House Rules

**Dee** · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject: House Rules

First of all, we would like to extend a huge welcome to everyone.

Please take a few minutes of your time to read a few statements and house rules, to help make this forum run smoothly and make it a pleasant place for everyone

Privacy Statement
We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully (in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998)
We do not share any of your personal information with any third parties.

We do not have access to any 'personal data' as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998.

Posting Guidelines
When posting a new topic, please select the forum that you think best relates to the subject of your topic. When posting a new topic please do not use the CAPS lock. It can be difficult to read and is sometimes considered as shouting. Also please avoid text talk, not all members can understand it.
When replying in an existing topic it is fine to use CAPS or bold to Attachments & Links highlight main points.
Any off-topic posts will be deleted or moved to an appropriate forum.
Please do not post in more than one thread with the same topic, choose the appropriate thread.

Multiple Registrations
Please do not sign up with different user names, one is sufficient, If members are found posting under different user names one or ALL will be deleted, If you have forgotten your password, please do not re-register, use the password retrieval button on the home page to be issued with a new one.

Attachments & Links
Images, material or links to images and or material whether real, satirical or implied depicting obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, insulting, or threatening in nature are not permitted on this site.
I would like to remind everyone that posting download links for audio or video streams not already in the public domain is illegal.

Copyright Guidelines
Copyright infringement is illegal. When posting copyrighted material, please use small sections or link to the article. When posting copyrighted material please give credit to the author in your post. Download links for audio or video streams not already in the public domain is illegal.
Please do not post pictures(even with a tag) from any of the picture library sites like Getty or Wenn, Please just post a link back to the photographs

Private Lives
Out of respect to Lee and his family, Please do not start up a thread to discuss Lee's private life or that of his family or girlfriend on this forum. Post of this nature will be removed, Only news articles in the public domain are allowed

PM's
Please do not start a topic, where an individual member is expected to answer, this is what the pm system is for.
Please try keep your Pm box tidy, limits are set, and after these limits are reached you will be unable to receive anymore Pm's until you have deleted old messages.

Photographs
As a common courtesy please ask an individual if they mind you saving any personal pictures they may have posted, Please do not just "take" other peoples photographs.
Also please link back to the original posters site if they are from another forum.

Bad Language
Bad language used on this Forum will not be tolerated. Derogatory statements, flaming, direct or indirect personal attacks or provocation are strictly not permitted. All members have the right to their own ideas, beliefs and faiths. respect and consideration is all I ask for.

Common Courtesy
Please respect moderators and fellow backstage team members. Refrain from inflammatory comments. Abuse towards our moderators and staff will not be tolerated.

Please remember this that we may have younger members, so anything we think is unsuitable will be removed.

Any comments posted that violate these guidelines are routinely removed. We reserve the right to close the accounts of persistent violators of these House Rules

Please do not reveal any personal contact information about yourself on the open forum, such as your address or phone number. This is a public place and anyone is able to view your messages it's for your own safety!

If you have any problems with posts or other members, please contact Admin or one of the mods.

Thanks for your support, let’s keep this a fun and friendly place

The Backstage Crew