Overview
Yahoo! Q&A is an online community in which participants can ask and answer questions on a wide range of topics, from the serious to the irresistibly trivial. This document outlines the Yahoo! Q&A Community Guidelines, which all members must follow. We reserve the right to modify these guidelines at any time.
Format
The sole purpose of Yahoo! Q&A is for its members to ask and answer questions. If you prefer to have discussions, please use one of Yahoo!'s other community services, such as Yahoo! Groups. Please ensure your postings follow the following format, or they may be deleted:
Be sure to post questions in the form of a question. Note that if a question is removed (either by Yahoo! or the asker of the question), the associated answers and comments are also removed.
You may not post answers unless you are attempting to answer the question asked. Yahoo! reserves the right to remove answers that are clearly not attempts to answer the question.
Please do not use symbols. Be sure to check your spelling and grammar, as content that is unreadable due to excessive typos may also be deleted.
Categorize your question in the appropriate category. Yahoo! reserves the right to re-categorize questions it determines to be categorized incorrectly.
Context
Some content may be more appropriate in certain contexts than others. For example, questions regarding women's health issues related to breast care are entirely appropriate, but are inappropriate if addressed in a sexual or otherwise inappropriate context.
Age Restriction
Yahoo! is concerned about the safety and privacy of all its users, particularly children. For this reason, parents of children under the age of 13 who wish to allow their children access to the Service must create a Yahoo! Family Account. When you create a Yahoo! Family Account and add your child to the account, you certify that you are at least 18 years old and that you are the legal guardian of the child/children listed on the Yahoo! Family Account. By adding a child to your Yahoo! Family Account, you also give your child permission to access many of the Services (as defined in the Yahoo! Terms of Service) offered by Yahoo!, including, email, message boards, and instant messaging (among others). Please remember that this service is designed to appeal to a broad audience. Accordingly, as the legal guardian, it is your responsibility to determine if the Yahoo! Q&A Service is appropriate for your child.
Response to Violations
Yahoo! does not edit the content of questions, answers, or comments in Yahoo! Q&A. However, we reserve the right to remove content that we determine, in our sole discretion, to be inappropriate and/or in violation of the Yahoo! Q&A Community Guidelines, Yahoo! Community Guidelines or the Terms of Service . Depending on the level of offence, you may risk deactivation of your Yahoo! ID and consequently everything associated with it, including email accounts, groups, posts, homepages, and profiles. If you are unsure whether your content is appropriate or consistent with these policies, please err on the side of caution and do not post it in Yahoo! Q&A.
Questions and Answers may not appear on all Yahoo! Answers sites.
Content and Usage Rules
Yahoo! Q&A is a place where people can easily share facts, opinions and personal experiences on many topics. Use of Yahoo! Q&A for any other reason is prohibited. It is up to each member of Yahoo! Q&A to help maintain the integrity of the community's content. The following rules apply to your use of the service (asking a question, answering a question, or commenting):
DON'TS:
You may not post content, or links to content (including photos) that:
exploits or may harm minors
is violent, racist, incendiary, or otherwise objectionable
are abusive, threatening, slanderous, or belligerent against any individual or groups of individuals for any reason
violates federal, provincial or local law
includes profane, obscene, vulgar or sexually explicit language
glorifies anorexia, bulimia, or the loss of weight to levels that are clearly unhealthy or harmful
are commercial or for advertising purposes, including classified ads
violates the Yahoo! Community Guidelines or the Terms of Service in any manner.
You cannot use Yahoo! Q&A:
to harass, abuse, threaten, or advocate violence against others
for commercial or advertising purposes
to chat or have discussions with other members
to vent your frustrations, rant, or otherwise violate the question and answer format to solicit minors
to post personal ads
to violate the Yahoo! Community Guidelines or Terms of Service.
MAINTAIN THE FORMAT: This is a Q&A community, so please keep postings to this format. Post questions in the form of a question, and do not post answers unless you are attempting to answer the question. Note that if a question is removed, the associated answers and comments are also removed.
NO CHATTING OR PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS: You may meet friends or other interesting people on Yahoo! Answers with whom you’d like to engage in personal correspondence. If so, please use the chat option on your profile page, rather than use Yahoo! Answers itself. Questions that are chatty, or attempts to engage others in personal communications, will be removed. Some examples of questions that do not comply with the Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines are below. These are just a few examples, and we reserve the right to change, remove, or add to the list at any time, without notice:
How are you?
Anyone want to chat?
What’s your name?
How old are you?
Do you like my avatar?
What time is it?
Who here likes steak?
How many points do you have?
Who likes Britney Spears?
NO POINT-GAMING: You may not post content for the explicit purpose of gaining points, trading points, or soliciting others for points or otherwise "game" the Yahoo! Answers points system.
RESPECT COPYRIGHT LAW: You may not post content that infringes the intellectual property, privacy or other rights of third parties.
NO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: You may not post URLs for the purpose of directing commercial activity to a non-Yahoo! site.
NO REPEATED POSTINGS: You may not post similar or identical postings. This also applies if you are including the same commercial URL on all of your postings for the purpose of directing commercial activity to a non-Yahoo! site.
USE ENGLISH ONLY: Please do not use other languages or symbols. Also, spelling and grammar count! Be sure to check your spelling and grammar, as content that is unreadable due to excessive typos may also be deleted.
NO HACKING: You may not promote or redirect traffic to a non-Yahoo! site, post links to sites that force the download of a virus, programs, or other content, or in any other way interfere with the operation of Yahoo! Q&A.
NO PASSWORD TRADING: You may not post content with the intent of trading passwords, product decryption programs, or any other programs.
NO FRAUD: You cannot falsely claim credentials or expertise that you do not possess. You are prohibited from impersonating another user.
ONE PROFILE PER MEMBER: Please do not create more than one profile. Members who use different profiles to ask and answer their own questions risk having their accounts deactivated.
REPORTING ABUSE: You cannot use the Report Abuse link for purposes other than reporting a violation of the Yahoo! Q&A Community Guidelines, Yahoo! Community Guidelines or the Terms of Service You may not report abuse for posts that you personally disagree with, or think is low-quality.
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answered by beedaduck 3
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