- No Spam. Spamming can be defined as either posting multiple times about the same thing or starting multiple topics about the same thing. Spamming is also defined as constantly posting off-topic as well as providing links that have nothing to do with the forum or thread at hand. Spam will be deleted without warning.
- No Slander. While we encourage lively debates and discussions, we will not tolerate personal attacks of any kind. Any person attacking another forum member will receive a warning and have their offensive posts removed. One more offense and the offending member will be permanently suspended from myaquarium.com.au. Any member that physically threatens another member on myaquarium.com.au will result in an automatic suspension immediately. Treat others in your posts as you would like to be treated yourself. Insults, offensive language or anything offensive will be deleted without warning if considered unacceptable by an official Moderator or member of myaquarium.com.au staff. Content that is insulting to anyone based on gender, lifestyle, religion, ethic group, race etc. is unacceptable and will be deleted without warning. myaquarium.com.au will not tolerate posts which defame individuals, other online "forums", businesses or companies.
- No flame wars. There is no place for that on these message boards. Topics that are designed to start a flame war (defined as an offensive argument that serves no purpose but to make others upset.) will be treated as Spam and deleted without warning.
- Stay on-topic. There will be some leniency on this, and we don't mind if you bring in another comment or two, but try to stay focused. If you think it's a good enough topic, start a new thread about it. This also prevents losing a good idea amongst a thread about another topic. Threads that wander off-topic will be closed and/or trimmed or moved to its appropriate forum.
- No illegal topics. Illegal software, pornography, copyright material, or items that may offend others are not welcome and will be removed without warning. Posters of such material will be dealt with on a case by case basis; this may include warnings and/or being removed permanently from the site.
- No Impersonating. Attempting to pose as a myaquarium.com.au staff member, an employee of any of affiliates or any other registered user will not be tolerated and will result in the deletion of that username. This also applies to variations of registered names.
- We, the myaquarium.com.au staff or official Moderators, reserve the right to edit, delete, or ban any content found on this site without warning.
- Signatures & Avatars. Images within your signature must not be larger than 468x60 in size. Any text within your signature must not exceed 4 lines. Avatars and signatures should not have any offending images. Anything which is considered offensive will be removed immediately from the site. The site should be able to be viewed in front of children. Please keep it this way. Signatures should not contain advertising or links to non site related products or services, doing so will have your signature removed.
- We reserve the right to modify these rules without warning.
- Image Posting. The inclusion of pictures within messages is allowed on this site. Referring to images that are copyrighted and protected by that site is not to be included on our site without the express written permission of the owner of the copyrighted image(s).
Failure to follow these rules will result in either a warning, temporary ban or a permanent ban, based of the severity of the offense. More serious violations of these rules may result in further steps taken with your Internet Service Provider or higher authorities.
Please respect this site and all its community members.
If you feel someone has offended you with their comments please let us know immediately at help@myaquarium.com.au. We will endeavor to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Do not drag personal issues with individuals into the forum if you do have an issue please take it up with one of the moderators or admin before posting in the forum, any breaches of this will result in the immediate removal of your posting abilities and a review of your access to the site.
General Posts
Any posts which may be considered offensive, or be of a criminal nature will be removed immediately and your account may be removed or suspended.. We will also not tolerate abusive, harassing or obscene behavior on the site. Anything which is deemed offensive by myaquarium.com.au management will be removed at our discretion. Any post blatantly advertising a company or site will be deleted. This is to prevent against unwanted spamming.
myaquarium.com.au and its staff are not responsible for any messages posted.
We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of myaquarium.com.au or its staff. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email at help@myaquarium.com.au or report the posts contents to a member of the moderating team.
We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary.
You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use the myaquarium.com.au forum to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violate any law.
We reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless, myaquarium.com.au, The Community and their agents with respect to any claim based upon transmission of your message(s). As a privately owned website we reserve the right to revoke your membership to the forum or disable your posting ability for any or no reason whatsoever.
The opinions and comments made in the posts written by our members are the rights to and the responsibility of the individual member. myaquarium.com.au assumes no responsibility for the content expressed or implied by its membership.
Classifieds Section
A member may post items for sale in the Classifieds section. Any items considered illegal or of an offensive nature will be deleted and your account may be suspended and or deleted.
Members should be aware that when placing an item for sale in the Classifieds section, or when purchasing an item that was posted in the aforementioned area, there is a "buy/sell at your own risk" policy in effect. Items posted without prices may be deleted at any time. myaquarium.com.au is in no way responsible for any transactions that take place as result of a posting on this site. If there is a problem, it needs to be privately resolved between the parties and myaquarium.com.au will not get involved or be held responsible for any conflict.
For every item, please post a description (condition, colour, etc.) and a price. No auction style topics are allowed.
Please supply a location to the nearest state if possible to allow members to assess the feasibility of purchasing any item’s posted for sale.
Commercial Postings
myaquarium.com.au is provided to members without charge however, running the site is not free. For this reason, the owner may from time to time enter into a commercial agreement with one or more suppliers of products and/or services.
Members may discuss products, services or 'deals' in the appropriate section’s offered by any company, business, or other commercial entity to provide members with advise or for informational purposes.
Members may not have links in their signature to products, services or 'deals' offered by any company, business, or other commercial entity unless the member is a sponsor, member of the moderating team or has been given permission from the moderating team.
Members may post about services and or products that they have seen displayed, advertised or otherwise publicised by or for any company, business, or other commercial entity to provide information or recommendations to members, which may assist or provide benefit in making a decision on a product or service with respect shown to the current sponsored companies of the site by not spamming the product or service.
Feel free to post personal opinion, discuss and/or seek advice regarding any legal product and/or service. However the post must not be to deliberately sell a product and or service. It must be for technical or product information only.
Any posts or links directing members to a non-supporting company, business, or other commercial entity on the basis of soliciting business will be deleted without warning. Members who post in this manner may be suspended or banned.
If you are providing information to members or are talking about a product or service and you are representing a company you must follow the guidelines below:
You must identify your company name within your forum signature, however you may not have links to your companies site and/or service within your signature.
If it is brought to the attention of the moderating team that you are a company, business, or other commercial entity using the myaquarium.com.au site to promote your business or to sell or distribute products deliberately, you will be billed one months advertising fee per occurrence AND may be removed from posting on the site depending on circumstances and assessment by the moderating team.
These guidelines are also applicable to the use of the Private Messaging service, otherwise known as "PM" provided by the myaquarium.com.au forum for use by members.
Moderators
myaquarium.com.au Moderators are a group of volunteers to help facilitate discussion relating to myaquarium.com.au. They should not to be argued with in the public forum when enforcing forum rules and guidelines. All members are welcome to speak with the moderators about their concerns in a polite and calm manner in private. If you have a complaint, you can contact the administrator.
Do not attack moderators. They are here by choice alone, and have been bestowed the privilege of maintaining this site, and acting on direct authority from the Owner and Administrator himself to enforce the rules, regulations, etiquette, and desired environment of myaquarium.com.au.
If you have any questions, comments, or issues with a moderator, please contact the administrator at admin@myaquarium.com.au
Advertising
If you are a company and are interested in advertising on the site at a competitive rate, please email us at advertising@myaquarium.com.au for further information.
Advertising on myaquarium.com.au will enable you to have a dedicated area on the site to discuss your product/service as well as product banners being displayed throughout the site.
Donations to the Site
All donations to the site are used to cover costs for hosting, maintenance and operations of the site. Moderators nor the admin are paid for involvement with the site. Donations may be used for paying for events and promotion of the site to others. As a donator to the site you are given privelages above and beyond normal members. Due to the way donations are handled on the site and the fact the money is reinvested into the site and site events, donations are not refundable on the basis of a member leaving the site, disagreements with moderators, due to moderation, or own free will.
Copyright
The My Aquarium (myaquarium.com.au) Forum make no claim of ownership of any pictures/articles (or part thereof) posted in the forum and assumes in good faith that the poster either owns the picture/article or has legal rights to use it in this manner. Any breach of copyright will be the sole responsibility of the poster.
ALL CONTENTS ON THIS SITE ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT. EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED HEREIN, NO PORTION OF THE INFORMATION ON THIS WEB SITE, INCLUDING IMAGES MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM, OR BY ANY MEANS, WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION FROM MYAQUARIUM.COM.AU. USERS OF THIS FORUM ARE NOT PERMITTED TO MODIFY, DISTRIBUTE, PUBLISH, TRANSMIT ANY MATERIAL FOUND ON THIS SITE FOR ANY PUBLIC OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
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