Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ

[dicklerick8]

Thanks for posting this. What are guidelines around things like Airdrops and ICO announcements? I just joined because we are running an ICO and some in our Telegram group have asked us if we were here so I wanted to check it out.

IMO it's easy for everyone to just label everything as a scam, so legitimate ICOs get lost to that and it's harder to get traction. How could this platform help us but at the same time respect the rules and guidelines of the community? Thanks!

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[mprep]

Q: Why can't I put <insert something like a link, image or color> into my signature?
A: There are signature restrictions based on member rank:

- Newbie: No styling (including links) allowed. Max 50 characters.
- Jr. Member: Links allowed. Max 150 characters.
- Member: Unlimited length.
- Full: Color allowed.
- Sr. Member: Size allowed
- Hero: Background color allowed

Thanks mprep for your updates.  I think it would be more informative to include

- Member: Links allowed. 4000 characters.

or to quote the following table by roslinpl.

Lesson 1: Forum's signature styling rules

RANK	LINKS	STYLING	BOLD LETTERS	ITALICIZED	UNDERLINED	TABLES	MAX. CHARS.
Newbies	no	no	no	yes	yes	no	50
Jr. Members	no	no	no	yes	yes	no	150
Members	yes	no	no	yes	yes	no	4000
Full Members	yes	font color, font face	yes	yes	yes	no	4000
Sr. Members	yes	yes (without 'glow')	yes	yes	yes	yes	4000
Hero/Legendary.Members	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	4000

Fixed, thanks for the heads up.

Often I meet on the forum the inscription "[Suspicious link removed]". Are these links removed manually or automatically? Is there a database of suspicious links on the forum? Who replenishes this base? Thanks for the answer.

Certain links posted by newbies get automatically removed. If you have a good reason and need something more specific about the system, PM theymos, the head admin.

Thanks for posting this. What are guidelines around things like Airdrops and ICO announcements? I just joined because we are running an ICO and some in our Telegram group have asked us if we were here so I wanted to check it out.

IMO it's easy for everyone to just label everything as a scam, so legitimate ICOs get lost to that and it's harder to get traction. How could this platform help us but at the same time respect the rules and guidelines of the community? Thanks!

Just make sure you follow the rules listed in OP and check the stickied threads in the board you're going to post for anything board specific.

[P3rS3cond]

Good day Sir mprep, I just want to know if using google url shorteners is prohibited and against the rules ? Because sometimes it's very messy when posting links like facebook links specially when participating ICO bounty campaigns.

[TheQuin]

Good day Sir mprep, I just want to know if using google url shorteners is prohibited and against the rules ? Because sometimes it's very messy when posting links like facebook links specially when participating ICO bounty campaigns.

5. No link shortners that requires users to view an ad.

So as long as you don't direct via an advert you can use link shorteners. However there is another way to tidy up your posts using the BBCode.

Code:

[url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DV6Jt_pW4AIeA1W.jpg]Cartoon[/url]

Displays as: Cartoon

[P3rS3cond]

Good day Sir mprep, I just want to know if using google url shorteners is prohibited and against the rules ? Because sometimes it's very messy when posting links like facebook links specially when participating ICO bounty campaigns.

5. No link shortners that requires users to view an ad.

So as long as you don't direct via an advert you can use link shorteners. However there is another way to tidy up your posts using the BBCode.

Code:

[url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DV6Jt_pW4AIeA1W.jpg]Cartoon[/url]

Displays as: Cartoon

Thanks for the reply Sir TheQuin, by the way this is what I meant on my question see my example:

Code:

[url=https://goo.gl/R13fkS]https://www.facebook.com/DebitumNetwork/posts/140649676582093?comment_id=163621177618276&comment[/url]

I did that not to confuse myself in organizing while editing my reply to the post. It's 5 lines of that having diff. long links. I hope it's okay.

[TheQuin]

Code:

[url=https://goo.gl/R13fkS]https://www.facebook.com/DebitumNetwork/posts/140649676582093?comment_id=163621177618276&comment[/url]

I did that not to confuse myself in organizing while editing my reply to the post. It's 5 lines of that having diff. long links. I hope it's okay.

I don't understand what the point of using the link shortener is if you also post the whole link as text but as far as the rules are concerned the only problem is if you redirect via an advert.

Also, you might want to consider that a lot of people will be very suspicious of link shorteners especially on a Bitcoin forum where we all have to be on guard against phishing links and malware. Personally, there's no way I would click one on this forum.

[P3rS3cond]

Code:

[url=https://goo.gl/R13fkS]https://www.facebook.com/DebitumNetwork/posts/140649676582093?comment_id=163621177618276&comment[/url]

I did that not to confuse myself in organizing while editing my reply to the post. It's 5 lines of that having diff. long links. I hope it's okay.

I don't understand what the point of using the link shortener is if you also post the whole link as text but as far as the rules are concerned the only problem is if you redirect via an advert.

Also, you might want to consider that a lot of people will be very suspicious of link shorteners especially on a Bitcoin forum where we all have to be on guard against phishing links and malware. Personally, there's no way I would click one on this forum.

Me too Sir, I'm also very suspicious about shortened link. Maybe I didn't explained well myself about what I've posted. I'll put some examples below.

Code:

Before:
1. https://www.facebook.com/DebitumNetwork/videos/163665144280546/?comment_id=163789284268132&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D
2. https://www.facebook.com/DebitumNetwork/photos/a.124265888220472.1073741828.110715339575527/163850580928669/?type=3&comment_id=164029654244095&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D
3. https://www.facebook.com/DebitumNetwork/posts/163890580924669?comment_id=164030807577313&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D
..
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..

Code:

After:
1. [url=https://goo.gl/sMGK1j]https://www.facebook.com/DebitumNetwork/videos/163665144280546/?comment_id=163789284268132&comment[/url]
2. [url=https://goo.gl/ZAzgZv]https://www.facebook.com/DebitumNetwork/photos/a.124265888220472.1073741828.110715339575527/163850580928669[/url]
3. [url=https://goo.gl/AUFRSf]https://www.facebook.com/DebitumNetwork/posts/163890580924669?comment_id=164030807577313&comment[/url]
..
..
..

For me the "After" code is much more cleaner while editing than the "Before" code. Especially on smaller screen that sometimes I used. That's all about it Sir. Hoping I didn't confuse you

[CryptoIntellect]

Hello. Dear professionals, please tell me how to be in this situation. I'm writing this post at the request of his friend, as he is forbidden to write posts on the forum. When he enters his profile on the bitcointalk forum, a message is displayed at the top in red (text) as follows:

Sorry, you are banned from posting or sending personal messages on this forum. Low value posts (14 days).

How to be in this situation? What could be the consequences? How can I fix it? Who can I contact? May be this is a temporary lock? On e-mail not any letters about blocking account not crossed.

[mprep]

Hello. Dear professionals, please tell me how to be in this situation. I'm writing this post at the request of his friend, as he is forbidden to write posts on the forum. When he enters his profile on the bitcointalk forum, a message is displayed at the top in red (text) as follows:

Sorry, you are banned from posting or sending personal messages on this forum. Low value posts (14 days).

How to be in this situation? What could be the consequences? How can I fix it? Who can I contact? May be this is a temporary lock? On e-mail not any letters about blocking account not crossed.

He should wait out his 14 day ban and improve his post quality.

[CryptoIntellect]

Hello. Dear professionals, please tell me how to be in this situation. I'm writing this post at the request of his friend, as he is forbidden to write posts on the forum. When he enters his profile on the bitcointalk forum, a message is displayed at the top in red (text) as follows:

Sorry, you are banned from posting or sending personal messages on this forum. Low value posts (14 days).

How to be in this situation? What could be the consequences? How can I fix it? Who can I contact? May be this is a temporary lock? On e-mail not any letters about blocking account not crossed.

He should wait out his 14 day ban and improve his post quality.

Thank you very much, it's nice to have people ready to explain and help.

[lynx_]

Tell me, pls,can I buy the rank above (Ful member,St member)? You can in PM.

[MagicSmoker]

Tell me, pls,can I buy the rank above (Ful member,St member)? You can in PM.

Quoted for posterity...

I bet you try passing cops on the interstate, too, dontcha?

[lynx_]

Tell me, pls,can I buy the rank above (Ful member,St member)? You can in PM.

Quoted for posterity...

I bet you try passing cops on the interstate, too, dontcha?

I can not understand your message!What do you want to say?

[InvoKing]

Tell me, pls,can I buy the rank above (Ful member,St member)? You can in PM.

Quoted for posterity...

I bet you try passing cops on the interstate, too, dontcha?

I can not understand your message!What do you want to say?

Buying accounts although isn't prohibited in the forums but you will risk getting negative trust for your actual account and the other one that you are willing to buy. Then, you will lose your money and your accounts (become useless).

[poptok1]

Tell me, pls,can I buy the rank above (Ful member,St member)? You can in PM.

Quoted for posterity...
I bet you try passing cops on the interstate, too, dontcha?

I can not understand your message!What do you want to say?

Buying accounts although isn't prohibited in the forums but you will risk getting negative trust for your actual account and the other one that you are willing to buy. Then, you will lose your money and your accounts (become useless).

I think lynx is asking about coper membership.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2385104.msg24371150#msg24371150 here you can find first hand informations.
By the looks of it, only coper member is available to purchase. IMO fair deal.

[sncc]

Translations:

In case you want to add it to the list, recently I translated this thread to Japanese:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2966475.0

[mprep]

Translations:

In case you want to add it to the list, recently I translated this thread to Japanese:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2966475.0

Added.

[Leksnik]

Translations:

In case you want to add it to the list, recently I translated this thread to Japanese:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2966475.0

Added.

Please add a link to the Russian translation of the rules from xandry https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=994018.0

[mprep]

Translations:

In case you want to add it to the list, recently I translated this thread to Japanese:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2966475.0

Added.

Please add a link to the Russian translation of the rules from xandry https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=994018.0

Added, thanks for the heads up.

[MagicSmoker]

I could have sworn I read somewhere that copying a previous reply and posting it as your own is against the rules, but I didn't see (or missed) it on the OP.

For example, I reported this post yesterday: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2525508.msg31880383#msg31880383

because I remembered seeing it before and sure enough found the original: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2525508.msg31359812#msg31359812

Was I correct to report the post, or is this filed under "unsavory, but permissible"?