On copyrighted materials, I would not post. Better to include a link (which is easy to do).
PP may also wish to consider a disclaimer that it "takes no responsibility whatsoever for the posting of copyrighted material from any source."
this should then form part of the terms and conditions of using the forums. Those terms and conditions should be deemed to be accepted by anyone posting a message, be it logged in or as a forum guest.
James, can we track the IP addresses of guests ? If not, we may want to further consider allowing "members only" posts. We then get into the discussion whether anyone can join automatically, or whether all applications are vetted (for valid email addresses etc.) before granting.
Guidelines so far are great. Working on the KISS principle.
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Submitted by Bernard Ertl on Fri, 2003-06-13 13:02
You are correct. We can however, delete the entire content of a message as I just did to the "Shameless Plug!" message in the Project Management Issues Discussion forum.
The PP team may or may not elect to offer a post/thread deletion feature in the future.
Good show on the copyrighted material! I had meant to include that one. Should be OK to post snippets though. How should we word this for the Guideline?
Do not post copyrighted materials. You may quote a few sentences (as long as it is not enough to infringe on the copyright) and post a link to the original source.
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Submitted by Ronald Winter on Fri, 2003-06-13 12:47
About your plan to delete bad entries... I dont believe that we are able to do so. As far as I can see, our powers only extend to editing posted messages and the titles. Am I wrong about this?
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Submitted by Ronald Winter on Fri, 2003-06-13 12:42
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Hey guys,
On copyrighted materials, I would not post. Better to include a link (which is easy to do).
PP may also wish to consider a disclaimer that it "takes no responsibility whatsoever for the posting of copyrighted material from any source."
this should then form part of the terms and conditions of using the forums. Those terms and conditions should be deemed to be accepted by anyone posting a message, be it logged in or as a forum guest.
James, can we track the IP addresses of guests ? If not, we may want to further consider allowing "members only" posts. We then get into the discussion whether anyone can join automatically, or whether all applications are vetted (for valid email addresses etc.) before granting.
Guidelines so far are great. Working on the KISS principle.
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22 years 11 monthsRE: RE: RE: Establishing some guidelines
Ron,
You are correct. We can however, delete the entire content of a message as I just did to the "Shameless Plug!" message in the Project Management Issues Discussion forum.
The PP team may or may not elect to offer a post/thread deletion feature in the future.
Good show on the copyrighted material! I had meant to include that one. Should be OK to post snippets though. How should we word this for the Guideline?
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22 years 10 monthsRE: RE: Establishing some guidelines
About your plan to delete bad entries... I dont believe that we are able to do so. As far as I can see, our powers only extend to editing posted messages and the titles. Am I wrong about this?
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22 years 10 monthsRE: Establishing some guidelines
Great ideas so far. Also, how about:
No posting of copyrighted material. You can include a link to the material if it is found elsewhere on the web.