Rules (Don't)

In order to keep engkabang.net Forums running well and to prevent problems, please follow these simple rules for the forums here. If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to post your suggestion.

Please note this list does not include the full terms of service (also known as your user agreement). These rules are designed to help give a better understanding of what behaviour is expected and make your experience more enjoyable and safe.

By using this forum, you agree to adhere to the following rules:

1. No discussion of any illegal activity or threats of violence.

(ie. illicit drug use, including medical marijuana use, threats of suicide or self-injury, or threatened or intended physical harm). Discussions of suicide or self-harm that are deemed negative and therefore potentially injurious to others are also not permitted.
Discussion of illegal activities such as software and music piracy and other intellectual property violations are not allowed.

2. No use of explicit, obscene or vulgar language or images and/or messages, including racist remarks.

This board is intended for ICT Teacher community use. Inappropriate words will be edited. This also applies to User Names. Accounts with inappropriate user names may be deleted.
All pornographic material or links to it will be deleted and the member will be banned. If it is not fit for school members, it is not fit for here.

3. No posts that attack, insult, "flame", or abuse members or guests.

Respect other members of the community and don't belittle, make fun off, or insult another member. Decisions about health and well-being are highly personal, individual choices. "Flaming" and insults, however, will not be tolerated. Agree to disagree.

4. No advertising or links to advertising or "Spam" is permitted (including signatures).

Advertising or Spam is defined as posting a link for the purpose of selling, soliciting or promoting by someone that has ownership or other "vested interest" to the web site involved, including efforts to promote other online forums or web sites by web site owners.
If you are a web site owner and have a link that fits into this category that you want to share, please submit it to our resource directory (The menu "Link" of this portal) and we will review your submission.
Only links to personal or school home pages are allowed in member profiles. Strictly no link is allowed in the signature. Links must be appropriate and abide by rules #1-4 or they will be removed.
Links to helpful web sites (commercial or otherwise) are allowed when they are posted by someone without any "vested interest" AND whose purpose is NOT to solicit, advertise, promote, fund raise, etc.
Links that direct to a registration of other web sites will be removed or the post will be deleted without prior notice.

5. No use of multiple usernames.

Please register and use only one username for the forums. Posting under multiple user accounts will result in administrative action (ie. banning).
we can and do track all accounts used on the same computer(s) , and consider them one account for the purpose of monitoring violations of these rules. If these rules are violated severely enough to warrant the termination of one account, all known accounts held by that user and/or all accounts using the same computer(s) may also be banned at the administrators' discretion.

6. Do not astroturf or pretend to be/represent somebody else.

Your account will be deleted if found to be in breach of this rule.

7. No posts of copyrighted material.

Information copyrighted or owned by any individual or entity other than the person posting should not be posted on the message boards without the consent of the owner.

8. No posts of lengthy articles.

Sharing information is allowed, but the forums are not to be used to publish articles. It is an improper use of critical forum resources.

9. No posts of an overtly political or religious nature OR posts promoting advocacy of particular personal, medical, legal, religious, political, or non-profit causes.

The forums are intended for offering mutual personal support. Debating controversial subjects should be taken elsewhere. Limited religious references are allowed (ie. "my prayers are with you" or a brief quote as part of a larger post), but the forums should not be used to convert others.

10. No cryptic posts. Using cryptic messages to "skirt" the rules is not permitted.

11. No useless posts.

This includes: Thread bumping, useless one liners, Flamewars, Trolling and Spamming and meaningless icon
Users posting in the forum just to increase their post counts will be warned.

12. If it shouldn't be viewed by minors, then it shouldn't be posted to the forums or chat rooms.

This is a public, family-friendly, school forum. In addition, if something would not be considered "safe" (to a teacher or student), then it shouldn't be posted.

13. No SHOUTING

Remember, using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS in posts is considered yelling and rude, plus it is difficult to read.

14. No duplicate posts.

If no-one answers your question or responds to your post, please "bump" it rather than posting it again. Posting the same question over and over or in every forum will just annoy people and will not get answers.
To delete accidental duplicate posts, PM the PortalTeam or the admin.

15. No irrelevant or off-topic posts.

Posts which are not relevant to the forum topic may be deleted at the moderator's discretion.

16. No lengthy signatures.

Limit signatures to 3 lines or less. Moderators will edit and/or remove signatures that are too long. Signature is the place only for putting your full name and the place you work or study.

17. No Trolling

Messages intended solely to annoy and/or offend other users by going against the clear nature of a board or topic is not allowed. This includes, but is not limited to: provoking other users to respond with flames, making misleading topic titles, asking obviously useless questions, and posting false information as fact.

Failure to abide by these rules may result in an editing, negative moderation or deletion of your post. We reserve the right to ban abusers from the site. We reserve the right to change these rules at any time.