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Terms
of Service
Power
Wagon Advertiser Forums are dedicated to
cultivating a friendly, courteous on-line
community, where participants can feel
comfortable at all times. To create such a
positive atmosphere, it will be necessary for
users to abide by certain rules. Violation of
the rules may be subject to a range of
responses, from a warning to being subject to
a permanent ban from the forums.
Users
are solely responsible for protecting their
accounts from others. Choose a password that
is hard to guess. Do not give your password to
others. Users that are found to be sharing
accounts and passwords with others will be
banned from these forums.
Although
disagreement is imaginable, overt displays of
anger and hostility will not be permitted. If
you are an experienced part of the internet
environment, you may be familiar with the term
flaming. In general, to flame someone is to
insult them. Flaming is not permitted.
Winston
Churchill was known for plain language. What I
am saying to you is this: Be polite, be fair,
and play nice. Don't use foul language. Don't
be vulgar, obscene, sexist, racist, or
insulting in any way. Don't bait people by
being antagonistic. Don't use these forums
inappropriately to promote businesses or
services, rather than legitimately using
available advertising services available
through this website. The administration of
this board reserves the right to make all
decisions pertaining to participant behavior,
and possible exclusion from these forums.
These
forums are programmed to identify a list of
words that are considered to be vulgar and
inappropriate. Users will not be allowed to
post these words. Any attempt to bypass the
censor mechanism by misspelling, inserting
multiples of the letter x or some punctuation
character, inserting spaces or symbols,
transposing letters, or any other method, is
not allowed. Prohibited words are not allowed
in subject titles. Any users attempting to
bypass the censor mechanism, directly or by
oblique implication, will certainly be warned,
their posts deleted, and very possibly said
users will be banned permanently.
Administrative action in such matters is not
subject to review or appeal.
Do
not post in ALL CAPS, and do not post in
aLtErnAtE cAps. Such posting is considered
disruptive and intentionally irritating, and
will not be tolerated. The material that is
easiest to read will be that material that is
conventionally capitalized, such as you would
find in any book or newspaper.
The
written word lacks inflection. The reader
cannot see the expression on your face, nor
can the reader intuit the spirit of your
remarks. Subtle nuance is not evident in the
typical written phrase. Write your posts,
replies, messages, with crystal clarity
uppermost in your mind, so as to avoid
problems.
Anyone
who intentionally or repeatedly interferes
with the intended spirit and purpose of these
forums will be banned. Administrative
decisions regarding user behavior are not
subject to review. Posting private information
about other users is unacceptable.
It
is unacceptable to impersonate any other user,
or by using a name that is intended to
impersonate, mock, or antagonize any other
user or group of users.
It
is illegal for a user to post any content that
is copyrighted or trademarked, unless that
user holds the copyright or trademark. Any
time a user paraphrases an original work, it
is the best and most conservative thing to
cite and credit the original source.
Users
are allowed to place images in their posts. In
addition to observing copyright restrictions
that prevent the posting of copyrighted
images, it is important to note that users may
not under any circumstances post images that
are sexual or otherwise offensive in nature.
Users are advised not to post links to images
hosted elsewhere, due to the possibility of
those images being copyrighted or offensive.
If the images hosted elsewhere are the
property of the user, then such images may be
linked.
Any
links deemed to be pornographic, offensive in
any way, copyrighted, or otherwise
inappropriate in any way, can be removed
immediately at the discretion of the
administrator of these forums.
Any
user who feels a message, post, or thread is
objectionable is encouraged to immediately
contact a forum moderator or administrator.
This is a manual process, so please realize
that a moderator or administrator may not be
able to remove or edit content immediately.
Any
actual deletion or modification of content
will be done to ensure the maintenance of a
healthy, positive environment for all users to
enjoy. Decisions about deleted or modified
content are not open for debate.
Administration may choose to offer explanatory
comment if it is thought to be desirable or
appropriate.
Power
Wagon Advertiser forums reserves the right to
deny membership or access to anyone thought to
be abusing the privilege of forum use, or
otherwise exploiting it in ways that are
detrimental to forum users, or the Power Wagon
Advertiser Forums.
Any
person making a post to these forums shall be
referred to in this coverage of copyright and
granted permissions as the author of the text
contained in the post.
The
term post is defined as the text and/or
image(s) entered in a forum by an author.
The
term thread is a group of two or more posts
pertaining to the topic found in the subject
line or title of the thread formed by the
assembly of multiple posts.
Whenever
an author posts to the forums, he or she holds
the copyright to the text and/or image(s)
contained in his or her post, providing that
post is not in violation of any other
copyright. As the copyright holder of posted
text and/or image(s), an author may reproduce
his or her posts, and only his or her posts.
Threads composed of multiple posts by a single
author, and including the work of no other
authors, shall be copyrighted to the author
posting the text and/or image(s).
Threads
of two or more posts by multiple authors are
copyrighted to the Power Wagon Advertiser
forums, and may not be reproduced as threads
for any purpose or in any manner without the
express, written permission of Gordon Maney
and the Power Wagon Advertiser Forums. Any
permitted reproduction shall necessarily
include provision of attribution to the
authors.
By
performing the act of posting on these forums,
an author grants the Power Wagon Advertiser
Forums, the Power Wagon Advertiser, and Gordon
Maney Publishing, royalty-free, perpetual, and
irrevocable rights to use the posted text
and/or image(s) in any way, worldwide, and to
include the posted text and/or image(s) in any
sort of medium now known or subsequently
developed.
This
permitted use shall include provision of
attribution to the authors of the post(s).
Authors wishing to best ensure copyright
protection of their material shall use their
proper name in posting, not a chosen screen or
user name.
Examples
of possible subsequent reproduction of text
and/or image(s) in posts and threads include
an assembly of the best threads or posts in an
identified time period, or individual threads
or posts considered to be of significant
merit. Reproduced posts or threads could be
included in a separate forum designated for
particularly valuable content, publication in
the Power Wagon Advertiser, or in printed or
other media produced and distributed by Gordon
Maney Publishing.
Businesses
may not use these content-specific forums to
promote themselves, their merchandise,
products, or services. Businesses having
interest in advertising on the Power Wagon
Advertiser website should contact the site
directly by e-mail to discuss these issues.
Owners
and employees of businesses, their affiliates
or subcontractors may certainly be registered
users of these forums and enjoy full use of
them. Such individuals just may not abuse
those privileges by inappropriately promoting
said businesses.
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