General rules
This is an international website. Try to remember, that what is considered to be OK in one culture and in one language might not be OK in another culture or another language. This site has participants of all ages. Try to remember, that what might be appropriate between people of the same age or gender might not be appropriate between people of different age groups or opposite gender.

Spamming and Trolling
We do not tolerate spamming or trolling anywhere.

General Posting Guidelines
Please post your topic to one forum only. If it needs to be moved, alert a staff member by PM. Use meaningful subject titles in the forum and messages which give information about your posting or PM. Do not use subjects like "Help! I'm lost".

Topics
Please stay on topic. Ensure you post your topic in the correct forum. For general conversation, please use the General Discussion forum.

Language
Do not use offensive language. We are here for people of all ages, and want everyone to feel comfortable. Offensive language constitutes as profanity, racial, ethnic, and gender based insults or any other personal discriminations, and posts meant to offend or hurt any other member or their work. If you need to say something do it with the facts but not with insults. Flaming will not be tolerated.

Avatars
Please use proper judgment when choosing an avatar. We like to promote a family atmosphere, and avatars that disrupt this will be removed. Do not spoof or post misleading text in your avatar. There are several generic Avatars you can download for your use in case you don't have your own personal Avatar. NOTE: please do not use animated avatars as they detract from reading the forums.

Personal Website Links
You are allowed to put a link to your own personal website on the Internet in the space provided in your profile. Please do not link to your friends website or any link to your FaceBook or other Blog site. Promoting your FaceBook or Blog site is not allowed.

Signatures
Please keep your signatures simple as they can detract from the forum section. A line or two of text should be enough for anyones signature. Please do not use bold text. No images, banners, or graphics allowed in signatures. Also no website links, email addresses or phone numbers are allowed. You can list your current Whaler but please, no more then one Whaler.

Links
Warez and other illegal transactions may NOT be linked to in any shape or form. Pornography is not permitted, and adult content oriented links will be removed without hesitation or notification.

Images
Please use the [url] function for image linking to outside photo hosting services like Photo Bucket or Image Shack etc. in the discussion area. One or two links in a forum thread is usually all that is necessary to get your point across. Otherwise, put one link to your entire off site photo album. If you would like to show more photos, please submit an article or project album, or start a personal page here on WhalerCentral.

Cooperation
There isn't such a thing as a stupid question. All questions have to be treated equally. Do not speak down to people. We all started as newbies at some point - always keep that fact in mind when responding to a question.
It's only when we work together, that WhalerCentral grows and gets better. It's only when we cooperate, that we move forward. In this cooperation every little bit of help is appreciated. Remember this when you are asking questions - and remember it, when you are answering.

Be constructive
Think of how you can contribute to someone's project rather than what you can get from it. We will go nowhere, if the members here are all too busy maintaining their own ideas and not sharing with others. If you just criticize without being constructive, you stop the community from growing.

Credits
Remember to give credit where it is due. This goes not only for copyright issues but also for constructive solutions and constructive error handling. It's important to give this positive feedback. This makes life easier and more enjoyable for all parties.
If you fail to follow these guidelines you will either receive a message, a warning, a temporary or permanent ban from a staff member, depending on the severity of the issue. Disrespectful behaviors, offensive sentences, insults and other language abuses, as described above, will be deleted without warning.

Banning
If you fail to follow these guidelines you will either receive a message, a warning, or a temporary or final ban depending on the severity of the issue from a moderator. Disrespectful behaviors, offensive sentences, insults and other language abuses, as described above, will be edited or deleted without warning.
Once banned from this site for any misconduct listed above, you will no longer be allowed to view or to participate in this site.