not respond in the thread in question – that only compounds the problem. Instead, report it using the "Report to Moderator" link found in each post and explain what the problem is. Your complaint will be reviewed by a moderator as soon as practicable and you will be provided a response as soon as possible.
7. Signatures – These are supposed to be a couple of lines long with possibly a quote, info about yourself or a link to your own/others websites that may be of interest to other members. We would appreciate it you would leave out graphics, whilst initially looking good they soon get boring and they also take up valuable space and bandwidth, not everybody has broadband and these can serious slow page loading. Plus the space they take up on the page soon pushes other posts on to other pages too quickly.
8. Quoting other posts – Please do not re-quote long posts with graphics, its one thing to mention a line from another post or reply to a previous post but completely copying a post is a waste of time and space again.
9. Posting images – Posting of images of your work is strongly encouraged. There are a number of ways to post images on the forum. Please see
here and
here on some of the common techniques. That said, make sure you also respect Copyright laws. NEVER post images or whole pages from currently available books or magazines without the permission of the copyright holder. This harms revenues and may jeopardise the production of future books and magazines and is akin to stealing from the photographers, artists, authors, publishers and manufacturers. Posting a summary in your own words is acceptable.
10. Be willing to contribute to the forum – The forum only as good as its membership. We rely on your active participation. This also means that if you have suggestions for improving the forum, we want to hear about them. Of course, please also recognise that not all suggestions will be viewed equally by others, so be prepared that not all suggestions will be acted upon. Part of contributing includes inviting any likeminded people you know to join us here – the more, the merrier.
11. Respect the Administrators and Moderators – Treat these people like a Referee or Umpire on the Sporting Ground. These people are there to help ensure the forum runs smoothly and that all members can enjoy themselves. Staff can and will move split or delete posts and topics if they are posted in an inappropriate section. They will also take action to deal with breaches of the rules. In all cases though, people will be notified of the reasons behind decisions. Please also be patient – the Staff also have lives.
12. Login Accounts – Only one login per user is allowed on the forum. Users creating duplicate logins may face temporary or permanent ban. If you have a genuine reason to create an additional logon, for example a problem with your account, contact one of the staff and they will sort it out.
Minor breaches of the rules will result in a friendly warning; further breaches or a blatant breach will result in a suspension of posting rights. Continued breaches in the guideline will result in membership being revoked and a permanent ban.
Remember that Membership of this forum is a privilege not a right. The site administrator and moderators reserve the right to delete accounts, edit posts as appropriate, and ban users if abuse of this privilege takes place.
Most of all though, HAVE FUN!!!!
