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Just read the faq's on abuse again. Seems that we should go to the administrators or owners of the board to complain, not the mods, although we can ask them for the information needed to make the complaint. If we stick by these rules, the mods can no longer be questioned on their reasons for allowing certain posts to go unpunished. Hope it takes some of the pressure off them as they would be deemed wrong by half the board whatever they do. Here is the relevant section:



Whom do I contact about abusive and/or legal matters related to this board?
You should contact the administrator of this board. If you cannot find who that is, you should first contact one of the forum moderators and ask them who you should in turn contact. If still get no response you should contact the owner of the domain (do a whois lookup) or, if this is running on a free service (e.g. yahoo, free.fr, f2s.com, etc.), the management or abuse department of that service. Please note that phpBB Group has absolutely no control and cannot in any way be held liable over how, where or by whom this board is used. It is absolutely pointless contacting phpBB Group in relation to any legal (cease and desist, liable, defamatory comment, etc.) matter not directly related to the phpbb.com website or the discrete software of phpBB itself. If you do email phpBB Group about any third party use of this software then you should expect a terse response or no response at all.

These are the rules to be found at the top of the forum:




To ensure the enjoyment of all TalkMagic members, please follow these basic, common sense rules:

1. No abuse of any kind will be tolerated.

2. No blatant advertising is allowed.

3. No copyright infringements are allowed, for example, posting details of copyright routines, commercial products etc...

4. No selling or trading of instructions. We will allow, and promote, the sale or trading of prop based tricks (e.g. Knife thru arm) by approved members but not allow the sale or trading of instruction based tricks (e.g. booklets etc..) - basically, if you can still perform the trick after you have sold it, you may not advertise it on this site!

5. No swearing, racism, sexism, pornography or bigotry of any kind will be tolerated.

6. Anyone ignoring the above rules will be banned without notice.

7. Where possible please try to avoid over using "Text Speak" (i.e. txtspk) in any messages posted. It would also be appreciated if messages are checked for grammar, spelling and typos. It is accepted that from time to time bad spelling, grammar and typos will occur, however the over abundance of these mistakes in a message will make it difficult for others to read and comprehend.

8. You won’t be surprised to hear that over the years, most of the common topics have been discussed so please use the Search Function for previous threads before starting new ones. Although the Search Function isn't 100% foolproof, it will show up a lot of useful previous information. This is especially true in respect of how to get started in magic, basic books/DVDs/props etc recommended for beginners.

9. The same prior use of the Search Function applies to Reviews and Review requests - if there's an existing Review then add your comments to it rather than start another thread.

10. There are other Stickies dotted around the Forum so please check and read them for specific details about other matters.

Best regards
TalkMagic Support Team



I had questioned before how someone who constantly broke rules 1 and 2, ie abuse and blatant advertising, wasn't affected by rule number 6, ie banning without notice. I do apologise to the mods, as I was putting the onus onto yourselves, rather than reading who I should be contacting.
I notice someone has complained in a thread about rules 1 and 7 being broken recently. Please remember you need to copy the posts that you feel are abusive, as they may be deleted to the content. You can then send the relevant post by PM to the relevant person.