Brandon Posted January 6, 2010 Posted January 6, 2010 This is in a zip you can download here by our good friend patrick o'keefe of Managing online forums. He has some great info on the site and also a book, which I've read through. Excellent stuff! Copyright Infringement: Text Hello <USERNAME>, Thank you for visiting <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>>. Unfortunately, I have had to remove your post quoted below as it violated our User Guidelines as copyright infringement. <PASTE THE PORTION THAT VIOLATED OUR GUIDELINES> When quoting an article or written work that you did not author or do not have permission to reproduce (which is our assumption in this case - if it is incorrect, please let us know and include some way for us to verify this fact), you may only quote a small portion of the article (usually no more than 1/5 or 1/6) and you must link to the source (if online) or provide the source (if offline). Please keep this in mind to prevent further violations in the future. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, <YOUR NAME> <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>> Moderator Cross-Posting Hello <USERNAME>, Thank you for visiting <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>>. Unfortunately, I have had to remove your post quoted below as it violated our User Guidelines as cross-posting. <PASTE THE POST THAT WAS REMOVED> Cross-posting is posting the same content in two or more locations. Please keep this in mind to prevent further violations in the future. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, <YOUR NAME> <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>> Moderator General Hello <USERNAME>, Thank you for visiting <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>>. Unfortunately, I have had to remove your post quoted below as it violated our User Guidelines as <DESCRIPTION OF VIOLATION>. <PASTE THE PORTION THAT VIOLATED OUR GUIDELINES> Please keep this in mind to prevent further violations in the future. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, <YOUR NAME> <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>> Moderator Hotlinking Hello <USERNAME>, Thank you for visiting <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>>. Unfortunately, I have had to remove your post quoted below as it violated our User Guidelines as hotlinking. <PASTE THE PORTION THAT VIOLATED OUR GUIDELINES> Hotlinking is when you link directly to a graphic, video, audio clip, archive (.zip, .rar, etc.) or otherwise downloadable or streamable file instead of linking to the page where that item can be found. Generally, people place this content on their websites as a means to bring people to those websites. When you link directly to the file, the person clicking the link does not visit the site, while using the site owner's bandwidth, which costs money and/or resources. Instead, you must link to the page where this content can be found, rather than directly to the content itself. This is unless you have permission to link directly to the content or the site owner has posted on their site that it's allowed. If this is the case, please provide us with information that allows us to verify it. Please keep this in mind to prevent further violations in the future. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, <YOUR NAME> <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>> Moderator Inappropriate Hello <USERNAME>, Thank you for visiting <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>>. Unfortunately, I have had to remove your post quoted below as it violated our User Guidelines as inappropriate (<DESCRIBE WHY IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE>). <PASTE THE PORTION THAT VIOLATED OUR GUIDELINES> Please keep this in mind to prevent further violations in the future. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, <YOUR NAME> <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>> Moderator Inflammatory Hello <USERNAME>, Thank you for visiting <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>>. Unfortunately, I have had to remove your post quoted below as it violated our User Guidelines as inflammatory. <PASTE THE PORTION THAT VIOLATED OUR GUIDELINES> Generally speaking, when a post is inflammatory, it isn't adding much to the thread outside of hostility. Please keep this in mind to prevent further violations in the future. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, <YOUR NAME> <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>> Moderator Report, Don't Respond: No Violation in Response If the post they responded to was not actually a violation, please remove "as it was in response to a post that had to be removed as it violated our User Guidelines". Hello <USERNAME>, Thank you for visiting <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>>. Unfortunately, I have had to remove your post quoted below as it was in response to a post that had to be removed as it violated our User Guidelines. <PASTE THE POST THAT WAS REMOVED> In the future, if you feel a post may be against our User Guidelines or may otherwise require some sort of attention, you should always report it through e-mail or send me or another member of staff a private message. After you have done so, forget that the post exists (do not reply to it further, even to say that you have reported it). We will then handle it appropriately. We appreciate when members inform us of violations to our User Guidelines, rather then responding to them and making the situation worse. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, <YOUR NAME> <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>> Moderator Report, Don't Respond: Violation in Response If the post they responded to was not actually a violation, please remove "as it was in response to a post that had to be removed as it violated our User Guidelines". Hello <USERNAME>, Thank you for visiting <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>>. Unfortunately, I have had to remove your post quoted below as it violated our User Guidelines as <DESCRIPTION OF VIOLATION>. <PASTE THE PORTION THAT VIOLATED OUR GUIDELINES> Please keep this in mind to prevent further violations in the future. In this post, you were responding to a post that violated our User Guidelines. In the future, if you feel a post may be against our User Guidelines or may otherwise require some sort of attention, you should always report it through e-mail or send me or another member of staff a private message. After you have done so, forget that the post exists (do not reply to it further, even to say that you have reported it). We will then handle it appropriately. We appreciate when members inform us of violations to our User Guidelines, rather then responding to them and making the situation worse. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, <YOUR NAME> <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>> Moderator Signature: General Hello <USERNAME>, Thank you for visiting <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>>. Unfortunately, your signature is currently in violation of our User Guidelines as <DESCRIPTION OF VIOLATION>. <PASTE THE PORTION THAT VIOLATED OUR GUIDELINES> Please adjust your signature as soon as you can and please keep this in mind to prevent further violations in the future. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, <YOUR NAME> <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>> Moderator Signature: Too Long Hello <USERNAME>, Thank you for visiting <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>>. Your signature is currently <NUMBER> lines long, which is in violation of our User Guidelines, which only allow for <<NUMBER>> lines. Please adjust your signature as soon as you can and please keep this in mind to prevent further violations in the future. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, <YOUR NAME> <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>> Moderator Site-Related Feedback, Problem/Error Reports, Etc. Posted in Forums Hello <USERNAME>, Thank you for visiting <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>>. Unfortunately, I have had to remove your post quoted below. <PASTE THE POST THAT WAS REMOVED> We ask that all site-related feedback, questions, problem/error reports and the like be sent via e-mail or private message so that we do not miss them and can handle them in the most efficient manner possible. Please be sure to keep this in mind for the future. <PROVIDE ANSWER TO THEIR QUESTION, IF POSSIBLE - IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER OR CANNOT ANSWER, LEAVE THE FOLLOWING> <<ADMINISTRATOR'S NAME>>, our administrator, will be in touch with you as soon as possible regarding your post. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, <YOUR NAME> <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>> Moderator Vulgar Hello <USERNAME>, Thank you for visiting <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>>. Unfortunately, I have had to remove your post quoted below as it violated our User Guidelines as vulgar. <PASTE THE PORTION THAT VIOLATED OUR GUIDELINES> Please note that if we do not allow a word or term, we do not allow a word or term - it doesn't matter if it is abbreviated or self-censored. Please keep this in mind to prevent further violations in the future. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Sincerely, <YOUR NAME> <<YOUR SITE'S NAME>> Moderator 2 Quote
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