Temple Code of Conduct
1. Do conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times.
We
support forum members engaging in constructive debate, disagreeing with
the opinions of others, or requesting further information or even the
citation of references. We do, however, expect this to be done in a
respectful manner and without personal attacks. If you do not agree with
somebody's post, argue with the post's content, not with the person who
made it.
2. Do not troll our forums.
Posting with the specific intent of stirring up trouble or inciting disruption will not be tolerated.
3. Do not post inappropriate content.
We
will not tolerate messages or photos containing such things as sexually
explicit (or pornographic), obscene, vulgar, hateful, threatening or
illegal content. This includes your avatar, signature, and all other
content you are sharing with our site.
4. Do not attack other members.
The posting of negative remarks based on age, race, weight, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation is not appropriate.
5. Do not take it upon yourself to moderate our forum.
Allow
our moderators to do all the moderating of the forum. It is not your
job to outline the rules to other members, admonish them, or discuss
their behavior even when they are acting inappropriately. If you have an
issue, please send a private message to one of our moderators or to the
administrator of the site.
6. Do not be offended by moderator actions.
It
is not uncommon for members participating in the forum to have a
moderator make a suggestion, discuss behavior, or attempt to steer a
topic. Please try not to be offended by such moderation: it is not an
attack. Please be considerate of the fact that we try to stay on-topic
and keep a consistent culture for our site.
7. Do not debate or argue against moderator actions.
It
is inappropriate for you to debate or argue with a moderator's actions.
If you would like to discuss such actions or get further clarification
on the matter, you must do so by messaging the moderating privately. Do
not clutter the public forum with arguments or disagreements. Doing so
will result in administrative action.
8. Do not make multiple accounts.
Each
person is allowed only a single account. Any attempt to make multiple
accounts will result in the new ones being deleted. Any member making
additional accounts with the purpose to act inappropriately or bypass
administrative actions will result in a permanent ban.
Posting
9. Try to stay on-topic at all times.
Try
not to drift off-topic with a topic's conversation. Please don't join
in with off-topic discussion even if others are. Instead, try starting a
new topic and linking to it. Off-topic posts may get deleted or split
from their originating topic.
10. Post similar questions together.
If
you have several questions that are related, it's better to ask them
all in the one topic rather than to create additional topics for each
one. Make use of the edit feature in your post to add more information.
11. Try to avoid duplicating topics already discussed.
Use
the forum's search function to check if the topic you wish to post
exists in the forum already. It's very possible that a similar
discussion has already taken place.
12. Use short, concise titles for your topics.
When
posting a new topic, it's a good idea to use a short, yet informative
title, so other members can quickly ascertain its subject matter
13. Try not to double post.
If
you post additional identical replies/posts by mistake, please delete
the duplicate replies by clicking the delete button found at the top of
your duplicate post. Where you need to add more information on to your
original reply, click edit at the top of your post and add more to it,
instead of clicking reply and creating two replies.
14. Do not cross-post in multiple forums or multiple topics.
Please
do not cross-post the same topic to multiple forums or the same message
to multiple topics. Post only in the most appropriate and on-topic
place.
15. Do your best to format your posts for easy readability.
Please
format your posts and your topic subjects so that they are presented
professionally and in a polished manner. Use appropriate punctuation and
capitalization, proper capitalization, and avoid excessively using font
styling such as bold, italics, and color. Typing in ALL-CAPS or
all-bold is considered bad Internet etiquette, is difficult to read, and
is considered shouting.
16. Please limit your posts to the English language.
We
are an English language site and all contributions are to be posted in
English so that the large majority of our audience is able to enjoy
them. Posts in other languages are difficult for the moderators to
monitor. We, unfortunately, do not have the resources to be able to
adequately cover other languages.
17. Do not use the private message system for critical messages.
Critically
important messages, confidential information, or details of a fragile
or timely nature should not be transmitted to another member using the
private message system. We can not be responsible for the loss of
important messages or the potential of site-wide downtime leading to the
unavailability of the system.
18. Do not abuse the right to advertise.
Vendors,
makers, and manufacturers are asked to limit their advertisements,
announcements, and other marketing information to our "Makers and
Manufacturers Talk" forum. To be allowed to post new topics to this
forum, you must be a member of our Industry Professionals usergroup.
Blatantly using the other forums for the purpose of marketing and
advertisement is not acceptable.
