We have implemented the following guide for using our community forums. This guide is designed to strike a balance between the main goal of our forums, providing support, and keeping the relaxed and welcoming atmosphere of our community which has made our services so popular.



* We require all technical support questions are issued through the services we provide. Please do not send a private message or email to a staff member requesting technical help. Instead, please use our member center support tickets or telephone support for asking technical support questions.

* We require all posts to be positive, constructive, and on topic. We may delete individual posts that could ruin a good topic thread.

* We reserve the right to remove any topics we deem inappropriate or disruptive to our community. Please note that, from time to time, topics may be removed for being inappropriate even though your individual post in that topic may have been perfectly fine. Please do not feel this reflects badly on you.

* Having fun is good, we like fun. There are several general forums for non-NCJH related topics. Please keep it positive and polite. We do not censor opinions or ideas on our forums but we do take action against posts and/or topics that could cause unrest in the community beyond a civil and polite disagreement.

* You may not make personal attacks on other users or staff members either in public forums or private messages.

* You may not use profanity. It is unprofessional and offensive and will not be tolerated. We have word filters in place for the most vulgar terms. Circumventing those word filters will result in punitive action.

* You may not advertise or promote other companies or their programs which may compete with NCJH

* We reserve the right to ban any member who violates our guidelines or disrupts our community. We will be fair and provide warning in most cases.

* If you have an issue concerning our services, policies, or staff, please use a personal contact method such as a private message or email to a staff member. All moderators, administrators, and support staff are highlighted in the active members list. We take serious complaints to heart and will do our best to address them.



The Golden Rules

1. There will be no excessive use of profanity.

2. There will be no racial, ethnic, gender based insults or any other personal discriminations.

3. There will be no posts meant to offend or hurt any other member, in a manner which is offensive or inflammatory.

4. Spamming is not permitted; please keep all your posts as constructive as possible.

5. Pornography, Warez, or any other illegal transactions may NOT be linked in any shape or form.

6. All posts are property of the poster. This forum and all web sites owned in conjunction with this forum have the right to request alteration or deletion of any offensive post. Posts may be deleted for any reasons the forum administrators deem reasonable.

7. Users may not argue a moderators decision publicly. Any and all complaints directed at a moderator must first address the moderator in question via PM. If the problem can not be resolved, then the moderator and user must send their positions to the forum admin. The forum admin will make or change any and/or all final decisions.

8. Pictures may be posted as long as they are not explicit or offensive. If you plan to post more than one image, or the topic is based on graphics, please link the images rather than screening.

9. Signatures may contain images, but may not be any larger than 300x150. If your signature is larger than the allotted size given, you will be requested by a moderator to resize your image. Please also keep text signatures under 5 lines. Failing to append with a moderator will result in the removal of your
signature.

10. Advertising,commercial-related or competing products are all forbidden in any relation to your account.

11. Please keep foul language to a minimum, any excessive un-called for language will be removed and you will receive a final warning.

12. Remember to post in the correct forum. Take your time to look at other topics and see where your topic should go. If your topic is placed in the wrong forum, it will be moved by a moderator.

13. If a topic is recognized as being posted in the wrong forum, or if the post is a violation of our guidelines then please contact a moderator either via PM or the 'report post to moderator' feature; please do not respond publicly to the member - a member of staff will do what is required upon contact. Any person/s who attempt to present themselves as a Moderator by posting negatively to a member's topic (which has been posted in error and requires locking or moving to another forum) will be sent a PM warning and placed into moderation queue upon further actions.

14. Any impersonation of a user from these forums, in any mode of communication, is strictly prohibited and will result in a banning.

15. Linked and locked topics are pruned regularly to reduce page clutter. If you have a question about where your topic went, please PM a Moderator or Administrator before starting a new topic asking where it went, or posting a duplicate of the original topic. We will be happy to provide you with a link to the new location, or a reason why it was locked and/or removed.

16. You may have one username on the board at any one time. If you wish to change your name, you can do so through the Change Display Name option in your user control panel. We reserve the right to merge or delete multiple accounts.



Violation of any of these rules will result in consequences determined on a case-by-case basis.

Other Rules:

1. Please BE COURTEOUS to other users. It is OK to argue against someone's position; it is NOT OK to insult or attack another person.

2. Do not repeat things that have already been said. This means you are responsible for READING PREVIOUS POSTS before making a post yourself. Obviously, if there are hundreds of posts on a topic, you won't be required to read every one, but you should read a significant portion of them. Users who constantly repeat things that have already been said do not add anything of value to the discussions in our Forums.

3. Do not start a new thread if there already is one on your subject. Yes, this means you must scan the existing threads first to ensure that you are not duplicating one.

4. Do not start a new thread unless you have something significant, interesting, and/or relevant to say.

5. Make sure you are posting in the most specific forum possible. For example, if you want to discuss Grand Theft Auto Vice City, you would post in the "Grand Theft Auto series" forum (and not in "Playstation 2 Games" or "General Games Discussion").

6. Do not post the same message in multiple threads or forums. Pick the one best forum and thread for your message.

7. Use complete sentences, correct grammar, and correct spelling in all of your posts.

8. DO NOT USE ALL CAPS in your posts. This is a very good way to get yourself banned from the Forums.

9. In the Movie forums, any spoilers must be in black text, with a warning before the spoiler (e.g., "Spoiler alert:"). (To read these spoilers after they are posted, highlight the black text with your mouse.) If you do not hide your spoilers in black text, there will be a lot of angry people on your case, and you certainly don't want that.

10. Do not post just to sell a product, promote a website, etc. Posts are for legitimate discussion of relevant topics only.

11. Do not include somebody else's copyrighted material in your posts. For example, if you are discussing a particular review and want others to be able to read the full review, you may LINK to the review, but you may not cut and paste the full text of the review into your post. (Short quotes are acceptable, however, if you cite the source).

Registered members of the Forums may read and post messages, and create and vote in new polls. (Registration is free.) Non-registered members may only read messages; they may not post new ones. (So go ahead and register if you haven't already!).

NCJH Forum editors and specially designated moderators do read through many of the posts and will be enforcing the guidelines listed above. In addition, if you encounter a post that violates these guidelines, please report the violation to us (look for this symbol at the lower right of the post: ). Doing so will ensure that everyone else enjoys a better experience in the Forums. If you receive a warning from NCJH Forum about a violation, please take it seriously and follow the guidelines in the future. If you repeatedly fail to follow the guidelines, you can be banned from the Forums.

All registered Forums users receive "Karma Points" for various tasks, such as posting a message to the Forums. As your total of Karma Points increases, you will notice that your title (which appears under your name when you post a message) will change. NCJH Forum editors and moderators may also award bonus points at their discretion. (Similarly, they may deduct points for failure to adhere to the guidelines above.)