camaro.com: Terms of Service

Following are some things you’ll want to keep in mind while using our web site. Please read the rules so you will be familiar with them:

• Copyrighted Material
  Camaro.com users agree not to post any material that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner(s) of said copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. This includes but is not limited to magazine, book and newspaper scans, television broadcasts and copyrighted photos and pictures.

• Porn, Explicit Pictures
  Posts or links with Pornography and explicit pictures or videos like dead bodies, people blowing up, feces, cartoon sex acts or genitalia, etc. are not allowed.

• Flaming, Bashing, and Trolling
  Hate posts and personal attacks will not be tolerated on Camaro.com. Treat others on these message boards as you would expect them to treat you. Talking trash about another user or posting topics specifically to provoke a negative response from an individual, a group or an entire community is not acceptable on Camaro.com. These posts will be deleted and may result in having the privilege of posting on the boards revoked.

  Board bashing is also not allowed on Camaro.com. Please respect the various forums on Camaro.com. If another board is not your favorite, there’s no need to complain about it. Simply refrain from visiting it. Board bashing posts will be deleted.

• Profanity
  No excessive use of profanity please. The occasional swear is fine, just don’t let it be constantly.

• Spam
  Purposely spamming a message board with senseless, vacuous, or empty messages to gain more stars is highly frowned upon! This includes such things as party posts, chain letters, two-word “I agree” or “me too” responses, continually posting the same topic on a particular board, posting the same question across several boards and using the Quote feature without contributing anything new to a thread.

  On a similar note, participating in spam attacks (post riots, etc.) on Camaro.com or planning a spam attack on Camaro.com or any other Website is unacceptable, and these actions will be reported to your ISP.

• Piracy, ROMs, and Warez
  Camaro.com has a very strict policy against piracy, ROMs, warez, and the illegal use of copyrighted material. Linking or giving information about any site that distributes illegal software, ROMs, media, or emulators, seeking help to circumvent any copyright laws, admitting to possessing and/or distributing illegal copyrighted material, or encouraging software or media piracy is grounds for an immediate ban. It is also unacceptable to post first-hand impressions, reviews or screenshots of known pirated material. This goes for all copyrighted material, including but not limited to games, movies, music and television broadcasts.

• Advertising/Solicitation
  We do realize the importance of the dozens of other fan sites, utilities, resources and other information available in the greater Camaro Community, and in general, as long as we feel that people are not trying to use our forums to make money, drive traffic away from our site or just blatantly use our forum as an advertising base, then we do not mind the reasonable linkage/promotion of other sites. However, if we feel somebody is trying to abuse our Forums, then we will delete their posts.
  
  Some examples:
  -Links to articles/permissible utilities of related information on the General Forums is generally ok, but posting these across a broad range of forums would not be allowed.
  -People asking for some specific information, then somebody responding with a link would be ok.
  -If somebody was to ask “where can I buy part ABC”, you could drop a link to a parts store that sells it.
  
  Under no circumstances is Solicitation of funds allowed (this includes donations, aid organizations, etc).

• Criminal Content
  Discussing, promoting, advocating or giving instructions on activities that are illegal (ie- how to kill people, steal cars, break into somebody’s house, grow drug plants, hack into somebody’s computer, etc) is not allowed. Using our forums to somehow conduct criminal behavior or beak laws (such as fraud) is obviously against the rules.

• Impersonating Other Users / Accessing Another User’s Account
  You may not impersonate another board member or create an account specifically for the purpose of provoking other users. Also, accessing or using someone else’s account or attempting to access another poster’s account is strictly prohibited. If you engage in this type of behavior, you will be barred from the boards permanently.

• Altering Board Code
  Altering or changing Camaro.com code and/or exploiting code bugs for purposes other than what the message boards were intended to do is strictly prohibited. On a similar note, using automatic scripts on any part of Camaro.com is also not permitted. Hacking, altering board code, exploiting code bugs and using scripts are all grounds for an immediate and permanent ban.

• Off-Topic Posts
  Okay, so you probably won’t get banned for an off-topic post, but c’mon, try to post suitable subjects on each of the appropriate boards. Off-topic posts will most likely be deleted, and further action may be taken against repeat offenders.

• Questionable Content
  Since we can’t have a rule to cover everything, this is the rule to, well, cover everything. These are public boards, so act like you would if you were in a public place. Camaro.com reserves the right to choose the guidelines of objectionable content based on its knowledge of users and company policy. These issues are left to the discretion of the individual moderators, but may include any material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, misleading, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, racist, sexist, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy or that otherwise violates any law or encourages conduct constituting a criminal offense.

There may be hundreds of posts each day on Camaro.com, so we can’t always promise you’ll receive a warning every time action has to be taken. By registering at Camaro.com, users agree that any post deemed inappropriate may be removed at the sole discretion of Camaro.com. Camaro.com also has the right, at its sole discretion, to revoke board privileges at any time without notice or reason. Think of these rules as a forewarning and, if you break them, you’re taking your account status into your own hands.

Also note that the Board Rules extend to all areas of Camaro.com, including but not limited to Private Messages, Signatures, and Unban Requests. This also includes asking for or offering anything against the Board Rules via Private Messages.

Camaro.com is not responsible for messages posted on Camaro.com or the content therein. Unless expressly stated otherwise, this includes messages posted by Camaro.com personnel, agents, representatives et al. Camaro.com reserves the right to reveal the identity of or whatever information we know about any user in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by said user.

Reading and Posting

1. Can I create my own Topics?

Certainly. You need a valid forums account, which requires a valid login. Once you have that, you’re all set, although you might want to read around for a while first and get used to the style of the particular board you’re perusing.

2. No one’s responding to my topics!

Yes, the nature of the forums is such that sometimes topics just don’t draw any attention. Rather than complaining or repeating the same topic, it might be wise to investigate what might have caused your topic to go unnoticed. Was the wording of the subject poor? Generally a good subject line that explains exactly what the topic is about (such as: “Thoughts about the 2010 Camaro”) will gain far more views than a topic with a poor or confusing label (such as: “HL2 BUGZ! LOLO ROX0R!”).

Couple this with a well-written, well-thought-out post, and you’re usually golden!


3. Can I include images in my post?

It depends on whether the board owner has enabled this feature. If he/she has, you should see a little “picture” icon when you go to make a new post. Click on it and enter the URL for the image you want to include.

If you don’t see the image icon, then it means this feature has been disabled and you can’t post images.



Behavior

1. This guy’s a jerk. A jerk I say! Can I call him a jerk?

Our policy is to expect forum users to take the high road whenever possible, and ignore anyone who is breaking rules, acting like a jerk, or otherwise causing a disturbance. If the person is causing a significant disruption, you can always report that person to a moderator or admin. Simply retaliating will just devolve the discussion further, and then when a moderator gets involved, both people will end up in trouble.

2. Someone else made a topic on a subject, and I want to reply, but I want everyone to pay attention, so can I make my own topic about it?

It’s best if you don’t. Generally, making a new topic solely to reply to someone else’s topic is frowned upon, and such topics are likely to be closed. If you have a “spin-off” thread, that may be a different story. For example, if the original topic is “What’s your favorite Camaro of all time”, and that leads you to think of an idea for a new topic, such as “What engine would you want in your favorite Camaro?” then that’s quite acceptable.


Moderators and Admins

1. What are moderators?

Moderators have power over individual sections of a Forum. Within those sections, they are capable of editing, deleting, and closing topics, not to mention banning users who are disruptive. Each section usually has between two and eight moderators.

2. Okay, so what are Admins?

Admins are like uber-moderators. They have control over an entire forum. They have all the abilities of a moderator, but can also change the moderators, and the board’s look and settings. There aren’t many of these folks.

3. What If I Disagree With A Moderator?

Moderators are not perfect and are only human. Disagreements occur. Try to communicate with them first on a respectful level and settle your disagreement. They are not targets for your obscenities, flames or general insults. If you do not agree with a decision, you are not entitled to start a thread arguing about the verdict or flaming any of the moderators. Any such messages will be removed. This extends to Private Messages and unban requests as well, and you are not entitled to insult moderators via either of these methods. Also note that bans are between the user banned and the moderators, and moderators cannot respond about bans publicly. Any correspondence about ban length and reason will be handled through unban requests.

Warnings and Bans

1. I’ve been “Warned” by a moderator. What does that mean?

This means you’ve failed to abide by the rules and regulations of the forums. This isn’t a big deal… everyone makes mistakes. And if you go thirty days without another warning, this one will be erased from history, as if it never happened!

2. I’ve been given a 24-hour ban. What does that mean?

D’oh. This either means that you’ve violated the rules and regulations a second time within thirty days of being warned, or that your violation was so blatantly obvious that the moderators felt an immediate, temporary ban was warranted. You won’t be able to post for 24 hours, and after that you’re on a probationary period of 30 days, plus whatever you had left from the warning period.

3. I’ve been banned permanently! What does that mean?

This means you’ve broken the rules multiple times, or done something ridiculously foolish, like posting a topic filled with nothing but profanity and links to porn sites. You cannot post anymore.

4. I have multiple IPs, and they haven’t all been noted yet, so even though I’m banned, I can still post. Should I?

We wouldn’t recommend it. All this will accomplish is getting those other IPs banned, and making the moderators, admins, and board owner far less sympathetic to your case than they might otherwise be.

5. I seem to be banned, but I don’t know why. Help?

Sometimes we’re required to ban multiple IP addresses to get rid of particularly troublesome offenders. This may be what is affecting you. Please get in touch with the webmaster, and hopefully he’ll help you out.

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