General forum rules

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After more than a decade, the forum rules are being updated.

1. General Rules and Tips

1.1. Registration and use of the forum

Registration on these forums is free and without charge. We insist that by using our forums you are subject to the RULES and POLICY described below and that if you do not accept them you are free to leave whenever you want. If you accept these terms we will be delighted to welcome you to our community.

By accepting these Rules, you guarantee that you will not post any message that is obscene, vulgar, sexually oriented, racist, hateful, offensive, or that constitutes a violation of any law. You also guarantee and accept that you will abide by the particular rules of these forums.

1.2. Disclaimer

Although the administrators and moderators of Hardlimit will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. The opinions expressed in messages are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of this forum. In no event will we be held liable for the content of any message or any actions that result from your participation in any communications on this site.

The administrators and moderators of the Hardlimit forums have the right to remove, edit, or close any topic for any reason.

1.3. License

The content of the forum is under a Creative Commons license with which you can share the content and modified as long as you name the original author, there is no profit motive, and the result is shared under the same license.

2. Rules of Use

2.1. Orthography

It is totally forbidden to write as if it were an SMS, in all capital letters or in alternating capital letters. The post will be automatically deleted and the author will be negatively scored in their reputation. It costs nothing to write correctly and although we can all make a spelling mistake, we should try to do it correctly, avoiding confusing "b" with "v" when it is not correct, the "h", etc.

2.2 Nicks

The use of two nicks by the same person is strictly prohibited. This infraction is sanctioned with permanent banishment.
No change of nick is allowed.

2.3 SPAM and advertising

SPAM is strictly prohibited in all its forms. If you are interested in promoting your services or products, please contact us through to find a formula that benefits Hardlimit users with your advertising (raffles, discounts, etc).

2.4 Signatures

To facilitate the reading of messages, the format of signatures allowed in our forums will be as follows:

• The format of the Signature must contain only text and be limited to a maximum length of 4 lines at a resolution of 1,280x1,024.
• Offensive words or distasteful comments will not be allowed.
• Links to external sites other than Hardlimit will not be allowed. If you are interested in promoting your site through the signature, please contact us at .

2.5. Purchase-Sale

The purchase and sale of any material, whether computer (hardware and/or software) or not, is strictly prohibited outside the Mercadillo subforum.

3. Rules of Conduct

3.1. Respect and Education

All forum users must maintain respect for others. Any lack of respect will not be tolerated.
This rule also applies to nicks, avatars, and signatures, being totally prohibited those that incite violence, racism, sexism, or are related to religious and/or political issues. It is better to leave bad feelings outside the forums.

3.2. Sharing material

Messages of material considered for "adults", personal attacks, links or requests for "warez" material are not allowed.
Neither links nor requests about this type of material or any other that violates the intellectual property of its author or Spanish laws are allowed.

3.3. Messages related to political and/or religious issues are not allowed.

Messages related to political issues of any kind are not allowed. Our experience has shown that the publication of this type of issues only leads to unnecessary discussions and tensions between users and therefore we will delete any message related to them.

4. Tips

4.1. Branch titles

Titles should be concise and well written. Remember that the title of a post is what incites someone to read it. If you write a title saying "Urgent help, I'm in a hurry" and they don't know what it is, people will skip reading it and even more so responding to it. On the other hand, if you put "I need help, my computer won't turn on" it will be easier for someone to help you.

4.2. Posts

The content can and should be extensive and clear. Following the previous example, you can't expect someone to help you by writing in the post "Well, that's it, my computer won't turn on and I don't know what to do. Regards and thanks." You must specify what is wrong with the computer, what kind of computer it is, how it happened, etc. Surely something will be forgotten, but it is also sure that more people will help you before.

4.3. Private messages (chat)

All rules apply to private messages and queries should be made in the forums.

5. Consequences of not complying with these rules

In the best case, the message that violates them will be edited by the relevant administrator or moderator and the author will be warned. If the offense or violation is more severe, the message will be deleted. Posting "¿por qué mi mensaje ha sido borrado/editado?" (Why has my message been deleted/edited?), etc. would only complicate things further so please do not do it. Users who repeatedly violate the RULES will be "expelled" from the forums, their account will be deleted and they will no longer be welcome in them. If an "expelled" user tries to re-register, their new account will be deleted immediately.

All these rules have been established for the good of all and the proper functioning of these forums. Any member of good will will realize this and should not have any inconvenience in accepting them.
We remind those who do not agree with them that access to these forums is free and VOLUNTARY.
These rules override all previous ones.

The Hardlimit team
HardLimit, Hardware in its purest state.