Rotorg33k Australia

General

Please check here from time to time as rules may be updated from time to time according to the forum's needs. It is your responsibility to ensure you are familiar with the forum's rules.

If you only read one rule, read this one:
* Common sense - If you think something could be inappropriate, it probably is. If you think a comment might inflame a topic or cause insult to someone else, it probably will. So don't. Most sections of this forum are publicly displayed, so if you don't want your comments to come back and haunt you, don't put it up - simple.

Usernames & Accounts

* Members may only have one user name.

* You must not post under more than one username.

* You must not create accounts for other people.

* You must not allow other people to post from your account. The Administrators and Moderators of ROTORG33K.COM reserve the right to assume that if a banned user posts from your account, you and that user are the same person, and will deal with your account accordingly.

* You must not use any technique to obscure your true identity from other forum users and the forum administrators and moderators of ROTORG33K.COM. Access to this forum from proxies and tunnels is prohibited.

* Posting under multiple usernames is dishonest.The Administrators and Moderators of ROTORG33K.COM reserve the right to ban users who surreptitiously create additional accounts, or use the forum in a way which obscures the true person posting information on the forum.

Posting

* Respect others. You are encouraged to voice your opinions, but exercise restraint, tolerance and respect. Posts that are abusive, hateful or intolerant of the differences of others may result in removal of material, warnings or partial or whole removal of posting privileges.

* Members should remember that this board is aimed at a general audience. Posting pornographic or generally offensive text, images, links, or pictures of a sexual nature, depictions of graphic violence or gore etc. will not be tolerated. If you think it might be offensive or might be inappropriate for a work environment, err on the side of caution and do not post it.

* You must not post defamatory material. Defamation includes anything you post that contains an imputation that might damage the reputation of another person. Defamatory material posted on the forum reflects negatively on the forum and the rotary community in general and will be removed without notice. We take no responsibility for defamatory material and we reserve the right to assist those who have complaints about such material to take action directly against the person responsible.

If you have a complaint about material published on this forum, please notify an Administrator or Moderator of ROTORG33K.COM immediately.

* Posts are to be made in the relevant forum. Post in the correct section. Do not post in more than one section. Stay on topic. Keep personal comments or discussions to email, PM or chat rooms. Repeated abuse will lead to action being taken against a member.

* No Post Whoring. Posts that do not add anything to the topic being discussed and that are made in an attempt to increase post counts will not be tolerated by us or your fellow members.

* Members must respect copyright. Any material reproduced on this forum, either by directly posting or hyperlinking must carry full attribution - author, publisher, date, link. If you post information off other forums/blogs/websites, you must credit the original author and the forum/blog/website source.

* No Spam. No tolerance. You will be banned indefinitely for spamming.

* ROTORG33K.COM is not a general classified ad site; please do not post for sale ads for your used car (unless it's one of the allowed types), mobile phone or your used furniture, etc. These types of ads will be removed. See the For Sale rules for more.

* Please include a descriptive subject for your thread. People shouldn't have to open the thread to find out what the topic is!

* Search. ROTORG33K.COM has a very useful search feature if used correctly. Many questions that new members might have will already have been answered - we recommend that you do a search first before posting a question. Hints for searching can be here.

Avatars & Signature Images

* Content: Avatars and signature images will appear in every forum in which you post. Because it may be difficult for other users to avoid seeing your avatar or signature, these images are subject to much tighter restrictions than images embedded into a single post. All avatars and signature images must be suitable for viewing in an office or family environment. This means no images of a sexually suggestive nature, and no images that are generally offensive or disturbing (such as depictions of violence or gore). Please note that an image does not have to be explicitly revealing to be of a sexually suggestive nature. Prohibited images include bikini pics, lingerie shots, or any photo focusing inappropriately on body parts. Our moderators frequently view these forums from work environments and any image which we feel uncomfortable viewing at work will be removed.

* Image sizes: Avatars are limited to a maximum size of 60 pixels wide by 60 pixels high, and a maximum filesize of 8 MB.
Moderators will remove (or ask you to remove) any image which does not meet the above guidelines. If you become a repeat offender, your ability to display an avatar at all may be removed. Images of a pornographic nature will also result in you being suspended from the forums.

Private Messaging

* The above forum rules also apply to private messaging, where applicable. Abuse of the private messaging system may lead to warnings or partial or whole removal of posting privileges.

Moderation Practices

* The ROTORG33K.COM moderators try to be fair and consistent. Generally, moderation is invisible and if you don't see any moderation that means everything is running smoothly. If you do see a moderator intervene it is because things have gotten out of hand. When we intervene we take a broad-brush approach and it is possible that posts that were a mixture of allowed and disallowed content may be deleted.

* Members must not act as 'back seat moderators'. Members are requested to bring issues of non-compliance etc to a moderator by PM. The moderators donate their time to the forum as volunteers so please do not abuse their good nature by raising trivial issues

Deletion of posts and threads

* If we (the moderators) delete a thread, we will usually inform the thread starter unless it is obvious that the thread was started in violation of the forum rules.
* If we delete posts within a thread we will generally not inform the users whose posts were deleted as it is too time consuming.

Warnings and Bans

* Members who contravene any of the rules as stated above may be warned. What happens after a first warning is IF a moderator or admin gives you a 2nd warning, you get banned for a week. Then, IF you get a 3rd warning you get banned for a month. Then, if you get a 4th warning, your account is locked.

* Serious breaches may result in instant permanent bans.

* If you are banned, you cannot re-register, changing IP addresses to evade an IP ban or registering a new email account to evade an email ban. Circumvention also includes posting using another member's account to post from while banned or an existing user posting on your behalf. If we discover a banned user is using a non-banned user's account, we may ban both users. Any attempt to do any of these things will result in an instant, permanent ban.

We appreciate your co-operation.

The ROTORG33K.COM team.