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Site rules

Rules for the Use of ProZ.com The following rules have been created to extend and protect the pleasant, results-oriented atmosphere of the ProZ.com translation workplace. By using the site, you indicate your acceptance of, and agreement to abide by, these rules.

Category
General rules
KudoZ - 1. General rules
KudoZ - 2. Rules for asking
KudoZ - 3. Rules for answering and making peer comments
Forum rules
Job - 1. Rules for posting
Jobs - 2. Rules for responding to postings
Jobs - 3. Other rules
Blue Board rules
Contest rules

#	Site Rule	Old Ref.
1.1	KudoZ is provided for terms help only. Use of the platform for advertising, discussions, or purposes other than getting or giving help with terms is prohibited.	K1.1
1.2	KudoZ is limited in scope to language. All KudoZ-related postings must be limited in scope to the topic of terms. Comments of a personal nature, in KudoZ as elsewhere, are strictly prohibited.
1.3	1.3. Text boxes may be used only for their intended purposes. For example: The "Ask the Asker" box makes it possible to ask for additional information concerning a question or its context. The answerer's explanation box is intended for providing justification of a suggested translation. Reference boxes provide a place for links to online resources that the asker and others may consult for confirmation. Use of the above form fields for purposes other than those described is prohibited. For example, comments such as 'Studied medicine for 3 years' should be entered in the explanation box, not in the reference boxes.	K4.6 K4.7
1.4	Glossary form must be maintained. Draft glossaries are generated automatically from KudoZ questions and answers. For this reason, expressions such as 'see below' must not be entered in the boxes provided for terms, either when posting source terms or proposing translations. Question marks, quote marks, unnecessary capitalization and anything else that would not be found in a dictionary, should not be entered.	K2.6

Enforcement

Staff members and moderators may take any of the following actions to enforce the above rules:
* contacting site users to call attention to specific rules
* refraining from approving (or removing/hiding) postings that violate a rule
* causing a message related to the rules to appear to certain users when they undertake certain actions
* suspending, temporarily or permanently, access to site features that have been used in violation of the rules.
* termination of profile or membership (staff only)

Termination

In rare cases of severe infraction, ProZ.com staff members may terminate a profile (and membership) with immediate effect. In most cases, however, ProZ.com uses a "yellow card/red card" policy, akin to yellow-card/red-card practice in the sport of football/soccer, for terminations.

Yellow and red cards are issued only by staff members. Rules are cited by number, and the date of the card is logged. The terms "yellow card" or "red card" are used explicitly; if an email is sent, the terms appear in the subject line.

A site user who has been issued a yellow card may continue to use the site (sometimes with certain restrictions), but is otherwise under notice that further infractions will lead to termination. A person whose profile has been terminated will not be readmitted to ProZ.com.

Outsourcers are subject to the site's Termination policy.

Clarification

For clarification regarding any of the above rules or rules enforcement, please submit a support request.