Message Posting Help

Description

Posting Guidelines

Primary

• ANY POST(s) MAY BE REMOVED at the discretion of moderators for violation of this websites guidelines/rules or any law applicable to this website.
• All discussions must be transformation related OR of interest to the transformation community.
• Please try to keep posts appropriate for younger teenage eyes to view (Things youd be comfortable sharing with a 13 year-old).
• Do not attack other posters. You may attack an individuals comments but not the individual.
• Be polite, courteous, and respectful. Please keep the conversations civil.
• While use of an online alias is ok. Do NOT pretend to be another (or registered) user.

Intellectual Property

• Do not post direct links to complete copyrighted works. Links provided by (or approved by) the copyright holder may be exempt.
• Links to content hosted on websites that have a clear, and easy to find, process for dealing with infringement(s); and a known reputation for following through with said process, may be allowed.
• Please read this sites views on copyrighted content on the FAQ page.
• Do not plagiarize. Credit your sources.

Helpful

• For posts and material that are not safe for viewing in a workplace or with younger eyes, please mark the thread or post as either, "MATURE CONTENT", "ADULT CONTENT", or "NSFW".
• Please post clear SPOILER warnings if you intend to give away details that would spoil the story for those who have not yet seen the material, preferably by using the <spoiler> tags (dont forget to close the spoiler text with the </spoiler> end tag).
• When starting a New Message Thread, please include details about your topic of discussion or request in the Subject field to help draw in readers who are interested and avoid wasting the time of those who are not. Also helpful in searching for the topic/thread later.
• If you post a link, please provide some detail as to what it is. Identify the material if possible.
• Please post in English, or include an English translation, when possible.
• If seeking material / information, include the results of your own efforts so that others can offer better help (and avoid wasting time and effort on redundant searches).
• When starting a new thread to request material or information, please begin the subject with "REQ:" or "REQUEST".

Etiquette

• Do not post messages in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.
• Do not attack a user for improper spelling and/or grammar. Not all of our community uses English as their native language.
• Please do not stray (far) from the topic of the original post.
• If a poster provides their contact information for any reason, do NOT clutter the Message Board by asking them to contact you. They gave out their contact information for a reason.
• No begging. Ask nicely.
• Do not feed the trolls and spammers. Please ignore them.
• Do not keep asking for clips after others have already posted information on where to obtain the material.
• No bumping. Bumping will be treated as intentional spamming.

Advertising

• Do not post advertisements.
• One exception is for products or services that relate to entries on this site. And even then, only post an announcement once. You should add links or content to the appropriate database entries. Do not repeat this information to the message board. Doing so will be considered spamming.

Miscellaneous

• This list is neither all-inclusive or all-exclusive in nature, and is meant to guide everyone on appropriate content for and conduct on this Message Board.
• The purpose of this Message Board is to share information about transformation-related content, news, ideas, etc. Also acceptable, are conversations that are of interest to the transformation community.
• Moderation of posts for reasons not listed above are at the discretion of the Trusted Users who moderate this website, for the purpose of keeping things within the "spirit" of the owners wishes and the websites purpose.
• If you disagree with a moderation decision, please make an argument as to why it should be reinstated. Use the posting guidelines to justify your point. Do not attack the moderator.