Below are some simple rules and guidelines that you are required to know and obey as a member of OCIDE Forums. We require these rules for the security and status of the board and for your own safety. Your cooperation with these rules will help us keep the board a fun place to visit. Please visit us often as we enjoy your presence and input.
By viewing our forums you have agreed to the following rules:
1.) PORNOGRAPHY
This or any "not work safe" material is strictly prohibited at this time. Posting, requesting, linking to, and/or trading of such will lead to being banned. There are also borderline sites and/or pictures which we choose to ban; if you post one of these, the post will be deleted, do not repeat or you will be banned. If you find a thread that contains pornography, it should be reported to one of the moderators by private messaging.
2.) DISCRIMINATION
The forum has people from many walks of life. People's religion, race, political beliefs, age, sexual preference, etc., vary immensely. Please be mature and caring towards others. Offenders will receive one warning only and failure to comply after that will result in being banned. If you have a personal problem with someone on the forum resolve it by private messaging. - NOT on this forum. Racial slurs will not be tolerated.
3.) PERSONAL INFORMATION
Do not post your or others personal information (phone numbers) especially IP addresses. Apart from anything else, this is for board security and your security. Of course this does not include posting your e-mail/homepage address.
4.) APPROPRIATE FORUMS
Please post your topics in the appropriate forums. This makes it easier for all members as well as the forum staff. Failure to do so will results in warnings. Multiple warnings will result in a ban.
5.) SEARCH FUNCTION
Please use the search function before posting or asking a question. It is a much more efficient and quicker way of getting your question answered. Another reason is to reduce the amount of duplicate posts and to conserve some server space.
6.) MEANINGLESS POSTS
Do not post any meaningless, roll call posts, or any posts that is a waste of server resources and bandwidth. Select forums (i.e. Off Topic) and select threads may be alloted for "post whoring," but the posts from such threads will (and the threads themselves may) be purged from time to time.
7.) HARASSMENT/FLAMING
Any harassment of other members will not be tolerated. Name calling, picking fights, etc. Do not make posts that incite arguments, or any post that turns to arguments and flame wars, etc. Posts of this nature will not be tolerated and can result in the immediate closing, deletion, or editing of the post and the banishment of the posting members account. Any insults or harassments towards staff members, including board ownership, will result in instant banishment.
8.) SIGNATURES
Please keep signature sizes down whether it be picture(s) or text. For pictures please keep it below 50KB and at a reasonable resolution. Signatures load on every post, so having a large one will take the page to load longer (especially for those on dial-up). Any controversial signatures, whether graphical or text-based, may be removed without notice at the moderation board's discretion. Maximum size for a signature image is 675x155 pixels
9.) COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT & PAID SERVICE/SUBSCRIPTIONS
Do not post anything "for sale" if it is not yours. Examples of such include videos, photographs, literature, software, or anything subject to copyright laws. This includes requests and links to downloads of copyrighted material(s). Soliciting for paid services and subscriptions are also not allowed on this forum. For instance, Carfax requests are one such example that is not allowed here.
10.) SPAMMING/SPAM
Do not post the same or similar thread in multiple forums. This waste server space and is ridiculous. Post your thread in one place only. It will be seen. Also please refrain from posts of a "spam" nature, e.g. posts for free iPods requiring other users to sign-up. Such threads/posts will be closed (or deleted) and the poster may be banned at a moderator's discretion.
11.) REHASHING
When a post is locked or deleted or when member account is suspended and/or banned, it is for a justified reason. Do NOT make another post in continuation of the locked/deleted posts or your account is subject to being banned. Do NOT make a new post demanding explanation of why a post was locked or deleted. If you would like explanation of a closed or deleted post, PM one of the moderators.
12.) PRIVATE CLASSIFIEDS
The "Private Classifieds" forum is for private sellers offering the sale of individual items. It is NOT for any person, company or business of any size or type (including salvage yards and used parts companies) to sell merchandise of any retail nature or to make a profit. Any company attempting to sell multiple quantities of items or in a retail nature without being a sponsor of this site is subject to being banned.
13.) BUYER BEWARE
Internet scams can happen at any time. The owners and administrators of OCIDE.org are not responsible in any way and cannot guarantee the ability of a seller to complete the transaction or the quality of the items. It is strongly recommended that you use C.O.D. or an online escrow service. Always use common sense and do research on the product and the seller before making any deal.
14.) FORUM CONTENT/USE OF LANGUAGE
Considering the real-time nature of our forum, it is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. Discussions revolving graphically sexual situations, [promoted use of] drugs and/or drug paraphernalia, intended or executed criminal activity, etc. will be deleted from the forum and bans issued (where applicable), so please refrain from such content. Forum content also includes language. While we currently do not implement a language filter, if the language gets out of hand, an Administrator may place such a filter on at any time without warning. Please use common sense when posting pictures. Nudity, gore, violent acts (and results thereof) amongst other images are not allowed. Please note that this includes pictures in your avatar and/or signature. This is a semi-public site, potentially accessible by minors as well. So please keep all viewable pictures/avatars/signatures under the common PG-13 rating. Offensive avatars / signatures may be reported to our staff, and removed at their discretion. Any violations noted here are subject to ban as per moderator discretion.
15.) WARNINGS & BANISHMENT
Warnings are issued for misbehaviors or for violations of the above TOU rules. These strikes carry on to all usernames of the same person. Same goes for banishment; when a person is banned, all of their existing usernames are banned as well. There are ways to track usernames of the same person.
16.) STREET RACING THREADS
Due to safety and legality concerns, street racing threads posted anywhere on this site are prohibited. Users that post street racing threads will be warned for the first infraction and then banned for any following infractions. This does NOT include any legal form of racing, or where the "laws of the land" in which the discussion is taking place were not broken.
OCIDE.org reserves the right to change these rules at any time and the staff's word is final.
If you receive an e-mail/private message from a "Moderator" addressing behavioral issues please don't take it as a personal attack. The Staff of OCIDE.org are here to assist with making this site run smoothly and this means from time to time Staff may offer corrective suggestions and/or advice.
Rules as stated above apply to ALL forums within the OCIDE.org Forums community however, certain forums contain rules in ADDITION to those set out above. You must also adhere to the individual rules (if they exist) when you post in that particular forum. They will be found directly below this announcement...
Please feel free to report any posts that you feel are in violation of the terms set forth. Use the "Report this Post to a Moderator" method or a moderator you see online. Either way is acceptable and appreciated.
In short, any unsuitable attitudes here lack in common sense will be violation of the rules. Any violations could end up banning you from this board and also from "the system"!!
Thank you very much for taking the time to read and familiarize yourself with our forum rules, policies and guidelines. And thank you for your cooperation regarding changes in the rules.
