MEA Forum Rules & Guidelines

This is a User to User, English language only Member/Support Forum. Information or opinions contained in any posts are those solely of the user making the post and in no way is validated by or the opinions of MEA, this includes those of our moderators. Use of any information on this board is done so AT YOUR OWN RISK. While we may at time respond to posts, MEA makes no warrants or claims regarding the validity of any information posted by users on this board nor do we review posts for accuracy of information.

This board is moderated by both MEA staff as well as 3rd party member moderators and we request that you please be respectful when interacting with our moderating team. Please follow these guidelines carefully.

1. NO OBSCENE LANGUAGE. This board is intended for professional use. Please refrain from using any vulgar language that would offend someone else. Inappropriate words will be edited. This also applies to Signatures.
   
2. NO OBSCENE MATERIAL. Please, no pornographic material or links to it. If it is not fit for a professional setting, it is not fit for here. DON'T DO IT! We have a 0 tolerance policy on this one.
   
3. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. Always give appropriate credit and link back to web sources when referring to protected material. Do not post questionable material - see our Antitrust and Harassment Policy.
   
4. NO PERSONAL INSULTS or ATTACKS. MEA provides this site for our members to gather and discuss industry products and technology in general. You are free to disagree with others, but if you stoop to personal abuse or attacks, your post(s) will be deleted. If you ARE insulted please report the post, but DO NOT retaliate.
   
5. NO TROLLING OR FLAME WARS. Trolling and/or attempting to bait others into a flame war will not be tolerated. This include political commentary. Any posts we deem to fall in this category will be deleted.
   
6. POST IN THE APPROPRIATE FORUM. Please read each forum description before posting to ensure you are posting in the correct forum. Off topic posts will be moved to the correct forum.
   
7. NO DUPLICATE OR REPEAT POSTS. If no-one answers your question or responds to your post, please "bump" it rather than posting it again. Posting the same question over and over or in every forum will just annoy people and will not get answers.
   
8. USE APPROPRIATE TITLES. Titles like Help Me, or I'm Stuck serve little value in a forum. Try to be short but descriptive when submitting your post. Likewise, try to be clear and articulate when posting your questions, answers, or comments. Unclear messages/posts only add confusion and may delay responses to your post.
   
9. NO ILLEGAL SUGGESTIONS. Respect the copyrights of other people, websites, software and printed media. Please no pointers, how-to’s, advocating any illegal activity.
   
10. NO ADVERTISING/SPAM or SOLICITATION. Do not use this site as a redirector or gateway to another site for the purpose of collecting click income or advertising. Although there are times when a link to another site is necessary for helping or answering a question, this site reserves the right to determine what is and is not SPAM. Any SPAM will be immediately deleted and the user warned. Likewise, this is not your personal "for sale" board to advertise items. There are other sites out there that will allow you to sell your items.
    
11. REGARDING IMAGES. MEA does not have the ability to allow the uploading of any images too our servers. However, you are free to post links to hosted images on your own servers. Please remember, no pornographic or obscene material of any kind.
    
12. SIGNATURES and USER NAMES. While we have allowed the use of signatures as a form of expression, they still must pass the "no obscenities" test.

Any post/thread that MEA Moderators deem inappropriate for our boards will be dealt with accordingly. If you have any questions about actions taken against a post/thread please e-mail the appropriate forum's Moderator(s). Please remember that this is a professional message board. We reserve the right to edit/delete posts/threads at our discretion.