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~~~~~ Regulations and Conduct ~~~~~
The Administrators of the ToyotaVanTech.com forum want to have a relaxed environment with minimal moderation, but our collective past experience is that there will be times when we’ll have to step in and enforce the rules. We ask that you adhere to the following Regulations (serious rules!) and General Rules of Conduct (looser guidelines, but still important). Users whose conduct interferes with the atmosphere and/or operations of the forum will find infractions on their account. Serious violators (either of the Regulations or repeat offenders with multiple infractions) will have their accounts suspended.
ToyotaVanTech Forum Regulations
Failure to comply with the Forum Regulations will lead to account suspension. No warnings will be given.
1. Derogatory, inflammatory, blatantly false or misleading messages intended to cause a forum disruption and/or to provoke other members (i.e. “trolling”) will not be tolerated. Threads or posts will be removed without notice. At the moderator or administrator’s option, the first offense may result in a “troll” warning, but the second offense will always result in account suspension.
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3. Threads or posts that link members to other sites for the purpose of marketing or phishing will be removed without notice. Threads or posts containing pictures of, or links to, nudity or pornography will be removed without notice. Accounts associated with these posts will be suspended.
4. Threads or posts that contain unapproved advertisements or advertisement "spamming" will be removed without notice. Accounts associated with these posts will be suspended.
General Rules of Conduct
Violation of the General Rules of Conduct will result in immediate thread and/or post removal and the violator(s) will be warned. Multiple offenses will result in temporary or permanent account suspension. The Rules of Conduct apply to the forums, private messaging, blogs, and all other communications that take place through the ToyotaVanTech.com site.
1. Language: Use respectful, family-friendly language.
a. Threads or posts that include obscenities, vulgarity, foul language, or offensive sexually-oriented discussions will be edited or removed.
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b. Being the recipient of a personal attack does not justify responding in kind. Disrespectful response to any attack will result in a warning.
c. Attacks on or harassment of administrators or moderators will not be tolerated.
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a. Post questions and threads in the appropriate forum, and only in that forum. Double postings are not acceptable. Duplicate posts or threads will be moved, combined, or deleted.
b. Begin a new post (for van-related topics) or send a private message (PM) (for non-van topics) rather than making off-topic posts (“hijacking”) in established threads.
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b. Users may not market their products in any form or include business site links, URLs, email addresses or phone numbers in posts, threads, blogs, user profiles and signatures without prior authorization from the ToyotaVanTech.com site owners. Such contact information and/or links may be edited without notice.
c. Off-topic posts combined with any prohibited advertising contacts or links constitutes two violations of the General Rules of Conduct and is grounds for immediate account suspension without warning.