Hello Wizards, Witches & Muggles,

I take this oppurtunity to welcome you to HarryPotterForums.Co.Nr - The Best HP FanForum ever (We beleive it is the best, you'll beleive it in 5-7 minutes).

I reuqest you to please keep the following rules & regulations in mind before posting. If you do not accept the following rules you may leave the site HERE.

Rules



1] SPAM AND ADVERTISING
1.1 Advertising or posting links to products offered by our competitors is not allowed. You will be banned for this. This includes promoting other Harry Potter Forums.
1.2 We do not tolerate spam at HarryPotterForums. In short, do not post small or useless posts that are not relevant to a particular thread.
1.3 Do not send PM to other users promoting your forum or any other site or product.
1.4 This Rules do not apply to the Addvertising Section, you can post links there, subject to rules.


2] OFFENSIVE POSTS
2.1 Do not post offensive, abusive, obscene, hateful, discriminating or harmful posts
2.2 Follow basic netiquette rules. For example, DO NOT ever type in ALL CAPS. This applies to both topic titles and the post messages, as this is considered yelling.


3] HOW TO POST
3.1 Use descriptive subject lines & research your post. This reduces the chances of double-posting and it also makes it easier for people to see what they do/don't want to read.
3.2 Do not PM any staff member unless you are told to do so by another staff member.
3.3 Keep the focus. Each forum has a focus on a certain topic. Questions outside the scope of a certain forum will either be moved to the appropriate forum, closed, or simply be deleted. Please post your topic in the most appropriate forum. Users that keep doing this will be warned, then banned.
3.4 Please post in the correct forum. Your post will be deleted if it is in the inappropriate forum
3.5 DO NOT bump your topics


4] RESPECT THE AUTHORITY OF moderators/admins
4.1 Public discussions of moderator/admin actions are not allowed on the forum. It is also prohibited to pro-*test*-('") moderator actions in titles, avatars, and signatures. If you don't like something that a moderator did, PM or email the moderator and try your best to resolve the problem or difference in private.

5] REPORTING ABUSE
5.1 If you have a complaint about another member, problems with other members, etc. please try to resolve by PMing, if necessary, address Forumer Support Staff
5.2 If you believe an individual is repeatedly breaking the rules, please report to one of Forumer Support Staff members. Repeat offenders will be banned from the forum, and further action may be taken against them.

If you happen to violate any of the HPF rules, the following punishments against you may be undertaken:
-Edit or removal of post
-Edit of signature or avatar if in violation of rules
-Increase of the Warning Level
-All posts will require moderator approval
-Removal of offender's posting rights
-Suspension of the offender's user account
-Ban/Deletion of the offender's user account
-Deletion of your forum(s)
-Reporting to law enforcement
-Other punishments felt necessary by the HPF Support Staff or the Admins.

Remember: We may alter these rules at any time, without notice. So we recommend that you come back to it and read, to make sure you are aware of all the rules.