PoliceWives.Org :: FAQ

Have you registered? Seriously, you must register in order to log in. Have you been banned from the board? (A message will be displayed if you have.) If so, you should contact the webmaster or board administrator to find out why. If you have registered and are not banned and you still cannot log in then check and double-check your username and password. Usually this is the problem; if not, contact the board administrator -- they may have incorrect configuration settings for the board.
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You may not have to -- it is up to the administrator of the board as to whether you need to register in order to post messages. However, registration will give you access to additional features not available to guest users such as definable avatar images, private messaging, emailing to fellow users, usergroup subscription, etc. It only takes a few minutes to register so it is recommended you do so.
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If you do not check the Log me in automatically box when you log in, the board will only keep you logged in for a preset time. This prevents misuse of your account by anyone else. To stay logged in, check the box during login. This is not recommended if you access the board from a shared computer, e.g. library, internet cafe, university cluster, etc.
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Don't panic! While your password cannot be retrieved it can be reset. To do this go to the login page and click I've forgotten my password. Follow the instructions and you should be back online in no time.
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First check that you are entering the correct username and password. If they are okay then one of two things may have happened: if COPPA support is enabled and you clicked the I am under 13 years old link while registering then you will have to follow the instructions you received. If this is not the case then maybe your account need activating. Some boards will require all new registrations be activated, either by yourself or by the administrator before you can log on. When you registered it would have told you whether activation was required. If you were sent an email then follow the instructions; if you did not receive the email then check that your email address is valid. One reason activation is used is to reduce the possibility of rogue users abusing the board anonymously. If you are sure the email address you used is valid then try contacting the board administrator.
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The most likely reasons for this are: you entered an incorrect username or password (check the email you were sent when you first registered) or the administrator has deleted your account for some reason. If it is the latter case then perhaps you did not post anything? It is usual for boards to periodically remove users who have not posted anything so as to reduce the size of the database. Try registering again and get involved in discussions.
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All your settings (if you are registered) are stored in the database. To alter them click the Profile link (generally shown at the top of pages but this may not be the case). This will allow you to change all your settings.
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The times are almost certainly correct; however, what you may be seeing are times displayed in a timezone different from the one you are in. If this is the case, you should change your profile setting for the timezone to match your particular area, e.g. London, Paris, New York, Sydney, etc. Please note that changing the timezone, like most settings, can only be done by registered users. So if you are not registered, this is a good time to do so, if you pardon the pun!
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If you are sure you have set the timezone correctly and the time is still different, the most likely answer is daylight savings time (or summer time as it is known in the UK and other places). The board is not designed to handle the changeovers between standard and daylight time so during summer months the time may be an hour different from the real local time.
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The most likely reasons for this are either the administrator did not install your language or someone has not translated this board into your language. Try asking the board administrator if they can install the language pack you need or if it does not exist, please feel free to create a new translation. More information can be found at the phpBB Group website (see link at bottom of pages)
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There may be two images below a username when viewing posts. The first is an image associated with your rank; generally these take the form of stars or blocks indicating how many posts you have made or your status on the forums. Below this may be a larger image known as an avatar; this is generally unique or personal to each user. It is up to the board administrator to enable avatars and they have a choice over the way in which avatars can be made available. If you are unable to use avatars then this is the decision of the board admin and you should ask them their reasons (we're sure they'll be good!)
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In general you cannot directly change the wording of any rank (ranks appear below your username in topics and on your profile depending on the style used). Most boards use ranks to indicate the number of posts you have made and to identify certain users. For example, moderators and administrators may have a special rank. Please do not abuse the board by posting unnecessarily just to increase your rank -- you will probably find the moderator or administrator will simply lower your post count.
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Sorry, but only registered users can send email to people via the built-in email form (if the admin has enabled this feature). This is to prevent malicious use of the email system by anonymous users.
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Easy -- click the relevant button on either the forum or topic screens. You may need to register before you can post a message. The facilities available to you are listed at the bottom of the forum and topic screens (the You can post new topics, You can vote in polls, etc. list)
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Unless you are the board admin or forum moderator you can only edit or delete your own posts. You can edit a post (sometimes for only a limited time after it was made) by clicking the edit button for the relevant post. If someone has already replied to the post, you will find a small piece of text output below the post when you return to the topic that lists the number of times you edited it. This will only appear if no one has replied; it also will not appear if moderators or administrators edit the post (they should leave a message saying what they altered and why). Please note that normal users cannot delete a post once someone has replied.
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To add a signature to a post you must first create one; this is done via your profile. Once created you can check the Add Signature box on the posting form to add your signature. You can also add a signature by default to all your posts by checking the appropriate radio box in your profile. You can still prevent a signature being added to individual posts by un-checking the add signature box on the posting form.
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Creating a poll is easy -- when you post a new topic (or edit the first post of a topic, if you have permission) you should see a Add Poll form below the main posting box. If you cannot see this then you probably do not have rights to create polls. You should enter a title for the poll and then at least two options -- to set an option type in the poll question and click the Add option button. You can also set a time limit for the poll, 0 being an infinite amount. There will be a limit to the number of options you can list, which is set by the board administrator
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As with posts, polls can only be edited by the original poster, a moderator, or board administrator. To edit a poll, click the first post in the topic, which always has the poll associated with it. If no one has cast a vote then users can delete the poll or edit any poll option. However, if people have already placed votes only moderators or administrators can edit or delete it; this is to prevent people rigging polls by changing options mid-way through a poll
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Some forums may be limited to certain users or groups. To view, read, post, etc. you may need special authorization which only the forum moderator and board administrator can grant, so you should contact them.
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Only registered users can vote in polls so as to prevent spoofing of results. If you have registered and still cannot vote then you probably do not have appropriate access rights.
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BBCode is a special implementation of HTML. Whether you can use BBCode is determined by the administrator. You can also disable it on a per post basis from the posting form. BBCode itself is similar in style to HTML: tags are enclosed in square braces [ and ] rather than < and > and it offers greater control over what and how something is displayed. For more information on BBCode see the guide which can be accessed from the posting page.
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That depends on whether the administrator allows you to; they have complete control over it. If you are allowed to use it, you will probably find only certain tags work. This is a safety feature to prevent people from abusing the board by using tags which may destroy the layout or cause other problems. If HTML is enabled you can disable it on a per post basis from the posting form.
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Smileys, or Emoticons, are small graphical images which can be used to express some feeling using a short code, e.g. :) means happy, :( means sad. The full list of emoticons can be seen via the posting form. Try not to overuse smileys, though, as they can quickly render a post unreadable and a moderator may decide to edit them out or remove the post altogether.
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Images can indeed be shown in your posts. However, there is no facility at present for uploading images directly to this board. Therefore you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.some-unknown-place.net/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own PC (unless it is a publicly accessible server) nor to images stored behind authentication mechanisms such as Hotmail or Yahoo mailboxes, password-protected sites, etc. To display the image use either the BBCode [img] tag or appropriate HTML (if allowed).
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Announcements often contain important information and you should read them as soon as possible. Announcements appear at the top of every page in the forum to which they are posted. Whether or not you can post an announcement depends on the permissions required, which are set by the administrator.
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Sticky topics appear below any announcements in viewforum and only on the first page. They are often quite important so you should read them where possible. As with announcements the board administrator determines what permissions are required to post sticky topics in each forum.
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Locked topics are set this way by either the forum moderator or board administrator. You cannot reply to locked topics and any poll contained inside is automatically ended. Topics may be locked for many reasons.
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Click Img, enter the url for the image, and click Img*.
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Place the cursor where you want to add the smiley, and then click the smiley in the Emoticons group box. To display additional smileys, click the View more Emoticons link.
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To add an attachment, click Browse, select the photo, click Add Attachment. Important: The only types of photos that you can attach to your post are small (no larger than 250 x 250 pixels) joke type images, avatars and other merchandise up for bid in an auction. All personal photos must be posted in your photo gallery.
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Administrators are people assigned the highest level of control over the entire board. These people can control all facets of board operation which include setting permissions, banning users, creating usergroups or moderators, etc. They also have full moderator capabilities in all the forums.
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Moderators are individuals (or groups of individuals) whose job it is to look after the running of the forums from day to day. They have the power to edit or delete posts and lock, unlock, move, delete and split topics in the forum they moderate. Generally moderators are there to prevent people going off-topic or posting abusive or offensive material.
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Usergroups are a way in which board administrators can group users. Each user can belong to several groups (this differs from most other boards) and each group can be assigned individual access rights. This makes it easy for administrators to set up several users as moderators of a forum, or to give them access to a private forum, etc.
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A big sister is a member who is able to accurately answer member questions about the site functionality and policies. To become a big sister, you must submit your request via e-mail to the Big Sister board moderator Christy at christy@policewives.org
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The Adult Topics forum may contain explicit sexual language and content. This board is closed to spouses. To gain access to the Adult Topics forum: In the menu, click Point Downloads, choose Site Related, and click Adult Forum Access. Type 1 in the field next to Adult Forum Access and click the Buy Items button. The page updates to show your total (10,200) with tax. Click Buy Items. On the information page, click the last link that goes to Your items. In you item list, click Use Item, next to Adult Forum Access. You now have access to the adult forum!
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There are three reasons for this; you are not registered and/or not logged on, the board administrator has disabled private messaging for the entire board, or the board administrator has prevented you individually from sending messages. If it is the latter case you should try asking the administrator why.
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In the future we will be adding an ignore list to the private messaging system. For now, though, if you keep receiving unwanted private messages from someone, inform the board administrator -- they have the power to prevent a user from sending private messages at all.
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We are sorry to hear that. The email form feature of this board includes safeguards to try to track users who send such posts. You should email the board administrator with a full copy of the email you received and it is very important this include the headers (these list details of the user that sent the email). They can then take action.
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There are couple of ways; 1.) find the member in the memberlist click on the “PM” button. 2.) When you see a members post, there will be a “PM” button at the bottom of their post. 3.) Viewing a members profile, you will find the “PM” button on their page. Click on the “PM” type your message and click on the “submit” button.
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On the top of the toolbar click on your “you have messages”. This will send you to your “PM” box. Click on the message topic to read. To respond, click the “post reply” button.
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To delete all messages click on “delete all”. To delete certain messages, mark the messages to delete and then click on “delete marked”. To delete sent messages, go to your “sentbox” and follow the above directions.
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Mark the messages you want to save and then click “save marked”. Your messages will be moved to your savebox.
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This software (in its unmodified form) is produced, released and is copyrighted phpBB Group. It is made available under the GNU General Public License and may be freely distributed; see link for more details
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This software was written by and licensed through phpBB Group. If you believe a feature needs to be added then please visit the phpbb.com website and see what the phpBB Group has to say. Please do not post feature requests to the board at phpbb.com, as the Group uses sourceforge to handle tasking of new features. Please read through the forums and see what, if any, our position may already be for features and then follow the procedure given there.
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You should contact the administrator of this board. If you cannot find who that is, you should first contact one of the forum moderators and ask them who you should in turn contact. If still get no response you should contact the owner of the domain (do a whois lookup) or, if this is running on a free service (e.g. yahoo, free.fr, f2s.com, etc.), the management or abuse department of that service. Please note that phpBB Group has absolutely no control and cannot in any way be held liable over how, where or by whom this board is used. It is absolutely pointless contacting phpBB Group in relation to any legal (cease and desist, liable, defamatory comment, etc.) matter not directly related to the phpbb.com website or the discrete software of phpBB itself. If you do email phpBB Group about any third party use of this software then you should expect a terse response or no response at all.
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By providing the required information as asked on the application under the ‘paid membership’ link. Check the box for verification only. Send your information to sgtswife@policewives.org.
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Again by filling out the application, check the box for paid membership. Once you have been approved, you will need to pay $35 for the first year and $25 a year after that for renewal. You can use the PayPal button at the top of the window to make payments to Angel. Be sure to add a memo that the money is for membership. All applications will need to be sent to sgtswife@policewives.org.
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By becoming a paid member you will receive a policewives.org e-mail address, patch, pen, invitations to gatherings, and access to the members only boards.
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Go to http://www.policewives.org/webmail
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Download and install Incredimail from this link. http://www.incredimail.com//english/index.asp Click on "tools" Click on "accounts" Click on "add" Click on "next" Type in your name as you want it to appear on your emails. For example: Traci Type in your email address. For example: yourname@policewives.org The next page should read as follows: My incoming mail server type is POP3 Incoming mail server mail.policewives.org Outgoing mail server mail.policewives.org Click on Next. Username: yourname@policewives.org (type this all out) Password: policewives Tip: Everything is case sensitive If it is saying that the outgoing server is not working, instead of putting mail.policewives.org for the outgoing server, change it to YOUR ISP, example: mail.comcast.net _________________ EMAIL me, sgtswife@policewives.org for membership information. Email pwadmin@policewives.org for general questions, comments or problems.
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You may get an avatar buy bidding and winning one in the point auction. Once you have won the avatar, email that member that held the auction and state that you won. The avatar will be uploaded into your gallery.
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No. Please remember that you MAY NOT use an avatar form another members gallery, even if they have the same name.
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Avatars are kept in your personal gallery located in your profile at the bottom of the page. If you do not have a gallery, one will be created for you once your first avatar is uploaded.
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Once your avatar is in your gallery, you can display it by going into your profile. Clicking on ‘show gallery’ and then selecting your username and avatar. Once that is done, click submit.
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Avatars may NOT be larger than 250 pixels wide.
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You can, as part of the member benifits associated with being a paid member. All avatars must be appoved before they will be uploaded. In addidion, you must purchace the rights to upload your avatar from the point store.
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The content needs to be appropriate and tasteful, no nudity or explicit pictures.
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Paid members only may purchase the rights to have an avatar of their creation uploaded. They must be approved by the admin before purchase. After the avatar is approved you must then contact Sgtswife to have the avatar uploaded. You may only do this once per month. You must win an avatar in an auction. Avatar auctions are posted in the Avatar auction board. Should you want to bid in the action you do so by choosing the point auction link in the menu. If you are the auction winner you will receive a private message telling you that you won and how to pay. After payment you must contact the member who posted the auction with the following - the name of the auction, a description of the avatar, your screen name, if you have a gallery your gallery name and the name you want on the avatar. You will be contacted when your avatar is uploaded.
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First select the text, and then click B (bold).
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First select the text, and then click i (italics).
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First select the text, and then click u (underline).
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There are two ways to quote text: • Reply to a post and quote the poster, click the Quote button in the post to automatically create a reply with the quoted text. • In your message, click Quote to insert the first quote, type or paste the quoted text, and then click Quote* to close the quote. How do I format a code? click Code to insert the first code tag, type or paste the code, and then click Code* to close the code tag.
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click Code to insert the first code tag, type or paste the code, and then click Code* to close the code tag.
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Click List, and place [*] before each listed item. At the end of your list click List*. For example, to list your favorite colors, type the following: [list] [*]Pink [*]Red [*]Green [/list] This would generate the following list: • Pink • Red • Green
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Click List =, and place an number or letter after the equal sign, [list=1] or [list=a], then list each item with the [*] code before each item. At the end of your list click List=*. For example, to list your favorite colors numerically, type the following: [list=1] [*]Pink [*]Red [*]Green [/list] This would generate the following list: 1. Pink 2. Red 3. Green
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Select the text, and then choose a color from the Font Color drop-list.
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First select the text, and then choose a size from the Font Size drop-list.
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AFAIK As Far as I Know

AFK Away From Keyboard

AKA Also Know as

ASAP As Soon as Possible

B4 Before

BAK Back at Keyboard

BBL Be Back Later

BBS Be Back Soon

BRB Be Right Back

BTDT Been There Done That

BTW By The Way

CUL See You Later

DD Darling Daughter

DH Darling Husband (or Dick Head if you're mad at him)

DS Darling Son

DYJHIW Don't You Just Hate it When...

EOM End of Message

F2F Face to Face

FAQ Frequently Asked Question

FC Fingers Crossed

FIL - Father-in-Law

FT Full time

FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition

FWIW For What It's Worth

FYA For Your Amusement

FYI For Your Information

GA Go Ahead

GR&D Grinning, Running & Ducking

H - Husband

HH Holding Hands

HHOJ / K Ha Ha, Only Joking / Kidding

HIWTH Hate it When That Happens

IAE In Any Event

IDK I Don't Know

IITYWTMWYBMAD If I Tell You What This Means Will You Buy Me a Drink?

ILOD/ILD - In the line of duty

IMCO In My Considered Opinion

IMHO In My Humble Opinion

IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion

IMO In My Opinion

IOW In Other Words

IRL In Real Life

IYKWIM If You Know What I mean

J/K Just Kidding

JAM Just a Minute

JASE Just Another System Error

KOTC Kiss on the Cheek

L Laugh

L8R Later

LEO - Law Enforcement Officer

LMAO - Laughing My @$$ Off

LOL Laugh Out Loud

MIL Mother-in-Law

NLEM National Law Enforcement Memorial

NRN No Reply Necessary

OBTW Oh, by the Way

OD Officer Down

ODMP Officer Down Memorial Page

OIC Oh, I see

OMFG Oh my Fu*cking God

OMG Oh my God

OT Off Topic

OTOH On The Other Hand

PC Plain cloths or Probable cause

PITA Pain In The @$$

PLZ Please

PMFJI Pardon Me for Jumping in

PT Part time

ROFL Rolling on The Floor Laughing

ROFLMAO Rolling on The Floor Laughing my a$$ off

ROFLMFAO Rolling on the floor laughing my fat a$$ off

RSN Real Soon Now

SAHM Stay at home mom

SITD Still In The Dark

SNAFU Situation Normal, All Fouled Up

SOL $h*t Outta Luck

STFU Shut The Freak Up

SYL See You Later

TC Telecommuting

TGIF Thank God it's Friday

TIA Thanks in Advance

TIC Tongue in Cheek

TNX Thanks

TTFN Ta Ta For Now

TTYL Talk to You Later

WB Welcome Back

WFH Working from home

WRT With Regard to

WTG Way to Go

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By clicking on the “search” button on the toolbar at the top of the page. Once you get to the “search” page type in the topic or keyword you are searching for, click search.
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In the search page under “search for author” type in the members name, click search.
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Click on “usergroups” in the toolbar at the top of the page, use the drop down menu to choose the one you want to view and then click on “view information”.
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Click on “memberlist” in the toolbar at the top of the page and this will give a list of all members.
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You may have up to 5 lines in your signature. Only 2 blinkies per line, and 1 tracker.
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1. No discussion of any illegal activity or threats of violence. (ie. illicit drug use, including medical marijuana use or threatened or intended physical harm). 2. No use of explicit, obscene or vulgar language or images and/or messages, including racist remarks. 3. Publicly criticizing another member in any forum (either in the public forums or private forums) is prohibited. This includes name calling, provoking, enticing, etc in any way, shape or form, including the use of analogies. Regardless of the "extent" or the "intent" of the statement, if a member informs you they are offended by the statement,and staff deems it is a reasonable request you MUST remove or EDIT the comment at once (If you c Some of the issues discussed here are highly personal. "Flaming" and insults, however, will not be tolerated. Agree to disagree. This applies to both the forums and chat. I do not know the best way to explain common sense; you either have it or you don't. If you're posts reflect that you don't belong here, you can be banned without reason. The point is, please respect the board and it's members. In addition to posts you may not flame, harass, etc. members by email, pm or in any other public posting. 4. No advertising or links to advertising or "Spam" is permited (including signatures). Advertising or Spam is defined as posting a link for the purpose of selling, soliciting or promoting by someone that has ownership or other "vested interest" to the web site involved, including efforts to promote other online forums or web sites by web site owners without prior permission. This excludes those sites listed in the affiliates section. If you are a web site owner and have a link that fits into our catagories that you want to share, please submit it to our link directory and we will review your submission. Posts and links about LEO related fundraising (including nonprofit fundraisers) are permitted. If the fundraising is to drive members to another support site the post must be approved by the admin first. Trying to get other members to join other forums, even if hinted is prohibited. Sending pm's, emails, or in any way, shape or form to do this are grounds for banning. This includes posting links to the site in your signature or your nickname on the boards. If any post by you, or your signature implies in any way the direction of members to your forums, you will first be warned, then banned. Links to helpful web sites (commercial or otherwise) are allowed when they are posted by someone without any "vested interest" AND whose purpose is NOT to solicit, advertise, promote, fundraise, etc. However, you must have at least 5 posts before you are allowed to post any links. 5. User names. No use of multiple usernames. Please register and use only one username for the forums. Posting under multiple user accounts will result in administrative action (ie. banning).Users that choose to come back under an alias after they were banned are not welcome and will continue to be banned. Your user name may not contain explicit, obscene or vulgar language. In addition your user name should not include - your last name & department, location, etc. Should your user name need to be changed for just these reasons staff will do it for you once within your first week of membership. After your first week you may change your user name by purchasing the privelege under Effects shop - Privilege to change your username. 6. No posts of copyrighted material. Information copyrighted or owned by any individual or entity other than the person posting should not be posted on the message boards without the consent of the owner. In addition, materials found or downloaded here may not be used in emails, myspace, or any other personal or private groups without permission from the admin. This includes but is not limited to avatars and our designs. 7. No cryptic posts. Using cryptic messages to "skirt" the rules is not permitted. All posts must be in English, this includes your signature, etc. Quotes in other languages are allowed, but you must PM the admin with the translation. 8. Topics of an adult nature are limited to the Adult boards. If you are unsure if your post goes in the adult section contact a staff member. 9. Do not disrespect moderators. Be respectful in both the forums and any private communications with moderators. Moderators are volunteers that donate many, many hours of their own time to help in the forums and chat rooms. Violations of this rule will not be tolerated. 10. No SHOUTING. Remember, using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS in posts is considered yelling and rude, plus it is difficult to read. 11. Do not post offline personal contact information (ie. your home address, phone numbers etc.) and do not ask for personal information from others. 12. No duplicate posts. To delete accidental duplicate posts, login first, then open the message you want to delete, then select the Delete Post button on the top right hand corner of the message box. 13. No irrelevant or off-topic posts. Posts which are not relevant to the forum topic may be deleted or moved at the staff's discretion. 14. No lengthy signatures. Limit signatures to 5 lines or less. If a line is wider then your avatar, it is too big. Lines may only be 2 blinkies wide and only 1 "tracker" is allowed per siggy.Moderators will edit and/or remove signatures that are too long. 15.Badge Bunnies and Anti-police viewers are not welcome here as it should be obvious you're in the wrong place. If you want to ask an honest question like "I'm curious about..." is fine. However, a question like "Why are all cops assholes?" is not acceptable. 16. Email. If you have registered using a yahoo, msn or gmail account you will be asked to change it. Your ISP should be able to provide you with an alternate email address. If you need help setting this up contact the staff. 17. Photos. When submitting photos for contests you are assuming copyright. Do not post photos you do not own. If a photo has been submitted to a contest you are giving us permission to use this photo for various site use including, merchandise, promotion and advertising. Please ensure any personal information is not in photos. if you need help editing a photo to remove information, such as department name contact the staff. Once your photo has been used it may not be withdrawn for any reason after the contest has ended. You may remove photos before contest end. For example, if you submitted a photo to the hot cop contest and it is used in the calendar you may not contact us to have it removed for any reason. Your submission of the photo is acknowledgement that you agree to this. Additionally, pw.org is not liable for any copyright infringement on your part and you may not pursue legal action regarding the use of your photo. Pw.org agrees to use the photo in a secure manner which includes but is not limited to not including or publicly releases the name of the photo submitter, any subjects in the photom, the user names or emails of any parties or any other personal information regarding the photo or its submitter. The exception would be in the case of an legal investagtion by a law enforcement agency or court who provides proper paperwork entitling them to the information. 18. Removal of your posts, photos etc. Should you no longer want posts, photos (excluding contest entries) may only be done by the member. Staff will do its best to honor your request but due to time contraints it is your responsibility to remove these. 19. Banned members. Staff at its discretion may need to ban members based on major rule violatons. After 3 months in most cases you may request to have the ban lifted by contacting the admin for information on this process. Lists of banned screen names will only be provided to other LEO related sites upon written request. Discussion of banned members and the event leading to ban may not be discussed in the forums. For more information you may contact the admin. 20. Liability. You are responsible for your posts and threads. If you can see it, we can see it, so they can see it. Remember that. 21. If we suspects you are discrediting us offline or at another website, blog, myspace, etc. with our name "Policewives.org" or "PW" "Pw.org" as a reference, or any name that the reader associates with us, you will be banned from this site and our entire domain permanently. This includes the design mall and any and all sections we maintain. In addition, you are not allowed to post here discrediting any other LEO related site without permission except in the case of scams, etc. and those must be preapproved by staff. 22. If your ip address shows up on any of our hack alerts, you will be banned indefinitely and your host/and proxy server will be notified of the details. This means attempting to gain access to restricted areas, viewing restricted files on our server, etc. 23. You are not aloud to re-post private messages in open threads for others to view. Members can however forward the private message to a Moderator for review if they feel it to be neccessary.
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