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*Important* Forum Rules
Addaz Sun Jan 24, 2010 1:19 pm
--- FORUM RULES - IMPORTANT! ---
In general, we like to think that LCACC is a fairly tolerant Forum. We have several very active off-topic sections, and most topics of discussion are acceptable. However, there are rules and we expect you to adhere to them. Failure to do so will result in your account possibly being blocked or banned. Please note that these rules are only the most common things that we have found. Just because a rule isn't listed here, doesn't mean you can do it... please use common sense when posting.
The main goals of the discussions on the LCA Car Club Forum are to learn and to share the knowledge with anyone who sincerely wants to benefit from the experience of other members.
We're about community. We are a like-minded but diverse group of individuals who share a common passion for all things relating to Cars.
The Basic Rules
1. No abusive language towards other people
- Do NOT post degrading messages about other users. This rule is NOT just for new threads, but it is also for replies. If you have something bad to say about a thread, tough luck. Don't post a reply in it and ruin it for other people. Users who abuse this rule will have their posts deleted and they may be banned.
- Please also be aware that we will not tolerate personal abuse via Private Message either. If you receive an abusive PM from another user, please forward it to a Moderator.
- LCACC is intended to be a family-friendly website and, as such, swearing is not tolerated. We do have a swear filter in place and persistent deliberate attempts to circumvent it may be met with Warning Points. Posts in the public areas should generally be safe to read for those of all ages.
2. Use the appropriate forum
- The Moderators are not forum caretakers... they are not here to move your posts for you. Users who continually post messages in incorrect forums will be removed.
- This also includes cross-posting, the practice of posting the same thread in two (or more) forums. Pick the most appropriate forum for your thread and post it there only.
3. No Spamming
- We do not tolerate spam. This includes trying to sell illegal copyrighted goods via the forum as well as posting rubbish for the sake of it (or to raise your post count).
- Accounts signed up for the express purpose of promoting a product/website/idea/whatever will be banned immediately.
4. Moderator's say is FINAL
- Please do not argue with the Moderators over closed, deleted or edited posts. If a Moderator has closed a post, chances are it will not be re-opened so please do not make an issue of it.
- If you believe a Moderator is abusing his powers, please contact an Administrator.
5. One Account per member
- Each user may only post with one account. Please do not use multiple accounts. Breaking this rule will lead to the newer account being permanently banned and the older account incurring Warning Points.
6. Use the "Report Post" function
- If someone insults you, don't flame them back, it will only make the situation worse. Instead, click on the "Report Post" button under their post and the post will be brought to the attention of the Moderation Team. The icon looks like this:
- It is especially frowned upon to Report a post and flame a member in return. You can expect to incur Warning Points yourself if you do this.
7. No links to Porn, Warez or Pirated stuff
- We do not support anything illegal or inappropriate. Discussions about illegal stuff are mostly ALLOWED but you may not post links to anything illegal. This includes porn, warez, TV shows etc. Exercise a little common sense! For instance, asking how to set a Bittorrent Client up is permissable but please do not include links to filesharing sites.
- In general, the following are not allowed:
Links to filesharing/P2P sites/streamable TV shows etc
Explicit instructions on how to obtain illegal or copyrighted material (including "backup" copies)
Mixes/DJ sets made by members being made available for download
Requests for serial numbers/keys for licensed software you do not own
- We fully appreciate that this is a huge grey area on the Internet, but please exercise some common sense. LCACC has no desire to be associated with illegal activities, so discuss such topics elsewhere please. In general, if it's even slightly dodgy don't link to it.
8. Signatures / Avatars / Titles
- Signatures must be kept to a sensible size. If you use inappropriate avatars, they will be removed and you will have your avatar privileges taken away. These rules also apply to custom titles... do not abuse these features.
- Content of signatures, avatars and custom titles must be suitable for general, public viewing. No profane or obscene comments or pictures please!
9. Advertising & Selling Rules
- No selling or advertising is permitted in any forums via posting, linking, spamming, post hijacking, avatars or signatures (new or second hand goods) The forums are for discussion and information - not as a public sales portal. If you are suspected of breaking the forum rules against trading, your account can be monitored, and action taken aginst you.
- If you have items to sell or you want something specific, please use the LCACC Classifieds or eBay.
- Exchange items must be private sales only. Any deemed to be for commercial or trade dealing will be deleted. This is totally at the discretion of the Moderators, whose decision is final.
- Please see the Classifieds Forums for the full set of Rules related to this section of LCACC.
10. Pointless posts / Multiple posting
- Posts such as "I agree" and "yeah" or "Hi!" would be considered pointless posts/spam and these will be deleted. Do not post unless you have something to say that is related to the topic. Also, if you have something to add on to your post, use the "edit" feature, do not post another reply to it. The edit feature is there for a reason, please use it. Any users who are found trying to inflate their post counts will have them reset to 0.
11. Pyramid scams etc
- Posts regarding pyramid/affiliate schemes will be deleted and Warning Points may be incurred.
12. "Thread from the Dead"
- Replying to a long-dead thread is not useful or helpful. Such threads will be locked and Warning Points may be incurred. If you wish to ask for help with something, please start a new thread rather than bumping an old one with your question. As a rule, please check the last post date before you post. If it's more than a few months old, you probably shouldn't bump it.
13. Ignorance of the Rules is not an excuse
- It is your responsibility to know what the Rules are. In general, you will be politely warned before any major punishments are administered, but it is down to you to read the Rules and act accordingly.
Warnings, Infractions, Bans
When you break the rules on TA, there are a variety of possible outcomes, depending mainly on which rule you break and how much of a problem it is. There aren't any hard and fast rules about which punishment you will receive, but this section covers the common punishments that may be awarded.
Informal Warning
- An informal warning is what we call a polite word from a Moderator. This may take the form of a post, a PM or an email. The general idea is to remind you that a situation (generally a thread) is being watched and that you would be wise to heed the rules.
Formal Warning
- A Warning will appear as a "yellow card" on the offending post, and it will also show on your Profile page (not visible to all users). You will also receive a PM from the Moderator who issued the Warning.
- In general, a Warning is intended merely as a friendly reminder of the Rules, so please heed the advice given. Warnings will expire after a certain amount of time, normally 2 or 4 weeks.
Infraction
- An Infraction is awarded when you have broken a Rule and a Mod has decided to award you with Warning Points. In operation, it's very similar to a Warning, except it's a "red card" and you get a certain number of points (normally 1-5). If you hit 10 points in total, you will be banned for 2 weeks.
- If you hit 10 Infractions in total, you will be banned permanently. As with a Warning, an Infraction (and the associated points) will expire after a set time.
Ban
- Generally you have to work pretty hard to earn a ban on LCACC if you're otherwise a useful member. Normally a 2-week ban is awarded initially. If you take the punishment and disappear for 2 weeks, you're welcome to return afterwards. If you sign up another account when you are banned, the odds are that both your original account and the new one will be banned permanently.
- Be aware that LCACC's Moderators are pretty good at discovering duplicate accounts, and coming back after being banned is not looked upon kindly.
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And last, but not least..... have fun!!! We enjoy providing them for everyone and hope we will be able to continue to do so for years to come.
With that being said... enjoy the forums!
Regards,
The LCA Car Club Team
In general, we like to think that LCACC is a fairly tolerant Forum. We have several very active off-topic sections, and most topics of discussion are acceptable. However, there are rules and we expect you to adhere to them. Failure to do so will result in your account possibly being blocked or banned. Please note that these rules are only the most common things that we have found. Just because a rule isn't listed here, doesn't mean you can do it... please use common sense when posting.
The main goals of the discussions on the LCA Car Club Forum are to learn and to share the knowledge with anyone who sincerely wants to benefit from the experience of other members.
We're about community. We are a like-minded but diverse group of individuals who share a common passion for all things relating to Cars.
The Basic Rules
1. No abusive language towards other people
- Do NOT post degrading messages about other users. This rule is NOT just for new threads, but it is also for replies. If you have something bad to say about a thread, tough luck. Don't post a reply in it and ruin it for other people. Users who abuse this rule will have their posts deleted and they may be banned.
- Please also be aware that we will not tolerate personal abuse via Private Message either. If you receive an abusive PM from another user, please forward it to a Moderator.
- LCACC is intended to be a family-friendly website and, as such, swearing is not tolerated. We do have a swear filter in place and persistent deliberate attempts to circumvent it may be met with Warning Points. Posts in the public areas should generally be safe to read for those of all ages.
2. Use the appropriate forum
- The Moderators are not forum caretakers... they are not here to move your posts for you. Users who continually post messages in incorrect forums will be removed.
- This also includes cross-posting, the practice of posting the same thread in two (or more) forums. Pick the most appropriate forum for your thread and post it there only.
3. No Spamming
- We do not tolerate spam. This includes trying to sell illegal copyrighted goods via the forum as well as posting rubbish for the sake of it (or to raise your post count).
- Accounts signed up for the express purpose of promoting a product/website/idea/whatever will be banned immediately.
4. Moderator's say is FINAL
- Please do not argue with the Moderators over closed, deleted or edited posts. If a Moderator has closed a post, chances are it will not be re-opened so please do not make an issue of it.
- If you believe a Moderator is abusing his powers, please contact an Administrator.
5. One Account per member
- Each user may only post with one account. Please do not use multiple accounts. Breaking this rule will lead to the newer account being permanently banned and the older account incurring Warning Points.
6. Use the "Report Post" function
- If someone insults you, don't flame them back, it will only make the situation worse. Instead, click on the "Report Post" button under their post and the post will be brought to the attention of the Moderation Team. The icon looks like this:
- It is especially frowned upon to Report a post and flame a member in return. You can expect to incur Warning Points yourself if you do this.
7. No links to Porn, Warez or Pirated stuff
- We do not support anything illegal or inappropriate. Discussions about illegal stuff are mostly ALLOWED but you may not post links to anything illegal. This includes porn, warez, TV shows etc. Exercise a little common sense! For instance, asking how to set a Bittorrent Client up is permissable but please do not include links to filesharing sites.
- In general, the following are not allowed:
Links to filesharing/P2P sites/streamable TV shows etc
Explicit instructions on how to obtain illegal or copyrighted material (including "backup" copies)
Mixes/DJ sets made by members being made available for download
Requests for serial numbers/keys for licensed software you do not own
- We fully appreciate that this is a huge grey area on the Internet, but please exercise some common sense. LCACC has no desire to be associated with illegal activities, so discuss such topics elsewhere please. In general, if it's even slightly dodgy don't link to it.
8. Signatures / Avatars / Titles
- Signatures must be kept to a sensible size. If you use inappropriate avatars, they will be removed and you will have your avatar privileges taken away. These rules also apply to custom titles... do not abuse these features.
- Content of signatures, avatars and custom titles must be suitable for general, public viewing. No profane or obscene comments or pictures please!
9. Advertising & Selling Rules
- No selling or advertising is permitted in any forums via posting, linking, spamming, post hijacking, avatars or signatures (new or second hand goods) The forums are for discussion and information - not as a public sales portal. If you are suspected of breaking the forum rules against trading, your account can be monitored, and action taken aginst you.
- If you have items to sell or you want something specific, please use the LCACC Classifieds or eBay.
- Exchange items must be private sales only. Any deemed to be for commercial or trade dealing will be deleted. This is totally at the discretion of the Moderators, whose decision is final.
- Please see the Classifieds Forums for the full set of Rules related to this section of LCACC.
10. Pointless posts / Multiple posting
- Posts such as "I agree" and "yeah" or "Hi!" would be considered pointless posts/spam and these will be deleted. Do not post unless you have something to say that is related to the topic. Also, if you have something to add on to your post, use the "edit" feature, do not post another reply to it. The edit feature is there for a reason, please use it. Any users who are found trying to inflate their post counts will have them reset to 0.
11. Pyramid scams etc
- Posts regarding pyramid/affiliate schemes will be deleted and Warning Points may be incurred.
12. "Thread from the Dead"
- Replying to a long-dead thread is not useful or helpful. Such threads will be locked and Warning Points may be incurred. If you wish to ask for help with something, please start a new thread rather than bumping an old one with your question. As a rule, please check the last post date before you post. If it's more than a few months old, you probably shouldn't bump it.
13. Ignorance of the Rules is not an excuse
- It is your responsibility to know what the Rules are. In general, you will be politely warned before any major punishments are administered, but it is down to you to read the Rules and act accordingly.
Warnings, Infractions, Bans
When you break the rules on TA, there are a variety of possible outcomes, depending mainly on which rule you break and how much of a problem it is. There aren't any hard and fast rules about which punishment you will receive, but this section covers the common punishments that may be awarded.
Informal Warning
- An informal warning is what we call a polite word from a Moderator. This may take the form of a post, a PM or an email. The general idea is to remind you that a situation (generally a thread) is being watched and that you would be wise to heed the rules.
Formal Warning
- A Warning will appear as a "yellow card" on the offending post, and it will also show on your Profile page (not visible to all users). You will also receive a PM from the Moderator who issued the Warning.
- In general, a Warning is intended merely as a friendly reminder of the Rules, so please heed the advice given. Warnings will expire after a certain amount of time, normally 2 or 4 weeks.
Infraction
- An Infraction is awarded when you have broken a Rule and a Mod has decided to award you with Warning Points. In operation, it's very similar to a Warning, except it's a "red card" and you get a certain number of points (normally 1-5). If you hit 10 points in total, you will be banned for 2 weeks.
- If you hit 10 Infractions in total, you will be banned permanently. As with a Warning, an Infraction (and the associated points) will expire after a set time.
Ban
- Generally you have to work pretty hard to earn a ban on LCACC if you're otherwise a useful member. Normally a 2-week ban is awarded initially. If you take the punishment and disappear for 2 weeks, you're welcome to return afterwards. If you sign up another account when you are banned, the odds are that both your original account and the new one will be banned permanently.
- Be aware that LCACC's Moderators are pretty good at discovering duplicate accounts, and coming back after being banned is not looked upon kindly.
----------------------------
And last, but not least..... have fun!!! We enjoy providing them for everyone and hope we will be able to continue to do so for years to come.
With that being said... enjoy the forums!
Regards,
The LCA Car Club Team
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