Forum Frequently Asked Questions

Members can only change their profile and add a signature once they have made a minimum of 25 posts. This limit has been put in place to stop the
new members who were joining the site to simply advertise their own website and link from
their profile without contribtuing to the community.

We do not aim to censor posts as long as they fall inside the rules and guidelines. We welcome debate and views expressed from every angle, and we do not take a stance for or against any wildlife or environment topic. However, we ask that all political discussions be kept relatively light-hearted.

We reserve the right to move, modify or delete posts or threads, without explanation, and may take further action to disable the offender's account at the discretion of the moderators.

Images in the forum must be linked from the Wild About Britain Gallery, or the Wild About Britain Image Library, and not external websites.

To add an image to your forum post, find the image in the Gallery or Image Library, then select and copy the code in the 'Forum Code' box near the bottom of the page, which should look something like:

Moderators oversee the running of the forums to ensure that they operate smoothly and that members keep to the site rules. Moderators have the ability to edit and delete posts, move threads, and perform other tasks to maintain the forums.

The forum moderators are fourwings, fungijohn, glsammy, matt_xyz, nightshade, oy, stuartdh, tinkerbell and wildone

There are several ways that you can stop receiving notifications emails for threads that you've subscribed to in the forums. One of the easiest ways is to follow the - 'Unsubscription information:' instructions at the bottom of the email.

In common with most sites, Wild About Britain contains links to external websites...and like most sites we don't want to see lots of spam. Essentially, we're keen to help promote wildlife and environment websites around the UK, but we also want to control the type and amount of links posted on the site because:

Wild About Britain has a built-in image library and gallery that enables members to post images and include them in the forums, rather than using third party websites for external links to images. This has been done for several reasons:

In the forum, click on the title of the relevant category i.e. Birds,Fungi then click on the 'New Thread' button.

Please view the video on the following page:

How to Start a New Thread in the Forum.

Members can edit their posts for 30 minutes after the initial posting, but they cannot delete their posts.

To edit your posts, click the button by the post you want to edit. After you have made your modifications, a note will appear, which notifies other users that you have edited your post. Administrators and moderators can also edit your messages.

If a member breaks the rules, or appears to have broken the rules, then
their account will be frozen until we are satisfied that any related
issue has been addressed and rectified.

When a member makes a post their post count goes up. At certain milestones their title will change to:

Under 25 posts = New Member

25 posts = Active Member

100 posts = Wild Member

250 posts = Member of the Wild Empire

500 posts = Officer of the Wild Empire

1,000 posts = Commander of the Wild Empire

5,000 posts = Knight of the Wild Empire

10,000 posts = Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire

Just a bit of fun

The following guidelines should help to make the forum easier for everyone to use.

Thread Titles

Please use short, but meaningful, titles that explain the thread within a few keywords. For example, rather than making a thread title 'Where to go?' when you
want ideas on travelling around Scotland to take photographs, please
add a title like 'Places to Photograph in Scotland'

Unfortunately, members can't change their username as many areas of the
site are linked by username information that would lead to many broken
links if the name is changed.

You may clear all your cookies by clicking here.
If you return to the forum homepage and you are
still logged in, you can have to remove your cookies manually.

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When members make a post, they can also automaticaly show a small image (called an avatar) next to their username. This helps other members to quickly recognise who's posted in the thread. If you're logged in, you can click here to add/edit your avatar.

Registered members can send each other private messages.

Private messages work a little like email, but are limited to
registered members of this forum. You may be able to include vB Code,
smilies and images in private messages that you send.

If you forget your password, you can click on the 'Forgotten Your Password' link on any page that requires you to fill in your password.

This will bring up a page where you should enter your registered email address, and an email will be sent to that address instantly, with instructions for resetting your password.