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Anything considered in contrast to our community purpose will not be permitted.
Posts and comments intended to provoke conflicts are prohibited.
These rules include the Private Message system.
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“Baiting” is termed as a post where you invite other members to contact, rather than post information publicly. This is prohibited and any posts with invitations to contact for more information will either be edited or deleted entirely. The user posting may be banned depending on the nature of the content.
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Many people are offended by vulgar language. Please restrict the use of profanity and vulgar language.
This includes attempts to disguise profanity by using *s to mask letters or by the use of acronyms and abbreviations.
www.wingchundiscussion.com is an English speaking forum. Please take the time to post in plain, legible English.
Asian characters such as kanji and kana must be accompanied by an English translation.
Abuse / Flaming / Derogatory Comments:
Abusive Comments, personal attacks, flaming, or derogatory insults or comments are strictly forbidden.
It is fine to disagree with another member’s point of view, but please do so in a mature and civil manner.
If someone posts to discuss their personal problems or seeks help from other forums members, please do not respond unless you have something positive or helpful to add.
If you find yourself being flamed or insulted by another member, please report the post.
“Trolling” or making posts with the intention of creating problems is prohibited.
This includes registering an alternative ID for the sole purpose of creating problems on the forums. “Troll ID’s” will be locked immediately and permanently, and the IP address will be banned.
“Junk” posts are posts that do not add to the overall content of the website. A good example of this can be found in posts asking for information on a topic for which the responder has no answer. If the responder were to reply to this thread by saying, “Nope, I have no information”, this is a junk post. There is no reason to comment because your silence is as good as saying you do not have any information to contribute.
Off-Topic posts are subject to editing or removal at moderators’ discretion, and without notification.
Please post your topics in the most appropriate group.
ALL of the rules listed apply to the Private Messaging content.
The report post function is there to serve as an efficient way of notifying the moderators that there is a post or private message that breaks the website rules
Abuse of this function is prohibited including but not limited to, reporting posts or messages (by a member with whom you may have a disagreement) that do not actually break the Terms of Service.
www.wingchundiscussion.com Administration has the right to close or remove any post or thread we have a strict policy of keeping the posts in this community progressive.
Posts that create an unnecessary amount of conflict and serve no further purpose may be closed at the moderator’s discretion.
Administration Dispute Resolution:
If you are having a problem on www.wingchundiscussion.com that you feel you cannot solve by any other means available to you, we invite you to contact one of the www.wingchundiscussion.com administrators via email therealmartialartist@gmail.com
Disciplinary action is at the discretion of staff and applied on a case by case basis.
All disciplinary actions may be disputed via email therealmartialartist@gmail.com
In extreme or repeated cases of disregard for these Terms of Service, members may be temporarily or permanently banned from the site.
While temporary bans can be of any duration, common bans are 3, 7 and 14 days.
Due to the volume of members, we do not have time to contact banned members individually. If you feel your banning is in error, please contact us via email therealmartialartist@gmail.com