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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