Blue Crew Forum rules

1. Posts are to be made in the relevant forum. Users
   are asked to read the forum descriptions before posting. Users consistently
   posting to the wrong forum may be given a warning (see policing below).
   
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2. Members should post in a way that is respectful of
   other users. Flaming or abusing users in any way will not be tolerated and
   will lead to a warning.
   
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3. Members are asked to not act as "back seat
   moderators". If members note an issue which contravenes something in this
   policy document they are welcome to bring it to the attention of a member of
   the Moderator Team . Only do this if a moderator team member has not replied
   within 6 hours. Do not respond to such topics yourself. Members who
   consistently "act" as moderators may be warned.
   
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4. Members should remember this board is aimed at a
   general audience. Posting pornographic or generally offensive text, images,
   links, etc. will not be tolerated and will lead to a warning.
   
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5. Members are asked to respect the copyright of other
   users, sites, media, etc. Users linking to or asking for information on
   warez, crackz, etc. or re-printing material without permission will receive
   a warning and their post will be removed.
   
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6. Members should respect the bandwidth of other users
   and sites. The use of inline ([IMG][/IMG]) image tags pointing to data
   stored on third party systems for which the user has not received permission
   to link to may be removed.
   
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7. Members should post in a way which is consistent
   with "normal writing". That is users should not post excessive numbers of
   emoticons, large, small or colored text, etc. Similarly users should not
   SHOUT or use excessive punctuation (e.g. ! and ?) in topic titles or posts.
   Users consistently abusing this will be warned.
   
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8. Spam is not tolerated here under any circumstance.
   This includes offering hosting services (charged and free), installation
   services, etc. Users posting spam will be warned and their post removed. See
   specific item on spam and 3rd party linking for more information.
   
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9. The moderating, support and other teams reserve the
   right to edit or remove any post at any time. The determination of what is
   construed as indecent, vulgar, spam, etc. as noted in these points is up to
   Team Members and not users.
   
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10. The above forum rules where applicable
    also apply to private messaging. Abuse of the private messaging system may
    lead to warnings (as above) and/or the revocation of private messaging.
    
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Policing

1. Indybluecrew operates a three strike
   policy. Users will be warned a maximum of three times for any and all
   offences in a three month period. If the need arises for a fourth warning a
   temporary ban will be put in place of between 1 to 7 days.
   
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2. Arguing with team members after having
   received a warning will lead to an immediate additional warning. Should this
   exceed three strikes a temporary ban will be put in place as above.
   
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3. Any attempt to circumvent a temporary
   ban will lead to that ban being made permanent. Circumvention includes
   re-registering under a non-banned username, changing IP addresses to evade
   an IP ban, registering a new email account of evade an email ban.
   Circumvention includes posting as an anonymous user.
   
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4. An exception to the three strike rule
   applies when users contact team members personally (via any method) and post
   insulting, indecent or vulgar material. Such users may be subject to an
   immediate permanent ban.
   
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5. Permanent bans are a last resort and
   thought is given before implementing them. While Indybluecrew may consider
   lifting permanent bans from time to time this is a rare occurrence.