Forum Rules Updated

[nick]

Dear TF members,

From now on, we will have to start strictly enforcing the Rules regarding posting in the forums. Please refer to the Timog Forum Forum Rules and Guidelines.

Posting Styles

FROM THE RULES AND GUIDELINES:

When posting messages, please make them as readable as possible. Please don't use text speak because it's hard to understand; try to spell words correctly. DON'T USE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS because you'll appear like you're shouting. Don't overly style your posts and make them hard on the eyes, like using jarring colors. Don't post a 5,000-letter essay with only one paragraph. Let's be responsible and think about our readers when posting messages.
That means no text speak, no capital letters in posts or titles, no overuse of punctuation, no inappropriate colors and font styles and sizes in posts. Please do not change the default settings for these without a valid reason to do so. ("Because I just want to" is not a valid reason.)

IDEAL POST:

Good morning! It's nice to find a online community of Filipinos in Japan. Dito po ako nakatira sa Tokyo. I hope to meet a lot of friends in Timog. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
ACCEPTABLE POST:

Good morning! It's nice to find a online community of Filipinos in Japan. Dito po ako nakatira sa Tokyo. I hope to meet a lot of friends in Timog. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
UNACCEPTABLE POSTS:

GOOD MORNING!!!!! IT'S NICE TO FIND AN ONLINE COMMUNITY OF FILIPINOS IN JAPAN. DITO PO AKO NAKATIRA SA TOKYO. I HOPE TO MEET A LOT OF FRIENDS IN TIMOG. YOROSHIKU ONEGAISHIMASU!!!!!gu d am! it's nice to find an online community of Pnoys in Jpn. d2 po ako nkatira sa tokyo. i hope to meet a lot of friends in Timog. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. Hello everyone! It's nice to find a online community of Filipinos in Japan. Dito po ako nakatira sa Tokyo. I hope to meet a lot of friends in Timog. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. Hello everyone! It's nice to find a online community of Filipinos in Japan. Dito po ako nakatira sa Tokyo. I hope to meet a lot of friends in Timog. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. Good morning! It's nice to find a online community of Filipinos in Japan. Dito po ako nakatira sa Tokyo. I hope to meet a lot of friends in Timog. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. Good morning! It's nice to find a online community of Filipinos in Japan. Dito po ako nakatira sa Tokyo. I hope to meet a lot of friends in Timog. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. Good morning! It's nice to find a online community of Filipinos in Japan. Dito po ako nakatira sa Tokyo. I hope to meet a lot of friends in Timog. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. So you won't feel we're too strict about this, you can style your posts a bit more freely in the Off-topic and Personals forums (but within reasonable limits, of course).

Post Content

FROM THE RULES AND GUIDELINES:

Please don’t post something that is rude, inflammatory or insulting. Don’t post hoaxes, chain letters, fake virus warnings and trite inspirational messages. Don’t post something that you got in the mail that is full of email addresses and forward signs and side comments of people we don’t even know. If you got something from mailing lists that is worth posting on Timog Forum, then it is also worth editing to make it readable for everyone.

IDEAL POST:

Hello Timog Forum users, check this very cool news on BBC. It says that the Philippines should get serious with it's population problem or we will overtake China by the year 2050. Excepts:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."

Read the rest here (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN3065.htm).This is the ideal post; no gaudy colors and styling, evenly spaced paragraphs, and links in posts.

UNACCEPTABLE POSTS:

Hello Timog Forum users, check this very cool news on BBC. It says that the Philippines should get serious with it's population problem or we will overtake China by the year 2050. Here's the full article:

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."Posting whole articles from other websites is unacceptable.

>> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed
>> do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
>> Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco
>> laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute
>>irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore
>>eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
>>proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."

>"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed
>> do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
>> Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco
>> laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute
>> irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore
>> eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
>> proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."

>>"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed
>> do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
>> Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco
>> laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute
>>irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore
>>eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
>>proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."Very bad post: no introduction, bad formatting, most likely received from email.

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Miraculous Prayer

This is a beautiful prayer. Please do not break
this chain. It is miraculous, ask for something,
anything just pray !!!

Remember her words: Am I not here,
and am I not your Mother?"

Beautiful Virgin of Guadalupe, I ask you on behalf
of all my brothers and sisters of the world that
you bless us and protect us. Give us proof of your
love and kindness. Oh pure Virgin of Guadalupe,
give me through your Son, forgiveness for my sins,
blessings for my job, cure for my diseases and needs,
and all that you deem necessary I ask for my family.
Oh Mother of God, do not disdain the pleas we present
to you in our needs. Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, I want to impart to you
the presence of the Virgin of Guadalupe... that she
is miraculous and is always with us wherever we go.

This letter has the objective of going around the
world so recipients could receive miracles with
this beautiful chain.

Please forward it to 19 people and share it during
the following 10 days. In return you will receive a
proof from the Virgin no matter how impossible it is.

If you receive it and share it before 10 days, you
will have a surprise and great joy!We will treat with utmost severity people who post chain letters, hoaxes, and trite inspirational messages in Timog Forum.

TF members!!! you can download your favorite songs here (http://www.suprnova.org)!!! !Linking to illegal content is prohibited in Timog Forum.

Signatures

Addition to the Rules and Guidelines: Please don't make overly long signatures and don't use too much colors. No unusual characters, minimum of smilies, no over-styling, no inappropriate images. Images can't be bigger than 120x80 (length & height). No overt advertisement is allowed. Please take note of the examples below and start editing your signatures. Signatures not edited within one week will be edited or deleted whenever we find them.

IDEAL SIGNATURES:

"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." - General George Patton, Jr.Visit my blog at www.wordpress.comhtt p://promote.opera.com/small/opera80x15.gif Simply the best internet experience. "I feel sorry for someone who has to win at everything." - Snoopy ACCEPTABLE SIGNATURES:

http://promote.opera.com/buttons/official/120x60/png-8/120x60innovationred. png Clothes make the man. Naked people have little influence on society. - Mark Twain UNACCEPTABLE SIGNATURES:

To be is to do. (Sartre) To do is to be. (Descartes) Do be do be do. (Sinatra)You can only be young once. But you can always be immature. :eek: :biglaugh: :lol:We accept remittance to Phils. Super fast! (http://www.example.com) http://www.timog.com/logofolder/anime.gifThe path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee. - Jules, Pulp FictionPlease understand that we have these rules not because we want to curb your freedoms; we have to have rules to make this website acceptable and comfortable for everyone. If we are to share this website with other people, we have to make little adjustments to accomodate everyone.

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

[mica]

thanks for reminding us:) can i ask some question?how can i post message?im a new member here :p i try it earlier but i think i did the wrong one:type:

[nick]

Welcome to Timog Forum, mica. Please post in the right forum, which is Feedback and Questions (http://www.timog.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=3 ). Go there, press the New Thread button like the one below and type your questions.

http://www.timog.com/forum/images/buttons/newthread.gif

Also, please don't use fonts in your posts other than the default. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

[City_rabbit]

Hi Nick,

It is about time - thanks for this reminder.
I totally agree with the guidelines. I hope you be firm and strict about implementing these rules.

Keep up the good work with this Forum.

No text messages, thank God, because I do not understand that at all.
No offense to those who love texting, but I just cannot or do not want to read text messages because to me it is all "mispelled words" ....

I know that many people in the Philippines use it. Even my mother - oh my ! she sends me text- which I do not understand but try to get the meanings,
but, I always reply in full spelled words and I always use proper sentence structures. I keep telling my mom, text messages will make your English level go down.

:) specially in spelling...

Anyway, thank you so much Nick.
:rolleyes:

[Maruchan]

That means no text speak, no capital letters in posts or titles, no overuse of punctuation, no inappropriate colors and font styles and sizes in posts. Please do not change the default settings for these without a valid reason to do so. ("Because I just want to" is not a valid reason.)

And since we are at it, maybe we can add no posts entirely in lowercase (all small letters; not capitals) either because that's also difficult to read. If that's acceptable by all...that is.



To be is to do. (Sartre) To do is to be. (Descartes) Do be do be do.(Sinatra).)

Hey, this is funny. Is this signature unacceptable because of the color of text or because it's funny? Just wondering lang. Maybe the color of my signature is also unacceptable ba, Nick san?

[Teddy]

Ooops! I guess I have too many "mohawks" in my signature:O Maybe I should change my signature completely...:( I'll work on it later...

[puting tainga]

I am happy to read this thread.
For I have been a little bit worried about the increasing use of text speak.

I think since the administrator had to write this, it must be difficult to insert warning or delete the font setting.

And I agree with Maruchan about the small letters.
(No offense to Mica, for at the time you posted it, you were not aware of it.
At least, you are using a capital letter in your name.
Mine is all small letters.:D )

[nick]

Let me expound a bit on these rules:

Lahat tayo ay may mga CD players sa ating mga apartments (o bahay). Kahit na puwede naman nating i-set ang volume nito sa pinakamalakas na setting, hindi naman natin ginagawa ito, hindi ba? Kasi iniisip natin ang kapakanan ng ating mga kapitbahay (hindi kagaya sa Pilipinas na palakasan ng TV, CD Players at Karaoke).

Ganoon din dito sa Timog Forum.

Ang totoo ay puwede namang hindi na gumawa ng ganitong rules. Aalisin lang namin ang font styles, colors, at sizes sa message editor para hindi magamit ng mga members. Pero hindi namin gustong gawin ito. Gusto naming bigyan ng choice ang mga members tungkol sa kanilang posts. Pero may hangganan siyempre. (Kagaya ng volume ng CD player, up to a point, kailangang malaman ng mga tao na maingay na ito para sa mga kapitbahay at hindi na ito i-full volume.)

Kaya ang mga ito ay guidelines lamang para sa mga posts. Ang totoo ay kahit ang mga moderators at administrator ay lumalabag din sa rules at bihira sa Timog Forum ang "ideal" na posts. Ang kailangan lamang nating gawin ay makibagay sa ating mga "kapitbahay" sa Timog.

One rough test we could use in our posts and signatures is: Does it stand out too much from the crowd? If it does, then it's probably inappropriate. (We live in Japan, by the way, and standing out from the crowd too much is not good.) If we really want to stand out from the crowd, we could do that with the quality of our posts and not our choice of font styles and colors.

[crispee]

Napakahusay naman ng panibagong 'updates'. I feel happy and guilty at same time:). From the replies of others, I can't agree more. One thing I would like to ask is about emoticons or smilies in TF. Napapansin niyo naman siguro na halos lahat ng post ko ay may nakasingit na ganyan. Ok lang ba gumamit ng mahigit lima or meron bang limit of use? I share the same reason as "Docomo's post in http://www.timog.com/forum/showthread.php?t=834&highlight=smilies
:type: very nice!.... i think smileys have some good points.. it helps enliven the discussion and enhance our sense of humor ....it serves as a tool to make your kausap smile or maybe sad as exactly as you want them to feel when reading your postings ..sometimes, you need to feel the person you are talking too ..."and " SMILEYS will help you do that... :bouncy: ang saya saya YEHEY!

Date: http://www.timog.com/forum/images/statusicon/post_old.gif 09-25-2005, 09:40 PM


Note:
(signature under construction:D )

[nick]

Smilies are okay.

[docomo]

To sum it all ...Just be responsible with words ,thoughts and actions... :)

[crispee]

Smilies are okay.

Arigatou gozaimasu
:dowave:

[piNkAhOLiC]

That means no inappropriate colors and font styles and sizes in posts. Please do not change the default settings for these without a valid reason to do so. ("Because I just want to" is not a valid reason.)
UNACCEPTABLE POSTS:
Hello everyone! It's nice to find a online community of Filipinos in Japan. Dito po ako nakatira sa Tokyo. I hope to meet a lot of friends in Timog. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

Parang tinamaan ako dito ah :lol: Will abide the rules though :)

[pointblank]

Logged on to Timog after a week of silence ... just in time to read this reminder from Nick.

Haaaaaay, truly! Nick, hulog ka ng langit! :bowdown: Matagal na akong nagdurusa sa text spelling, deliberately wrong spelling, magulong fonts, oversized fonts at psychedelic colors! Thank goodness some modicum of sanity is going to come back to the Forum. :dowave:

[City_rabbit]

I agree with you there Pointblank.:rolleyes :