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Generally though, if unsure, it is best to give the benefit of the doubt and allow the registration, rather than rejecting legitimate users.<br> | Generally though, if unsure, it is best to give the benefit of the doubt and allow the registration, rather than rejecting legitimate users.<br> | ||
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If a user breaks one of the forum rules, some judgement on how to deal with it will be required. However, the following is recommended: | |||
* New users may not be aware of the forum rules, so link them to the rules indicating the one that they are violating. | |||
* If a user persists in breaking a rule, then it is possible to "give them a warning" by setting this in their user account settings. | |||
* If the user still persists or has accumulated three warnings, then disabling their account i.e. banning them is probably warranted. | |||
* Locking threads: | |||
** Any thread which is violating a forum rule in of itself i.e. asking for non-freeware game download sites etc. should have a message linking the rule and then be locked to prevent further posts. | |||
** Locking threads should be used sparingly, but is sometimes required i.e. if a discussion has decended to a flamewar or similar. | |||
** In all cases, a message should be posted prior to locking explaining why this has occurred. | |||
== How to triage bug reports == | == How to triage bug reports == | ||