9 things...
1. Start new threads in the appropriate forum. Give relevant, precise titles, don't capitalise every letter ("LOOK @ TH1S!!" - is not acceptable).
2. Give meaningful post content which gives people something to discuss - relevant? coherent? formatted?
3. Be civil!
4. Don't post up large 'copy and pastes'.
5. No adverts.
6. Have a look at these tools which may come in handy for the forum.
7. No trolling/direct linking.
8. Overview & legal bit.
9. Threads and posts will be deleted.
Be civil!
The internet is not as far removed from real life as you'd like it to be. People are real, have real feelings and thoughts. Do not abuse people because of their ideas and beliefs for no reason. Be aware that not everyone has read as much Bakunin as you. Be nice to new posters and people developing their ideas. ANY KIND of oppressive, sexist, racist, unreasonable personal abuse, discrimination etc. is not allowed and threads will be removed and offenders banned. Please respect people's privacy and refrain from posting up personal details without their permission.
Copy and pastes
Do not post up large chunks of cut and paste text, but make things easier for others by summarising the article and including a link to the unabridged version. If your text is not available elsewhere online you need to find somewhere to host it - perhaps our library or news section if it is relevant, otherwise use one of these sites to paste the article in then use the link to it - http://docs.google.com (free registration), http://writer.zoho.com (free registration) or http://paste.turbogears.org (no registration required). Post a comment on your summary in order to arouse interest in discussion around the article. What is a long piece of text? Think - would anyone be prepared to sit and read it in the context of a discussion forum?
Advertising
Any form of commercial or personal advertisements will be removed and the poster dealt with. Relevant adverts should be posted in the relevant form. This is a discussion forum, not a free advertising resource and offenders will be warned and then banned. Signature files/avatars are disabled and putting in links to your own website with every post isn't permitted either: we want to hear your opinions, not see the same link with every post!
Useful forum tools
All tools are free and nothing to do with libcom.org, where free registration is required look for the [R].
- http://www.box.net - upload any kind of files publicly and link to them from the forum [R].
- http://imageshack.us - upload, resize and link to images.
- http://docs.google.com - upload long text files (articles, pamphlets) here for referencing on the forums [R].
- http://tinyurl.com/ - turn long web addresses into short ones, or just use the URL button above the comment box.
Trolling/direct linking
Do not directly link to 'hostile' websites (leave gaps in the URL if you wish to refer to them or prefix the URL with http://anonym.to?). Anyone found posting up malicious links on other sites and/or trying to stir up 'board wars' will be banned. Persistently disruptive posters will be banned.
Overview & legal bit
Please remember we run these forums out of our own time and money. Please respect the boards and people putting effort into them. This is not a haven of free speech for some wackos with weird ideas, we have clear aims and ideas about what we are trying to encourage with this project and will strive to maintain those ideas. Forum posts represent the views of the respective posters, we do not take any responsibility for the contents of message boards posts and cannot be held responsible for any information in a post or any actions and events resulting from information within posts. All opinions stated on the forums are those of the individual authors and are not the responsibility of libcom.org.
N.B.
If your thread or post goes against any of these guidelines it is likely to end up in the bin or deleted. You have been warned. Old threads may be deleted without warning. PLEASE MAKE COPIES OF THREADS IMPORTANT TO YOU.
And lastly...
Watch this.