Carolina Panthers Den: *Guidelines*

CAROLINA PANTHERS DEN BOARD USAGE POLICY

As a member of this board, you must follow these rules.

• No excessive use of profanity(particularly in the Sports & Off-Topic Discussion forums.)
• No Personal Attacks.
• No racial, ethnic, gender insults or any other discriminations.
• No offensive or harmful posts/PMs.
• No "Drama Queen/King" or "Attention Whore" Posts or Topics!
• Spam is not allowed. This includes short, useless posts, advertising links, or excessive repeat posting. "Spamming Trolls" will be BANNED!!!
• Circumventing of the Bad Word filters is prohibited.
• Recruiting our Members for other boards is prohibited!-Immediate suspension for violators!
• Registering more than one user ID per Member is not permitted! Multiple accounts for the same user are prohibited! Violators will have thier account suspended indefinately! If you require a name change for your Member ID or need to create a new account due to technical or personal issues please contact an Administrator. You must have a valid reason for the change. Any changes will be at the discretion of Panthers-Den Staff.
• Any impersonation is strictly not allowed.
• Pornography, warez, and any other illegal activities are not allowed.
• All posts are property of the poster and are the poster's responsibility.
• Complaints about a staff member should be sent by PM to an Admin.
• You may not display or link to another Carolina Panthers Forum and/or Football Forum in your signiture or profile, unless they are an Affiliate of Panthers-Den Forums. Other NFL websites without forums are permitted. Other non-Football forums are also permitted with a link exchange back to Panthers-Den.(i.e Baseball, hockey, music, etc.)
• Large images or several images should be linked to and not posted directly (You may post a smaller version of the photo on the board, not larger than 350 Length x 450 Height in pixles and under 150kb.)
• Max Signature size: You may have images that total 450 Length x 150 Height or less in pixels and under 150kb. You signature should not have more than 5 lines of small text or one line of large text no bigger than a font of 21 in size.
• Avatars may be no larger than 90x90pxls & 50kb unless otherwise specified.
• Post in an appropriate forum. If your topic is placed in the wrong forum, it may be moved.
• Do not post without using correct grammar, or without attempting to use correct grammer. We have "Spell Check" - Please use It!
• Random, non-sensical posting with the specific intent to raise your postcount known as "Postwhoring" is prohibited except where authorized by the Administrator
• Topics may be deleted or closed to keep the board organized and up to date.
• Do NOT post an article or quotes from such article without giving credit to it's news source and author!
• Absolutely no SHOUTING in threads or topics. A short phrase is exceptable but not the entire post!
• If you do NOT post at least once within 30 days your account may be deleted at the discretion of the Administrator!

** Private Messaging will be available to New MEMBERS on a limited supervised basis until you reach 5 posts. W3e've incorporated this to reduce SPAM and unwarrented use. Once you have reached the required posts, you will then have complete use of the PM system. We may increase the post requirement if necessary. **

Panthers-Den Staff reserves the right, at its own discression, to edit, remove or delete any posted content that is considered objectionable or otherwise unsuitable for this forum.

Violation of any of these rules will result in the appropriate action by Admin.

Please adhere to the TOS and enjoy your stay at Panthers-Den Forums!-"Where The Fans ROOOAAAAR!"