The following are the principle guidelines for the establishment and enforcement of PTRinfo forum:
* Ensure a friendly atmosphere to our visitors and forum members
* Ensure the privacy of our members and that of others
* Comply with existing laws
* Encourage responsible use of our forums and discourage activities which disrupt our community and reduce the value of our services to our visitors
* Encourage the freedom of expression and exchange of information in a mature and responsible manner.
Privacy
* You may not post any form of real life information of a user unless the user has first permitted it by express consent. Examples of real life information include name, address, IP addresses, and phone numbers.
* You may not distribute any form of real life information, email address, private/email Messages, and Instant Messenger messages (“Chatlogs”) with intent to harass or in any demeaning manner as determined by a moderator, regardless of consent.
* You may not disclose a user's unpublicized email address unless the user has first permitted it, either by actual consent or previously releasing said information.
* Admin messages from programs may be posted unless expressly prohibited by that program.
Spam
Spam is prohibited and will be removed.
Duplicate Accounts
Duplicate accounts are prohibited Duplicate accounts will be banned and the original account issued one warning. If you are unable to access your original account and make a duplicate account to contact staff, the duplicate account will be deleted.
Offensive and Disallowed Material
* Pornography
* Racial, Ethnic, Cultural, Religious or Sexual slurs.
* Online Gambling / Casinos (advertising such sites is illegal in some states and regions)
* Pharmaceuticals
* Illegal Drugs
* Chain Letters or Similar
* Software Piracy (warez, serialz, etc.)
* Program Cheating
* Information on how to hack or ddos web sites, or network security.
* Phishing
Canceled Accounts
Members who choose to cancel their accounts will be required to wait one month before reinstatement. A second cancellation will result in a six month wait. There will be no third reinstatement.
Banned Members
Banned members must wait six months before their accounts may be considered for for reinstatement. Reinstatement of banned members is subject to case by case review and reinstatement is not guaranteed. There will be no reinstatement for members who have made threats towards the forum or other members.
Staff
Staff will have one account as a member and one account as staff in order to post freely as members. Staff accounts will be clearly identifiable and will only post in an admin/mod capacity in any threads. The staff "member" accounts may post freely and will only perform the most basic mod/admin functions such as removing spam and harmful links, moving misplaced topics into proper areas etc. Staff "member" accounts will never initiate disciplinary actions except in instances of spam.
Staff members have to follow the same rules, and should you have a problem with a certain staff member, please contact a moderator or the Forum Management Team for resolution.
