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Before creating or replying on the main Forum
Please take a moment to view the WOT community guidelines:
 * General guidelines
 * Website owner guidelines
 * Forum guidelines

Currently there are six forums

 * 1) General discussion
 * General and off-topic community chat.
 * 1) Site evaluations
 * Site owners may post in this forum to have their reputation evaluated by the WOT community
 * Ownership must be verified to post in this forum
 * 1) Reputation discussions
 * For the community to discuss the reputation of domains they don't own.
 * 1) Support
 * Problems with the add-on
 * 1) WOT for Mobile
 * Discussion of the WOT Mobile Security application
 * 1) Обсуждение репутации сайтов
 * Ветка для обсуждения сайтов и их оценок сообществом. Если вы владелец, то вам в ветку "Site evaluations"
 * translated: "A forum for the Russian community to discuss websites and their ratings. If you are the site/domain owner, post your site in the Site Evaluations forum"

Post / Reply
Older forum posts are presented in the nested post format where replies are placed directly below the post you are replying to.

Newer forum posts, created on or after 26 April 2011, are presented in the flat post format and replies are placed in chronological order, these replies contain the text of the post your are replying to in a &lt;quote&gt; tag

see also: Flat vs. threaded

Post actions

 * [[File:Icon-edit2.gif]] Edit
 * You have the ability to edit previous entries you've made on the forum.
 * WOT Forum retains the original post date. Editing does not bump the discussion.
 * As a common courtesy, it is suggested that you place edited content at the bottom of your original comment, for comparison, along with a manually created edit tag such as [edit date edited] as the top line of your changes being made.


 * [[File:Icon-reply.png]] Reply
 * Allows you to reply directly to a post. Older, nested-style post replies have no content, newer flat-style post replies contain the post your are replying to in a &lt;quote&gt; tag.


 * [[File:Icon-delete.gif]] Delete
 * Allows you to delete your posted replies. You can not delete the first / start post, also known as the Original Post (OP). Only WOT Staff and Forum Moderators may remove entire discussions aka: topics or threads.
 * Careful, this action can not be undone.


 * [[File:Icon-flag.png]] Flag
 * Report spam or other inappropriate content to forum moderators.
 * There is a text area which allows the reporter to explain why the comment is being flagged.
 * This is not meant to be used for quarreling, if you disagree with a comment simply post a public reply stating so.
 * implemented: August, 2011

Allowed HTML
The forum does not incorporate BBcode

Instead you have the ability to use HTML tags as well as customized tags specific for certain usages. Basic HTML is allowed. JavaScript, CSS, and other extended rules are sanitized.

Below the post / reply message box, you will see: Allowed HTML tags: &lt;a&gt; &lt;em&gt; &lt;strong&gt; &lt;cite&gt; &lt;code&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;dl&gt; &lt;dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt; &lt;img&gt; &lt;red&gt; &lt;green&gt; &lt;yellow&gt; &lt;massrate&gt; &lt;quote&gt;

Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Also, notice the link to the official posting help: More information about formatting options

&lt;a&gt;
anchor tag
 * used to make links to other posts or web pages
 * Attributes allowed:
 * href - Specifies the destination of a link
 * title - Tool tip text displayed with mouse-over
 * target - Specifies where to open the linked document
 * _blank - opens in new tab or window
 * Example:
 * &lt;a href="http://www.mywot.com"&gt;WOT (Web of Trust)&lt;/a&gt;
 * Result: WOT (Web of Trust)

&lt;em&gt;
emphasized text
 * used in lieu of italic tag &lt;i&gt;
 * Attributes allowed:
 * none
 * Example:
 * &lt;em&gt;This text is emphasized&lt;/em&gt;
 * Result: This text is emphasized

&lt;strike&gt;
strike tag
 * defines strike-through text
 * Attributes allowed:
 * none
 * Example:
 * This text has been &lt;strike&gt;stricken&lt;/strike&gt;
 * Result: This text has been stricken

&lt;strong&gt;
strong text
 * used in lieu of bold tag &lt;b&gt;
 * Attributes allowed:
 * none
 * Example:
 * &lt;strong&gt;This text is strong&lt;/strong&gt;
 * Result: This text is strong

&lt;cite&gt;
cited text
 * Defines a citation
 * Attributes allowed:
 * none
 * Example:
 * &lt;cite&gt;This text is a citation&lt;/cite&gt;
 * Result: "This text is a citation"

&lt;code&gt;
code tag
 * Defines computer source code text
 * Attributes allowed:
 * none
 * Example code snippet:
 * &lt;code&gt;for (i=0;i<=5;i++)&lt;/code&gt;
 * Result:
 * Example URL:
 * &lt;code&gt;http&#58;//www&#46;example.com/page.html&lt;/code&gt;
 * Result:
 * notice the link is not "live"

&lt;ul&gt;
unordered list tag
 * Defines an unordered (bulleted) list; use the &lt;li&gt; to begin each list item
 * Attributes allowed:
 * none
 * Example:
 * &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;first line&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;second line&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;third line&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
 * Result: first linesecond linethird line

&lt;ol&gt;
ordered list tag
 * Defines an ordered (numbered) list; use the &lt;li&gt; to begin each list item
 * Attributes allowed:
 * none
 * Example:
 * <pre style="overflow:auto;">&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;first line&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;second line&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;third line&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;
 * Result: <ol>first line</li>second line</li>third line</li></ol>

&lt;li&gt;
li tag
 * Defines a list item.
 * Attributes allowed:
 * none
 * Example: see UL or OL tags (above)

&lt;dl&gt;
definition list tag
 * Defines a definition list
 * The &lt;dl&gt; tag is used in conjunction with:
 * &lt;dt&gt; defines the item (term) in the list
 * &lt;dd&gt; describes the item in the list
 * Attributes allowed:
 * none
 * Example:
 * <pre style="overflow:auto;">&lt;dl&gt;&lt;dt&gt;item 1&lt;/dt&gt;&lt;dd&gt;item 1 description&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dt&gt;item 2&lt;/dt&gt;&lt;dd&gt;item 2 description&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;
 * Result: <dl><dt>item 1<dd>item 1 description<dt>item 2<dd>item 2 description</dl>

&lt;img&gt;
image tag
 * used to embed an image in a post or web page
 * Attributes allowed:
 * src - Specifies the URL of an image; images must be available online.
 * alt - Specifies an alternate text for an image
 * title - Tool tip text displayed with mouse-over
 * width - Specifies the width of an image; values are expressed in px (pixels) or % (percentage)
 * height - Specifies the height of an image; values are expressed in px (pixels) or % (percentage)
 * Example:
 * <pre style="overflow:auto;">&lt;img src="http://www.mywot.com/w/wotlogo.png" alt="WOT Logo" title="WOT Logo" /&gt;
 * Result: Wotlogo.png

Customized tags
These custom tags are created by WOT Staff and incorporated into forum use; they are not true HTML tags. Some are taken from ideas posted on the forum by members, others are created out of necessity. The color tags were created back in 2009 from this discussion: @ Timo - colors please Colors are meant for domain references but may also be used for highlighting a point in a conversation now and then. Please do not abuse this added feature.

&lt;red&gt;

 * Format text color to red
 * Example:
 * <pre style="overflow:auto;">The color is &lt;red&gt;RED&lt;/red&gt;
 * Result: The color is RED

&lt;green&gt;

 * Format text color to green
 * Example:
 * <pre style="overflow:auto;">The color is &lt;green&gt;GREEN&lt;/green&gt;
 * Result: The color is GREEN

&lt;yellow&gt;

 * Format text color to yellow
 * Example:
 * <pre style="overflow:auto;">The color is &lt;yellow&gt;YELLOW&lt;/yellow&gt;
 * Result: The color is YELLOW

&lt;massrate&gt;

 * Used to contain domain lists consisting of 9 or more domains
 * Reduces post length and page scrolling by placing the domain list into a scrollable container (box).
 * Forum announcement: 03 Feb 2011 How to post mass-rating lists
 * note: you can combine tags, such as the &lt;red&gt; color tag
 * Example:

<tt> &lt;massrate&gt; &lt;red&gt; example_01.com example_02.com example_03.com example_04.com example_05.com example_06.com example_07.com example_08.com example_09.com example_10.com example_11.com &lt;/red&gt; &lt;/massrate&gt;</tt>
 * Result
 * List of domains/hosts:

<div style="margin-left:25px;padding:5px 20px;border:1px solid #333333;width:auto;max-width:400px;height:100px;overflow:auto;"><p style="color:red"> example_01.com example_02.com example_03.com example_04.com example_05.com example_06.com example_07.com example_08.com example_09.com example_10.com example_11.com

&lt;quote&gt;

 * Automatically inserted when replying to a flat-style post - default reply
 * Can also be used manually as a post / reply tag.
 * Attributes allowed:
 * user - Specifies the name of the member you are replying to
 * automatically added during Reply
 * if optionally used with a manual insertion, the user name must be provided.
 * NOTE:
 * This tag is incorporated only in flat thread posts created on or after 26 April 2011
 * older nested posts will not auto-insert this tag.
 * Example:

&lt;quote user="Admin"&gt; Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Etiam condimentum augue in purus fringilla scelerisque ultricies nisl hendrerit. Morbi tempor faucibus nisl sit amet viverra. Aenean diam lacus; mollis sit amet consequat eget, aliquet eget velit? Pellentesque id bibendum eros. Donec sed leo diam, laoreet venenatis lorem. Nam sed turpis. &lt;/quote&gt;
 * Result

Originally posted by: Admin

''Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Etiam condimentum augue in purus fringilla scelerisque ultricies nisl hendrerit. Morbi tempor faucibus nisl sit amet viverra. Aenean diam lacus; mollis sit amet consequat eget, aliquet eget velit? Pellentesque id bibendum eros. Donec sed leo diam, laoreet venenatis lorem. Nam sed turpis.''

HTML characters
For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page.

A nice chart is available at: ascii.cl

See also:
 * HTML Special Characters

Some of the available characters include:

Adult content parental advisory
Include this image in a post / reply concerning domains having adult related material.

Please limit usage to one instance per thread.
 * English
 * [[File:ParentalAdvisory.png]]
 * <img src="https://www.mywot.com/w/images/f/f6/ParentalAdvisory.png" />

Moderation
The WOT forum to have moderators posted: Fri 13 May 2011 - 10:18:39 AM UTC

The General Discussion forum is for posts which are off-topic to website reputation discussions or to WOT support discussions; however each thread created in the General Discussion forum has a topic as defined in the originating post [OP].

Any reply which is off-topic from the OP may be considered spam.

Any post / reply advertising products or services linking off site is considered spam.

Spam shall be removed without warning, though for users who have messages enabled a public post will be left informing them what post was removed and why. The reason the PM is not private is for other moderators to be able to view.


 * re: Forum guidelines
 * 6. Spamming is prohibited
 * Spamming is defined as either posting multiple times about the same thing or starting multiple topics about the same thing. Continually posting off-topic as well as providing links that have nothing to do with the forum at hand is also considered spam. Spam will be deleted without warning.


 * re: Moderator duties
 * Spam removal
 * The purpose is to keep the forum as a channel for useful information exchange, free of spam. The moderators have permission to remove postings that they judge as spamming.

Not all "off topic" replies are considered spam, it depends upon the flow of conversation within the discussion, however a moderator may step in and offer a friendly reminder to stay on topic.

see also: Forum Moderator

Inactive accounts
There are two forms of inactive accounts:

WOT Terminated

 * Banned
 * Banned users are accounts terminated by WOT Staff generally for some form of abuse such as spamming. The user name retains a profile link and next to the user name you will see (Banned) All ratings and posts are deleted.
 * Deleted
 * When WOT Staff deletes a user's account the user's posts remain and the user name is replaced with Anonymous

User Terminated

 * Delete account
 * Users who delete their own account no longer retain a profile link because there is no profile to visit. Their forum posts are retained and next to the user name you will see (not verified)