Getting Banned..What it is and how to avoid it.

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General Policy

We take great pride in providing a clean, on-topic site. This forum is here to provide collectors of Soviet awards a way to exchange information with other collectors from around the globe. Discussion should be kept on-topic at all times, and material which is political, religious, racist, accusatory, inflammatory, disrespectful or discourteous towards other members or towards the moderators is not welcome and won't be tolerated. This forum is not a rallying-point or a soap-box for political or racist leanings or beliefs. If you cannot exist here with these very simple rules, you are not welcome as a member. Keep in mind, this is a private website and as such, we have the right to enforce any rules we like. Your access to this site is a privilege, not a right, and if you abuse your privilege then it will be taken away. These rules apply to all methods of contact with the members or moderators of this forum. If you are harassing members outside the forum, you are using our membership list as a vehicle to vent your aggression and it will not be tolerated.



Moderators

Moderators are each assigned certain sub-forums to watch for message content that is not appropriate. They also watch over all the sub-forums. When they detect message content that goes against forum policy, they will act. The message may simply be edited, for example due to posting a commercial link or reference, or deleted entirely. If a member continues to post material which falls within the off-topic content described in the General Policy, the member will be banned ( blocked from accessing the forum ) according to the below. In general, this is the structure of banning that will lead up to an individual being banned forever.



1st offence: 1 week banning

2nd offence: 30 days banning

3rd offence: Revocation of Membership



Note: special severe circumstances exist which will cause an immediate revocation of membership. The three-offence banning is provided so that members who are in good standing are ensured that they are given an opportunity to re-consider the benefits of membership. If the member values what is going on here, they will have to live by these rules. If a member is being particularly hostile, with an obvious disregard if they retain membership or not, they will have membership revoked immediately.



If you are banned, do not contact us. The moderators vote on the decision to ban a member and any attempt to influence this decision may result in additional banned access to the forum.

All decisions are final.