Rules & Guidelines

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Guidelines
SikhSangat.com & Waheguroo Network
(We care for quality, not quantity)

Topics that will not be allowed:

Meat, Dasam Granth, Raag Mala and Keski as Kakar issues are not encouraged to discuss on sikhsangat.com. According to a Hukamnama passed by Sri Akal Takht, we do not encourage any discussions on the above mentioned 4 issues. You are requested to refrain from doing the same.

-Revised 09/26/04 -1

Warnings
Two warnings will be given, the third time a ban will be imposed if the member fails to follow the guidelines.

Posting Emails, Phone Numbers, Personal pictures

- Keep in mind that all private e-mail is considered to be copyrighted by the original author. If you post private e-mail to a public list or board, or forward it to an outside party in whole or in part, you must include the author's permission to post the material publicly. Not doing so can get you into some deep doo-doo legally or with your friends and associates. Think of it this way... how would you feel if a personal private e-mail that you had written for a specific purpose/person is then plastered across the Internet or forwarded to folks you do not know? Always ask for permission before forwarding or posting any private e-mails!

- Respect the personal privacy of others by not sharing their pictures & emails unless you have their prior approval. Never give personal phone number/information in any post (excluding Sikh organizations).

Posting Policies

- While in an open (publ

ic) forum, keep your remarks on a "PG" level. There could very well be young folks reading what you are writing. There is no way to know the age or maturity level of each person who is reading your written words.

- If you are in a group or room which discusses a particular topic, be sure not to stray from that topic. Other members of the group or room are liable to be offended if you do.

- Don't start a "flame war" - when an online discussion degenerates into a series of personal attacks against the debaters, rather than discussion of their positions.

- Administrators and moderators of Sikhsangat.com do not have any enemies nor do we hold any grudges against any particular member or jatha.

- Any kind of attack on any jatha will not be tolerated.

- Namecalling or bad-mouthing any other Panthic Sikh website will not be tolerated.

- NO personal fights or quarrels.

- Serious Abuse of PM system will end up deleting of your ID.

- Any direct attack or mockery on our Sikh gurus or Sikh warriors or on any mahan Sikh Personality (ex: Sant Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale) will be automatically deleted by Moderators and Administrators, and a warning will also be issued.

- Stereotyping of any culture, religion, race, or group of people is not allowed!

- Posting the same topic numerous times even in separate categories is not allowed.

Failing to comply with any of the above guidelines, a warning will be issued to a maximum of 2, even if the rules aren't followed, the member's posts will be moderated or banned depending on the circumstances.

Post Editings

You will notice <admin-profanity filter activated> in many posts.. What does that mean? It means that user used rude, offensive language and it automatically got censored by the forum program.

Moderators and Admins can edit any post which goes against the Sikh Panth. Moderators/Admins may provide the reason of the editing at the end of th

e each edited post.

No new post, thread or reply will be deleted by the sewadars unless it totally goes against sikhi values.

Advertisements

We do not approve of any type of advertisements on sikhsangat.com regarding your homepage, business or anything which has nothing to do with sikhi discussion. Do not mentioned Anti-Sikh sites as the source material for anything. Sites like Shastarvidhya or Sarbloah by the nangs of UK are certainly not allowed!

User IDS

Multiple User IDs are not allowed.
ID name which will not be allowed on sikhsangat.com forum:

KillerKhalsa
Ihate _____
Pakihater
downtokhalistan
Anti-(Any jatha name)
afakjks (random letters or numbers)

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User Names
Represent Yourself not others

We encourage users not to have "taksal," "akj," "dodra," "SGPC," "nanaksar," or any other sangat / jatha / dera / group's name in their username. Unless you've been chosen by the khalsa sangat as a jathedar of the AKJ or Dodhra or any other sangat. If not then should stop acting as their spokesperson.

For example :dodhrasangat4ever who has posted on a few occasions messages that are anti-gurmat and anti-panthic, and they are so insincere and obviously fabricated to defame and misrepresent Dodhra sangat that they are inexcusable.

The reason we are going on and on about this is - that there Some immature people who are trying to mess with everybody's heads for no good reason by having usernames sounds like they represent particular jatha or organization while they are not and they did posted a few messages which are anti-gurmat and anti-panthic, and they are here only to defame and misrepresent the Jatha/organization name. So think twice before registering a username.

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Rude Users
Very Important - PLEASE READ

Dear SikhSangat.com Members,

The sole purpose/mission objective of SikhSangat.com is to keep a safe, educating environment for fellow Sikhs around the world, and as a communication base to inform each other of events occuring around the world.

Recently the sewadars of this forum have noted that there is alot of hatred and tension among certain members. Alot of new discussion topics have crept up, which lead to arguements, instead of formal debates. Therefore considering the thread "Rude Users: Poll" http://forums.waheguroo.com/index.ppa?act=...=2&t=2079&hl=we have come to the following conclusion:

As stated in the Rules & Regulations thread Two warnings will be given failure to comply with the warnings, a permanent BAN will be imposed if members fail to follow the guidelines.

-A. Any member using profanity, or arguing to a very high level, on a pointless topic, will be discussed within the sewadars, and given 1 warning, and will be put on the 'WARNED' list.

-B. If the same member repeats his/her use of tone, they will be given a FINAL warning.

-C. If the same member is found using abusive language, debating with a pointless direction, or failing to comply with the previously given warnings, will be BANNED. They can plead their case to the ADMIN @ contact@sikhsangat.com.

If that person tries to sign up with a different ID, we will sure to find that out and their I

P will be banned.

Finally, we all would like SikhSangat.com to be a happy, productive, and a place to gain knowledge about Sikhi, also about the world.

SikhSangat.com TEAM

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