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FORUM RULES
(Read these after reading the "Terms")
Preface...
In a perfect world (on the internet) we would be able to
run a forum of thousands of members with little to no
rules or control. Members, who are adults, would be
mature enough to have discussions, and even debates,
without name calling and without throwing out random
insults and BS banter. But, that's not the internet
world we live in. People type whatever they want on
their keyboards without thinking of consequences.
It is easy to run a 50 member forum where most people
know each other in person and know if someone is just
being sarcastic or truly being ignorant. With a
community of nearly 4,000 members, sarcasm and joking
can be misconstrued or just downright "bullying" can
occur. This is NOT the community we want to run here.
From the beginning we've run a tight ship and squashed
any such actions immediately once they occurred.
As more and more people register at MDSS, we're finding
it important to clearly state our position up front. We
want to make it clear that we don't tolerate grudge
debates, call out threads, threats, name calling,
arranging street races, or any other kind of discussion
(illegal or not) that is has a negative tone.
Share knowledge. Share your ideas. Debate politics.
Disagree with each other. Question each other. But do it
with tact. Do it without name calling. Do it without
being sarcastic and provoking people. Do it with
maturity. Know when enough is enough. Leave it be.
You might be saying to yourself "it's just the internet,
who cares? Or "internet serious business". Say what you
will, but the fact is, you're part of an active
community ON the internet. Just like you need rules/laws
and enforcement the in all aspects of life, you need
rules and enforcement on internet communities. People
will be people and they will say and do whatever they
want on the internet thinking it's free reign. It is not
here. We want open discussions and sharing of ideas,
opinions, but we want it done with a little tact. There
is no such thing as "free speech". That term applies to
civilians protection from the government punishing them
for saying things against the government. (Simplified
definition, but you get the point.) We have to draw the
line between desiring an open community and having an
"anything goes" attitude. It's not easy. Honestly. It
takes a lot more work than you would imagine to maintain
an active forum and website. We can't please everyone,
please understand that we do what is best for the larger
community. We welcome your constructive suggestions,
ideas, and knowledge to help make MDSS a better place!
(Really, we do!)
The forum available at www.mdstreetscene.com/forum, and
all linked pages ("Site", "Forum"), are owned and
operated by "MDStreetScene", and is accessed by you
under the Forum Rules described below ("Forum
Rules") and the Terms of Use ("Terms
of Use").
"MDSS", "MDStreetScene", "the site", "the forums", "we"
refers to the MDStreetScene online community. The forum
community is comprised of hundreds of car enthusiasts
who share opinions and information. The content on the
forums do not necessarily represent the views of the
owner, staff, or individuals members.
Common acronyms used on MDSS...
MDSS = MDStreetScene
PM = Private Message
OP = Original Poster
NWS = Not Work Safe
SFW = Safe For Work
Username...
Duplicates...
Correct Thread...
Staying on Topic...
Questionable Content...
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If you find something objectionable or if you have a
question about something or suggestion about
content, please PM a moderator of the section or the admin.
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If there is content posted about/involving you by another member and you want that content removed from the forums you need to contact the user that posted said content. Contacting the staff or Administrator will generally not get your content removed -- we are very busy with other issues and are not your parents. Settle your differences respectfully and personally with each other OFF the public forum. PM's are a good way to deal with it.
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No false advertisement. Intentional lying that will
knowingly cause chaos is EXTREMELY annoying and no
one wants to deal with that. If you have a serious
problem, then feel free to post about it, but just
saying, "IM GOING TO KILL MYSELF" for the heck of it
is mean, rude, and immature.
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Please keep your language clean. We want to remain a
site that is not blocked by most web filtering
software (schools/businesses, etc.) If you use curse
words or vulgar language you might be doing yourself
a disservice... you never know who browses these
forums. Think of who you would want reading what you
write.
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Absolutely NO sexually explicit, gross/disgusting, or excessively vulgar
content allowed. Anyone who
attempts to post the aforementioned content risks
being banned.
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ALL CONTENT ON THE FORUMS MUST BE *SAFE FOR WORK*
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Any post AND/OR link to nudity, partial nudity, or
suggestive nudity will result in a ban
from the site.
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This includes, but is not limited to
lingerie, bikinis, crotch-less chaps, low-cut shirts
with breasts hanging out, etc.
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Videos with foul language must be notated
as such and placed w/ a *NSW* (*NWS*) tag
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First and foremost
this is a personal decision to keep the site clean
of all such content. It is also to protect from
embarrassment of users who browse this site at
school, work, coffee shops, etc. There are no
exceptions. At all. Under any circumstances. Ever.
If you see it, report it.
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Please limit your
use of foul language (cursing & sexual)
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If you post something where a decent amount of the
information or ideas presented are taken from an
outside source, cite it. We don't need it to be APA
format or anything, just give us a link or an author
and title. And definitely don't try to pass it off as
your own work if it's not. Not only does it help all
of us out, but it's the law.
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Re: the "Doughnut Section" -- This is a place to
find information or ask a question. It is not a
forum for you to bash, flame, or name-call police
officers.
Ride Of The Month...
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Ride Of The Month or "ROTM"
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This is a monthly contest where community members
enter their vehicle for the rest of the community to
vote on the best out of the entrants that month. The
contest last a month.
This should not a popularity contest. Please vote for
the vehicle that you believe is the best in the
running.
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You must be an active member in
good standing for your vote to count for ROTM.
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If you have been a member for 2 months, have at
least 100 posts, and are in
good standing with the community you may enter your
vehicle in the ROTM contest. The Month (ROTM)
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You may enter your ride every other month. (If you
entered in January, you may re-enter in March, etc.)
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If you won ROTM in the current year, you may not
enter your ride again that year.
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You may NOT enter a car that is up for sale.
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No posting in the entry thread. If you have a
question, use the PM system.
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Final say of all matters pertaining to voting is at
the discretion of the Administrator.
Accuracy...
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It’s very important to keep the information on this
site as accurate as possible. This is extremely
important in the tech-based areas, as incorrect
information could result in members buying the wrong
parts, or worse yet causing actual damage to their
vehicle. Please be very careful with the way that
you answer questions. If you are not sure, make that
clear. Repeatedly posting inaccurate information
(“talking out of your ass”) will subject you to the
standard warning system the site uses. We want
people to post and exchange ideas, but we do not
want erroneous information floating around the site.
Buying & Selling...
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All business transactions, receipts, sales, etc, is
the responsibility of the seller and/or buyer.
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MDSS and its respectable faculty WILL NOT be held
responsible for unpaid merchandise, un-received
merchandise, theft, damaged goods, damage that my
occur during shipping, or anything that goes on
between a buyer and a seller. We do not promote
fighting so if someone rips you off, its upon you to
take action.
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MDSS takes no part in the sale other than to provide
a medium in which to post and discuss items.
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*MDSS does not permit shops or businesses to advertise their services
or sell their products/vehicles on our website or community forum without becoming a paying
Vendor.
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This includes employees posting inventory of
their business. The staff will decide what is considered "advertising" when necessary.*
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Advertising includes signature images, avatars,
links in signatures, interjecting in others threads
offering your services, etc.
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You may not post your businesses/personal
services information in your signature, profile,
avatar, post/thread, or Private Message.
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For information on supporting the site by becoming a
Vendor, please
contact us here. Information is
located here.
Signatures, Avatars, & Profiles...
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We understand that people like to express their
creativity by having signature images using snippets
of their car, and or various other images. In fact
there are even many threads in our "Multimedia" area
discussing how to make them or even members offering
to make them for you.
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Absolutely no Not Work Safe (NWS) content in
signatures, profiles, avatars, or
user titles. Text or images.
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Your signature may be a total of 4 lines w/ 1 single 500 x 100 image
(max)
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We require this to keep the forums
clean, orderly, and easy to read.
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Signatures that don't meet these requirements will simply be removed. We're done dealing with it.
Drama/Flaming...
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"If you don't like it, ignore it" or respond
civilly
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If you don't like someone's opinion, just ignore it.
If it really bothers you, PM them or contact them
some other way.
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It's all in how you say it.
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Respect each other. Show maturity. Be civil. Don’t
call each other names (unless you are friends and
are joking). Don’t come on here to be ignorant. Have
some tact.
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It’s ok to disagree with someone. It’s even ok to
tell them that you think that they have an ugly car
or it looks like "rice", etc.
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What is not ok
is to be directly slanderous. We do not want
personal attacks taking place on the forums.
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If you register on the forums simply to cause drama or start an
argument with a member, you will be banned.
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Posts or threads made to start drama will be deleted
and the member will be dealt with accordingly
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Blatant
attacks on members for no visible reason or to the
management of the forum will not be tolerated. You
have a right to disagree, use sarcasm, and question someone's reasoning when it is
deserved, but just attacking people for the heck of
it isn't courteous, polite, or wanted on this forum.
We take this very seriously.
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When linking to outside websites, please use
reasonable judgment. IF your website could be found
mildly offensive to some people then IN CAPS post
"MAY CONTAIN OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT" on either side
of the link; preferably with a description of what
the link is there for/about.
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Please don't reply with one-worded posts. Posts that
only consist of "haha" and "lol" aren't benefiting
anyone, and are quite annoying when used in bulk.
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No personal conversations via
threads. If you want
to have a personal/private conversation with someone in
particular, use the PM'ing system or AOL Instant
Messenger. That's what it's there for.
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Be courteous in your posting. Flaming, as in
personal attacks on another member, will not be
tolerated. Attack ideas, not people.
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Show some effort in your posts. Try to use at least
minimal punctuation (IE commas, periods, paragraphs
ect) when posting. CRAP LIKE THIS wIlL bE dElEaTeD 4
teh sake uf evry1.
Posting for Others...
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There will be NO posting for other people
anywhere for any reason on the site. You're the one
making the post. That's it. People who are BANNED or
not REGISTERED CANNOT have posts created by other
members or it will result in consequences. There is
no excuse for ANYONE to post for someone else. If
you are banned, your information is un-desired here
on MDSS.
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At this time, we do have one exception, which is
posting a part or vehicle for sale for someone
else. You may do this. However, if this is
abused, we will have to disallow it.
Re-Posting...
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If your
thread or post gets deleted it is the result of a
Rules
violation.
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If you repost a thread that has already
been deleted or a post that has been deleted, it
will result in an indefinite BAN determined by the
Admin based on the content of what you reposted and
your previous history.
Misunderstandings...
If you have an issue with something being removed from pubic view (No threads are "deleted" unless they are spam) contact MDSS staff via PM or the Contact Form.
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Do not create a new thread asking the public why something was deleted and why you feel it should not have been deleted.
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If you have a miscommunication or issue between you and
another member(s) (or MDSS staff), keep it to PM.
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You must include a DIRECT LINK to the thread/post in question at ALL TIMES. We do not have the time to search around for it.
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Violation of this rule may result in a 24hr ban.
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Don't go spreading rumors and gossiping. That's for
high school girls...
Infractions...
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The forum includes an "Infraction" system which allows
Staff to issue infractions to users who break
the rules.
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It's basically like getting a ticket.
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We are working on this system and will not hand out
infractions until we figure out points and logistics
of how it will work.
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Infractions add up and can result in temporary or
permanent bans
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It's not the end of the world. The Staff has found
that.
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Infractions can be viewed by other members of the
community and could be viewed as a negative thing if
you're trying to sell something or it could affect
how people respect your opinion.
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The infraction system is mostly automatic.
Banning...
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Should you follow the guidelines posted you should
have no problems here on MD Street Scene, but we
still need to outline our warning and banning
policies.
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As threads go off topic a moderator may step in and
warn the thread in general, this is not the same as
being warned directly via a private message.
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TROLLS - If you register with the sole intent to
start trouble you will be banned.
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It is also important to know that you may be banned
without any, or minimal warning. This may result from your continuing to
agitate a situation after a member of the staff has
stepped in to try to resolve it. If you are banned
in a situation like this the ban will generally be
much shorter and will be used as a "cool off
period". A banning without warning may also result
in troll situations.
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If you are banned (either temporarily or
permanently) DO NOT RE-REGISTER. Temporary bans are
just that! They will be lifted shortly. Should you
attempt to re-register, at the discretion of the
administrator, your account may be banned
permanently. Serve your time.
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You may not allow a banned user to use your username/account for ANY REASON. (No PM'ing, selling things, posting content, etc.)
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You may not post anything for sale of a banned member or make a post on a subject on their behalf. They should have no presence on the forum community whatsoever.
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Your account will be banned if we discover you allowing a previously banned user using your account for any reason.
Premium Membership
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There are no refunds for Premium Membership
subscriptions or donations.
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Subscriptions are recurring.
Whether you chose a 1 month or 1 year subscription,
you will be billed automatically
by PayPal until you physically/manually cancel the
subscription from within your PayPal control panel.
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It is the buyers responsibility to cancel the
subscription if they wish PRIOR to being re-billed.
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If you are banned from the forums and you still have
time left on your Premium Membership -- you WILL NOT
be refunded.
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If you would like to make a donation and/or get
Premium Membership that will NOT be automatically
re-billed -- simply send money via PayPal to
support@mdstreetscene.com -- we'll have to
manually set you up w/ Premium Membership -- but we
won't re-bill you later.
Judgment...
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The judgment of the Staff/admins is final. While we
are striving to keep the forum a place of open
discussion, but there HAS to be a final say or chaos
will ensue.
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We reserve
the right to moderate the forums in whatever manner
we choose for the "greater good" of the community.
We examine each incident on a situation-by-situation
basis. This means that, even if you're not
technically breaking any of the previously-listed
rules, you could still be subject to being banned,
moderated, or removed from the site if we choose
appropriate.
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We play favoritism. We favor those that
positively contribute to the community without
causing issues. The Staff basis their decisions on your
activity in this community. We look at what you say:
past and present. If you've caused trouble before, we
are going to be less likely to provide you with a
favorable outcome. Keep that in mind.
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The administration of this site is to be respected
at all times and in all situations. Should you have an issue with any staff member,
please contact the administrator. Failure to show respect is grounds for an immediate permanent ban.
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Please feel free to respectfully ask any
questions you may have.
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