Forum Guidelines/Rules


Members are not allowed to mention or have any direct reference to state or federal government and its subdivision (departments), including but not limited to Department of Health (i.e Queensland Health), Parliament, Department of Education and Training (DET) (i.e. Education Queensland) etc. Hence, this further extends to government/public owned schools (i.e. Brisbane State High, Queensland Academies for Science, Mathematics and Technology, Toowong State High, Queensland Academies for Health Sciences, Queensland Academies for Creative Industries etc.).

Rule #1 - Attacking
Attacks on users or moderators, or comments made to incite an argument are not allowed. There is a difference between criticizing someone's ideas or actions, and outright attacking them. If you are caught using overly harsh or threatening language in comments or PMs, you will be temporerily banned. If someone is attacking or provoking you, report the comment or PM and we will deal with it as soon as possible.

Rule #2 - Trolling & Spamming
Do not troll or spam. This includes but is not limited to:
• Making irrelevant, off topic posts or links
• Bumping (posting just to keep thread alive) / necroposting (posting in a really old thread just to revive it)
• Posting or PMing memes (rickroll, screamers, over 9000!), chain letters, ASCII art
• Posting the same thing in multiple topics
• Making parody threads
• Intentionally posting false/misleading information
• Flooding your post with images or emotes

Rule #3 - Inappropriate content
Comments or PMs that contain inappropriate content have no place on this forum. Such content includes but is not limited to:
• Sexually explicit content
• Racism
• Hateful language
• Violence or violent language
• Warez or pirated software

Rule #4 - Illegal Activities
Discussions of activities that are illegal are strictly forbidden. These activities include but are not limited to:
• Private servers
• Illegal drug use
• Computer hacking
• Downloading or sharing files/commercial software for free without permission of the copyright owner
• Plagiarism

Rule #5 - Ambiguous/Misleading titles, Misplaced threads
Title your threads appropriately so that it is obvious what the topic is. Also, make sure to put the thread in the appropriate forum.

Rule #6 - Language Use
This is an English forum. Please post all topics in English. Anything that is in a different language will be considered as spam.
NOTE: This rule does not apply to the 'Group 2: LOTE' section.