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Posting Guidelines

All images and content posted by members remains the property of the owner. However, by posting information to this site, you explicitly grant Scribble Talk specific permission to display said content on its website and to its members. As such, we do not remove accounts that have activity (posts, project entries, etc.). You acknowledge that you have sufficient written permission of any recognizable models or other persons appearing in your image to be able to grant to Scribble Talk the right to publish the submission online, and hereby grant to Scribble Talk such right.

Scribble Talk moderators will try to review all messages posted, however Scribble Talk is not responsible for the content of any of these messages. Scribble Talk reserves the right to delete any message for any reason and without notification. You, the member, remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Scribble Talk, its moderators and administrators with respect to any claims, damages, losses, costs and liabilities (including reasonable attorney's fees) based upon transmission of your messages or your content, or that of anyone acting with your permission or with your password. Scribble Talk reserves the right to reveal your identity, and any known information, in the event of a complaint or legal action resulting from any message posted by you.

Messages posted express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily of this site, its moderators, administrators or any entity associated with this site.

Works of art depicting the nude human form are permitted in this forum, provided that it is not blatant pornography. Scribble Talk administrators/moderators will be the judge as to what is considered pornographic in nature.

Valid entries include:

• Nudes, studies of the human form, etc.
• Works displaying sexual activities ARE permitted, provided the art is tasteful, and does not illustrate the perspective of physical penetration.
• Posting pornographic photographs would obviously not qualify

Avatars

• Flashing Avatars are not allowed.

Signature Lines / Banners

Signature lines and banners will comply with the following guidelines:

• No company logos in signature line or banner
• No animation in signature line or banner
• Two link to an art related website is allowed in signature line.
• Quotations must comply with user agreement
• Maximum banner size is 60 x 468 pixels
• Banners cannot link directly to websites
• No nudity in banners

Private Messaging System

The Private Messaging system is a facility only available to registered members of Scribble Talk. Private messages are stored on our server. Your private message folders will not be opened except to investigate a report of abuse, to protect our servers, or if required to do so by law.

Three-Strike Policy

Unfortunately, there may occasionally be the need for the site administrators to take action against a member for continued non-compliance with the rules and guidelines of this site.

• The first two warnings will come from site moderators, and will state the offense and ask politely that you adhere to site guidelines.
• The third offense note will result in permanent suspension.

Site Anti-Solicitation/Spam Policy

This is an important section! If you are a representative of a vendor/retailer, product manufacturer, service provider, or charitable organization (hereafter collectively referred to simply as "vendors"), and you wish to participate in our community, we urge to carefully read the following information.

In short:

 

• No blatant spamming or abuse of our system to further your business or charitable organization.
• Vendors can respond to technical questions posed by other members.
• Vendors cannot conduct marketing/selling operations embedded within technical responses.

No blatant spam, open solicitations, or "stealth" marketing techniques

Commercial, charitable, or monetary solicitations of ANY SORT are not permitted in this community without prior written consent by the administrators. This includes subtle, indirect offers posted in our message forums.

If a member asks a question about a product you make or sell (such as where to locate), has a complaint about a product or service, or asks about classes that you teach, then you may respond to those questions and provide a link to your website. You may NOT provide pricing information etc. in the forums.

The following are examples of things that are NOT permitted, and are considered solicitous in nature:

• Direct solicitations for selling of products or services
• Use of Scribble Talk forums for working out service or product complaints.
• Direct solicitations for contributions to charity (unless approved by the site administrators).
• Indirect solicitations or offers, disguised, or embedded within other information. This includes the use of message posts to discuss or promote (directly or indirectly) your products and/or services (unless you are responding to a technical question posed by one of our members - see below for further information on this).
• Use of message posts (including the "signature" line area) to convey solicitous information, such as special deals, sales, inventory availability (or other stock-level information), shipping or payment terms, phone numbers, reference to other vendor sites or other such information. NOTE: A single line link to your company's web site is permitted in your signature line.
• Use of private messaging to conduct promotion or selling of products and services.
• Use of company logos for avatar/tiny head images is not allowed.

Politics and Religion

• There will be no posts, avatars, or signatures that promote religious or political views. This is an international site for artists and it is inappropriate to promote your political or religious views on this site.
• Religious or politically inspired works of art are appropriate, however threads are not to be used to discuss or debate religious or political beliefs.
• Since our political and religious lives are many times a part of who we are, we can mention our activities related to this in the Cafe, provided the discussion doesn't promote one point of view. An example would be discussing that you went to a rally for someone, or that you just celebrated your child's confirmation or bar mitzvah.

The determination of whether a posting violates this anti-solicitation/spam Policy will be in the sole discretion of the Moderators/Administrators. Any post found in violation of the above policies may be summarily removed or edited by our staff. Any member signature or avatar in violation of these rules will be automatically edited.

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Scribble Talk reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any provisions herein at any time. Your continued use of the site following the posting of any changes to these provisions will signify your agreement to the changes.