Network of Emergency Physicians, India (NEPI) - Code of Conduct
The NEPI Community is known for its friendliness and willingness to help. In order to keep that reputation, and to be able to act on those instances where the reputation may be damaged, we have made a set of simple rules every member needs to abide by. This etiquette applies to all members at any time, national as well as international.
Keep in mind that all administrators & moderators are regular members just like you and offer their support in their spare time out of their own free will. Please respect that and be patient if you don't receive an answer straight away.
All support is based upon mutual respect and we do not feel obliged to give support to anybody that does not respect our code of conduct.
Registration on this website and/or use of Network of Emergency Physicians, India(NEPI) website constitutes an agreement to these Terms & Guidelines.
General rules
This is an international project. Try to remember, that what is considered to be OK in one culture and in one language might not be OK in another culture or another language. This project has participants of all ages. Try to remember, that what might be appropriate between people of the same age or gender might not be appropriate between people of different age groups or opposite gender.
General Posting Guidelines
Please post your topic to one forum only. If it needs to be moved, alert a moderator or the administrator by Private Message. Use meaningful subject titles in the forum and messages which give information about your posting or PM. Do not use subjects like "Help! I'm lost".
Topics
Please stay on topic. Ensure you post your topic in the correct forum. For general conversation, please use the Conversations forum.
Cooperation
There isn't such a thing as a stupid question. All questions have to be treated equally. Do not speak down to people. We all started as newbies at some point - always keep that fact in mind when responding to a question.
It's only when we work together, that NEPI grows and gets better. It's only when we cooperate, that we move forward. In this cooperation every little bit of help is appreciated. Remember this when you are asking questions - and remember it, when you are answering.
Be constructive
Think of how you can contribute to the project rather than what you can get from it. We will go nowhere, if the members here are all too busy maintaining their own ideas or their status. If you just criticize without being constructive, you stop the community from growing.
Criticism
NEPI's discussion forum has zero tolerance to direct criticism regarding any of the established EM academic programs, institutes, hospitals or individuals working in EM in India. Such comments will be deleted without warning and the concerned member warned. Repeat offenders will be banned from the site.
Advertising
NEPI's discussion forum is not an advertising platform for members to use. Members are not allowed to post or upload links to other websites for commercial or awareness reasons. No marketing related announcements or notices are allowed. Such links and posts will be deleted immediately. If you would like to advertising something, please contact us on our mail.
Language
Do not use offensive language. We are here for people of all ages, and want everyone to feel comfortable. Offensive language constitutes as profanity, racial, ethnic, and gender based insults or any other personal discriminations, and posts meant to offend or hurt any other member or their work. If you need to say something do it with the facts but not with insults. Flaming will not be tolerated.
Spamming and Trolling
We do not tolerate spamming or trolling anywhere.
Font Sizes and formatting
Please do not change the font size of the signature text to a larger size than the postings text. Feel free to use formatting options (underlining, bold, italic, colours).
Links
Warez and other illegal transactions may NOT be linked in any shape or form. Pornography is not permitted, and adult content oriented links should be clearly marked as such.
Credits
Remember to give credit. This goes not only for copyright issues but also for constructive solutions and constructive error handling. It's important to give this positive feedback. This makes life easier and more enjoyable for all parties.
Banning
If you fail to follow these guidelines you will either receive a message, a warning, a temporary or permanent ban from a moderator, depending on the severity of the issue. Disrespectful behaviours, offensive sentences, insults and other language abuses, as described above, will be edited or deleted without warning.
If a member is persistent in disrupting the forum or fails to abide by these guidelines, he/she will be removed from the member list and will cease to have any privileges or access to NEPI's website. This decision will be taken solely by the Webmaster.
By registering as a member of Network of Emergency Physicians, India (NEPI), you are agreed to this Code of Conduct and also agreed to the host site's Privacy Policy
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