| Ceramic BBQ Forum Rules |
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| Wednesday, 12 May 2004 | |
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The Ceramic BBQ Forum is a moderated forum. That means that its contents are
constantly monitored by the moderator or moderators. If you post messages to the
Ceramic BBQ Forum that violate any of the Ceramic BBQ Forum Guidelines your
messages will be deleted at the discretion of the moderator or moderators. By posting a new message or a reply to an already posted message you are acknowledging that you have read the Ceramic BBQ Forum rules and agree to follow and abide by them. The Ceramic BBQ Forum is open to the public in the sense anyone can read the contents of the Ceramic BBQ Forum. However, posting messages is a privilege that is granted to everyone as long as you follow the rules. If you break the rules your messages will be deleted and your posting privileges may be revoked, that privilege will be revoked by the moderator or moderators. English is the official language of the Ceramic BBQ Forum. If you post messages to the forum in any language other than English they will probably be deleted. Slanderous, derogatory, posts will not be tolerated, and will be deleted as soon as they are brought to the moderators attention. The Ceramic BBQ Forum is a friendly place and any posting to the Forum that disrupts this atmosphere will be deleted. The moderators attempt to read every message posted. However if you discover a post that you feel is not proper the please email the moderator using the links near the top of the Ceramic BBQ Forum and proper action will be taken. The main rule of the forum is "if you don't have something good to say then don't say it." I hope everyone has educated political and religious views. However, The Ceramic BBQ Forum is not the place to express or discuss your religious or political views. Demeaning posts to the forum containing ethnic or regional slurs will be deleted. If these rules are violated by any individual all their posts will be deleted and their ISP will be blocked from posting further messages. Any message posted on the Ceramic BBQ Forum becomes the property of the Ceramic BBQ Forum. Nobody can reprint, copy, or place on any web page, any message posted to the Ceramic BBQ Forum without the written permission of Ray Basso, which is seldom given. If you break the rules of the Ceramic BBQ Forum you messages will be deleted. In some cases you will receive an email from Ray Basso, if you break the rules, asking you to call him. It is imperative that you contact Ray as soon as possible. The following is a list of the rules and guidelines of the Ceramic BBQ Forum. If you find anyone has posted an improper message to the Ceramic BBQ Forum please contact the moderator. 1. No profanity or lewd suggestive language. An occasional "damn" or "hell" is OK. However, lets keep the Ceramic BBQ Forum a place that any of our friends, relatives, or employers would find proper. Several 'bad words" are automatically blocked by the functions of the forum. We can add other words please try to keep it clean. 2. There should be no messages posted advertising your business, promoting web pages, or promoting events unless someone asks for that information. Please do not try to post "phony" requests for information in an attempt to circumvent these rules. Attempts to get around these rules will be regarded as "spam" and those messages will be removed. SPAM is defined on the Ceramic BBQ Forum to include but are not restricted to the following: Threads that are started as product endorsements resulting from samples being sent to individuals. Threads that are started from unidentifiable posters praising products. Threads that are started and are product ads. Threads that contain derogatory statements about products or services. It's OK for someone who is providing good information on the the Ceramic BBQ Forum to use the links at the bottom of messages to point them to your business or web page or event. Please do not abuse this. Repetitive posting of URL to promote any site will be removed. The Ceramic BBQ Forum was not started to promote other forums about BBQ or Ceramic Cooking, written in English. So, please do not attempt to link this forum to other forums or attempt to give directions to other web sites that promote other forums about barbecue or ceramic cooking. This is a prohibited practice and such messages will be deleted/edited and if there is additional violations of this rule the URL of the offending site/user will be blocked. Your are not allowed to post messages advertising anything you are trying to buy, sell or trade. If someone posts a message on the Ceramic BBQ Forum asking for help in buy a product you may reply may reply to give help as long as you don't break the rules of the Ceramic BBQ Forum. If you have BBQ equipment that you want to buy, sell or trade, please submit your ads to the BBQ Forum's Buy Sell and Trade Web page. 3. Let's keep the "flaming posts" to a minimum. The Ceramic BBQ Forum has had a long history of good natured joking and that should continue. If you don't like something someone said please respond by email. Do not try to name people and make derogatory statements about them. Such messages will be deleted and could lead to you being denied access to posting messages in the future. 4. Please do not use all CAPS when posting messages. Many internet people consider all caps to be like shouting at someone. The automated functions it the Ceramic BBQ Forum should block you from using all CAPS. 5. If you don't want to use your real name on the Ceramic BBQ Forum then try to pick an original nickname or handle. Anyone caught trying to impersonate someone else will be dealt with as best we can. 6. The posting of you email address is strictly up to you. If you don't want to post your email address then don't post it. If you post any email address you are subjecting yourself to chance of receiving junk email. Many junk email programs routinely scan forums of this type and collect email addresses. 7. The Ceramic BBQ Forum is automatically archived there are about 950 messages posted to the forum. The archive process takes place automatically and leaves about 250 messages on the forum. During the course of posting messages to the Forum some threads are allowed to progress that would not be suitable to appear on the archives. These threads will be deleted from the Ceramic BBQ Forum just before the archive process takes place. Threads that would be deleted include, but are not restricted to the following examples: off-subject, controversial, inflammatory threads and threads that may have an appropriate short life on the forum but nobody would care to read in the future. These rules and guidelines are subject to change at anytime. It is the responsibility of the people using the Ceramic BBQ Forum to occasionally review these rules. You not knowing there has been a change is no excuse. |