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To help you gain the most from our forum, please familiarize yourself with the rules and guidelines below for participating in the message forums and chat.
Please note this list does not include the full terms of service
(also known as your user agreement). These rules and guidelines are
designed to help give a better understanding of what behavior is
expected and make your experience more enjoyable and safe.
Rules (DON'Ts):
1. No discussion of any illegal activity or threats of violence.
2. No use of explicit, obscene or vulgar language or images and/or messages, including racist remarks.
3. No posts that attack, insult, "flame", defame, or abuse members or non-members. Respect
other members of the community and don’t belittle, make fun off, or
insult another member or non-member. "Flaming" and insults, will not be tolerated. Agree
to disagree. This applies to both the forums and chat.
4. No posts of copyrighted material. Information
copyrighted or owned by any individual or entity other than the person
posting should not be posted on the message boards without the consent
of the owner.
5. If it shouldn’t be viewed by minors, then it shouldn’t be posted to the forums or chat rooms. This
is a public, family-friendly forum. In addition, if something would not
be considered “work safe” (to a boss or co-worker), then it shouldn’t
be posted.
6. Do not disrespect moderators. Be respectful in both the forums and any private communications with moderators. Moderators are volunteers
that donate many, many hours of their own time to help in the forums
and chat rooms. Violations of this rule will not be tolerated.
7. No SHOUTING. Remember, using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS in posts is considered yelling and rude, plus it is difficult to read. Except when say VROOM, BLAT BLAT !!
8. No duplicate posts. To delete accidental duplicate posts, login first, then open the message you want to delete, then select the Delete button.
9. No irrelevant or off-topic posts. Posts which are not relevant to the forum topic may be deleted at the moderator's discretion.
Guidelines (DO's):
1. Check for open topics. Before posting a new topic, please check to see if there is already a topic open on the subject.
2. Use good judgement. NEVER rely
on information or opinions exchanged via the forums or chat rooms to
replace necessary, personal consultation(s) with qualified mechanics or professionals.
3. Welcome new members. When newcomers arrive, say "hi" and welcome them. Help new folks "learn the ropes" about how to find information and resources, save time, and how to get involved. You will also find a lot of help using the forums themselves.
8. Use descriptive titles for new posts.
Avoid "generic" post subjects like "Help" or "Question". You will
receive a better response to your posts by being more descriptive about the content of your post.
Please Remember:
Users that do not abide by the rules may
be subject to having their posts edited or deleted, their member
account permanently banned from further access and/or deleted without
notice.
Rules and guidelines may change at any time, please re-read them regularly.
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