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[Peter Evans Admin]

IMPORTANT REMINDER - if you try and join using an inappropriate, silly, in-comprehensive or sensitive username, your application, even if you receive links to approve your membership, will be deleted. As reproduced from here:

Silly or unsuitable nicknames, especially those with any form of SS or Neo-Nazi link are not allowed, even if they may appear completely innocent. If others can come up with a sensible nickname, then I expect yours to be sensible too. Any member applications with unsuitable nicknames will be deleted.

Spammers are famous for regiserting with strange unsernames, so how am I to tell the difference between a legitimate application or a spammer?

I really cannot make it any simpler than that folks. I review each and every new membership application, so if your username does not meet this simple request, your application will be deleted. I will not enter into discussion with any members on this and my decision is final. However, if this happens to you, you are more than welcome to re-apply, but this time, please use a username that will not offend or that meets the simple requirements above...

[Peter Evans Admin]

No matter how many times prospective new members try and join using what I deem to be inappropriate usernames, even if you receive links to approve your membership, your application will still be rejected. If you cannot log in with what you think are your new credentials (username & password), its safe to assume that your application has been rejected on the basis of the username not being sensible. So please try and use some imagination when applying... Here's an original thought, why not use your real name?

Also... please note that as has been clearly set out via this important link, as I cannot be here 24 hours and day, 7 days a week or 365 days a year (I do have a full time job and a life outside of the forum), approval of your membership can take anywhere up to 8 hours to complete. Therefore, there is no need to send me an email chasing me as to why you cannot access the forum until this 8 hour period has expired. For 99% of all applications, approval will take place anywhere up to 4 hours, but if you are in the US/Americas or the Far East, membership approval can take slightly longer. Please can I ask that you apply the 8 hour rule BEFORE chasing me for why your account hasn't been approved. Patience is a virtue and good things come to those that wait. Any email or PM's sent to me by members not waiting the full 8 hours will be ignored and deleted...

[Peter Evans Admin]

Guys... which part of sensible username do you not understand? If you attempt to register, but are unable to log in, it's a 100% certainly that your application has been rejected due to your using an unacceptable username. No matter how many times you try to join using the same details, your applications will continue to be rejected, so read the posts above, give it some thought and apply using a sensible username. Here is a suggestion, why not use your real name, or at least something that enables us to recognise you as a human being, rather than using :

• a name using your email address will be rejected
• a name which contains numbers or unusual characters will be rejected
• a name of an aircraft, or any part of an airframe will be rejected
• a name made up of your initials will be rejected - how do we know who you are?
• a name of an inanimate object will be rejected
• a name using a town, village or country will be rejected
• a name of an animal/mineral/vegetable will be rejected
• a name of a cartoon character will be rejected
• a name of a historical figure will be rejected
• a name of a battle or campaign will be rejected

It can't be made much simpler than that my friends...