• Anything ‘published’ on the web is viewed as intellectual property and, regardless of whether it displays a copyright symbol or not, is therefore copyrighted by the originator. The only exception to this is if there is a “free and unrestricted reuse” statement associated with the work.

    In order to protect our members and TFL from possible litigation, all members must abide by the following new rules:

    1. Copying and pasting entire articles from another site to TFL is strictly prohibited. The same applies to articles from print or other media, and to posting photographs taken of copyrighted pages or other media.

    2. Copyright law provides for “fair use” of portions of a copyrighted work. You can copy no more than a SINGLE paragraph from the article to your post (3 or 4 sentences at most).

    3. You must provide a link to the article along with the name of website. For example: ww.xxx.yyy/zzz (The Lower Thumbsuck Daily News).

    4. You must provide, in your own words, a brief summary of the article AND your reasons for believing it will be of interest to TFL members. Failure to do so may result in the thread being closed or your post being deleted as a “cut and paste drive by.”

    5. Photographs and other images are also copyrighted. "Hotlinking" of images (so that it appears in your message) from other sites is also prohibited unless you own rights to the image. If you wish to share an image, provide a clickable link to it.

    Posts that do not follow these new guidelines will be altered or deleted by staff. Members who continue to violate this policy may lose their posting privileges at TFL.

    Thank you for your cooperation and your participation in TFL, the leading online forum for firearms enthusiasts.

What is a sticky thread?

S

stargazer65

New member
Couldn't find this in the FAQ. I guess its a thread that stays up top? Do the moderators decide this? What is the deciding factor to make it one?

Am I asking too many questions?:confused:
 
Yup.
Yup.
Mods think it worthy of staying in easy view. Can you imagine if anyone could sticky a thread?... "Wow, my thread about the 45/70 gopher hunt is really cool; think I'll sticky it!"....:)
Yup..... Just kidding!
 
I guess its a thread that stays up top? Or near the top. Depends on how many "stickies" there are.

Do the moderators decide this? Generally, it's the mod or mods for that particular forum.

What is the deciding factor to make it one? Mostly it's a judgement call. It could be a topic that keeps coming up, over and over. It could be a topic that is important to that forum. It may be specific rules for that particular forum (the title of the thread is usually meaningful - if it's rules, it will say so).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top