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PostSubject: FORUM ETTIQUETTE   FORUM ETTIQUETTE EmptyTue Feb 03, 2009 3:15 pm

FORUM ETIQUETTE


Membership in Maryland Rock Raiders is a privilege, not a right. We reserve the right to deny service to any person at any time without cause

The administrators and moderators of this website and forum have the right and responsibility to create, establish and maintain rules that best fit the community and to edit, ban, disable the account of any member who does not follow these Terms of Service.



Deletions
We reserve the right to delete any element of this forum including, but not limited to:

Profanity
Off-Topic posts
Posts in the wrong forum (subject to move to correct or deletion)
User avatars
User images
Signatures



Considering the real-time nature of these forums, it is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information before it is posted. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by contacting an administrator or moderator. Please allow sufficient time for us to review the message. 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. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

A) Pornography of any type is not allowed. Posts of an illegal nature will not be tolerated. Threats of any kind will not be tolerated and will be removed and the user suspended or banned permanently. Removed threats will be retained by the owners as evidence should legal action be desired by the threatened party.

B) The owners, administrators, and moderators of Maryland Rock Raiders reserve both the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason, and the right to suspend or delete any user account for any reason we feel is in violation of these terms of service, both explicit and implied.

C) There are several protected sub-forums within the Maryland Rock Raiders forum. Registering as a member, does not entitle you access to these forums. Access is granted via request from the forum administrators. The forum administrator reserves the right to limit access to any member on a case-by-case basis.



PUBLIC CONTENT ON MARYLAND ROCK RAIDERS FORUM
Any and all content posted for inclusion in publicly accessible areas of Maryland Rock Raiders are the responsibility of the creator. Maryland Rock Raiders makes no claims or warranties about such information or its authenticity. Upon posting any content on Maryland Rock Raiders Forum you grant Maryland Rock Raiders the non-exclusive right to publish, modify and use such content solely for the purpose of displaying such content.

LIMITATION OF REPRODUCTION
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes or noncommercial purposes any portion of the services or content contained within Maryland Rock Raiders In order to use any content, graphical art, photos or files owned by or published by Maryland Rock Raiders, direct, written authorization must be obtained from Maryland Rock Raiders with no exceptions at any time for any reason.



General Posting Guidelines
The following rules pertain to the general forums within the Maryland Rock Raiders forum.

NO ATTACKING OR FLAMING OTHER POSTERS -
If you feel the need to harass another poster, don't do it. What is considered attacking other posters?

Examples:
*Bringing up their name in posts that they did not start or were not involved in, just to get a reaction from them.

*Consistently responding to their posts and responding with no merit other than to belittle them.

NO PROFANITY - This includes using abbreviations or changing one letter of a profane word such that the word(s) are still interpreted by most as profane.

NO PORNOGRAPHIC OR OBSCENE MATERIAL OF ANY KIND - Any user posting pornographic pictures, or links to such material will be banned. This includes materials within a signature file or avatar.

POST IN THE CORRECT FORUM - Posts are to be made in the relevant forum. Users are encouraged to read the forum descriptions before posting.

STOCK AVATARS AND IMAGES
Stock avatars can be located in the User profile for your account. They are not exclusive and can be used by anyone with an active account.

UPLOADED AVATARS/PROFILE IMAGES - Each user is able to upload their own avatar or profile image. Keep in mind there are size restrictions related to both.

In addition, keep in mind that that you are not permitted to upload any image(s) that is copyrighted or taken from a third party website. This includes, but is not limited to images from news sites, personal photos of someone other than you, etc. Any uploaded image must be general in nature and any off-color or offensive images will be removed without warning.

Copyrighted Material
The posting of copyrighted electronic or print content from websites, magazines, newspapers, blogs, etc., in whole or in part, are not permitted unless the original content is credited or linked in the post. Copyrighted material that is not credited will be removed immediately. Repeated abuse of these rules may cause suspension or deletion of the user account.

If you feel you have interesting information that may be enjoyed by the community, you are encouraged to provide a link to the article. So that users materials gets proper accreditation.



THREE STRIKE RULE

1. 1st Offense - If someone is bad mouthing an individual, Maryland Rock Raiders or posting something inappropriate or offensive they are given an email, PM or warning posted to the topic.

2. 2nd Offense - The user will be given a second warning notifying them of an impending "timeout".

3. 3rd Offense of the same nature will have them put in a "timeout" for one week.

4. If this series of offenses (1, 2 and 3) happens a second time within a year, they are banned from the message board for 6 months.

5. Upon reinstatement to the board, if they have to be warned about anything there after they will be deemed "unfit for access" and be banned permanently from the board.


"Intolerable Offenses" -
Actions that will have someone removed permanently from the message board without following the Three Strike Rule.

1. Threats, both direct and indirect, against another individual on the message board or their family (club member or not).

2. Promoting any type of illegal activity.



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