We strive to maintain the community forum as a credible resource for online members with a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. This guide explains how we work to accomplish this goal, by explaining some of the regulations of the HERD Forum.
General - Moderation - Our forum is moderated by HERD Members.
- Posts - Posts must be constructive and on topic. Moderators may delete posts that do not meet the Acceptable Use Policy. Moderators reserve the right to remove any topics deemed inappropriate or disruptive to the community.
- Etiquette - Moderators are not instructed to censor opinions or ideas but will take action against posts and/or topics that cause unrest beyond civil and polite disagreements. Members may not post personal attacks towards other members.
- Issues - If you have an issue concerning members and/or policies, please send a private message to a moderator. All moderators, administrators and support staff are highlighted in the active members list.
The Golden Forum Rules
This forum is made publicly available for the community in order to provide a valuable resource for HERD enthusiasts located all over the world. In order to keep this forum a valuable resource, we require all forum members to abide by the rules. Please be aware that many people like to read this site from work and therefore graphics that would generally break most workplace rules have a negative impact on people's ability to use the site.
Violation of any of these rules will result in consequences determined on a case-by-case basis.
- Profanity, discriminatory, racial and/or sexist remarks are prohibited.
- Inflammatory remarks intended to hurt or offend a member and/or moderator are not tolerated.
- Spamming, public or private will result in a user ban indefinitely.
- Pornography and illegal content may not displayed nor linked from this forum.
- Posting must be placed in the appropriate forum channel and contain a descriptive subject line.
- Postings placed in inappropriate forum channels will be considered off-topic and either moved or deleted. Non-descriptive titles and descriptions will be renamed.
- Linked and locked topics are pruned regularly. If you have a question about where a topic resides, please PM a Moderator before starting a new topic asking where it went or posting a posting a duplicate thread of the original topic. Moderators are happy to provide a link to thread locations as well as explain the reasoning behind why a thread is locked and/or removed.
- If you are linking to external content, you should link directly to that content. It is unacceptable to use link-thru systems to mask the original URL.
- Whilst debate and opinions are welcome, posts and threads that lower the standards of this site will be locked or deleted.
- Cross-posting (posting the same content in multiple channels) is not acceptable. All duplicate posts will be deleted.
- Sensitive topics such as account information and security issues are not to be discussed in the forum. Topics that could compromise sensitive information or serve to potentially harm a member will be deleted.
- If a thread is deleted by a moderator and the offending user attempts to re-post a similar thread, it is possible that the user will lose "member" privileges.
- User profiles, including signatures with inappropriate content, will be modified without notification.
- Abusive behavior of any kind will not be tolerated and may result in the ban of the involved accounts. If you have experienced abusive behavior from a member, please inform a forum moderator.
- If you feel a forum moderator is abusing forum rules or behaving unethically, please contact an Administrator via PM.
If you have questions or suggestions relating to these regulations, please contact the forum moderator team. Thank you for visiting our HERD Forum. We hope you enjoy your stay.
Searching
Before posting a problem you are experiencing, please search the forums for related postings which may help you further.
User Profiles
Click on the My Profile to update your member information.
Member Awareness
Each member has a profile which can be accessed via the "My Profile" link in the header.
It is appreciated if all information can be entered truthfully, to be able to present one’s self to the community in a better manner.
Signatures
Profiles, including signatures, with inappropriate content may be modified without prior notification.
Disclaimer
The site and forum moderators reserve the right to modify or delete any inappropriate content on the forums without prior notification. The HERD name and/or logo may be used as a point of reference in connection to events organized through the website but it is expressly stated that such events are not sponsored or endorsed by the owner of the site, administrators, moderators and/or members. Permission must be requested from the owner of the website for official endorsement or sponsorship of anything that bears the HERD name and/or logo.
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