1. Remember the maximum size of your avatar should be 75x75 pixels and your signature image should not be more than 350x200 pixels in dimension. Please remember, you will only be allowed to put 2 images on your signature and 3 lines of texts.
2. No bashing of artists or countries. This means:
- explicitly calling other people foul names
3. Stay safe! Don't tell anyone your phone number or address, or other personal information such as your Friendster or MySpace profile (or any other similar site. You may ask other member's contact infos through PM's.)
4. Keep everything internet-friendly. This covers text, images and choice of username.
5. Posting of images are allowed as long as the size is 700x700 pixels.
6. No posts made to hurt back. Complaints should be posted in the Questions & Suggestions board or addressed to the moderators.
7. If someone's giving you a hard time, whether on the boards or through PM, tell the moderators. The member will be given a warning through PM and his/her activities in the Asian Talk Message Board will be limited. If the member persists, he/she shall be banned.
8. Spamming is not allowed. Don't post just to increase your rank. Make sure you have something new to share with everyone, or an idea you want to talk about, when you reply. What are spam messages or topics?
- Spam messages are composed of less than 5 words. Examples may be "I agree," "Yes," "Woohoo," "Good Idea," "Good Work," "Hello (name)!" etc. You can reply with these phrases, but include why you agree or disagree so your post won't be a waste.
- Spam messages does not have any substance or significance.
- Spam messages are not related to the topic.
- Spam threads are filled with unnecessary posts.
- Spam threads going on for years doesn't mean that it is "excluded" from the house rules.
- Spam threads having 50+ pages doesn't mean that it is "excluded" from the house rules.
9. Keep your posts where they belong! For example, if you want to talk about Kpop stars, go to the KPOP board. If you want to talk about Japanese Shows, go to Japanese Dramas. Mixing up topics makes things confusing.
10. (a.) Please make sure your posts stay on-topic. If everybody's talking about Super Junior in one thread, talk about Super Junior and nothing else. Off-topic posts shall be moved to the correct sections or deleted.
(b.) Do not start threads dealing with a topic already being discussed. If you see that there's already a Super Junior topic, for example, post all your SJ questions or comments there instead of starting a new thread.
11. No double-posting. If you posted something and no one's replied to it yet, you can use the EDIT function to add to or subtract from your post. Don't post it again and again or reply and say that no one's answering your question.
12. Do not use shortcuts or text language and sticky caps (aS In tLknG lYk DiS) because it's much harder to read and understand. Use proper grammar and spelling. Unlike in mobile phones, we don't have a character limit here so you don't have to use shortcuts.
13. Make sure your posts are original. Don't steal anything from other sites or message boards--that's plagiarism and is actually against the law. If you're going to use anything written by other people, make sure you quote them and tell us where you got it.
14. Clubs or any organizations is allowed as long as there aren't any bashing of groups.
15. Please be nice to each other. We're here to make friends and have fun!
16. Always Credit. If you are to copy anything from any forum, always remember to credit them.
17. Upto 4x of repeated posting. It only makes the forum dirtier if you post something with the same thing. So give the mods a little helping hand by doing so.
**NOTE: may change without prior notice..
