The following terms of use are designed to make everyone's experience of the forums a pleasant and productive one. Breach of these guidelines may result in the removal of membership without notice.
1. Membership is free, but is required, before you can post.
2. The Administrator and Moderators may delete or edit posts on the forums at any time without notice.
3. Please post in the appropriate forum and use an informative subject line when creating a new topic e.g. use "How do I make stairs?" rather than just "Help needed". Use the off-topic forum for non-terrain related posting but even here, do not post links to offensive or adult related material or sites.
4. We used to specify a maximum size for images, however the forum software is now able to resize pictures where necessary. Please note however that all of the data in the image file needs to download before it can be resized, making large pictures a nuisance for people with slow connections. Please use appropriately sized and cropped pictures to illustrate your posts rather than relying on our system to resize them for you.
5. Do not post copyright material on the forum without the express permission of the copyright owner. Do not encourage or post techniques, projects, models or experiences that involve a breach of copyright or intellectual property rights.
6. Do not post any personal information (email address, home address, etc.) on the forums. Please use the Personal Messaging system if you want to exchange personal information with another member.
7. Suppliers and traders are an important part of our hobby and are welcome on the TerraGenesis forums HOWEVER, offers to supply products or services are restricted to the "Products & Suppliers" forum. Price lists, advertisements, links to auctions, etc may be posted in that forum, and that forum only. Postings along the lines of "Where I got..." or "Where can I get..." should also be posted in that forum.
8. Please keep discussion friendly and follow the common principles of good etiquette. In particular:
a. Do not "troll", i.e. do not post comments for the specific purpose of arousing anger or ill will. Controversial commentary is okay, as long as the discussion remains civil, and should be made with a view to informing, assisting and encouraging.
b. Realize that trolls will emerge from time to time. It is an unavoidable part of existence on the Internet. Do not respond to their posts but bring the posts to the attention of a forum administrator or moderator who will deal with them in an appropriate manner.
d. Realize that the membership of this forum is quite varied with active participants that range in age from early teens through retirement. Keep in mind that the responses you are reading from members can only be as informed as their life experience allows. Tolerance is a useful asset in this type of community.
e. Do not use profanity or obscenities. Remember that the forums are frequented by minors.
f. Do not use language which could be considered demeaning to one's race, ethnicity, religion, sexual preference, gender, or physical/mental ability and/or attributes. Whether or not you personally consider a term to be offensive is irrelevant. If others may be offended by it, it is best avoided.
9. Do not use a screen name or anonymous message to represent yourself as someone that you are not. In particular:
a. Do not claim to be another registered user, or a person that other board users may recognize.
b. Do not employ 'sock puppets' (that is, using one identity to agree with or respond to something that you posted to the board using a different identity.)