General Rules

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The following Forum Rules and Guidelines have been established for our community to insure organization, professionalism, and safety on www.northdenverphotographers.com at all times. While participating in our forum, please be sure to adhere to all of the following guidelines and do not hesitate to contact any Administrator or Moderator should you have any questions about our guidelines.

Overall Guideline:

Normal dialog between members within the thread including answering other's questions just once, providing new or additional information that has not already been stated, or asking valid questions that have not already been asked and answered in the thread is the main purpose in any forum. This basic guideline holds true on the forum as long as the same exact thoughts worded differently are not posted by the same person to as many threads as they can possibly find to stick it in.

Specific Guidelines:

• Respect other members at all times. Even if you do not agree with a particular member's opinion, do not resort to any type of insults or name calling.

• Spamming is not allowed. Examples include meaningless one or few word posts, "bumping" threads, "smiley face" only posts, "copy & pasting" the same replies or topics over and over, etc.

• Do not go down the list of threads, and add something to each one for the sake of increasing your post count. Please only post if you have a legitimate comment, question, or concern.

• Take the time to read all of the thread. Do not post questions that have already been answered.

• If creating threads on programs, please update that thread as often as you can with useful information.

• No profane or vulgar language permitted. This includes acronyms for profane phrases, and substitution of characters in an obviously profane word. Example: "a**"

• Please keep all topics and replies in good taste and with all audiences in mind. If you feel that someone could potentially be personally offended by something you post, refrain from posting it.

• Avoid creating multiple threads about the same topic. Use the forum's Search Feature to find current discussions about your question or concern before creating a new topic.

• No Off-Topic posts. Each thread contains a subject. Discussions are to be related only to the topic at hand.

• Do not "troll" on the forum. Although members are encouraged to state their opinion, a constant negative attitude about everything is not welcome.

• Do not spread lies and/or rumours. If you believe something is a "scam", please provide some type of compelling and verifiable evidence.

• Forum signatures are currently set to "Upgraded Members Only" to help prevent spamming of advertisements and referral links. Signatures inside of posts linking to off topic sites or programs are also not permitted.

• Please keep your personal information to yourself. Do not post email addresses, phone numbers, full names, payment processor ID numbers, or other personal information for your own safety.

• Individual or private issues will not be resolved on the forum. Please use the main site's PM Feature to address your private issues.

Members who are not in compliance of these rules are subject to have their posts edited and/or removed. Management and staff reserves the right to determine which posts are inappropriate for the forum. Members will always be warned about forum rule violations and may be suspended or permanently banned if there are severe or constant behavior issues.

These Guidelines & Rules are subject to change at any time with or without notice. It is every member’s responsibility to frequently monitor changes to these guidelines.

Regards,

North Denver Photographers Staff