HeadRat
08-23-06, 08:20 PM
RatPackInternational.COM COMMUNITY POLICIES
www.RatPackInternational.com (referred to as "RPI") is dedicated to developing and maintaining a friendly online community, where members of all ages and backgrounds feel relaxed and comfortable. Like any community, our site has certain standards. When members join our forums, they agree to abide by these rules. To remain a part of the RPI community, members must be considerate of others. Repeated violations of these guidelines set forth below may result in a member being put on moderated status or, if the violations are extreme then access may be temporarily or permanently restricted to our forums.
TOPICS OF DISCUSSION:
Althought discussion forums encourage a wide range of opinions, please keep your posts focused on the topic of the forum in which you are submitting your message.
Each forum has a different topic, so what is appropriate in one forum or thread may not be appropriate in another.
RatPackInternational.com is focused on Overseas Construction for the most part. Accordingly, topics must remain related.
We do not permit political, religious, or other off-topic discussions.
There are many places online to express your opinions on issues outside of Overseas Construction so we built RPI to be a place to talk just about that.
INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE:
We either are or are around a lot of construction workers here, so I don't have a full ban on foul language, but do try to keep it at a minimum. Remember, there are women on site as well.
HARASSMENT & FLAMING:
Rat Pack members are not permitted to harass or "flame" other members. Please do not post or transmit any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, violate the rights of others, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law. Please note that this also includes the posting of taunts on a forum solely for the purpose of demeaning that forum's topic and/or members.
COPYRIGHTED OR TRADEMARKED MATERIAL:
It is illegal to post any content that is copyrighted or trademarked, unless you hold the copyright or trademark. Any material protected by copyright may not be posted in the message boards without the expressed permission of the author or owner of the copyright on that material. This includes reproducing the full text of news stories, articles, etc. It is acceptable to provide a link to copyrighted material, to post brief excerpts, or to paraphrase other works, though we do strongly encourage you to cite the original source whenever possible.
PIRACY OR UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES:
This community forum is a place for ideas and constructive participation, and not a place to violate any laws or to discuss illegal activities. This type of activity includes, but is not limited to, advocating or asking for information regarding software piracy or unauthorized emulators of software or hardware, sharing or distributing viruses, licenses, registration information, software keys, "cracks," or other information designed to do harm to or allow unlawful access to any computer hardware, software, networks, or any other systems. Please refrain from posting this kind of message.
SPAMMING:
Spamming, in which a user posts the same message repeatedly in one or multiple forums, is prohibited.
POSTING IMAGES:
Forum members are allowed to embed images in their messages by linking to an image that exists on another site or downloading it from their computer's harddrive. In addition to the copyright restrictions mentioned above, users should also refrain from embedding any images of a sexual or offensive nature. Any links to clearly offensive or pornographic materials will be removed immediately at the moderator's discretion.
POSTING LINKS:
Our policy on linking to other websites is pretty simple. Members may link to any other site that provides information that helps answer another member's question or is just of general interest to members of that particular forum. One of the most basic tenets of the Web is the open exchange of information, and the Rat Pack forum managers wholeheartedly support this type of exchange. Members may NOT link to sites which require registration or membership to view the content.
We won't allow people to use our site to promote other websites simply for the purpose to draw users. However, people are always welcome to link to any online resource in order to share useful information with fellow members.
SIGNATURES :: AVATARS :: USER TITLES
Avatars are available to present your personality and such to the public in every post you make. No political, social, religious, or other similar off topic signatures or avatars will be allowed.
BANNING:
Rat Pack International reserves the right at its sole discretion to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to any part of these forums. If you violate any of the rules stated in this document or any other service terms documents, a moderator will remove the offending message.
It is your responsibility to maintain a current, valid email address in the registration information so that we can contact you in the event of a policy violation. Any member who consistently and purposefully violates our policies will at the administrator's discretion, be denied access to these forums for a period of 1 to 30 days depending on the nature of the violation. Any member who refuses to comply with the policies of these forums will be banned permanently.
MANAGING USER CONTENT:
Members of these forums are solely responsible for all content that they post on our site. RPI shall have the right, but not the obligation, to correct any errors or omissions in any Content, as it may determine in its sole discretion. RPI further reserves the right to delete or remove any user content from the site and to deny the access of any member to all or part of this site, at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability.
PRIVATE MESSAGING:
While the topics may vary all RPI forum etiquette rules apply to private messaging. All rules that are broken via private messaging will be dealt with in the same fashion as if they were posted on the forum itself.
*If you have any further questions send a Private Message to any Admins currently online, they will field your questions or direct you to someone who can. Thanks for reading and enjoy RatPackInternational.com!
www.RatPackInternational.com (referred to as "RPI") is dedicated to developing and maintaining a friendly online community, where members of all ages and backgrounds feel relaxed and comfortable. Like any community, our site has certain standards. When members join our forums, they agree to abide by these rules. To remain a part of the RPI community, members must be considerate of others. Repeated violations of these guidelines set forth below may result in a member being put on moderated status or, if the violations are extreme then access may be temporarily or permanently restricted to our forums.
TOPICS OF DISCUSSION:
Althought discussion forums encourage a wide range of opinions, please keep your posts focused on the topic of the forum in which you are submitting your message.
Each forum has a different topic, so what is appropriate in one forum or thread may not be appropriate in another.
RatPackInternational.com is focused on Overseas Construction for the most part. Accordingly, topics must remain related.
We do not permit political, religious, or other off-topic discussions.
There are many places online to express your opinions on issues outside of Overseas Construction so we built RPI to be a place to talk just about that.
INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE:
We either are or are around a lot of construction workers here, so I don't have a full ban on foul language, but do try to keep it at a minimum. Remember, there are women on site as well.
HARASSMENT & FLAMING:
Rat Pack members are not permitted to harass or "flame" other members. Please do not post or transmit any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, violate the rights of others, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law. Please note that this also includes the posting of taunts on a forum solely for the purpose of demeaning that forum's topic and/or members.
COPYRIGHTED OR TRADEMARKED MATERIAL:
It is illegal to post any content that is copyrighted or trademarked, unless you hold the copyright or trademark. Any material protected by copyright may not be posted in the message boards without the expressed permission of the author or owner of the copyright on that material. This includes reproducing the full text of news stories, articles, etc. It is acceptable to provide a link to copyrighted material, to post brief excerpts, or to paraphrase other works, though we do strongly encourage you to cite the original source whenever possible.
PIRACY OR UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES:
This community forum is a place for ideas and constructive participation, and not a place to violate any laws or to discuss illegal activities. This type of activity includes, but is not limited to, advocating or asking for information regarding software piracy or unauthorized emulators of software or hardware, sharing or distributing viruses, licenses, registration information, software keys, "cracks," or other information designed to do harm to or allow unlawful access to any computer hardware, software, networks, or any other systems. Please refrain from posting this kind of message.
SPAMMING:
Spamming, in which a user posts the same message repeatedly in one or multiple forums, is prohibited.
POSTING IMAGES:
Forum members are allowed to embed images in their messages by linking to an image that exists on another site or downloading it from their computer's harddrive. In addition to the copyright restrictions mentioned above, users should also refrain from embedding any images of a sexual or offensive nature. Any links to clearly offensive or pornographic materials will be removed immediately at the moderator's discretion.
POSTING LINKS:
Our policy on linking to other websites is pretty simple. Members may link to any other site that provides information that helps answer another member's question or is just of general interest to members of that particular forum. One of the most basic tenets of the Web is the open exchange of information, and the Rat Pack forum managers wholeheartedly support this type of exchange. Members may NOT link to sites which require registration or membership to view the content.
We won't allow people to use our site to promote other websites simply for the purpose to draw users. However, people are always welcome to link to any online resource in order to share useful information with fellow members.
SIGNATURES :: AVATARS :: USER TITLES
Avatars are available to present your personality and such to the public in every post you make. No political, social, religious, or other similar off topic signatures or avatars will be allowed.
BANNING:
Rat Pack International reserves the right at its sole discretion to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to any part of these forums. If you violate any of the rules stated in this document or any other service terms documents, a moderator will remove the offending message.
It is your responsibility to maintain a current, valid email address in the registration information so that we can contact you in the event of a policy violation. Any member who consistently and purposefully violates our policies will at the administrator's discretion, be denied access to these forums for a period of 1 to 30 days depending on the nature of the violation. Any member who refuses to comply with the policies of these forums will be banned permanently.
MANAGING USER CONTENT:
Members of these forums are solely responsible for all content that they post on our site. RPI shall have the right, but not the obligation, to correct any errors or omissions in any Content, as it may determine in its sole discretion. RPI further reserves the right to delete or remove any user content from the site and to deny the access of any member to all or part of this site, at any time for any reason without prior notice or liability.
PRIVATE MESSAGING:
While the topics may vary all RPI forum etiquette rules apply to private messaging. All rules that are broken via private messaging will be dealt with in the same fashion as if they were posted on the forum itself.
*If you have any further questions send a Private Message to any Admins currently online, they will field your questions or direct you to someone who can. Thanks for reading and enjoy RatPackInternational.com!