A word from the mods and Administrator (credit, work)

[Sam I Am]

Folks -

Just a couple of reminders when using the forum.

The link to the Terms of Service is at the top of every forum. Please take just a second to review it and refresh your memory.

Terms of Service - City-Data Forum

Please - there is a serious issue with copyrighted material on the internet now. If you are not the original author of information, document, picture, article, lyrics, or whatever, it is not yours to use without proper credit being given. The Terms of Service specifically state only a sentence or two may be used, with a link to the original source. You cannot copy and paste an entire article, and this includes newspaper articles. Posts that are even potential copyright violations will be modified or deleted. There is a zero tolerance rule in place on this per the Administrator. The rule of thumb is that moderators will warn, infract and then ban for repeated violations. Three strikes and you're out.

Wikipedia - you may link to your Wiki reference, but don't quote them without doing the followingm per markablue, senior moderator :

Wikipedia's license, the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) requires that any derivative of works from Wikipedia must be released under that same license, must state that it is released under that license, and reproduce a complete copy of the license in all copies of the work, and must acknowledge the main authors (which some claim can be accomplished with a link back to that article on Wikipedia).

In other words, any quote from Wiki should contain the above links plus the link to Wiki page...

And in my words, just please link to Wiki. There's no way we can ever get that right!

Did you get some good info today? Please remember to give rep points for posts you feel are particularly helpful or informative. You can click the "rate post" on the bottom left of any post you feel was good and leave anonymous reputation points, or click the scales on the top right and leave a comment if you'd like. The negative rep feature has been disabled.

By the same token - we do appreciate the members drawing our attention to flaming, spamming, and trolls. You may report a post by clicking on the red triangle in the upper right corner of the post. This will send a message directly to the moderator's queue and whoever is manning the ship will see it. Please don't expect instant response - we can't all be here all the time. However, if it is particularly offensive, feel free to direct message me in addition to reporting the post. You can also contact any other moderator for assistance, but the report queue is your best bet. Please do not engage in word wars with flamers or trolls.

List of Moderators - note: this may not be current, as we have recently added about a half dozen new mods. Any moderator can assist in any forum, but we kind of try to hang with our own.

http://www.city-data.com/forum/faq/1...tors-list.html

I'm here to help - please let me know if I can clarify information or help in any way. Thanks for your participation!