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I think now is a good time more than ever to put some out there for the community to see. Tell me what you think. This one is used on one of our other sites. It can be modified to fit the needs and atmosphere of this community... as in, it's not written in stone and you guys have a say in this.
I'm just throwing out a sample for you.
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GENERAL FORUM RULES:
Our goal is to keep this board both informational, and enjoyable, for all readers.
The basic ground rules are simple: treat each other with respect, don't break the law, and if you are interested in selling something here, please FIRST - READ and FOLLOW the guidelines in the Vendor and Buy/Sell sections of the rules below. DO NOT post ANY message that identifies your company, products or services without specific authority as outlined in those sections.
The following rules are meant as a guideline for acceptable member behavior. In some cases it may be necessary for Staff to take action based on their judgment and not on any particular rule herein.
Do not complain in threads/posts.
We reserve the right to move, modify, delete or merge posts at our discretion and without explanation.
We reserve the right to temporarily suspend or permanently remove your access to the use of this site and your account with or without warning if any of the rules are broken.
These rules may be amended at any time... Please review this page periodically
Advertising/Solicitation:
Only authorized Supporting Vendors are permitted to discuss their company or offer their products, projects or services in the forum
Those vendors are easily recognized by their bold blue username and the title "Supporting Vendor" below it.
Please report posts found in violation of this policy to any Administrator using the 'Report Post' feature or send us a Private Message.
ALL MEMBERS: Please review the detailed Vendor Rules section below and/or contact an Administrator for permission/clarification BEFORE you make a sales-related post if unsure of its compliance with posted policies
Signatures:
Signatures/usernames/avatars must be work-safe. Although members have the option to disable them, they are always visible to guest readers. For members who prefer not to view signatures, there is an option to turn them off in the User CP.
Over-sized signatures are inconsiderate and may be removed. You can help avoid removal if you'll place a list of all mods and options in a separate thread about your car with photos and link to it in your signature. To further the 'less is best' philosophy, please note that signatures may only appear in your first post on any given page of a thread.
Following are specific Sig guidelines - Signatures that do not conform to these guidelines, may be limited by the software or removed by staff without notice:
Socially acceptable avatars only- No political, religious, or adult/sexual content or language. Non-conforming avatars will be removed w/o notice
Legal:
All posts by members are the sole responsibility of that member and do not necessarily reflect the views of the forum's owners or administration. This forum, and its administration, do not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of information or products represented in posts on this site, nor on 3rd party sites linked to by any member
POSTING RULES:
1. Post new threads in the correct forum category; each category includes a brief description of what belongs there. Threads in the wrong forum will be moved to facilitate searches for information of that type.
In addition...
3. Report posts: Staff cannot possibly read all threads/posts, so we appreciate and rely on our members to help us keep the forum free of problem posts for you. Please REPORT spam, non-supporting vendor violations, insults & personal attacks, trolling, etc.. Please do not respond in a way that will create a greater problem. You may send a PM (with a link to the problem post please) to an Administrator or Moderator... or... click the REPORT POST icon attached to each post. This will send an immediate email alert to ALL forum staff, including a direct link to that post
4. Do not make hateful, racist, or discriminatory comments: Posts that insult an individual or group based on gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability/handicap, politics or religion are strictly prohibited. Expressions of intolerance or hatred will earn a warning/infraction/ban, as will stalking, harassment or threats
5. Do not 'hijack' threads: The subject of a thread is determined by the original poster. Interrupting that discussion is rude and makes it difficult to find posts that are pertinent to the thread topic. Hijack posts may be removed
6. Do not post offensive or shocking content w/o warning: You MUST Begin the title of any thread that is Not Work Safe with the letters NWS to serve as a warning to readers AND all NWS threads must ONLY be posted in Off Topic.NWS material is anything that could be considered inappropriate, indecent, gross, or offensive in mixed company, or could compromise the reader if seen on their computer screen by others.
8. Please do not insult our readers with offensive language/images: Profanity and explicit, obscene, or vulgar language, graphics or behavior is inappropriate in mixed company. Language filters are in place, but are very limited and foul language not included in the filters should not be construed as acceptable. Circumvention of this policy may subject the poster to warning/infraction/ban at staff discretion
9. Solicitations: This member base is not a source to be "mined" for any purpose, including sales or donations by individuals, groups, or businesses, for profit or non-profit, without prior permission or authority
10. Misrepresentation will not be tolerated: This includes creation of multiple accounts for purposes of deception or conflict avoidance
11. Respect the privacy of fellow members: Do NOT post private communications or contact information
12. Linking to files/programs/software which could harm anyone's computer is prohibited
13. Each member is allowed ONE user account. If there is a problem with your user name contact an Administrator by PM. All IP addresses are logged and viewable by Moderators and Administrators
BUY/SELL FORUM RULES:
The Buy/Sell forum is for private party auto-related items only:
NO ebay links - NO Vendor sales - NO commercial sales (Multiples of a same item and/or repeats of a same ad will be considered commercial)
In addition:
To learn more about becoming a Supporting Vendor, please send your info by email to [email protected], including which website(s) you’re interested in sponsoring.
1. Offers for products and/or services of any kind are considered advertising. Such advertising is NOT permitted unless you have an official Supporting Vendor title:
Our Supporting Vendors pay a fee to support this forum; in return they are entitled to the exclusive privilege of promoting their goods and services to our membership and we expect all members to respect that exclusivity.
To avoid problems, please observe the following guidelines:
[*]Do not solicit orders/business for a non-supporting or outside vendor
3. Members MAY discuss products offered by a Non-Supporting Vendor as a general info post only. If, in our judgment, it appears as though you are advertising on behalf of a N/S vendor, your post/thread may be edited or deleted and subject to warning/infraction:
5. Supporting Vendor Group Buys are permitted but can ONLY be posted by an official Supporting Vendor. Members may not initiate, post, or manage Group Buys, nor post threads to generate interest in a GB. All business must be conducted by the Supporting Vendor
6. Non-Supporting Vendor Group Buys, promotions, and special offers are NOT permitted to be posted, or linked to, by any member and will be removed
All of these guidelines are in place to ensure that everyone will feel comfortable participating in our community. We want all of our members to enjoy their time here, but those who cannot abide by these policies are asked to find a venue that suits them better, rather than create problems for our members and staff.
Thank you!
Disclaimer: The content of posts and/or threads is the sole responsibility of the user who posted them and all users are responsible for their own actions. Sellers on this site are in no way related to, or affiliated with, the forum or its agents. This site does not endorse, warrant, or guarantee products, services, or transactions between users, or between users and Supporting Vendors
I'm just throwing out a sample for you.
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GENERAL FORUM RULES:
Our goal is to keep this board both informational, and enjoyable, for all readers.
The basic ground rules are simple: treat each other with respect, don't break the law, and if you are interested in selling something here, please FIRST - READ and FOLLOW the guidelines in the Vendor and Buy/Sell sections of the rules below. DO NOT post ANY message that identifies your company, products or services without specific authority as outlined in those sections.
The following rules are meant as a guideline for acceptable member behavior. In some cases it may be necessary for Staff to take action based on their judgment and not on any particular rule herein.
Do not complain in threads/posts.
We reserve the right to move, modify, delete or merge posts at our discretion and without explanation.
We reserve the right to temporarily suspend or permanently remove your access to the use of this site and your account with or without warning if any of the rules are broken.
These rules may be amended at any time... Please review this page periodically
Advertising/Solicitation:
Only authorized Supporting Vendors are permitted to discuss their company or offer their products, projects or services in the forum
Those vendors are easily recognized by their bold blue username and the title "Supporting Vendor" below it.
Please report posts found in violation of this policy to any Administrator using the 'Report Post' feature or send us a Private Message.
ALL MEMBERS: Please review the detailed Vendor Rules section below and/or contact an Administrator for permission/clarification BEFORE you make a sales-related post if unsure of its compliance with posted policies
Signatures:
Signatures/usernames/avatars must be work-safe. Although members have the option to disable them, they are always visible to guest readers. For members who prefer not to view signatures, there is an option to turn them off in the User CP.
Over-sized signatures are inconsiderate and may be removed. You can help avoid removal if you'll place a list of all mods and options in a separate thread about your car with photos and link to it in your signature. To further the 'less is best' philosophy, please note that signatures may only appear in your first post on any given page of a thread.
Following are specific Sig guidelines - Signatures that do not conform to these guidelines, may be limited by the software or removed by staff without notice:
- Images: Sig photo MAX 500W x 200H (pixels). If using more than one photo, they must collectively fit within this 500 x 200 footprint
- Text: If you include an image in your sig, please limit text to 2 lines
- NOTE: Unauthorized vendor contacts, vendor links, non supporting vendor logos and banners, product links, and other items that violate forum rules will be removed w/o notice
Socially acceptable avatars only- No political, religious, or adult/sexual content or language. Non-conforming avatars will be removed w/o notice
Legal:
All posts by members are the sole responsibility of that member and do not necessarily reflect the views of the forum's owners or administration. This forum, and its administration, do not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of information or products represented in posts on this site, nor on 3rd party sites linked to by any member
POSTING RULES:
1. Post new threads in the correct forum category; each category includes a brief description of what belongs there. Threads in the wrong forum will be moved to facilitate searches for information of that type.
In addition...
- Do NOT post complaints about forum staff, warnings/infractions/bans, or site policies. Direct these matters to any Administrator or Moderator privately via PM and allow time for them to respond
- Please welcome all newcomers with friendly advice about how to find info & resources and get involved in our community - If you can't be friendly, be quiet
- Begin a new thread only if the subject matter has not already been posted. Like threads may be merged w/o notice
- No cross-posting: Do not post the same thread in multiple forum sections. Duplicate threads will be merged or deleted
- Title new threads in a meaningful way so that the subject is obvious and easily searched. The key to others locating posted information in the future depends upon it.
- Do not post using all caps, or all bold, font: this is the equivalent to shouting on the web and is difficult to read
- No 'post-whoring': meaningless replies do NOT contribute to the topic of discussion, higher post counts don’t make one member “better” than another, and high post count competitions tend to annoy the community and staff. Such posts are subject to removal and sanctions
- Do not post consecutive replies: Use edit to amend an existing post or the "multi-quote" feature to respond to more than one post at once
- If you must quote a post in a reply, please remove photos from that quote - don't make us scroll through the same photos over and over again
- ONLY post 'For Sale' or 'Wanted' ads in the Buy/Sell Forum
- Do NOT solicit our members to join your forum, or any forums outside of our network. Do NOT use this forum to promote your own, or other forums/websites outside of our network. Offenders subject to suspension or ban at our discretion and w/o warning
- Do not infringe copyrights, post links to downloads, or offers for pirated copyrighted materials i.e. service manuals, copied/hacked navigation software, brand logo rip-offs, etc. This extends to posting of copyrighted articles as well. Under 'Fair Use' provisions you can legally post a small abstract of an article and include a link, or simply post the link. The exception to this rule is press releases, which are intended for distribution
3. Report posts: Staff cannot possibly read all threads/posts, so we appreciate and rely on our members to help us keep the forum free of problem posts for you. Please REPORT spam, non-supporting vendor violations, insults & personal attacks, trolling, etc.. Please do not respond in a way that will create a greater problem. You may send a PM (with a link to the problem post please) to an Administrator or Moderator... or... click the REPORT POST icon attached to each post. This will send an immediate email alert to ALL forum staff, including a direct link to that post
4. Do not make hateful, racist, or discriminatory comments: Posts that insult an individual or group based on gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability/handicap, politics or religion are strictly prohibited. Expressions of intolerance or hatred will earn a warning/infraction/ban, as will stalking, harassment or threats
5. Do not 'hijack' threads: The subject of a thread is determined by the original poster. Interrupting that discussion is rude and makes it difficult to find posts that are pertinent to the thread topic. Hijack posts may be removed
6. Do not post offensive or shocking content w/o warning: You MUST Begin the title of any thread that is Not Work Safe with the letters NWS to serve as a warning to readers AND all NWS threads must ONLY be posted in Off Topic.NWS material is anything that could be considered inappropriate, indecent, gross, or offensive in mixed company, or could compromise the reader if seen on their computer screen by others.
- If a thread is NOT labeled "NWS" by the original poster, do NOT post NWS material or links within that thread
- ALL"NWS" threads posted outside of the Off-Topic forum will be removed
- The line is thin as to what is acceptable, please use common sense. Any thread/post we deem inappropriate will be deleted w/o notice
- Posts depicting nudity/partial nudity/obscene material/pornography, or links to same, are absolutely forbidden, INCLUDING in threads labeled "NWS"
8. Please do not insult our readers with offensive language/images: Profanity and explicit, obscene, or vulgar language, graphics or behavior is inappropriate in mixed company. Language filters are in place, but are very limited and foul language not included in the filters should not be construed as acceptable. Circumvention of this policy may subject the poster to warning/infraction/ban at staff discretion
9. Solicitations: This member base is not a source to be "mined" for any purpose, including sales or donations by individuals, groups, or businesses, for profit or non-profit, without prior permission or authority
10. Misrepresentation will not be tolerated: This includes creation of multiple accounts for purposes of deception or conflict avoidance
11. Respect the privacy of fellow members: Do NOT post private communications or contact information
12. Linking to files/programs/software which could harm anyone's computer is prohibited
13. Each member is allowed ONE user account. If there is a problem with your user name contact an Administrator by PM. All IP addresses are logged and viewable by Moderators and Administrators
BUY/SELL FORUM RULES:
The Buy/Sell forum is for private party auto-related items only:
NO ebay links - NO Vendor sales - NO commercial sales (Multiples of a same item and/or repeats of a same ad will be considered commercial)
In addition:
- Follow ALL rules posted in the Buy/Sell forum sections
- Do not post private party Buy/Sell ads in other forum sections
- Must include asking price (with OBO is acceptable) - No speculation ‘feeler’ threads or bid invitations
- Buy/Sell is a forum for conducting business, NOT a discussion/opinion forum. Reply in ads ONLY if you have a lead on a wanted item, or are interested in the item for sale. All other posts are subject to removal
- Let the Seller answer all questions in their thread
- NO price-police - Seller can ask any price - Buyers can refuse w/o comment or can comment via PM. Thread-crapping posts are subject to removal
- Please make a final post in your thread when your item is bought or sold to prevent unnecessary inconvenience for all parties
- Negotiate via PM, not in the thread
- Members do business at your own risk... Buyer Beware
To learn more about becoming a Supporting Vendor, please send your info by email to [email protected], including which website(s) you’re interested in sponsoring.
1. Offers for products and/or services of any kind are considered advertising. Such advertising is NOT permitted unless you have an official Supporting Vendor title:
Our Supporting Vendors pay a fee to support this forum; in return they are entitled to the exclusive privilege of promoting their goods and services to our membership and we expect all members to respect that exclusivity.
To avoid problems, please observe the following guidelines:
- Do not discuss, answer questions about, defend, promote, or advertise your company, products, projects, services, or pricing, including hobby-for-profit projects
- Do not participate in other member's threads about your company, products, projects, services, or pricing
- Do not post links to your sales-related website or links to your sales-related posts on other forums
- Do not list contact info in posts, avatars, or signatures
[*]Do not solicit orders/business for a non-supporting or outside vendor
3. Members MAY discuss products offered by a Non-Supporting Vendor as a general info post only. If, in our judgment, it appears as though you are advertising on behalf of a N/S vendor, your post/thread may be edited or deleted and subject to warning/infraction:
a) A member MAY post "I found a great deal/product/service/price from Acme Auto" including details -That is sharing general info based on your personal experience
b) That member may NOT add to the post"Acme Auto said forum members get a special deal" -OR- "call Joe at 123-4567 or check out his website and say I sent you" -That is promoting/advertising on behalf of the N/S vendor and/or the N/S vendor using you to promote/advertise on their behalf
c) Members may NOT promote goods and/or services they have purchased from a fellow member who is not a Supporting Vendor by specifically naming that member or referring other members to him/her. This will also be considered promoting/advertising on behalf of the N/S vendor and/or the N/S vendor using you to promote/advertise on their behalf
c) Members may NOT promote goods and/or services they have purchased from a fellow member who is not a Supporting Vendor by specifically naming that member or referring other members to him/her. This will also be considered promoting/advertising on behalf of the N/S vendor and/or the N/S vendor using you to promote/advertise on their behalf
d) If a member makes multiple posts/threads about a same NSV it will appear he/she is associated with, or advertising for, that vendor and he/she will be warned. The line is thin and we will use our judgment as to when that line is being crossed
4. Members may NOT post links to sales-related ads/threads/posts on outside Forums and may NOT post copies of those ads/posts/threads to this Forum. Those posts will be removed and subject to warning/infraction
5. Supporting Vendor Group Buys are permitted but can ONLY be posted by an official Supporting Vendor. Members may not initiate, post, or manage Group Buys, nor post threads to generate interest in a GB. All business must be conducted by the Supporting Vendor
6. Non-Supporting Vendor Group Buys, promotions, and special offers are NOT permitted to be posted, or linked to, by any member and will be removed
All of these guidelines are in place to ensure that everyone will feel comfortable participating in our community. We want all of our members to enjoy their time here, but those who cannot abide by these policies are asked to find a venue that suits them better, rather than create problems for our members and staff.
Thank you!
Disclaimer: The content of posts and/or threads is the sole responsibility of the user who posted them and all users are responsible for their own actions. Sellers on this site are in no way related to, or affiliated with, the forum or its agents. This site does not endorse, warrant, or guarantee products, services, or transactions between users, or between users and Supporting Vendors
