Community Standards - Film Leicester

Community Standards

Everyday, people come to Film Leicester to share, to learn and to support one another along their filmmaking journeys.

We understand the road to success is rarely easy, and can often depend on the help that you can receive from friends, colleagues and total strangers to get you there.

This is why we firmly believe in the mantra of we work together, we grow together.

The spirit of this community is to share each other’s successes, help each other through failure and to grow and improve together.
Film Leicester’s platform is here to provide all of our users with the community and resources needed to connect and collaborate with each other and create as many opportunities for success as we can.

We have listened to our community at all levels and learned a lot about what has worked and what hasn’t worked over the years. These Community Standards are here to ensure we are able to build from previous achievements and move forward collectively in the strongest manner possible.

We encourage all of our users to share, participate, collaborate and learn. However, we understand that there may sometimes be confusion surrounding certain types of posts or profiles which we allow on the platform.
Below are instances of what is acceptable on the platform:

You are entitled to disagree. However, this should be done professionally and respectfully without attempting to shame anyone for their beliefs or opinions.
Do share your work! Let others know what you’ve created. Get a conversation going and let people learn from you as much as you learn from them.
Introduce yourself and who you are. Show people what you’re capable of doing. Just please don’t list your rates/prices as we aim to discourage pricing competition. So let your work speak for itself.
Be helpful. Be humble. We are all at different stages of our career and sometimes a little help goes a long way.

If a post or user is abusive, breaks our Terms of Service, or Community Standards then please let us know immediately.

Real names only. Let’s make sure people know who they’re addressing. This also helps with searchability on our site. Should you want to be referred to by an artistic/business name, then use the ‘nickname’ field. Exceptions remain for Acting talent who are entitled to use a stage name.
Note: We will be adding a business directory to Film Leicester in the coming months where our users can be linked to businesses they work for/own.
No spam. All automated messages, advertisements, and links to competitor websites will be deleted immediately.
No hawking services. It’s perfectly acceptable to list, recommend or mention services, however, anyone found shamelessly attempting to sell their services will be warned. Any further warning will result in a ban from the community.
Post using the correct post type. Messages posted in the wrong topic area will be removed by moderators.
Respect other users. No flaming or abusing fellow community members. Users who continue to post inflammatory, abusive comments will be deleted from the community after two warnings are issued by moderators.
Harassment. No threats or harassment of other users will be tolerated. Any instance of threatening or harassing behaviour is grounds for deletion from the community.
Adult content. No profanity or pornography is allowed. Posts containing adult material will be deleted.
Illegal content. No re-posting of copyrighted materials or other illegal content is allowed. Any posts containing illegal content or copyrighted materials will be deleted.

Last Updated: 15/01/21