Is it okay to mention another Suse forum here?

**Sagemta** · 19-Jun-2009, 23:49

This is a forum rule where my understanding is unclear.
There is another Suse forum that has been started by Mattb4, it's called the Suseunbound Forums.
If allowed I was thinking of either mentioning it to new members or as a link in my sig.
On the latter,if allowed,am I a member considered trustworthy enough to have a link in their sig?
Regrettably, I've read the Announcements & am not clear on this rule either.

**swerdna** · 20-Jun-2009, 03:56

Originally Posted by Sagemta

This is a forum rule where my understanding is unclear.
There is another Suse forum that has been started by Mattb4, it's called the Suseunbound Forums.
If allowed I was thinking of either mentioning it to new members or as a link in my sig.
On the latter,if allowed,am I a member considered trustworthy enough to have a link in their sig?
Regrettably, I've read the Announcements & am not clear on this rule either.

Of course you can mention Suseunhinged here. Sorry, smack !, I mean Suseunbound. Couldn't help it.

And there's the opensuseUS too. And LinuxQuestions + LinuxForums both have Suse forums too. I seek help in all of them if I can't get an answer here.

PS I'm a member of the unbound too, nice bunch.

**Sagemta** · 20-Jun-2009, 18:51

Thanks Swerdna,
Yes they are, I'm a member of... ah... un... oh yeah! SuseUnbound too.

**deano_ferrari** · 20-Jun-2009, 19:52

I'm a member of suseunbound as well, although I haven't visited for a while. I think its a good idea to broadcast linux issues to the widest possible audience to maximise your chances of getting help. I've been a member of LinuxQuestions for several years since first playing around with Red Hat. Recently joined Linux Forums too - they have several distro-specific forums.

**kastorff** · 20-Jun-2009, 20:50

On 2009-06-20 01:56:01 -0400, Sagemta <Sagemta@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> said:

>
> This is a forum rule where my understanding is unclear.
> There is another Suse forum that has been started by Mattb4, it's
> called the Suseunbound Forums.
> If allowed I was thinking of either mentioning it to new members or as
> a link in my sig.
> On the latter,if allowed,am I a member considered trustworthy enough to
> have a link in their sig?
> Regrettably, I've read the Announcements & am not clear on this rule
> either.

It is a violation of the T&C to post explicitly for the purpose of
driving traffic to another site. While we personally sympathize with
any forum dedicated to supporting Linux, allowing obvious exceptions
opens the door for proponents of any site to use the forums as a
platform to advertise their services, free or otherwise. It's an
unfortunate situation we can blame our spammers for, and there's no way
to easily handle the dilemma without appearing arbitrary.

--
Keith Kastorff

**swerdna** · 22-Jun-2009, 00:13

@sagemta, Keith's post has drawn me back to this thread. And I now wonder what this means that you said earlier:

On the latter,if allowed,am I a member considered trustworthy enough to have a link in their sig?
Regrettably, I've read the Announcements & am not clear on this rule

I'm not aware of any trustworthiness criterion that has to be addresses before Joe Citizen can have a link in her post. Can you explain that please and direct me to the "Announcement" so I can see what you mean?

natural_pilot · 22-Jun-2009, 02:47

> and direct me to the "Announcement" so I can see what you mean?

i think that is here (and/or the discussion leading up to):
http://forums.opensuse.org/announcem...ml#post1992275

which you participated in..

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**swerdna** · 22-Jun-2009, 03:01

Originally Posted by natural_pilot

> and direct me to the "Announcement" so I can see what you mean?

i think that is here (and/or the discussion leading up to):
Links In Signatures - openSUSE Forums

which you participated in..

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OK then I see. That doesn't prevent any legit ppl from having links in their sig does it? Or am I missing something?

natural_pilot · 22-Jun-2009, 08:16

> Or am I missing something?

i reckon you read it as i read it.

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**kgroneman** · 22-Jun-2009, 12:21

I'd suggest you read the terms and conditions which covers advertising and
explains what needs to be done if you want to put an advertisement link in
your signature: http://forums.opensuse.org/faq.php?f...#faq_novellgen

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