The Basic Rules:
Be respectful and use common sense.
Don’t try circumventing the rules.
Specific Rules:
Don’t insult others, or engage in name-calling.
'Thread-crapping' (disrespecting) other members' threads is not allowed.
'Spamming' results in immediate and permanent banning.
Post in the one best forum for your topic; one thread per topic, no duplicates.
No political, religious, racist, sexist, pornographic or excessively profane content.
Snobbery and reverse snobbery are equally not allowed.
'Trolling' (inciting controversies) and 'Crusading' (aggressive proselytizing of anything) are not allowed.
Conflicts or gripes with other people or other forums do not belong on AK.
All questions of value and links to auctions or ads belong in the Dollars and Sense forum.
Only one account per user. If you have an account problem, contact an administrator.
Forum Rules:
Many forums have additional rules or guidelines posted at the top of their pages as ‘Sticky’ threads. Some forums, such as "Thinking Out Loud", "Dollars and Sense" and "The Cutting Edge", have very strict rules. Please check each forum's 'Stickies' before posting. For questions PM the forum moderator.
Advertising:
No advertising of any kind (even give-aways) is permitted on AK except under these rules, which are strictly applied:
You cannot advertise or promote any business without pre-approval as an AK Vendor.
All ads or offers to sell, buy or trade anything must be in Barter Town.
Non-Subscribers cannot make offers to buy, sell or trade anywhere on AK.
Application:
Everything above applies to every aspect of AK: your avatar, user title, signature, content of posts, the chat room, visitor and private messages, and emails sent via AK. PMs and AK-emails remain private unless we receive a copy in a complaint. Links in posts are also covered, so in general you can't link to an ad for a business, to a porn site, offensive material, or for the purpose of getting around someone's copyright.
All posted content is licensed to AK, for permanent use on this site. AK may restrict, edit or remove content at will. Posting anyone else's copyrighted material must fall within the copyright fair use rules. If the owner offers the content anywhere else for a charge, it cannot be re-posted in substance here. AK will not assist in violating a copyright, and will remove content upon receipt of a demand by anyone who can demonstrate actual ownership, without argument.
All rules are applied with common sense. If it's really intended to generate business, it's an ad. If it's a link to a funny ad for something not offered for sale on the internet, it's not. If a topic is so controversial that it draws many political responses, it's political. On the other hand, asking for prayers for a loved one isn't a religious controversy.
Moderation:
What may happen if you violate the rules?
Your post may be edited or removed.
Blatant or repeated violations can result in being suspended, or permanently banned.
The volunteer moderation staff does their very best to enforce these rules fairly. All questions on AK policy, moderation or staff members must be addressed via AK's Private Message function to a moderator or admin, and comments on moderation may never appear in the public boards.
Thanks for your cooperation and enjoy the forums!
There they are ---the rules --follow them and you will have no problem.
With my regards --James
