The Clan Duncan
Society’s Forum may be used by Visitors, Clans
Folk and Society Members to debate and
research the name of Duncan and its many
variants along with related topics such as
Scottish History and Heritage, Genealogy,
Scots Heraldry, the Clan Duncan and the Clan
System to name but a few of the areas that may
be of interest to forum users. There are
certain parts of the forum that are for
Society Members’ only but all users will have
to register on the Community forum to gain
access. One other aim of the forum is to give
us all a platform to interact with one another
and build friendships between Clans Folk.
This forum has a Code of Conduct (below) and
users are advised to read this carefully before
posting on the forum.
Before
you can participate on the Clan Duncan Society
forum you will have to fill out the online
registration form (click 'Register' on the top
right of the forum) and submit it, you will then
be sent an automatic confirmation email
containing a link which you should follow to
authorise your entry into the forum. Once this
has been done you will gain immediate access to
view and post to the board and enter into
discussions. If you breach the 'Code of
Conduct', your future postings may be reviewed
by the Moderator before authorisation.
You
may contact the Forum Administrator by e-mail if
you have any queries or require help.
Code of Conduct
The Clan Duncan Society assumes no
responsibility for the content of messages
posted on this Forum. Messages posted here are
the responsibility of the poster. The Society
reserves the right to edit or delete any
messages deemed to have violated the Code of
Conduct. Following these few 'Terms and
Conditions' will we feel, enhance the enjoyment
of the community forum for everyone.
1. Members are required to use their own
name on the forum and are requested not
to use an alias as a username. The Society's
forum is a friendly environment and will create
kinship between Clans Folk, Society Members and
Forum users and it is felt that there is no need
to post under an alias.
2. While filling in your registration to
the forum your profiles must be filled out with
as much information as possible and must contain
at least one valid email address.
3. Due to Spamming you will
be unable to sign up to the forum using a Yahoo,
Hotmail, gmail and other web based email
accounts. Please register to the forum by using
your email address provided by your Internet
Service provider.
Registration
form Field Guidelines (profile).
a. Username:
Mandatory - Example: J.A. Duncan, John
Duncan, John A. Duncan. As this is a forum
to do with 'Duncan's' it is obvious that
names could be the same, in this case please
add your State/County or a Number or some
sort of other differencing Mark - Example:
John Duncan VA, J. A. Duncan AB4, John A.
Duncan2
b.
Password: Mandatory
a. Website: Optional
b.
Location: Mandatory - Example;
Town/Country
c.
Occupation: Optional
d.
Signature: Mandatory - Example:
'Regards Joe B. Blogs' and should be enabled
in your profile to be automatically attached
to the bottom of all posts.
e. All other
fields on the registration to the forum
are optional.
3. Users should only post messages based
on appropriate topics that are of interest to
other Clans Folk.
4. Postings must not be designed to
disrupt the Forum.
5. Language must be moderate at all
times.
6. This forum may not be used to post
messages, which are reasonably considered to be
libellous or which contain personal remarks
calculated to insult persons, groups or
organisations, or which are deemed to be
advertising.
7. Inappropriate postings should be
reported to the Moderator.
8. The Society reserves the right to
extend the spectrum of subjects deemed to be
off-topic and not allowed.
9. Postings deemed to be inappropriate by
the moderator will be removed immediately.
10. All participants are expected to act
and post in a respectful manner anything
contrary to this expectation will be dealt with
firmly by the moderator.
11. The moderator is here to help but his
decisions are final and not open to discussion.
Due to the amount of spam being
received on the Clan Duncan Society forum you
will be unable to register using a HOTMAIL
account.
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