It is responsibility of each forum member to get familiarized with these rules and follow them. New rules are sometimes added and old ones clarified, so you are encouraged to periodically visit this page.

Registration

• One person should register only one username.
• Username may not contain special characters or non-English characters, only letters and numbers.
• Certain words or combination of letters (anything offensive or related to pharmaceuticals and spam, etc) are not allowed in the username. The determination of appropriateness will be done by forum management. Usernames not complying with this policy will be deleted without notification.
• During registration process, a valid email address must be supplied.

Moderation

• This forum is moderated.
• Forum moderators ensure that discussion is interesting, lively and civil.
• If you disagree with a moderator, you may contact us, explaining your case.
• Even if you disagree with moderator’s decision, you can not ignore his decision – that would be grounds for banning.

Posting guidelines

• No commercial messages of any kind, or advertisements are allowed. Inappropriate messages would be deleted without notification.
• Stay on topic. Read the thread subject and the first post, and if you are replying to the post, make sure it is relevant.
• When creating a new thread, have a meaningful and descriptive subject line.
• Use English language. Non-English posts or sentences would be deleted.
• Use proper grammar. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period.
• The use of foul language on this forum is not allowed.
• Make use of Search function.
• When quoting/posting copyrighted material, you must include author, copyright statement and a link to the source.
• When making a post, consider readability for other users.
•  Do not quote an entire post – only relevant part. Remove any links to images in quotes.
• Do not post images wider that 800 pixels. If the image is wider, post it as a link.
• Consider how formatting would affect visual uniformity and ease of reading - the main body of text should be the forum default size, employ paragraph breaks, and refrain from excessive color usage or center-justified text.

Spamming

• Spammers are not welcome on this forum.
• If you are not sure whether you post might be regarded as spam, contact the administrator.
• All spam is immediately removed by moderators.
• Members are encouraged to report spam posts.
• Posting identical post in more than one section of the forum is considered spam.
• Spammers are automatically and permanently banned.
• The IP addresses of spammers are banned.

Banning of forum members

Reasons for ban

1. Posting spam
   
   • Registering under more than one username
   • Not following requests of moderators
   • Disrespectful behaviour
   • Other violations of forum rules of conduct
2. In some cases the ban is reversible if the issue could be resolved.

If you have any questions about the forums rules please contact the administrator usign the contact us form.