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Introduction
The RB5 Owners club is a relatively new club dedicated to the Limited Edition Impreza RB5. This forum is an online motoring enthusiasts community that is run by enthusiasts. This Forum is for the online interaction of that community.
What are Moderators?
Our Moderator Team is here to monitor and (where necessary) edit / move / delete posts in order to protect the short and long term good of the Forum community. They are active members of the community, but also give up huge amounts of their own time (free of charge) to support you. They follow a strict set of guidelines, which have been developed and refined over the years, placing the good of the community as the primary focus.
If your post is moved, edited, locked, deleted, etc... This will NEVER be a direct or personal attack on you. It will only be as a result of the guidelines that you can see below and will always put the community first, over any individual's personal ideals.
When will my thread be edited/deleted?
o Pornography, links to Pornography or links to other inappropriate sites.
o Swearing: Whilst the censored versions of swearing (e.g. s**t, etc) are usually considered OK, offensive / overuse of this may offend and may be moderated. In addition to this, any deliberate circumvention of the swear word filters is prohibited. Common sense prevails. E.g., the use of images, which have, swear words in them are not acceptable.
o Incitement to a flame war within this or any other forum
o Any sort of pyramid selling or referral schemes
o The advertising and sale of illegal bootleg material (such as copied DVDs, VCDs and computer software)
o Xenophobia, racism or personal abuse
o Spam or any other form of unauthorised advertising.
o Anything invasive of a person's privacy.
o Anything that is deemed by The RB5 Forum as potentially libellous.
o Flagrant disregard for the interests of the community (anti community spirit)
o Sensitive content that cannot be moved, locked edited.
o No part of the topic/message is salvageable by editing Illegal/defamatory statements
o Remove any copyright-infringing material (either text or graphic)
o Basically, whenever there is no value to the community that demands leaving the topic/message in place.
Editing is always visible to the community; whenever a message is edited, the date/time/edit author are shown within the message
The RB5 Forum reserves the right to remove, or edit any thread for legal or other reasons.
When will a thread be locked?
o If there are persistent abuses of the behaviour mentioned above.
o Unacceptable behaviour (as determined by the tone of the community; e.g. making inflammatory comments, flame wars etc etc)
o Completely off-topic discussion
o No part of the topic/message is salvageable by editing
The RB5 Forum reserves the right to lock any thread for legal or other reasons.
When will a thread be moved?
o When the thread clearly belong in another forum
o When the topic moves onto a subject more appropriate to another forum.
o A thread will be moved to the Muppets where it’s deemed too “silly” for other forums.
The RB5 Forum reserves the right to move any thread for any reason
What is "potentially libellous"?
Libel is a very complicated part of the law. The general concept is that anything that cannot be proved by hard fact which could be considered damaging to a company or individual may be libellous.
What may be considered to be potentially libellous is something where the above applies and The RB5 Forum itself does not have the hard facts to prove without doubt that what is being said is accurate.
Due to legal complications that The RB5 Forum could be considered liable for libellous comments posted by users, we have to show a continued and consistent practice of due-diligence, which protects us against potential legal action.
This means deleting / editing posts containing this kind of material and taking every action reasonably possible to stop it being posted in the first place. For this reason, ANY potentially libellous content may be deleted immediately without warning or explanation.
Commercial posts
Commercial Posts may be locked or removed if posted in any forum. A commercial post is defined as any post by employees or their associates that benefits either, directly or indirectly the company involved. This includes any company press releases, statements or advertising of practices of any kinds.
Racist posts/comments
The RB5 Forum will NOT tolerate racist comments. The members in general will not tolerate it either, which is displayed in any topic that someone posts a racist comment.
No matter how innocent or "joke" the comment may be, this medium is a black and white text only medium, where thousands of people may view your comments.
Repeatedly posting of racist comments will result in being banned from The RB5 Forum, and / or potentially more serious action being taken.
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Above all else, use your common sense, and be respectful and decent to people and companies.
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The RB5 Owners club is a relatively new club dedicated to the Limited Edition Impreza RB5. This forum is an online motoring enthusiasts community that is run by enthusiasts. This Forum is for the online interaction of that community.
What are Moderators?
Our Moderator Team is here to monitor and (where necessary) edit / move / delete posts in order to protect the short and long term good of the Forum community. They are active members of the community, but also give up huge amounts of their own time (free of charge) to support you. They follow a strict set of guidelines, which have been developed and refined over the years, placing the good of the community as the primary focus.
If your post is moved, edited, locked, deleted, etc... This will NEVER be a direct or personal attack on you. It will only be as a result of the guidelines that you can see below and will always put the community first, over any individual's personal ideals.
When will my thread be edited/deleted?
o Pornography, links to Pornography or links to other inappropriate sites.
o Swearing: Whilst the censored versions of swearing (e.g. s**t, etc) are usually considered OK, offensive / overuse of this may offend and may be moderated. In addition to this, any deliberate circumvention of the swear word filters is prohibited. Common sense prevails. E.g., the use of images, which have, swear words in them are not acceptable.
o Incitement to a flame war within this or any other forum
o Any sort of pyramid selling or referral schemes
o The advertising and sale of illegal bootleg material (such as copied DVDs, VCDs and computer software)
o Xenophobia, racism or personal abuse
o Spam or any other form of unauthorised advertising.
o Anything invasive of a person's privacy.
o Anything that is deemed by The RB5 Forum as potentially libellous.
o Flagrant disregard for the interests of the community (anti community spirit)
o Sensitive content that cannot be moved, locked edited.
o No part of the topic/message is salvageable by editing Illegal/defamatory statements
o Remove any copyright-infringing material (either text or graphic)
o Basically, whenever there is no value to the community that demands leaving the topic/message in place.
Editing is always visible to the community; whenever a message is edited, the date/time/edit author are shown within the message
The RB5 Forum reserves the right to remove, or edit any thread for legal or other reasons.
When will a thread be locked?
o If there are persistent abuses of the behaviour mentioned above.
o Unacceptable behaviour (as determined by the tone of the community; e.g. making inflammatory comments, flame wars etc etc)
o Completely off-topic discussion
o No part of the topic/message is salvageable by editing
The RB5 Forum reserves the right to lock any thread for legal or other reasons.
When will a thread be moved?
o When the thread clearly belong in another forum
o When the topic moves onto a subject more appropriate to another forum.
o A thread will be moved to the Muppets where it’s deemed too “silly” for other forums.
The RB5 Forum reserves the right to move any thread for any reason
What is "potentially libellous"?
Libel is a very complicated part of the law. The general concept is that anything that cannot be proved by hard fact which could be considered damaging to a company or individual may be libellous.
What may be considered to be potentially libellous is something where the above applies and The RB5 Forum itself does not have the hard facts to prove without doubt that what is being said is accurate.
Due to legal complications that The RB5 Forum could be considered liable for libellous comments posted by users, we have to show a continued and consistent practice of due-diligence, which protects us against potential legal action.
This means deleting / editing posts containing this kind of material and taking every action reasonably possible to stop it being posted in the first place. For this reason, ANY potentially libellous content may be deleted immediately without warning or explanation.
Commercial posts
Commercial Posts may be locked or removed if posted in any forum. A commercial post is defined as any post by employees or their associates that benefits either, directly or indirectly the company involved. This includes any company press releases, statements or advertising of practices of any kinds.
Racist posts/comments
The RB5 Forum will NOT tolerate racist comments. The members in general will not tolerate it either, which is displayed in any topic that someone posts a racist comment.
No matter how innocent or "joke" the comment may be, this medium is a black and white text only medium, where thousands of people may view your comments.
Repeatedly posting of racist comments will result in being banned from The RB5 Forum, and / or potentially more serious action being taken.
---
Above all else, use your common sense, and be respectful and decent to people and companies.
--------------------
No big signatures please (Maximum 125 pixels high)
Forum Guidelines for Signatures here: http://rb5oc.ipbhost...?showtopic=3808
Any "random bird" image searches in generic internet search engines should only have the first result posted in the Candice Thread.
Unregistered smilies are banned!
