Post by Hope on Jan 20, 2006 13:49:17 GMT -5
Some Rules:
Do make this board an enjoyable place to visit; please follow this list of simple rules. Your use of this Web Site shall be deemed to constitute your consent to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and shall be enforceable in the same way as if you had signed the Agreement. If you are not willing to accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement, we ask that you not use the Web Site. Lib v Con reserves the right to add/remove/edit any of the rules below at any time without warning. Check back often to ensure that you are up-to-date, since ignorance of the rules will not be accepted as a valid explanation for breaking them.
Pro-Board (Provider) standards-expanded.
1. Do not advertise or make commercial solicitations for products or services (whether for profit or not) on this board. Do not ask for donations. This includes over sized banners below your posts or repeated links to any web site!
2. Do not promote anything illegal including pyramid schemes or offer advise on how to defraud the government or others. Do not promote assassinations, civil up-risings or other illegal threats! Nor can you link to sites that do. Do not link to ANARCHISTS sites e.g. Noam Chomsky Archive, International Workers Association, AK Press, etc.
3. Do not promote bigotry or hatred of other races, religions, ethnic groups, etc. Nor can you link to sites that do. No religious bigotry. Be very specific in identifying groups e.g. Islamic extremist not Muslim. Never stereotype a whole group of individuals. No ethnic slurs and/or epithets.Never link to NAZIS, KKK, SKINHEADS & WHITE SUPREMACISTS web-sites e.g. American Renaissance, National Alliance, or American Nazi Party, etc.
4. No profanity, pornography or discussions of sexual material. No bathroom humor. Please be aware that Pro-boards prohibits sexual discussions of any type. This includes dysfunction related to medical problems, etc. Nor can you link to sites that do.
5. Please do not post any derogatory remarks concerning any politician, public figure, company, news source, political party, political organization or member of this board. NO comparing anyone to Hitler, Eichmann, Stalin or Pol Pot. No calling anyone brown shirts, Nazis (unless they really do or did belong to the party), or fascist. This includes your Sig, banner and comment line. You can disagree but you cannot slander, libel, or fabricate 'facts'. Nor can you link to sites that do.
6. Pro-Boards require all posts to be in English.
7. No copy-right material, trademarks or images without permission. This includes copy and pasting from articles, opinions or other sites. You are responsible for determining that such material is not protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or any other harm resulting from any uploading, posting or submission. Do not link to sites who may have on their site unauthorized copy-righted material e.g. You Tube and some blogs. Do not post links to sites dealing primarily in pirated copies, or serial numbers/product keys to commercial software (including shareware).
a. In situations where it is not a copy-right violation to copy and paste; members are still not allowed to do so. Nor may members 'paraphrase' from another site without providing a link. In our opinion this is 'impersonating" that you are the original author of this information or ideology.
8. Do not impersonate other members, moderators, or any other person. You cannot misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person. You may not use another member's user name or image. You may not use a public figure's name for your user name or in your sig tags or banners. Do not use a public figure's likeness or image in your sig tag or banner. Nor may you use any trademark. Do not use any cartoon character that you did not create yourself.
Avoid litigation:
NEITHER LIB V CON NOR ITS CONTRIBUTORS OR USERS ARE ENGAGED IN RENDERING LEGAL, MEDICAL, COUNSELING, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR ADVICE. Lib v Con does not vouch for the validity of anything that may be posted by the members on this forum. Users are never to assume that people are who they say they are, know what they say they know, or are affiliated with whom they say they are affiliated with. Users are to disregard any advice that may be posted on these boards and report to moderator/administrator it's occurrence. The entire risk as to the results of following any advice/information posted on this board is assumed by the user, and in no event shall Lib v Con be liable for any consequential, incidental or direct damages suffered in the course of using the information found on this forum.
1. Do not offer medical advise on this board. This includes recommending medications or herbal treatments.
2. Do not offer legal advise nor make false charges against anyone. Everyone is presume innocent until the jury has reached their verdict. You may state that you feel the behavior is illegal or the person may be guilty only. Do not link to sites who violate this rule.
3. Do not offer financial advise. This includes recommending stocks, investments, get-rich schemes, recommending bankruptcy etc.
4. Do not offer counseling or psychoanalyze members or others.
5. Do not post occupation claims e.g. soldier, nurse, scientist, etc. You may will be; however, it is impossible to prove your credentials on a message board.
6. Do not link to sites that may have ads for/or articles about spyware, adware, or other malicious programs or code, counterfeit goods, items subject to US embargo, hate materials, goods made from protected animal/plant species, recalled goods, hacking/surveillance/interception/descrambling equipment, illegal drugs and paraphernalia, unlicensed sale of prescription drugs and medical devices, pornography, prostitution, body parts and bodily fluids, items used for theft, fireworks, explosives, and hazardous materials, government IDs, police items, unlicensed trade or dealing in stocks and securities, gambling items, or professional services regulated by state licensing regimes.
Civility:
1. Do not put each other down.
a) You may not make personal attacks about a fellow member's name, web site, or appearance.
b) Do not waste our time by posting comments about errors that may have been made in syntax, spelling or typos.
c) Name calling is strictly forbidden. (Lib v Con reserves the right to set the standards for what is acceptable.) This includes your Sig, banner and comment line.
d) Do not harass anyone.
e) Do not fabricate misinformation about another member. Do not commit libel
f) Do not psychoanalyze anyone!
2. Don't spam the members.
a) Spamming by harvesting e-mail addresses for unsolicited e-mail about products or services. Members once you have registered go to the profile area and change user name and prevent viewing of e-mail address-if that is your desire.
b) Making irrelevant posts in order to get attention for self or your web-site.
3. You may not threaten anyone.
a) You cannot threaten physical attacks.
b) You may not threaten isolation of members by posting such comments as "Ignore this person and do not read his posts."
c) Or threatening 'exposure' of some 'alleged' alliance or association e.g. accusing others of being paid posters.
d) nor may you threaten someone with turning them into authorities. If you feel that what the poster has done is illegal, etc. notify the moderator/administrator by PM or feedback and contact the appropriate authorities. Note -you are required to notify us so we can take the proper actions
4.Be polite:
a)Do not capitalize all your letters in your messages. This is net for shouting and some people are very offended by it.
b) Do not post any material that may cause distress to others, this includes flashing images (triggers epilepsy), and 'Screamers' (images that suddenly change to a screaming face)
5. Don't invade other's privacy by posting personal information about them or by asking for personal information! Members are under no obligation to answer personal questions.
6. Do not falsely accuse others of hate speech or being racist.
7. Do not mock other members or groups of people
Polls
1. must comply with all the rules
2. needs a news source (exception 'Just for Fun' polls in general section)
3. must offer answers that truly reflect opposing viewpoints. 'Stacked' polls will be removed.
4. cannot be about other members
5. must be unique-do not create a new poll if there is already a poll about the topic
*Lib v Con reserves the right to remove a poll for any reason
Rule enforcement:
1. If someone violates the rules please report them. Please do not lecture or get into discussions about the rules on these boards. You can report by going to the report violation of rules section or PM the moderator or administrator.
2.Copies of deleted posts are maintained. If you feel you have been unjustly sanctioned or one of your posts have been wrongly deleted, please post your concerns in feed-back or PM the administrator. Decisions of the administrator are final.
3. If you have a concern with a moderator's action please PM the administrator and/or the moderator involved. Do not argue or complain in the public forum.
4. Any moderator who violates a rule will be removed
Graphics:
1. Sig pictures (the cartoon that appears to left of posts) can only be 100 x 100 pixels at the max. Personal banners and signature areas (in the event of text) are limited to a size of width 500 and height 250. Should not should not exceed 250KB.
Out of consideration to those with epilepsy, flashing avatars and signatures are not allowed. All of these should not violate any of the rules. Do not use banners that display IPs. [glow=red,2,300]If you should receive an e-mail or a PM related to your sig tag or banner please pay close attention to the expiration time. If changes have not been made by that time we will be forced to remove your membership.[/glow] You are invited to rejoin us if this happens, but you must make the necessary changes.
Keeping on topic:
1. Make posts relevant: no "I'm bored", "I'm leaving", "I'm back", etc. Don't play word games on any board other than the general board.
2. Do not filibuster the board by repeatedly posting the same comment.
3. Do not create a new thread if topic is already being discussed.
4. Do not respond to posts with nonsense-e.g. "Blah, Blah, Blah".
If you do not understand a post ask for clarification or ignore it. If you don't like what a post states, than offer your view or ignore it.
5. Do not play pseudo-moderator by posting comments e.g. "topic is finished", "dismissed", or "next"
6. Please start topics on a relevant board. LIB V CON reserves the right to move a thread to a more relevant board if they deem this appropriate.
7. Do not lock your threads.
8. Any thread that purports to be based on a historical fact that is not widely known information or lacks a credible sources will be considered spam and locked.
Other:
1). Do not create multiple accounts.
2). Foreign posters on this board will need to identify themselves as such by PMing the administrator or a moderator. Those who do not comply will be removed from the forum
3). Multiple or similar threads may be combined or deleted
4). "Private Messages" may be recorded by logs as a matter of course and may be viewed by Lib v Con staff. "Private Messages" are not considered the private property of the sender or recipient of the messages. The "Private Message" system is a free service to Community members. If a member's account is disabled they will not be able to retrieve any saved "Private Messages."
5). Do not use IPS blocking/changing programs. Any account suspected of doing this will be removed
***Although Lib v Con cannot monitor all the postings on this board 24/7, we do have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so within a reasonable time frame.
-We reserve the right to move posts to other boards if we deem this is appropriate.
-We reserve the right to remove old posts.
-Staff may lock a thread at any time for any reason.
-Lib v Con reserves the right to remove polls we deem inappropriate.
-Lib v Con may modify posts they deem inappropriate
People who abuse the rules may receive private warnings, public warnings, be banned from posting for number of days or be banned.
Note that it is impossible for us to confirm the validity of posts on this forum. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information presented. The messages express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of this forum.
Lib v Con does not select the headlines posted here or on the News Your Way site. We have no editorial control over the content of these news articles. The opinions expressed by these third-party contributors reflect those of the author only and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Lib v Con. Lib v Con accepts no responsibility for the content or accuracy of submitted articles.
Your use of this board is "as is". We make no guarantees that assess to this site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error free. We make no warranties as to the accuracy, reliability or quality of anything posted on these boards. Users making posts on these boards cannot hold Lib v Con responsible for any damage or loss the member may have as the result of his post***
Do make this board an enjoyable place to visit; please follow this list of simple rules. Your use of this Web Site shall be deemed to constitute your consent to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and shall be enforceable in the same way as if you had signed the Agreement. If you are not willing to accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement, we ask that you not use the Web Site. Lib v Con reserves the right to add/remove/edit any of the rules below at any time without warning. Check back often to ensure that you are up-to-date, since ignorance of the rules will not be accepted as a valid explanation for breaking them.
Pro-Board (Provider) standards-expanded.
1. Do not advertise or make commercial solicitations for products or services (whether for profit or not) on this board. Do not ask for donations. This includes over sized banners below your posts or repeated links to any web site!
2. Do not promote anything illegal including pyramid schemes or offer advise on how to defraud the government or others. Do not promote assassinations, civil up-risings or other illegal threats! Nor can you link to sites that do. Do not link to ANARCHISTS sites e.g. Noam Chomsky Archive, International Workers Association, AK Press, etc.
3. Do not promote bigotry or hatred of other races, religions, ethnic groups, etc. Nor can you link to sites that do. No religious bigotry. Be very specific in identifying groups e.g. Islamic extremist not Muslim. Never stereotype a whole group of individuals. No ethnic slurs and/or epithets.Never link to NAZIS, KKK, SKINHEADS & WHITE SUPREMACISTS web-sites e.g. American Renaissance, National Alliance, or American Nazi Party, etc.
4. No profanity, pornography or discussions of sexual material. No bathroom humor. Please be aware that Pro-boards prohibits sexual discussions of any type. This includes dysfunction related to medical problems, etc. Nor can you link to sites that do.
5. Please do not post any derogatory remarks concerning any politician, public figure, company, news source, political party, political organization or member of this board. NO comparing anyone to Hitler, Eichmann, Stalin or Pol Pot. No calling anyone brown shirts, Nazis (unless they really do or did belong to the party), or fascist. This includes your Sig, banner and comment line. You can disagree but you cannot slander, libel, or fabricate 'facts'. Nor can you link to sites that do.
6. Pro-Boards require all posts to be in English.
7. No copy-right material, trademarks or images without permission. This includes copy and pasting from articles, opinions or other sites. You are responsible for determining that such material is not protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or any other harm resulting from any uploading, posting or submission. Do not link to sites who may have on their site unauthorized copy-righted material e.g. You Tube and some blogs. Do not post links to sites dealing primarily in pirated copies, or serial numbers/product keys to commercial software (including shareware).
a. In situations where it is not a copy-right violation to copy and paste; members are still not allowed to do so. Nor may members 'paraphrase' from another site without providing a link. In our opinion this is 'impersonating" that you are the original author of this information or ideology.
8. Do not impersonate other members, moderators, or any other person. You cannot misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person. You may not use another member's user name or image. You may not use a public figure's name for your user name or in your sig tags or banners. Do not use a public figure's likeness or image in your sig tag or banner. Nor may you use any trademark. Do not use any cartoon character that you did not create yourself.
Avoid litigation:
NEITHER LIB V CON NOR ITS CONTRIBUTORS OR USERS ARE ENGAGED IN RENDERING LEGAL, MEDICAL, COUNSELING, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR ADVICE. Lib v Con does not vouch for the validity of anything that may be posted by the members on this forum. Users are never to assume that people are who they say they are, know what they say they know, or are affiliated with whom they say they are affiliated with. Users are to disregard any advice that may be posted on these boards and report to moderator/administrator it's occurrence. The entire risk as to the results of following any advice/information posted on this board is assumed by the user, and in no event shall Lib v Con be liable for any consequential, incidental or direct damages suffered in the course of using the information found on this forum.
1. Do not offer medical advise on this board. This includes recommending medications or herbal treatments.
2. Do not offer legal advise nor make false charges against anyone. Everyone is presume innocent until the jury has reached their verdict. You may state that you feel the behavior is illegal or the person may be guilty only. Do not link to sites who violate this rule.
3. Do not offer financial advise. This includes recommending stocks, investments, get-rich schemes, recommending bankruptcy etc.
4. Do not offer counseling or psychoanalyze members or others.
5. Do not post occupation claims e.g. soldier, nurse, scientist, etc. You may will be; however, it is impossible to prove your credentials on a message board.
6. Do not link to sites that may have ads for/or articles about spyware, adware, or other malicious programs or code, counterfeit goods, items subject to US embargo, hate materials, goods made from protected animal/plant species, recalled goods, hacking/surveillance/interception/descrambling equipment, illegal drugs and paraphernalia, unlicensed sale of prescription drugs and medical devices, pornography, prostitution, body parts and bodily fluids, items used for theft, fireworks, explosives, and hazardous materials, government IDs, police items, unlicensed trade or dealing in stocks and securities, gambling items, or professional services regulated by state licensing regimes.
Civility:
1. Do not put each other down.
a) You may not make personal attacks about a fellow member's name, web site, or appearance.
b) Do not waste our time by posting comments about errors that may have been made in syntax, spelling or typos.
c) Name calling is strictly forbidden. (Lib v Con reserves the right to set the standards for what is acceptable.) This includes your Sig, banner and comment line.
d) Do not harass anyone.
e) Do not fabricate misinformation about another member. Do not commit libel
f) Do not psychoanalyze anyone!
2. Don't spam the members.
a) Spamming by harvesting e-mail addresses for unsolicited e-mail about products or services. Members once you have registered go to the profile area and change user name and prevent viewing of e-mail address-if that is your desire.
b) Making irrelevant posts in order to get attention for self or your web-site.
3. You may not threaten anyone.
a) You cannot threaten physical attacks.
b) You may not threaten isolation of members by posting such comments as "Ignore this person and do not read his posts."
c) Or threatening 'exposure' of some 'alleged' alliance or association e.g. accusing others of being paid posters.
d) nor may you threaten someone with turning them into authorities. If you feel that what the poster has done is illegal, etc. notify the moderator/administrator by PM or feedback and contact the appropriate authorities. Note -you are required to notify us so we can take the proper actions
4.Be polite:
a)Do not capitalize all your letters in your messages. This is net for shouting and some people are very offended by it.
b) Do not post any material that may cause distress to others, this includes flashing images (triggers epilepsy), and 'Screamers' (images that suddenly change to a screaming face)
5. Don't invade other's privacy by posting personal information about them or by asking for personal information! Members are under no obligation to answer personal questions.
6. Do not falsely accuse others of hate speech or being racist.
7. Do not mock other members or groups of people
Polls
1. must comply with all the rules
2. needs a news source (exception 'Just for Fun' polls in general section)
3. must offer answers that truly reflect opposing viewpoints. 'Stacked' polls will be removed.
4. cannot be about other members
5. must be unique-do not create a new poll if there is already a poll about the topic
*Lib v Con reserves the right to remove a poll for any reason
Rule enforcement:
1. If someone violates the rules please report them. Please do not lecture or get into discussions about the rules on these boards. You can report by going to the report violation of rules section or PM the moderator or administrator.
2.Copies of deleted posts are maintained. If you feel you have been unjustly sanctioned or one of your posts have been wrongly deleted, please post your concerns in feed-back or PM the administrator. Decisions of the administrator are final.
3. If you have a concern with a moderator's action please PM the administrator and/or the moderator involved. Do not argue or complain in the public forum.
4. Any moderator who violates a rule will be removed
Graphics:
1. Sig pictures (the cartoon that appears to left of posts) can only be 100 x 100 pixels at the max. Personal banners and signature areas (in the event of text) are limited to a size of width 500 and height 250. Should not should not exceed 250KB.
Out of consideration to those with epilepsy, flashing avatars and signatures are not allowed. All of these should not violate any of the rules. Do not use banners that display IPs. [glow=red,2,300]If you should receive an e-mail or a PM related to your sig tag or banner please pay close attention to the expiration time. If changes have not been made by that time we will be forced to remove your membership.[/glow] You are invited to rejoin us if this happens, but you must make the necessary changes.
Keeping on topic:
1. Make posts relevant: no "I'm bored", "I'm leaving", "I'm back", etc. Don't play word games on any board other than the general board.
2. Do not filibuster the board by repeatedly posting the same comment.
3. Do not create a new thread if topic is already being discussed.
4. Do not respond to posts with nonsense-e.g. "Blah, Blah, Blah".
If you do not understand a post ask for clarification or ignore it. If you don't like what a post states, than offer your view or ignore it.
5. Do not play pseudo-moderator by posting comments e.g. "topic is finished", "dismissed", or "next"
6. Please start topics on a relevant board. LIB V CON reserves the right to move a thread to a more relevant board if they deem this appropriate.
7. Do not lock your threads.
8. Any thread that purports to be based on a historical fact that is not widely known information or lacks a credible sources will be considered spam and locked.
Other:
1). Do not create multiple accounts.
2). Foreign posters on this board will need to identify themselves as such by PMing the administrator or a moderator. Those who do not comply will be removed from the forum
3). Multiple or similar threads may be combined or deleted
4). "Private Messages" may be recorded by logs as a matter of course and may be viewed by Lib v Con staff. "Private Messages" are not considered the private property of the sender or recipient of the messages. The "Private Message" system is a free service to Community members. If a member's account is disabled they will not be able to retrieve any saved "Private Messages."
5). Do not use IPS blocking/changing programs. Any account suspected of doing this will be removed
***Although Lib v Con cannot monitor all the postings on this board 24/7, we do have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so within a reasonable time frame.
-We reserve the right to move posts to other boards if we deem this is appropriate.
-We reserve the right to remove old posts.
-Staff may lock a thread at any time for any reason.
-Lib v Con reserves the right to remove polls we deem inappropriate.
-Lib v Con may modify posts they deem inappropriate
People who abuse the rules may receive private warnings, public warnings, be banned from posting for number of days or be banned.
Note that it is impossible for us to confirm the validity of posts on this forum. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information presented. The messages express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of this forum.
Lib v Con does not select the headlines posted here or on the News Your Way site. We have no editorial control over the content of these news articles. The opinions expressed by these third-party contributors reflect those of the author only and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Lib v Con. Lib v Con accepts no responsibility for the content or accuracy of submitted articles.
Your use of this board is "as is". We make no guarantees that assess to this site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error free. We make no warranties as to the accuracy, reliability or quality of anything posted on these boards. Users making posts on these boards cannot hold Lib v Con responsible for any damage or loss the member may have as the result of his post***