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Philadelphia Surname Message Board
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Welcome to
the
Philadelphia Surname Message Board. Please take note that this is a
surname board for the last name of Philadelphia.
If you are looking for the locality board for the city of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia County you will find it here.
Please read the following so
that the Message Board experience may be a pleasant and productive one.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this message
board please direct them to the board admin whose clickable
address can be found on the top of this page.
BEFORE YOU POST
Please read the Community Guidelines, Board FAQ and
Board Help
found on the bottom of any board page. By doing so it will help you
prevent the mistakes that usually cause posts to be moved or deleted.
These links also contain information on how to write a post that gets
noticed.
The top reasons
why posts are moved or deleted are:
- Posting to the wrong board
- Cross posting to more than one board
- Posting identifiable information on living people
- Commercial postings
- Copyright violations
1.
Posting to the wrong board.
This particular
board is a surname board and all posts made to this board must concern
the surname name Philadelphia.
From the guidelines:
Post only information
appropriate for a given topic. For example, if you're posting on the
"Lansing" surname board, you should be writing only in reference to a
"Lansing" connection. If you're posting on the US, regional or
international board, you must be making reference to the appropriate
location.
2.
Cross posting
Posting
the same message to more than one board is spamming. Usually one
post will be left on the most appropriate board and all the others will
be deleted.
From the FAQ:
It is not considered good
etiquette to post a query or the same information to several boards at
once and your duplicate messages may be deleted by the board staff or
admin on all but the most appropriate board. You will have the most
success if you post to one board specific to your message. Other
members will be able to use a search to locate your post.
3. Identifiable
information on Living People
Identifiable
information includes, names, physical addresses, email addresses, birth
dates, phone numbers, photos, and anything sensitive that can
violate the privacy of living people. You can not post sensitive
information on living people, and these posts will be removed from this
board as soon as it is discovered.
From the
guidelines:
Don't include identifiable information about living people
without their direct consent, or, in the case of minors, the consent of
their parent or guardian. This includes (but is not limited to) a
person's full name, location or contact information.
If you have
sensitive information that you wish to pass on click on the link under
the user's name for contact information. If you are paying subscriber
you will be able contact anonymous users. If you are not a paying
subscriber you can post a brief reply asking that user to contact you
and give your email address.
4. Commercial
Links
You cannot post
links or email addresses to sites or people who charge for products or
services. These posts are deleted as soon as they are discovered.
From the guidelines:
Don't
post commercial messages, fee-for-service postings, advertising or
related links, etc.
5.
Copyrights
Posts that
violate copyrights are deleted as soon as they are discovered.
From the Guidelines:
Don't post anything you
didn't personally create. That includes copyrighted material you're not
authorized to distribute, email messages, notes in GEDCOMs, etc.
Please remember
that posts can be deleted or moved to a more appropriate board without
notice. If you have any questions regarding the removal or moving of a
board post you can contact the board admin whose contact information is
always found on the board information page.
From the guidelines:
We reserve the right to
delete messages that violate our Acceptable Use Policy, move messages
posted in the wrong place and edit the surname field, subject line,
etc. in any message. We reserve the right to do any of the above
without notice in order to preserve community integrity and ensure that
people can find what they're seeking.
Let's keep
this Message Board a pleasant experience by keeping the Community
Guidelines, Board FAQ, and Board Help in mind when posting.