Welcome to This Is Who We Are, currently the largest and most fully featured online fan and enthusiast community of Chris Carter's Millennium TV series!
Our website exists primarily to provide a professional and informative discussion platform, free of pop-up ad banners. The rules for this Board exist to protect the Board, our Members and its Staff. We intend this to be a friendly place for Millennium fans to enjoy and return to as often as possible! Like all such responsible facilities, we provide a list of Rules and Guidelines which exist to make sure that you know what you can expect when using our website, to reduce possible confusion and to make sure you know what we expect from you in return for using our service. This document has been constructed to allow Members to quickly access information and answers to questions relating to our requirements quickly and easily. If you wish to check on a particular subject such as Signatures, you will find such content highlighted for your convenience.
We look forward to discussing Millennium with you across our Forums!
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Important. Please read the following rules and guidelines very carefully. By proceeding to post or use this website, even if you do not intend to post and decide only to browse its Forums or content, you agree to comply with all of our Terms of Service, this document or other Staff requests at all times. We should point out that refusal to obey these guidelines will result in the appropriate responsive actions. A copy of this document is available at all times by simply clicking the link near the top of nearly every page. Please keep yourself familiar with the document by regular checking of its content, any changes may also be included in our News and Announcement forum. These requirements may be updated at any time and we cannot be held responsible if you become unaware of a change of policy. The Board Rules, Guidelines and Terms of Service should be considered to all intents and purposes legally binding and you accept that you are forming a contract with us to use our services, also that you fully agree and comply with our various Policies which may be updated at any time.
This Is Who We Are Millennium Message Board (also known as TIWWA) is copyrighted, owned and administrated by Mr G.P.Smith of the United Kingdom and hosted by Millennium - This is who we are. This Is Who We Are may be found at http://www.TIWWA.info. It is a fan-based community website, comprising of Message Board Forums and other regularly updated facilities which together serve a truly international gathering of fans and dedicated enthusiasts of Chris Carter's Millennium TV Series. TIWWA was developed by the fans, for the fans.
About our staff team, 'The Elders'.
Our Staff Members consist of Forum Moderators, Global Moderators and Administrators. We refer to them for fun as Elders, whereas standard Members are referred to as Candidates or Patrons, as presented and in tribute to the Millennium Group's infrastructure within the television series on which this Board is based. The Elder Team are a dynamic, talented and responsible team who kindly donate their time on a voluntary basis, helping to moderate and improve our Message Board and it's facilities since the Board first opened 1st December 2002. Our Staff Team are internationally based and are able to assist Members not only in the English language based forums, but also within dedicated French and German speaking sections too. We may be able to add further region based sections to TIWWA in the future dependant upon demand, reliable and professional Elder volunteers. Many of our Elder Team represent the best Millennium fan-based websites on the Internet and links to these are provided to assist visitors to learn even more about this thought provoking series. We also provide a Lo-fi version accessible at the bottom of each page which is recommended for users with slow connections, PDA's, Pocket Computers or Smartphones to be able to access the forums.
Millennium is a Registered Trademark and is owned by Twentieth Century Fox together with its subsidiaries. All Rights remain reserved and acknowledged. Our website whilst primarily providing a relatively safe, enjoyable platform, free of pop-up adverts, to discuss aspects of Millennium, exists to further publicise and support both the television series and the work of its creators, Ten Thirteen Productions. TIWWA is provided on a promotional basis, having in the past received the much appreciated assistance and acknowledgement of Fox Television employees and its publicity campaign representatives. Our aim is to provide a harmonious and fun environment to discuss and learn more about this critically acclaimed television series and its talented Cast and Production Crew.
How is This Is Who We Are funded?
TIWWA is currently funded by its owner and Administrator Graham Smith. Both TIWWA and its host Millennium - This is who we are contain referral links to official Millennium DVD products available from Amazon and those fans who have kindly ordered these and other products continue to make contributions to the website hosting costs and licence fees. A PayPal Donation scheme may be set up soon for those Members who wish to make small voluntary contributions.
Already a Member? You can use the PM (Personal Message) system to contact any Member of our Staff. The Moderating Team link is on the main index page. From there you can view an entire list of TIWWA's Staff and simply use the PM option to contact them.
Should it be necessary to contact us with regards to a Post, please use the Report button to access the Report This Post feature.
You can also contact the Board's Owner and Administrator Graham Smith by emailing TIWWA(at)millennium-thisiswhoweare.net (replacing the (at) with the usual @ character).
Guests (non-registered Members) are welcome to browse the range of Forums and Topics which are contained at TIWWA, however completion of our Registration process is required to read and post messages and use our Message Board's features. Guest can read topics and posts in our main General Discussion and Episode Discussion forums.
Registration is free, quick and easy. We don't need to know your entire life's history (!), just some simple information such as your chosen User Name, a legitimate email address, your age and if you wouldn't mind, a quick note about how you found us so that we can help others to find us more easily.
IMPORTANT: You must register with a correct, legitimate email address to which you have access so that you can reply to our validation email and be approved by our Administrators. If you haven't yet received your validation email, check your junk/spam filters or that your Inbox isn't full. You can request another validation email from our main board index at any time. We will attempt to re-send your validation email if you haven't replied after a few days. It is your responsibility to make sure your email address is correct and up to date in order to recieve topic subscription emails, PM notifications etc.
Should you wish, your email address may then be used to advise you of Reply Notifications and PM (Personal Message alerts) if you have communicated with other Members. You can opt out of or enable these facilities should you wish, in your Control Panel. Please note that your privacy is very important to us, we do not 'spam' Members email accounts or pass any details on to any third party. We may send out the occasional newsletter type email and if you subscribe to a topic or forum you will receive an email notification letting you know that a topic or forum you are watching has received a reply; you can unsubscribe and opt out of receiving emails from us in your Control Panel. Your trust is important to us at all times. For further information, please refer to our Privacy Policy, available below.
Before you begin using our forums, please check our documentation Help files, which include constant updates to the Board's facilities, FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) and general explanations of how the Board works. This in most cases, will solve all your general questions and frequently occurring problems. Simply click on Help near the top of any page.
If your problem cannot be resolved using the documentation we provide, then please take the further step of posting in our support forums or contacting a Member of Staff. We have an expansive team of Moderators and Administrators ready at hand to help with all problems and queries you may have with our Message Board and its facilities.
Once you have read and understood how to use the Board's features (most of which are self explanatory), why not post a 'Hello Message' in the New Members Forum? You'll find our friendly Members welcoming you to the website in no time! Don't forget, we were all new at one time, don't be shy! Many of our Members register to read our forums but choose never to post. This is fine although not increasing your post count may restrict some of the facilities on offer.
We have implemented the following common sense guide for using our community forums. This guide is designed to strike a balance between the main goal of our forums, discussing the television series Millennium, and keeping the relaxed and welcoming atmosphere of our community which has made our website so popular. In essence, if you use our website for the reason it is provided and are courteous and respectful to our other Message Board Members and Staff, you will continue to enjoy the helpful, welcoming and fun atmosphere that we have enjoyed here since our website began. We are proud and grateful to have a very friendly, informative and knowledgeable standard of Members and Staff with whom you will enjoy discovering more about Millennium.
If you have an issue concerning our website services, policies, or staff, please use a personal contact method such as a private message or email to the Forum Moderator or if relevant another Staff member. All Members of Staff such as Moderators and Administrators are highlighted in the Active Members list. Although rare, we take serious complaints to heart and will do our best to address them where necessary.
By using this website, or if you have been 'banned' or 'warned', you agree not to attempt to circumvent the security or infrastructure of this website or its facilities in any way including agreement NOT to re-register under a different username, email address or IP address. You agree not to make attempts to do this, or maintain intimidation, coerce or harass a third party or Member of our website (Staff or otherwise) or misuse or release private data, not to make libellous or slanderous remarks or statements.
You agree at all times now or in the future not to post or transmit defamation of character, infringement of rights, impersonate, commit fraud or deceit, not to make use of others to achieve the prior, or conduct such or similar activities on behalf of another party to achieve such goals. You agree not to involve any of our Staff Members or Website owners or be representative in any form of legal action. We reserve the right in such cases to contact your ISP or local Law Enforcement Agency or Police Authority by way of an official complaint or to seek advice which may result is the loss of service to you and/or financial, punitive damages and/or costs. Your statutory rights are not affected.
Violation of any of these rules will result in consequences determined on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of our Staff Team.
Together with our Community Forums and our Image Gallery, we also offer the fully featured TIWWA Community Blog. This is an additional but integrated service for our Members to make use of and enjoy. Blogs may be public or private. Public Blogs may also be linked to externally instead of using our Blog Software. Non-registered visitors will be able to read your Blog which means that you can publicise it elsewhere whilst knowing that your readers can still keep up to date with your Blog entries. The Blog is available to regular Members who have attained over 75 posts, although this may be reviewed at any time. Please note that as far as Terms of Use are concerned, the standard TIWWA Board Guidelines still apply and there are no special rules or guidelines relating to Blog content (within reason). Private Blogs are by default invisible to other Members except Administrators. We reserve the right to edit or delete Blogs or Blog Entries in accordance with standard TIWWA policy.
That said, thank you for choosing to use This Is Who We Are Millennium Message Board and we hope you enjoy your stay!
Your privacy is important to us and we will always take steps to protect your privacy where possible. Our forum software features professional quality standards and is updated immediately when security issues are identified and corrected as soon as possible.
We will never knowingly provide, sell or pass on your information to a third party. We may in similar fashion to other websites include referral links to products and services on external websites such as Amazon. We are not responsible for external websites, their content or policies. Similarly, we cannot prevent other websites from causing pop-up, pop over, pop under windows etc although we do not provide these ourselves. We do allow new windows to open in your browser should you click on a hyper link (URL) or make use of a pop up information window such as My Assistant to show you informative information about the Board such as New Posts or PM (Personal Message) Alerts.
Email Notifications and Subscriptions. You can opt out of or opt to receive email notifications of PM's, topic or forum subscriptions, Admin PM's, Emails or choose to ignore other Members by way of the Ignore this Member option when viewing another Member's Profile or by way of the PM system. To unsubscribe from a topic or forum, refer to your My Controls facility.
Dynamic Signatures. We do allow Dynamic Signatures but not versions such as signature banners which collect and display information such as a Members IP address, operating system, browser etc due to past concerns relating to privacy and security. Examples of acceptable Dynamic Signatures are ones that display what music you are listening to on your computer, how long you have been online etc. If you wish to use a Dynamic Signature, please contact us with details first.
Your IP Address. Our forum software will collect your IP address and we or our Message Board Software/Web Hosting Software may use it with the possible addition of your email address and ISP information to aid in the possible suspension, investigation, or banishment of your account or yourself as a User of our service. Attempts to block or confuse your IP address may result in your account being suspended or banned. Your IP address and email address are only visible to Board Staff and not to other Members.
Emails. All emails sent through the Board are logged by default for security reasons. This is by the design of Invision, the creators of our software and we are currently not able to disable this facility. However stored emails are not accessible to anyone except Administrator level staff and are routinely removed. We reserve the right to review any logged emails sent through our Board to make sure that no abuse of our service has occurred, particularly if an email has been sent through our website by a 'flagged' Member (one that has been involved in a dispute, is on our Moderator watch-list or that has been warned for previous behaviour) or in the case of a complaint. If in any doubt, do not use the Board's email service to contact other Members but email them privately.
Cookies. Your visit to this website or its host together with any navigation may be recorded by our website statistics software and tracking programs. Our forum software may place 'cookies' on your system to aid navigation and record which topics and posts have been read, whether you are logged in or out etc. Cookies placed by the forum software may be removed at any time by clicking on the "Delete Cookies Set By This Board" link located near the bottom of the main forum index page. You can also use a third party application such as the excellent and free CCleaner to remove any cookies and temporary Internet Cache files.
Search Engine Indexing. Your presence on our website, Member Profile information and any content which Members submit may be indexed by third party search engines such as Google, Yahoo, AOL, MSN etc. We allow Search Engine Spiders (also known as Bots) to navigate non-private forums and as such they may track or record content for inclusion and publication in their respective Search Engines. We attempt where possible to control Search Engine Spider Bot behaviour so that they are unable to gather email addresses or 'spam' our Forums or Members.
RSS and Syndicated Content. We may provide our content by way of RSS (Really Simple Syndication) News Feeds and your presence or submitted content may be distribution or be visible to third parties who choose to use Newsreader software or make use of syndicated content. You are welcome to use on your website any RSS Syndicated Content from our website provided that you have not been banned and give a link back to This Is Who We Are at http://TIWWA.info. We have a variety of RSS News Feeds available including Blogs where owners have enabled RSS Syndication.
We reserve the right to reduce the allowance of Personal Message storage capacity and/or attachments upload capacity. We do not accept any liability for lost material or content.
How to cancel your TIWWA Membership. You are of course free to cancel your Membership Account at any time. Simply contact one of our Administrators and your Membership Account in our database will be deleted. Any posts or content exisiting on the TIWWA website will remain in place but may be removed at the ultimate discretion of our Staff where possible.
Below is a copy of our Terms of Service as displayed when users undertake the Member Registration process:
Please take a moment to review these rules detailed below. If you agree with them and wish to proceed with the registration, simply click the "Register" button below. To cancel this registration, simply hit the 'back' button on your browser.
WEBSITES IN THE USA ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE UNITED STATES COPPA ACT WHICH REFERS TO THE GATHERING AND USE OF INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY MINORS (IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 13 YEARS YOU MUST STATE THIS WHEN REGISTERING) HOWEVER PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MINIMUM AGE OF REGISTRATION IS 18 YEARS OLD DUE TO THE ADULT NATURE OF SOME OF OUR CONTENT SUCH AS DESCRIPTIONS OF VIOLENT SCENES OR EPISODE IMAGES FROM THE TV SERIES MILLENNIUM. USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS ACCEPTANCE AND CONFIRMATION THAT YOU ARE 18 YEARS OR OLDER PRIOR TO COMPLETING REGISTRATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
Please remember that we are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message.
The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of this website. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary.
You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this Message Board to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law.
You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this Message Board.
By using this website, or if you have been 'banned' or 'warned', you agree not to attempt to circumvent the security or infrastructure of this website or its facilities in any way including agreement NOT to re-register under a different username, email address or IP address. You agree not to make attempts to do this, or maintain intimidation, coerce or harass a third party or Member of our website (Staff or otherwise) or misuse or release private data, not to make libellous or slanderous remarks or statements.
You agree at all times now or in the future not to post or transmit defamation of character, infringement of rights, impersonate, commit fraud or deceit, not to make use of others to achieve the prior, or conduct such or similar activities on behalf of another party to achieve such goals. You agree not to involve any of our Staff Members or Website owners or be representative in any form of legal action. We reserve the right in such cases to contact your ISP or local Law Enforcement Agency or Police Authority by way of an official complaint or to seek advice which may result is the loss of service to you and/or financial, punitive damages and/or costs. Your statutory legal rights are not affected.
Violation of any of these rules will result in consequences determined on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of our Staff Team.
You agree to read, be familiar with, keep up to date and follow our Board Rules and Guidelines at all times. You understand that by accepting the Terms of Service, Board Rules, Privacy Policy and Guidelines of this website and its hosts that you are entering a legally binding contract with the website owner to conform to the said requirements of our Policies at all times.
A copy of our current Board Guidelines, Rules, Terms of Service and Privacy Policy is available by clicking on the link (URL) near the top of almost every page of our Message Board Software.
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