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These rules supersede all previous rules although in the main they are not too different to what used to be.

All members are asked to read these updated rules and post a reply in http://goldentalk.com/t25587.html indicating that they have done so. A simple “I have read the updated rules” will do although members are free to include a comment about them if they wish. Any posts made without an indication that the updated rules have been read after these amended rules have been published are liable to being deleted.

All crude, rude or offensive words anywhere in the forum will get the post deleted and the offender banned.

Purpose of this Forum
The major purpose of this forum is to exchange information about HYIP's etc, share experiences and to help newcomers to the HYIP scene (and others) avoid making expensive mistakes.

This forum is not a means of gaining referrals or a passport to touting for them. Members who make good quality and informative posts will gain a good reputation and others will be inclined to look at their signature rather than someone else’s if they want to join the programme being discussed.

Abuse and Misuse of the forum.
Abuse of the Forum Rules, misuse of the forum, abuse of fellow members, abuse directed at Moderators and forum Admin will not be tolerated. Abusers will be banned without warning. This does not mean that Moderators are inviolate. If you consider that you have been the subject of abuse by a forum Moderator you have the right to complain to the forum Administrator.

Registration
When registering please DO NOT use a web site URL in full as your user name. E.g mywebsite is OK. www.mywebsite.com or www.mywebsite or mywebsite.com/ is NOT. This includes mywebsitedotcom and the like. Please DO NOT use an offensive or crude word as a user name.

Offenders will be banned and invited to register again using a legitimate user name. All posts under the illegal user name will be deleted.

Multiple Identities
Multiple identities will not be allowed. This is to protect forum members from the misleading information that multiple identities can, and do, generate.

Members found with multiple identities will have all identities banned.

Exception: If you have a legitimate need for an alternate identity on forum, you may apply to a Moderator or to the Forum Admin for permission.

Avatars
Please DO NOT use an avatar that is a web site logo or contains the web site URL or name. It will be deleted if you do.

Profile Location
You may not use your web site URL or web site name as your profile location. You don’t live in a web site. Offenders will be banned and invited to register again. All posts with your web site URL or web site name as your location in your profile will be deleted.

Will members please put their location in their public profile? It is nice to see where everyone is from. Just a town or country will do. This will help if a member has problems accessing a site whilst others do not.

Signatures
Signatures may contain referral URL’s. There is a 300 characters limit on the whole signature. Please keep your signatures up to date. If a web site in your signature has turned into a scam remove it or replace it with another ASAP.

General Posting Rules
1) Please ensure that your posts go into the correct folder. It helps us to keep the forum with a semblance of tidiness.

2) Please DO NOT make nonsensical posts. They will be deleted and repeat occurrences will get the poster banned.

3) When posting in the “I Have Been Paid By …” and “Scam” folders the post title MUST be the web site name. No abbreviations please. In other folders it would be extremely helpful to all members if the post title were the name of the web site being discussed (not its URL). No abbreviations please. Posts with the web site name as the title of the post will make searches easy.

4) Sooner or later it is going to dawn on someone that they can get round the advertising restrictions by using the site referral URL as the title of a post. Please DO NOT do it. It WILL get you banned.

5) Before making a post please do a search to see if the topic is already being discussed and add your post to it rather than starting a new thread. THIS DOES NOT APPLY IN THE ADVERTISING FOLDER.

6) Posts should not include a referral URL except those made in the Advertising folder. If you need to refer to a web site so that others can offer their opinion on it then post its URL.

7) Please DO NOT plagiarise (copy and paste) other posts.

8) Please DO NOT post in the non-English language folders in a language other than the one for that folder. In other words the French folder is for posts written in French. The German folder is for posts written in German etc. Illegal posts will be deleted. Likewise, please don’t post in languages other than English, in the English folders.

9) Please DO NOT be rude, use foul language or be abusive to other members in your posts.

10) Please DO NOT mix topics in the same post.

11) Posts should be truthful, factual and accurate. If you are posting your OPINION about an HYIP then do not present it as a FACT and back up your opinion with verifiable evidence.

12) If you consider a web site to be a scam tell the forum why you think so.

13) Please DO NOT send a PM or email to another forum member inviting them to join a particular web site unless a member asks you to do so.

14) Please DO NOT refer to your own or any particular member’s signature.
Please DO NOT refer to your own or a particular member’s post in the Advertising folders.
THIS RULE DOES NOT APPLY TO POSTS IN THE ADVERTISING FOLDERS.

Advertisement Posting Rules
15) Any advertising posts placed anywhere else except in Advertising will be deleted.

16) Do not hijack an existing advertising thread by including your own referral URL for that or any other site in your post. If you want to advertise the same programme or a different one, start your own thread.

17) Please do not advertise more than one programme in a thread.

18) Adverts for porn, warez, hate sites, racist sites, hacking sites and the like will be deleted and the poster permanently banned.

Posts infringing the above rules will be liable to deletion, and members may be subject to a permanent ban if their behaviours do not change.

These rules may be applied retrospectively


19th February 2007.
When making a post the facilities to change the text font style, size and colour are available to be used at the discretion of the poster. However these facilities are in place to enable a poster to emphasize words or phrases of a post not to SHOUT a message.

It isn’t smart or clever to make posts in the largest font size in a garrulous colour. All it does is annoy the reader and that reader goes away with a poor impression of the poster.

Members are asked to use the text font style, size and colour facility with discretion.