"Advertising and solicitations are NOT permitted.
Posting of advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are inappropriate on this forum. You are ONLY permitted to advertise your site in your signature or in the "Other Civ-Related Sites" forum. The exception to this rule is to inform others of sites that provide a service to benefit them. For example, posting a thread regarding a new free web space provider is acceptable providing there's nothing in it for you except the satisfaction of helping your fellow members. "

does this mean I cant make a new thread, linking to a non-civ realated website?

Yep! But only if the thread is intended as an advertisement. You can advertise civ-related sites in the appropriate forum but you may not advertise for non civ-related sites :)

Talked with TF on this. Basically if you want to promote one of your Political Chat fora then you need to keep the link in your sig. TF doesn't want people opening new threads all the time advertising other sites....it is boring for others and why should TF's site promote theirs?

Now if you were to provide a link to cnn.com for a particular story in the correct forum (OT in this case) then the link is supporting your post....and not the purpose of your post.

Get it?

Originally posted by Pellaken
does this mean I cant make a new thread, linking to a non-civ realated website?
That's correct... Threads created solely for promotion of non-Civ sites are not allowed.

I understand. but starting a thread, and throwing the link up "by accident" like my canadian politics thread is ok, right :D

Originally posted by Pellaken
I understand. but starting a thread, and throwing the link up "by accident" like my canadian politics thread is ok, right :D Now that you've warned us....; well, it won't really work anymore, will it? ;)

TF has the say, whether it stays or not is up to him.

my canadian politics thread is now full of discussion, and the discussion is continuing on as normal.

Make sure it stays that way.

I shall indeed. I have no desire to spam up this, or any forum.

What about the OT thread I did called "For those who need need more than CFC at work" or something to that effect? It was just a link to a site... (maybe it was closed over the weekend, I haven't got to OT yet...) But... ?

It was fine, you ain't getting banned for that, you bastard, keep trying! :p

:lol:

Was that a challenge? :p

Hey Pell, I thought you were never coming back here? :confused: Did I miss something somewhere along the line? Or did GC just permaban you? :eek:

He got Perma banned at GC so he caame back to CFC...

I'm not "back" per se. I'm just posting, so people can see the link in my signature,a nd coem to my new forum... yea, thats it...

Ha, PERMAbanned as in FOREVER??? Well why can't we do that here? I know I know, the mods are too soft... Buncha flower sniffers... Well TF, you got your permabanner right here pal! I'm your man, Pell will be my first VICTIM... :) Then maybe Dell and Miko... Juize would be a good victim... So would the two Dukes... Hmm... Decisions decisions...

oh floppa someday you will ban yourself:lol:

I'd really like PC Reduction powers and banning, permaban might be too uh, permanent? Well TF can undo those... And I would give myself a 3 day vacation, why not? "Ain't nobody below a vacation." ;) "Here a ban there a ban everywhere a ban ban." :p "Why'd the chicken cross the road? BAN!!!"

Here a spam there a spam everywhere a spam spam. :rolleyes:

I previously posted that most of what I post would be considered spam by definition. Not proud, or ashamed of the fact. :D Maybe I go post more spam at GC... :)

Originally posted by spycatcher34
Here a spam there a spam everywhere a spam spam. :rolleyes: He's just trying to get himself banned. ;) Fairly entertaining. TF isn't falling for it... yet.

Jeez I'm not TRYING to get myself banned. I think if I wanted to, I could do it.

Why can't we use the above Message Icon as smilie?


I'm just spamming...

I think you can, isn't it "smug" or something? But don't anyways. It is MY smiley. If you want to use it, there is a "floppa tax" involved. ;)

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It's easy! You just right click on the smily in the list above the box you type into and then go to properties. The internet address for the particular icon will be displayed in the middle of the new window that pops up. Simply copy it and then use the image [IMG] [/IM G] brackets around it to use it as a smiley. :goodjob:
I feel all smug now.... :Dhttp://forums.civfanatics.com/images/icons/icon22.gif:D

Why are people still posting in this thread when it's clear that the issue I all worked out? This is clearly a case of massive SPAM-posting which should lead to several bannings.

I hereby request that, due the the fact this thread's problems are sloved, it be closed in due course.

Originally posted by Håkan Eriksson
Why are people still posting in this thread when it's clear that the issue I all worked out? This is clearly a case of massive SPAM-posting which should lead to several bannings.

Might I suggest Duke O York, Knight Dragon, Grey Fox and Hakan for bannings?:D

Pellaken
I hereby request that, due the the fact this thread's problems are sloved, it be closed in due course.


Sloved :confused:


Remedial teaching is required...


Pellaken: I've seen you post this sort of thing in numerous threads and at GameCatcher too where you request things of the mods. Why? You don't think they'll read it and make their own minds up? It is completely unnecessary and essentially pendantic.

The topic of this thread was something that anyone able to read and comprehend English should have had no reason to ask. Beyond that you could look at the example of other posters with a reputation for sense.


I am extremely suspicious of people who concern themselves overly in the "site feedback" sections of forums and who have asked to get modley powers. Like payrises, modley powers come quickest to people that don't ask...or at least that is how I feel about such things ;)

No Modship comes to those who start their own forums... Otherwise you have to wait a long time, or join a very small forum, the kind where every member is a Mod. :)

Kitten, this thread has turned into spam, and I am making it clear that I do not support this.

If a thread has Floppa21 posting in it will be spam.

yes... yes you are right on that one

Originally posted by Pellaken
Kitten, this thread has turned into spam, and I am making it clear that I do not support this. And yet we keep posting. At least I am honest about it. ;)[Originally posted by Kitty Kat
Pellaken: I've seen you post this sort of thing in numerous threads and at GameCatcher too where you request things of the mods. Why? You don't think they'll read it and make their own minds up? It is completely unnecessary and essentially pendantic.I love the word pendantic. I think he just feels the need to be helpful. A lot of people ave that feeling, hell, that is how the mods got to be mods, by being helpful. Maybe one day when Pellaken gets rid of the extra personalities he could even be a mod. :lol: I get a laugh most of the time now when people ask for threads to be closed. Normally the thread is still valid or would have been closed by a mod but the mod wasn't available at that time. But really it is no big deal and that is why I just laugh and don't get mad at them telling me how to do my job. :D
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Originally posted by kittenOFchaos
If a thread has Floppa21 posting in it will be spam.

Why thank ya Kitten! :goodjob:

Its nice when someone asks for a thread to be closed and then someone says it should be kept open, so peole start arguing about whether the thread should be kept open instead of the original topic.