Forum user agreement \ rules

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PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

THE BIG RULES: Violation of these rules is grounds for the IMMEDIATE banning of your account. If you think we're kidding, think again.

· No profanity in subject lines or signatures.

· No spamming or commercial solicitation of any kind. Any such messages will be removed at the discretion of either a forum moderator or administrator. Selling of individual items is permissible by a private owner in our Classifieds forums, however selling multiple items of the same product is considered a commercial post and will be removed. Commercial solicitation through the Instant Message function by non-advertisers is strictly forbidden and grounds to have your account terminated.

· No flaming of other members to incite or perpetuate a conflict or argument. ANY personal attacks or name calling will get you banned.

· No bombing forums or threads with pointless posts.

· No linking or posting of pornographic or objectionable/inappropriate material.

· Do not impersonate other individuals or falsely represent yourself.

· Do not discuss, suggest, engage, or encourage any illegal activity on the forums. Linking to locations that deal with any such activity is also forbidden.

· Posting under a secondary username for the purpose of arguing, degrading, or belittling other members is grounds for losing both your primary account and your secondary account.

· You must have a valid e-mail account in your profile so you can be reached by a forum moderator or administrator.

· A car forum like NCMC is not the place to post personal problems, questions about personal relationships, etc. These types of posts will be removed.

· No NCMC related user names are permitted by non-staff members and will be deleted or changed with or without notice.

· Because of the volatile nature of the following topics: religion, sexual orientation, race, class, gender, and political opinion, users are advised against starting threads or entering posts expressing thoughts, beliefs or opinions on these topics. Any posts or threads on these matters may be removed at the discretion of the moderators or administrators.

The following posting guidelines are here to help you (and others) have an enjoyable experience here:

· Respect both forum moderators and administrators. It is a thankless job that we do, and cleaning up other people's messes is never fun.

· No SHOUTING. Don't use all caps when posting. It is difficult to read and annoying.

· Try to post to the forum that is most appropriate for the topic being presented.

· No cross-posting. (This is posting the same topic in more than one forum)

· Refrain from using profanity or cr3ative spell1ng to get around the censor filters. Posts that circumvent the censor may be removed.

· Respect the privacy of other members and individuals. Do not post personal information about them (i.e. addresses, phone numbers, passwords, etc.)

· Observe all copyright laws when posting copyrighted material.

· Do not post messages that violate Federal, State, or Local laws which include, but are not limited to, anything that violates a copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or is bound by NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement).

Moderators and administrators frequently review forum posts for those that are in violation of NCMC rules. Any messages found to be in violation may be deleted without warning or explanation. Furthermore, we reserve the right to remove any post at our discretion, and also the right to ban any user, at any time, for any reason.
There are going to be topics and discussions that will have heated debates. Please think before you post and re-read what you type before you post it. Keep your comments limited to the debate at hand and not make this a personal issue between you and another reader. There is tremendous diversity in age, race, gender, language, location and more here and there will be a lot of varying opinions on different subjects. We're all human beings and we we're all drawn to this site because we have a common bond as Mitsubishi and car enthusiasts.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this Discussion Forum to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.

We at this discussion forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.
A valid email address is required for registration so that your password can be sent to you personally. This has been done to prevent and safeguard the NCMC Forums from random attacks and people looking to cause problems and spam these forums. NCMC does *NOT* sell or distribute your email address to any third parties. The option to have your email address visible in your posts on these forums is controlled and determined by settings in your profile which you control. If you feel uncomfortable submitting your email address, you can go to a number of free email services on the Internet to get a second email address for the purposes of registering on bulletin boards like this one.

Thank you
The National Capital Mitsubishi Club/NCMC