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The basic ground rules for discussions on OKCTALK are simple: be polite, use common sense, don't break the law. Your behavior here, and ours, can be summed up in 4 words: “Mi casa, su casa” (my house is your house). The OKCTALK Forums is a place where it's okay to be yourself as long as you always act with respect for your fellow members as well as the staff. Our goal will be to treat our members as we would wish to be treated. You are not expected to leave your personality at the door. There are going to be topics and discussions that will have heated debates. Please think before you post and re-read what you type before you post it. Keep your comments limited to the debate at hand and do not make this a personal issue between you and another member.

We don't intend to censor messages based on the opinions expressed within posts, but we will enforce the policies outlined both here and on the Forum. We reserve the right to remove, modify or move posts at our discretion and without explanation.

If you have any questions, please e-mail the Forum Admin at admin@OKCTalk.com if you do not understand any of the rules, guidelines or policies outlined below.

Ignorance is never bliss. Suspension of your account is a definite consequence of not adhering to these rules.

In addition to the rules posted here, members are required to read any individual forum rules which may be posted at the top of specific forums as Important threads or Announcements. OKCTALK staff assume members have read them, and will not take ignorance of any rules as an excuse for not following any rules, policies, and guidelines outlined here, and in the forum specific rules.

General Forum Rules
These rules apply to all Forum categories.

• All publicly displayed messages are limited to the English language. This includes posts, titles, signatures, as well as any attachments or other forms of public display.
• You may not post commission, referral or affiliate links anywhere on the forum.
• Cross-Posting is not allowed here. Cross-posting refers to posting new duplicate threads or posts, or the linking to threads or posts they have already started.
• Participants may not post on behalf of any banned member. This includes all forums, private messages, and e-mail features.
• Participants may not post words or URLs that are censored by adding spaces, dots, or substituting characters; or by any other means in an attempt to defeat any censors put in place by OKCTALK.
• Participants must make five (5) posts before allowed by the system to include a URL in their posts.
• Members must make five (5) posts before utilizing the PM and system e-mail features.
• Participants may not bump threads. Bumping can refer to posting useless information, making corrections or updates in a new post, posting one-liners or any other action to deliberately keep a thread hot or to bring it to the top of its forum. Moderators will use their discretion, depending on the nature of the post, as to whether to take action or not.
• Participants may not use discussions to recommend, praise, or belittle other products or services, or any company; without first hand experience of those products or services. This includes companies recommending other companies. Any post not meeting a moderator's criteria will be removed without notice.
• We take the "Be Polite" rule very seriously! We do not tolerate any rudeness. Any member who is intentionally unpleasant or disruptive may be banned without warning.
• Any posts that encourage illegal intent will be removed and the account disabled.

• Advertising is limited to one ad per 7 days posted in the Advertising Forums regarding your companies, sub-companies or associated companies. It will remain any companies' responsibility to schedule and maintain the offers their employees post in conforming with this important rule.
• Members are expected and required to read, and follow, the rules outlined within a category that are posted as Announcements.
• Members may not intentionally "trash" or "troll" in another user's advertisement thread.
• The 'Advertising Forums' are not a place for you to criticize or pass comment on another user's advertisement. Comments such as "You could get a better deal at.....", or "Your price is way too high for that...", or "That design stinks....", etc. will be removed and your account will be suspended.
• Keep your posts clean. Two colors are allowed. And two font styles.
• Any attempts to defraud or deceive our members may result in your account being suspended.

• URLs or other forms of advertising (phone numbers, plans, contact details, etc.) are not allowed in custom user titles, which is limited to 25 characters. Also, members may not use custom titles to impersonate, or attempt to impersonate, OKCTALK Staff.
• Signatures:
  Must be setup in your profile, and not manually added to your messages.
  May not contain any pricing, plan, sales, server, network, etc. details.
  May contain a maximum of two smilies. Or one animated smiley.
  May include two clickable links.
  May include two colors.
  Maximum font size cannot be larger than normal.
  Must be kept to a maximum of four lines (at 1024 resolution).
  May not contain links to other threads or posts.
  Your signature is your signature. It is not for sale or rent.
  We reserve the right to ask you to change and/or remove your signature at any time, for any reason.

No Copyrighted Material

Information copyrighted or owned by any individual or entity other than the member should not be posted on the discussion forums or software libraries without the consent of the owner. If such an event occurs, the individual posting the information shall be held solely responsible. OKCTALK shall not be held responsible for member-posted information that may violate copyright law.

You cannot legally post entire articles or news in the forum without permission from the copyright holder. Even if you attribute the article correctly it’s still copyright infringement. Copyright law does not care if you make any money off of the work or not, what matters is if you hurt the potential income of the copyright holder. In this case you would be depriving them of ad revenue and it is illegal. Under Fair Use provisions you can legally post a small abstract of an article - or perhaps the opening paragraph. So if you want to post an article you should do this and include a link, or just post the link. The exception to this rule is press releases; press releases are meant for distribution and can be copied and distributed as much as you want. If you are not sure if you can copy something then always err on the side of caution and simply post a link to the material.

Privacy Policy:

We will not release any member information unless under court order to do so.
We reserve the right to modify and amend these terms at any time without notice. It is your responsibility to remain informed of current OKCTALK policies.

If there are any rules or policies you do not understand, you may contact the Forum Admin at admin@OKCTalk.com

Finally; any abuse towards our staff and/or management in any form, may result in immediate suspension of your account