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Forum Rules

Post by Editor » Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:17 am

All posters must use their real names. If you'd like your privacy protected don't include e-mail addresses.

Anonymous or unknown posts will be deleted unless some value is contained in them or the poster sends me an e-mail confirming their identity.

Try limiting posts to a single question at a time. Avoid saturating the board with multiple questions since this will lessen the number of responses. This forum was designed to share knowledge and we kindly ask contributors to spend the time to answer questions with thought and insight.

Since contributors take the time and effort to answer questions, please be polite and thankful; acknowledge the contributions of others. Do discuss and debate however please don't offend - and don't use expletives, especially references to race, religon or political orientation. Please discuss unrelated subjects off line.

Long threads should be avoided. If a thread is getting too long and unreadable the subject should continue on a new thread. Moderators will initiate a new thread. This practice will ensure a discussion remains focused and on topic.

What kinds of questions can you post ? Well almost anything goes, this is an open forum, the only stupid question is the one you don't ask - this has always been my philosophy since teaching graduate studies. Finally, I wish all postees and contributors great fun and learning about a very interesting period in time.

Posting images
We realize that many members have collections of photographs, or photographs of museum items, militaria or scale models. Such images are welcome and the rules below do not generally apply to them. To avoid confusion, however, we recommend that you mark your image(s) or note in the post that the image(s) are from your personal collection. Members should still observe the guidelines regarding very large images, in respect for members with slow connections or small screen resolutions.

Excessive images
Only post enough images to state a point. This will in most cases be no more than 2-3 images, and you must always be able to explain why you have posted any image. If posting more than 5 images in one thread, you must have a very clear reason for doing so.

Attached images
When attaching images to your posts, always make sure that they include
The name of the seller (for eBay and similar auctions)
The author and title of the book (for images scanned from books)
The name of the forum they were found on and the username of the user who posted it (if found in another online forum)
The website address they were found on, and a link to the website (if found on a website) (if the image is still available there, please link to it or use the [img] tags instead of attaching it)

Images from books should be no more than two, due to copyright laws,with full credit given.

Linked images
If you link directly to images be sure to include both a link to the page where the image was found, and a link to the main page of the website.

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