In order to prevent automated editing of old posts to insert spam, I have set the time limit on editing posts to 7 days. I also updated the forum rules and some new infractions, with the changes in red. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The primary purpose of the Maverick/Comet Forum is for discussions about 1970 -1979 Mavericks and 1971-1977 Comets. Unlike other Internet forums, this community is not a place for the following: 1) vulgar behavior, 2) personal attacks, 3) general immaturity. This forum is based on mutual respect and tolerance of others and others’ opinions. Disrespectful behavior will not be tolerated on the Maverick/Comet Forum and member must comply with the Forum’s rules: Forum Rules All forum posts and personal messages (PMs) are to be friendly in nature and are to contain no cursing. Do not post messages or PMs that insult, threaten, harass, intimidate or belittle other members. Do not post messages, PMs, signatures, user titles with the sole intent of starting a dispute. Do not insult or attack another member because they do not agree with your opinion. Do not respond to an insult and/or a personal attack with another insult and/or personal attack. (Report any insult or attack to a moderator immediately by clicking on the report post icon ). No adult content (posts, PMs, images, video, etc) is allowed. Political and religious discussions are not allowed. Spamming or excessively promoting a product, service or website through the forum or unsolicited PMs is not allowed. You may only have one account. Sharing your account with someone else and/or creating multiple/alternate accounts is forbidden. When buying/selling items on the forum, the classified rules must be adhered to at all times. Failure to comply with these rules may result in the loss of forum privileges or being permanently banned from the forums. It is your responsibility to be aware of the forums rules. Forum Infractions An infraction system has been set up to deal with rule violations. Each infraction contains a certain amount of points which is added to a member’s profile. Once a member accumulates a certain level of points, they will lose forum privileges. Infractions will be issued at the sole discretion of the moderators and are not up for discussion and cannot be reversed. Receiving an infraction will leave a permanent mark on a member’s profile, which can only be seen by the member and the moderators. Depending on the infraction, some points will expire over time while others will not. Any major breach of forum rules will result in a permanent ban. Infractions with points that expire (1 point each, expires after 30 days) Inappropriate language Thread jacking (posting messages that are not relevant to a thread topic) Classifieds violation Needlessly digging up old posts and generally wasting bandwidth Signature/user title violation Infractions with points that don’t expire (1 point each, does not expire) Disrespecting/bullying another member Posting inappropriate content or link Temporary Ban (10 points, expires after 30 days) Sending unsolicited / abusive PMs Trolling (provoking others, being obnoxious) Insubordination (disobeying/rebelling against the moderators) Excessive advertisement/self promotion Account sharing Permanent Ban (20 points, never expires) SPAM (unwanted posts/PMs) Multiple active accounts (Not applicable to members who create a new account and no longer use their old one) Creating another account after being banned Attempting to hack the forums or gain access to another member's account Behavior detrimental to the forum (Having a negative influence on the forum) More than one infraction may be issued for a rule violation. Once a member receives 10 points, they will be banned from participating on the forum. If the points associated with the ban expire, the member will be allowed participate on the forum again, once their point level falls below 10. If a member receives 10 points that do not expire, they are permanently banned. Creating another account is forbidden, and if discovered, the account will be banned as well.
I don't understand this one: Account sharing Why would two or more people share an account? Has this been a problem in the past?
Even though it doesn't happen much, periodically, my wife logs in on my computer under user name Anna. Will it trigger some sort of automatic flag, appearing as if I am logging in under a different account? She has a legitimate account, but only uses it maybe once or twice a year, following some rant that I may have started. Just want to make sure someone or something doesn't assume that I am using two accounts. I have a laptop I keep open on the kitchen bar, used for facebook, Mav forum, checking email, etc. We both use it, as well as anyone else that visits the house needing internet access. Yes, I AM a computer nerd.
What if I'm at my office, and that has a different ip address than my home.? Does that make any difference?
