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These are, of course, rules and guidelines that apply to the entire forum rather than the individual boards. Most of these things are common sense and yet they are still broken all the time. (1) Post in the correct board This is really not too much to ask. If you are new please look through all the boards first before blindly and randomly posting in the first board you click on, as I've seen done so many times. You should be able to figure out which board to post in by simply looking through the boards and their descriptions, but for those who lack the patience for that, there is "Where Should I Post?", a sticky in GT. (2) Read the stickies in each board before posting there The stickies are there to help you. If you ignore them you will end up with a warning more often than not. Most boards only have two or three stickies, and if one of them says "Rules", "Must Read" or "Read Before Posting", I'd read at least that one if you're too lazy or illiterate to read the others. If there is a table with rules or guidelines at the top of the page in a board, you'd best read that too, especially if the title is bouncing or scrolling around. (3) Do not PM staff members with trivial questions Only PM staff if you have a private matter to discuss with them that cannot be placed on the board, they have asked you too, or you have some other valid reason for doing so. (4) Advertising Linking to external boards will only be allowed in the affiliates section, no where else. You can have banners and links in your sig, but please read the next rule concerning images. (5) Do not stretch the board with large images... in your signature or in a post. An image larger than 540 pixels will stretch the board. Vertically, the entire signature should not exceed 300 pixels. Avatars should not exceed 50kb in filesize. The fact that they get resized makes no difference. You may have up to three banners in your sig. Animations are allowed. In addition, if your post somehow ends up stretching the board without images, like you've posted a code or long URL and it causes the board to stretch, modify your post and fix it. Put a space somewhere in the long line, or whatever you have to do. (6) Porn/Spam/and thing we just don't like Porn and spam are every admin's worst nightmare. If you see these spambots funking up the board, PM a staff member. Do NOTHING. That only encourages him/her/it. And images concerning… private things may not be posted or written about, or you will risk a very long timeout. In addition to the above, obey the truly common sense rules that apply to all of ProBoards. Don't post anything that breaks the Terms of Service. Don't rip codes or images. Don't spam. Don't flame or harrass other users. Don't use excessive foul language. Use the modify button instead of pointless double- or triple-posting. Respect the staff members. You must be 13 years old to be a member, etc., etc.