Post by Admin on Oct 10, 2013 11:47:04 GMT 9.5
Terms and Conditions of Membership for The Hobby Hove Message Board(s)
By accessing, using or signing up for our discussion boards or any other service, you indicate you agree to all terms.
Introduction
Welcome to The Hobby Hove. These Terms of Use govern the forums and help to make your experience an enjoyable and safe one.
We may update these terms from time to time. If we do, we will put the updated date at the bottom of the terms. Check in to regularly to see updates.
If you have any questions please contact one of our Admins/Moderators.
We cannot be responsible for member posts on our message board(s)--they happen in real-time. We don’t have any obligation to prescreen, edit, or remove any content that is posted by users through message board(s). But, we do have the right to prescreen, edit, remove content, and refuse to accept, remove or move any content posted to our message board.
We do our best to make sure everything runs properly.
Our only requirements are:
That you have a functioning email to register. This is purely for Admin to be able to contact you should you have dramas getting into our forum. It will also be handy to you for receiving notifications etc.
Users must be at least 14 years of age. If you are under 14 you need parental/guardian permission to participate in our message board(s). That’s not just us, it’s the law!
Everything you do on our forum is subject to these terms and conditions.
By becoming a member of these forums, you agree to the following:
1.) Posting:
Be respectful. Please, Post an Introduction in the Introductions Section.
1a.) Offensive Content:
You won’t post it. This includes profanities, nudity, racist comments/pictures etc. This WILL NOT be tolerated and will result in a warning.
Please remember there is a low age restriction on here, we are a family friendly forum.
Contact Admin should find anything inappropriate.
1b.) Profanity:
You won’t direct it at another user. Or yourself. There are filters in place for certain words, we are all human and we all drop a few "bombs" every now and again but directly swearing at another individual WILL NOT be tolerated and will result in a warning.
Should you find a word that should have a filter on it, please contact Admin.
1c.) Intellectual Property:
Don’t steal content. Period. See Pirates below.
1d.) Recruitment/Solicitation:
You won’t collect personal info of members for any reason other than for the purpose it is intended for. Members found posting or passing out other members personal information will be dealt with IMMEDIATELY.
1e.) Spamming:
Don’t spam. We will ban you. Simple.
1f.) Language:
Please post in English.
While we realize that the internet is global, our site is AUS based as are the majority of our users. English is the official world language and while we are respectful of the various cultures of individual users, we must be able to know the full content of each post to ensure that these rules and policies are not being violated. You may also post in your native language but you must post in English.
This protects us all, and cuts down on miscommunications caused by mistranslations.
Online translators are easily found, i.e.: www.translate.google.com
If you wish to converse with another user in your native languages, please feel free to do so via Private Message (PM).
1g.) No Threats Allowed:
Any member who THREATENS another member of this forum, in the public part of the Forum, or in the Private part, (Private Messages), will be immediately banned.
1h.) Links:
1. Do not link to pirate sites. If you are not certain about a site, send a PM to a Moderator, asking about the site in question.
2. Link to your blog, your pics, free sites and your poodles all you want. Communities are built on sharing.
3. If you want to share a purely commercial based link, send a PM or a private email.
2.) Behaviour:
Be respectful.
2a.) Identity Spoofing:
Be yourself and not someone else. Only you can use your account.
2b.) HaXor:
No computer hacking. You will be banned.
2c.) Multiple Accounts:
Our admins have a tough enough time keeping track of things as it is. Stick to one, please.
2d.) Forum Gangs:
Don’t start or participate in one.
2e.) Illicit Activity:
If it’s illicit, it doesn’t belong here.
2f.) Private Messages:
Don’t spam our members.
2g.) Board/Flame Wars:
Don’t engage in them. We will ban you.
2h.) Public Affection:
Don’t be overt… keep it in your… PM’s. PLEASE!
2i.) Personal information:
Don’t share your personal info—this is the Internet. Would you write your contact info on a bathroom stall?
2l.) Racial, sexual, or religious slurs:
Never, ever. Don’t do it. You will be banned.
2m.) Pirates:
Will be banned with extreme prejudice. See Warez. See Haxor.
3.) Content Copyright:
Your posts are yours, but when you post, they become content. They will not be deleted, so please think about what you post before you post.
3a.) Content Distribution:
Share and share alike.
3b.) Stolen Work:
If you think someone has stolen/copied your work without your permission then let us know. To help prevent this, it's a good idea to watermark your pictures (Of your own work!)
4.) Advertising:
We’re here to build a hobbying commumity, not read ads. Please don’t. Pointing out where you can find a particular tool or model kit is another matter. Just use common sense.
4a.) Unauthorized Marketing:
Spam will be extinguished with extreme prejudice. See above.
If you want to advertise legitimately, ask us!
5.) Personal Responsibilities:
We are all respectful here so please act like it, because this is a FAMILY FORUM.
5a.) Unauthorized Access:
Don’t be a hacker or spammer or pirate. We will ban you.
5b.) Cooperation:
Let us know and we will do what we can to help.
6.) Disclaimer:
We can’t possibly see everything, be everywhere or fix everything.
6a.) Disclosure:
If the government wants something, they can get it.
6b.) Neutrality:
We endorse no posts or topics.
6c.) No Guarantee(s)
We do the best we can.
6d.) Experts Advice:
We do not claim to be authoritative. Any members who claim to be "expert" is saying so of their own accord. We have no solid proof of this.
6e.) Loss:
We are not responsible for any damages or problems you might have by using our site. However we will endeavor to help rectify the situation promptly.
7.) Violations:
If you ignore or don’t follow the terms, you will be warned and you might be banned.
8.) Right of Community Management:
We can and probably will ban trolls on sight. Spammers and Pirates will be banned on smell.
9.) Age requirements:
While this is a family friendly site, we can’t guarantee everything. See Disclaimer, above. Users must be at least 14 years of age. If you are between 14 and 18 you need parental/guardian permission to participate in our message board(s). That’s not just us, it’s the law!
11.) Downloads Section:
The Downloads section of this forum is chock full of free tutorials that have been donated by our very talented designers and members. A GREAT DEAL of hard work goes into making these tutorials; and as such they are considered intellectual property.
What this means is that the designers have a reasonable right to some protection of their work against piracy. Like it or not, there are people out there who will steal other’s work and sell it as their own. See “Pirates” above.
To this end, it is the policy of this forum that in order to weed out possible pirates and, to be frank, freeloaders looking for something for nothing. Thus, we require our new members to have a post count above ten (10) substantial posts and an account age of Four weeks before this section will be available.
This is a community based on sharing, not taking.
Your initial posts should reflect this. Starting multiple posts just to get your post count up (i.e.: posting 1, 2, 3, 4, ect) isn’t going to cut it.
We have moderators that actively monitor new posts and will squash this behavior quickly. When caught, you will be given ONE warning. Your posts will be deleted and your post count reset. Your forum rights will be revoked for 72 hours and you will have to start over again. If you repeat this pattern, we will ban you by user name and IP address.
We’re looking for active participation in this community.
What is active participation? Ask questions. Comment on threads. Get involved. It’s not that difficult, and builds the community.
Thank you for your cooperation.
__________________
The Hobby Hove Admin Team
By accessing, using or signing up for our discussion boards or any other service, you indicate you agree to all terms.
Introduction
Welcome to The Hobby Hove. These Terms of Use govern the forums and help to make your experience an enjoyable and safe one.
We may update these terms from time to time. If we do, we will put the updated date at the bottom of the terms. Check in to regularly to see updates.
If you have any questions please contact one of our Admins/Moderators.
We cannot be responsible for member posts on our message board(s)--they happen in real-time. We don’t have any obligation to prescreen, edit, or remove any content that is posted by users through message board(s). But, we do have the right to prescreen, edit, remove content, and refuse to accept, remove or move any content posted to our message board.
We do our best to make sure everything runs properly.
Our only requirements are:
That you have a functioning email to register. This is purely for Admin to be able to contact you should you have dramas getting into our forum. It will also be handy to you for receiving notifications etc.
Users must be at least 14 years of age. If you are under 14 you need parental/guardian permission to participate in our message board(s). That’s not just us, it’s the law!
Everything you do on our forum is subject to these terms and conditions.
By becoming a member of these forums, you agree to the following:
1.) Posting:
Be respectful. Please, Post an Introduction in the Introductions Section.
1a.) Offensive Content:
You won’t post it. This includes profanities, nudity, racist comments/pictures etc. This WILL NOT be tolerated and will result in a warning.
Please remember there is a low age restriction on here, we are a family friendly forum.
Contact Admin should find anything inappropriate.
1b.) Profanity:
You won’t direct it at another user. Or yourself. There are filters in place for certain words, we are all human and we all drop a few "bombs" every now and again but directly swearing at another individual WILL NOT be tolerated and will result in a warning.
Should you find a word that should have a filter on it, please contact Admin.
1c.) Intellectual Property:
Don’t steal content. Period. See Pirates below.
1d.) Recruitment/Solicitation:
You won’t collect personal info of members for any reason other than for the purpose it is intended for. Members found posting or passing out other members personal information will be dealt with IMMEDIATELY.
1e.) Spamming:
Don’t spam. We will ban you. Simple.
1f.) Language:
Please post in English.
While we realize that the internet is global, our site is AUS based as are the majority of our users. English is the official world language and while we are respectful of the various cultures of individual users, we must be able to know the full content of each post to ensure that these rules and policies are not being violated. You may also post in your native language but you must post in English.
This protects us all, and cuts down on miscommunications caused by mistranslations.
Online translators are easily found, i.e.: www.translate.google.com
If you wish to converse with another user in your native languages, please feel free to do so via Private Message (PM).
1g.) No Threats Allowed:
Any member who THREATENS another member of this forum, in the public part of the Forum, or in the Private part, (Private Messages), will be immediately banned.
1h.) Links:
1. Do not link to pirate sites. If you are not certain about a site, send a PM to a Moderator, asking about the site in question.
2. Link to your blog, your pics, free sites and your poodles all you want. Communities are built on sharing.
3. If you want to share a purely commercial based link, send a PM or a private email.
2.) Behaviour:
Be respectful.
2a.) Identity Spoofing:
Be yourself and not someone else. Only you can use your account.
2b.) HaXor:
No computer hacking. You will be banned.
2c.) Multiple Accounts:
Our admins have a tough enough time keeping track of things as it is. Stick to one, please.
2d.) Forum Gangs:
Don’t start or participate in one.
2e.) Illicit Activity:
If it’s illicit, it doesn’t belong here.
2f.) Private Messages:
Don’t spam our members.
2g.) Board/Flame Wars:
Don’t engage in them. We will ban you.
2h.) Public Affection:
Don’t be overt… keep it in your… PM’s. PLEASE!
2i.) Personal information:
Don’t share your personal info—this is the Internet. Would you write your contact info on a bathroom stall?
2l.) Racial, sexual, or religious slurs:
Never, ever. Don’t do it. You will be banned.
2m.) Pirates:
Will be banned with extreme prejudice. See Warez. See Haxor.
3.) Content Copyright:
Your posts are yours, but when you post, they become content. They will not be deleted, so please think about what you post before you post.
3a.) Content Distribution:
Share and share alike.
3b.) Stolen Work:
If you think someone has stolen/copied your work without your permission then let us know. To help prevent this, it's a good idea to watermark your pictures (Of your own work!)
4.) Advertising:
We’re here to build a hobbying commumity, not read ads. Please don’t. Pointing out where you can find a particular tool or model kit is another matter. Just use common sense.
4a.) Unauthorized Marketing:
Spam will be extinguished with extreme prejudice. See above.
If you want to advertise legitimately, ask us!
5.) Personal Responsibilities:
We are all respectful here so please act like it, because this is a FAMILY FORUM.
5a.) Unauthorized Access:
Don’t be a hacker or spammer or pirate. We will ban you.
5b.) Cooperation:
Let us know and we will do what we can to help.
6.) Disclaimer:
We can’t possibly see everything, be everywhere or fix everything.
6a.) Disclosure:
If the government wants something, they can get it.
6b.) Neutrality:
We endorse no posts or topics.
6c.) No Guarantee(s)
We do the best we can.
6d.) Experts Advice:
We do not claim to be authoritative. Any members who claim to be "expert" is saying so of their own accord. We have no solid proof of this.
6e.) Loss:
We are not responsible for any damages or problems you might have by using our site. However we will endeavor to help rectify the situation promptly.
7.) Violations:
If you ignore or don’t follow the terms, you will be warned and you might be banned.
8.) Right of Community Management:
We can and probably will ban trolls on sight. Spammers and Pirates will be banned on smell.
9.) Age requirements:
While this is a family friendly site, we can’t guarantee everything. See Disclaimer, above. Users must be at least 14 years of age. If you are between 14 and 18 you need parental/guardian permission to participate in our message board(s). That’s not just us, it’s the law!
11.) Downloads Section:
The Downloads section of this forum is chock full of free tutorials that have been donated by our very talented designers and members. A GREAT DEAL of hard work goes into making these tutorials; and as such they are considered intellectual property.
What this means is that the designers have a reasonable right to some protection of their work against piracy. Like it or not, there are people out there who will steal other’s work and sell it as their own. See “Pirates” above.
To this end, it is the policy of this forum that in order to weed out possible pirates and, to be frank, freeloaders looking for something for nothing. Thus, we require our new members to have a post count above ten (10) substantial posts and an account age of Four weeks before this section will be available.
This is a community based on sharing, not taking.
Your initial posts should reflect this. Starting multiple posts just to get your post count up (i.e.: posting 1, 2, 3, 4, ect) isn’t going to cut it.
We have moderators that actively monitor new posts and will squash this behavior quickly. When caught, you will be given ONE warning. Your posts will be deleted and your post count reset. Your forum rights will be revoked for 72 hours and you will have to start over again. If you repeat this pattern, we will ban you by user name and IP address.
We’re looking for active participation in this community.
What is active participation? Ask questions. Comment on threads. Get involved. It’s not that difficult, and builds the community.
Thank you for your cooperation.
__________________
The Hobby Hove Admin Team
