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To maintain an environment conducive to quality, please agree to the following
few basic guidelines and requests before using this system:
By using this messaging system, you agree to abide by the following simple
common sense rules:
1. You certify that you are 13 years of age or over. All those individuals under
13 years of age will need a full release form from their parents before posting
any messages. This is in compliance with the Childrens Online Privacy Protection
Act of 2000 (COPPA).
2. Nicknames that we feel are inflammatory, vulgar, promotional, or rude will be
removed.
3. All groups are moderated for foul language and commercialized promotional
posts.
4. Always be respectful of other users, the system, and the moderators. We put
the system online in good faith, please use it in good faith.
5. Be descriptive, specific, and succinct in your postings. This way your
opinion and point is clearly understood and referenced. Remember, people from
all over the world read here with english as a second language.
6. Because your posting may be more pertinent to another on going discussion, or
it might spawn its own thread, it may be moved as the administrator sees fit.
7. Links to adult content, pages with links to adult content, near adult content
(including model and swimsuit sites), or messages describing anything against
the law will be removed as soon as possible. Any discussion of those are off
topic.
8. Email excerpts of ANY type or length are not allowed on the Windshield Repair
Forum. There are no exceptions to this rule.
9. No press releases, newsletters, web pages, or copyrighted content may be
inserted into Windshield Repair Forum posts. Minor fair use excerpts of less
than one paragraph (4 sentences) may be used if the content is publicly
available on the internet. All other forms of inserted content from press
releases, newsletters, web pages, or any other copyrighted content placed into
messages will be removed without exception. A link to the content is acceptable
and appropriate.
10. Periodically the Moderators of Windshield Repair Forum will post his or her
comments, but they may not necessarily reflect the opinions of Delta Kits, Inc.,
or its employees.
11. This forum system is not a venue for personal or private vendetta's. Keep
your personal business as just that - personal. This forum is not a venue for
the resolution of personal disputes with members or companies.
12. Please don't drop promotional urls. Signing your name is fine, however
commercialized posts or signatures will be edited. We tend to err on the
side of caution to protect the integrity of the system. Affiliate based URLs are
not allowed anywhere on the system.
13. Please keep your language clean and decent. This include personal
inflammatory language as well as obscenities.
14. Any on site private discussions (Private Messages) with moderators or
administrators related to board policy or actions may be shared with
administrators if we feel it is necessary.
15. Messages in the Private Messages section, in addition to the sender and
receiver, can be accessed by administrators.
16. Please stay within the topic area of the forum you are posting a message in,
and within any topic that another poster may have started.
17. You agree not to hold Delta Kits Inc., Windshield Repair Forum, or its
members liable for anything stated within the forums.
18. Signing up a user name that is an obvious domain name or product name will
be removed. This is out of unfair promotion considerations as well as trademark
implications.
19. Since this is interactive, and everyone who participates in the Windshield
Repair Forum is "in it together", please treat others the way you wish to be
treated. One way to guard against misunderstandings is to read over your
response before you post it. Flaming: flaming or personal attacks are not
allowed or tolerated. Should anyone use inappropriate language, start a personal
attack, or engage in hate speech, they will be barred from all further
discussions and may be banned from visiting the Windshield Repair Forum.
20. The forums are not a venue for advertisements in any way. This
includes advertising products, services, or competitive forums. Multi-Level
Marketing schemes are strictly forbidden. It will be the
sole discretion of Windshield Repair Forum and its moderators as to what
constitutes an advertisement.
21. You are responsible for your own posts and agree not to hold Delta Kits,
Inc, or Windshield Repair Forum liable for any messages posted.
22. You will not copy and retransmit any information out of these forums without
first getting the permission of the original author of the message and a
Windshield Repair Forum administrator.
23. Discussions about moderator or administrator actions are welcome in email or
local private messages, but should not be discussed in public forums. This is
out of respect for the members and moderators or policy involved.
24. Self promotional URL drops and whisper campaigns are strictly forbidden
within the forums and will be edited out.
25. Claims of action, flames, and calls to action against any company or person
will be removed.
26. Messages posted at this site are the sole opinion and responsibility of the
poster.
27. Personal exposure. Anyone posting another members personal details or web
site details without permission will be banned.
28. When a message is placed in any forum system, you are granting a soft
license to the site to use it.
29. Delta Kits, Inc. and the administrator of Windshield Repair Forum reserves the right to modify these terms at any time, without prior notice.
30. Delta Kits, Inc. and the administrator of Windshield Repair Forum reserve the right to deny use of this site to anyone we feel necessary.
31. Email addresses or phone numbers are not allowed in any post. <added
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