| Frequently Asked Questions, Rules and Regulations for Sadikhov.com (Last revision: October 13, 2007) | |
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| Introduction |
Thank you for visiting the FAQ section of our web site. We have received a lot of emails and requests about the operation of Sadikhov.com web site. We decided to put this information together on one page which will answer the most common and frequently asked questions. If you have any other questions, please feel free to send them to us. However due to the high volume of incoming emails, we will not answer the questions which have already been answered here. This page will be updated as we continue receiving your questions and concerns. The information provided here is written in English and the rules are in effect as soon as the information is published. The visitor of the web site is totally responsible for reading this information. Sadikhov.com in his turn is not responsible for reader's abilities to understand the content of this page or for difficulties with the English language. If you came to this site to download, then this web site is not for you. There are plenty of web sites on the internet to which you can refer as free download portals. Sadikhov.com is not one of them. The web site has been developed to unite the IT community all over the world to help them share the knowledge and experience, discuss technical issues and learn from each other. The web site is totally free and will continue to be free or otherwise will be shutdown. Many web site visitors are experienced IT professionals who will gladly answer your questions. Please use their knowledge and experience wisely. For this communication we have created the IT forum. For protection and security reasons Sadikhov.com may keep your information such as IP address, time of visit and OS version. (This information is sent by your browser every time you visit our web site). If you find potential security vulnerabilities in Sadikhov.com web site, please let us know the details, clearly mentioning the exact steps that you took to discover. However we do not welcome the activities which intend to find such vulnerabilities. If we find that your actions were dangerous, we may terminate your access to our site permanently by blocking your IP range and removing all related accounts. Any such tests are disallowed. There is no need to publicly announce the vulnerabilities and bugs, please contact Moderators of the forum or Administrator of the site. |
| Forum |
There are some simple rules that you need to follow to avoid any issues with moderators and administrators:
Once again, moderators may remove your post if you break these rules. If you continue to do so, you may be restricted from accessing the forum. Before posting your question, search the forum for information that you are looking for. The topic may already have been discussed. Post of the Month Award
This award has been introduced in recognition of posts within the Sadikhov forum that are felt to have excelled with regard to their contents being uniquely informative, descriptive, or instructional. For details please refer to the following thread on the forum Post of the Month The titlesUpon increasing the number of your posts, you will be given the following titles and ranks: Newbie - 0 Minimum Posts, 1 Pip Member - 50 Minimum Posts, 2 Pips Advanced Member - 150 Minimum Posts, 3 Pips Super Member - 500 Minimum Posts, 4 Pips V.I.P. Member - 1000 Minimum Posts, 5 Pips Honorary members, Moderators and VIP members, may have custom titles. back to top |
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Warning system is a feature of the board for the moderators to keep track of offensive, bad or spamming posters. The scale varies from 0 to 3, with 0 as a default. There is no certain rules for what reasons and what level of warning you may get penalized, because moderators will use warning system at their own discretion, however if you notice that you've been unfairly punished, please contact the admin with your complaint for review. Moderators have to state a reason for what you have been warned or decreased in warning. Normaly, those members
who post along the guidelines of the FAQ will have no impact. All members can observe their warning status and the reasons in their statistics profiles. back to top |
| Support Team |
Web site administrator That's me- FS, in this paragraph I will introduce myself briefly. Here on the site, I will refer myself as Admin or administrator. I am the founder of Sadikhov.com Sadikhov.net and Sadikhov.org web sites. I manage the web sites as well as the forum. Keeping this web site running is not an easy task. Thanks to our members who contribute with their ideas and support. Sadikhov.com is not my primary work. I have a job in a company just like most of you have, which takes my whole day. I have only weekends to work on the web site, but sometimes like all normal people I take vacations. I have a very limited time, so do not expect a prompt reply from me. Nevertheless I try visiting the forum everyday and read new posts, however it is impossible for me to read all of them as the quantity of posts is relatively large. That is why we have moderators. I am not a native English speaker and have never lived in an English speaking country, therefore kindly forgive my grammar and vocabulary mistakes. I fully understand English and Russian and a little bit of Turkish and German. You can write me or PM me in one of these languages; however expect my responses only in English. Please feel free to contact me if you have any issues except:
ModeratorsWe have few outstanding members of our community who help running the forum by keeping it clean and growing. They are moderators. Moderators monitor all the posts on the forum. They have a right to change, remove, close and pin the posts. They are smart and know a lot about Sadikhov.com. They will be able to help you in many ways. Please refer to any moderator on the forum to resolve your issue. The moderators have a global coverage which means that they can moderate all forums on the board. So if you found a post that needs moderator's attention, the best thing to do is to use "! Report" button on the upper-right hand corner of the post, the message will be sent to the proper moderator for review. Moderators can warn you if they think that you violated the rules. Please see the paragraph about warnings for details. They can remove or change your posts by your request. If you have any issues with moderators and you think they abuse their rights, please let the admin know about it as soon as possible, do not indulge in an argument with them, although this is least likely to happen. Honorary Members Honorary members have fewer privileges than moderators, but more than regular forum members. Their opinion is treated the same as moderators' opinion. Honorary members are trusted members and have achieved this level by their outstanding personality and hard work demonstrated on Sadikhov.com. They know the rules, they know the policy, and they also moderate a few forums. Moderators and honorary members may recommend other members to be promoted to Honorary member or Moderator status. If you really want to become one, the only requirement is - we have to like you, trust you and be sure that you can be a part of the team. back to top |
| Advertising |
Unauthorized advertising or promotion by members is prohibited on the forum. All advertising requests should be sent to the web site administrator for approval. Failure to follow these rules will lead to member's account termination and restriction for further site visits. Currently Sadikhov.com offers advertising packages. More detailed information can be found on Advertising on Sadikhov.com Posting Links to other web sites The forum must not be turned into an advertising board. This won't be allowed to happen. Usually links to software and useful study material can be posted, however if linked with the software, it should not carry any danger to users. If the link points to harmful software, this link will be removed as well. The majority of your links will be removed from the forum if you do not follow these rules, please do not post them there if they are not related to the conversation. Exception: STUDY GUIDES REQUESTS, SHARES AND EXCHANGE. Links can be posted in this forum to provide the path to downloading resources from other web sites. Keep all links passive - non clickable. It is found easy to use [CODE] tag on the forum for this purpose. In most cases your links will automatically become passive once posted, however if it has not happened, then use the procedure above to format them.. Where to publish links to my web sites?The place for certification links is here: http://www.sadikhov.com/links.php We only select those links which will be most of the interest to the visitors. The links are free and do not require any registration procedure, neither for accessing nor adding. Please make sure you follow the mentioned criteria before posting links on the links page. If you own a certification web site, you may register it on our Top Sites list. back to top |
| Contribution |
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If you want to contribute to Sadikhov.com web site, you can do one of the following: 1. Take active participation in the forum and help the community members. 2. Link to Sadikhov.com from your web site. 3. Tell about us to your friends who might be interested in joining our community. In the future, donation requests may be introduced on the site if there are not enough funds to cover hosting and management needs of Sadikhov.com. Meanwhile if you wish to benefit to Sadikhov.com in monetary way, you may contact the administrator and see what needs for improving the site can be considered, scripts development, design and so on. back to top |
| Frequently Asked Questions |
Q. I have registered on the forum, but have not received a registration e-mail. A. After continuous participation, as time goes by, your nickname reputation is built and changing your username may create confusion for others especially if you were refered by your username in the posts. Reading such posts breaks a chain of sense. Therefore only newbies with less than 50 posts can do this on http://www.sadikhov.com/forum/change.php page. Please think ahead before choosing a nickname. Q. I have registered on the forum, but I cannot reply to any topic. Q. Can you register me on the forum? Q. What does term "Sadikhov" stand for? |
| Abbreviations used on the site |
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Admin - Administrator |