Post by Lee on Mar 12, 2009 15:25:48 GMT
To ensure an enjoyable forum, a few simple rules are now in place.
Forum menaces:
Whiners/complainers and tormenting trouble causers (including karma abusers)
This type of behaviour will no longer be tolerated.
Constructive criticism by pm to the mod team..yes, but publicly pinning the blame for anything and everything onto the mods/admin and picking holes in the way the site is run....No!
If the mod team think you are more effort than you are worth...we will just delete your account. There are too many good people on here.
Those moderating the site have real jobs/real families and real commitments outside of the forum..we are not here to justify our every action or to tailor the forums software to your every whim
we just want to talk about bikes 
A new warning+timeout system is coming into play..
Should you breach these rules or become a menace, normally, you will be given a warning at 50%. This warning will remain in effect for a month. Should you re-offend in that month, your account will be disabled for a month.
Following the suspension, your account will become active again BUT your 50% warning will remain for another month. If there are no further causes for concern, then following this period the warning will be removed.
If you have personal issues with another member then deal with it by PM, not on the open forum. We trust that this will allow the forum to remain a decent place for all the users to come and discuss the wonderful world of motorcycling!
PM's must not be posted on the forum without the authors permission, anyone caught doing so will be suspended.
When posts are reported to us because they are deemed offensive / bad for the site etc, we have a duty to act upon it. The post/thread will be removed and put into the mods area for discussion.
If this happens,
Please DO NOT start threads along the lines of "WHY HAS SUCH-AND-SUCH A THREAD/POST BEEN DELETED?" or "IVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS SITE" or "WHAT ABOUT MY FREE SPEECH?"
Your thread or post has been removed or locked for a reason which, if you ask privately you will have explained to you.
Remember, free speech only goes so far. If your post could arguably cause a breach of the peace, racial hatred or incite violence/terrorism etc... its breaking the law. So dont give us all that "I know my rights guff" cos we wont buy it.
Please don not create second or "gimmick" accounts. Mods will delete both accounts if you do.
There is a facility to edit and delete your own posts, this facility should not be over used. If you repeatedly delete masses of your own posts, it makes threads unstructured and unbalanced. The mod team have agreed to deter post deleters by deleting ALL of their posts when this happens.
Please do not makes posts asking us to vote for you on some website, give you referrals for free merchandise of any kind or, any other semi-spam things.
Don't screw up the forums or any user on the forums. If you post a malicious link (any URL with spy ware or code designed to annoy people) you will be banned.
Do not vote spam on a poll thread with your friends because you don't like the person who posted it; this makes the voting feature useless.
The same goes for misuse of the karma facility. Karma is for the general use of the forum users. If the site log shows the administrator that you are repeatedly logging in every hour to hammer someone you dislike, or to bump your mates karma, This will be classed as abuse.
Stay on Target: Try to use the appropriate thread tag for your post.
This helps people find your thread and makes the forums more user friendly.
Respect the Moderators and Writers: The moderators are here to keep the forums safe, sane, and secure. If they ask you to do something, please do it. Please do not harass or intentionally annoy the moderators or insult the front page writers. If you do not like the moderators or the moderation, feel free to not post here.
Harassment:
If somebody is harassing you on the forums then discuss it with them over PM or email before contacting a mod about it. Please do not post others' personal information (phone number, addresses, emails, etc.). Try to stay out of other peoples' personal lives as well. Keep in mind there's a good distinction between the Internet and real life.
Accountability:
Only one person may use a forum account. Account sharing is a banning offence, so please keep your password secure.
Loop holing:
Please do not try to cleverly circumvent some rule listed here. These rules are general guidelines and are very flexible.
Small print.....
Disclaimer:
If you disagree with any part of this disclaimer, please do not use or view any part of the website or associated forum.
The views expressed on the Teesside biker’s forum are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Teesside bikers, its web/forum providers, affiliates or sponsors.
Teesside bikers, its owner, staff, affiliates and sponsors do not certify, endorse, or verify the contents of any communication posted to these message boards.
The administration team reserve the right to remove any postings from this forum at its discretion; this reservation creates no affirmative duty by the staff of Teesside bikers, its affiliates, web/forum providers or sponsors and failure to exercise this power shall not subject any of these parties to any liability of any sort.
This info details our obligations to you regarding our website.
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**THERE HAS BEEN RECENT INCIDENTS OF MEMBERS POSTING PHOTOGRAPHS OF NAKED WOMEN.
THIS IS NOT PERMITTED. NO GENETALIA OR PHOTOGRAPHS THAT SUGGEST SEXUAL ACTS ARE PERMITTED.
USE THE SAME RULES AS IF YOU WERE POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. THOSE REOFFENDING WILL BE BANNED.
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The Teesside Bikers forum owners, administrators, moderators, rideout or event organisers cannot accept liability for any accident or loss, on any event or ride organised within this forum or associated media. Please make sure your bike is in a roadworthy legal condition, that you ride to your destination at your own pace, pay attention to the roads and what other riders are doing, and be wary of who you ride to and from your destination with. This forum is a medium for arranging rideouts, events and other occasions. It is also worth noting again that any advice voiced anywhere within the forums are used entirely at your own discretion.
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This Legal Notice shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Any dispute(s) arising in connection with this Legal Notice are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of England and Wales.
Remember, if you do not agree to all of this and you are easily offended, feel free to not use or read any part of the Teesside biker’s website and its associated forum.
Please refrain from any other form of communication regarding complaints/ legal action. If you haven’t bothered to read this disclaimer, continue reading items that you dislike, and then insist on crying to someone we suggest you call the Samaritans. Leave the admin team out of it, we’re really not interested.
By creating your account, or by joining a rideout, you agree to all of the above.
If you post and subsequently fail to adhere to the above (and the matter cannot be resolved with the mod team) your account will be deleted and your username/ip address/email address will be banned.
Forum menaces:
Whiners/complainers and tormenting trouble causers (including karma abusers)
This type of behaviour will no longer be tolerated.
Constructive criticism by pm to the mod team..yes, but publicly pinning the blame for anything and everything onto the mods/admin and picking holes in the way the site is run....No!
If the mod team think you are more effort than you are worth...we will just delete your account. There are too many good people on here.
Those moderating the site have real jobs/real families and real commitments outside of the forum..we are not here to justify our every action or to tailor the forums software to your every whim
we just want to talk about bikes 
A new warning+timeout system is coming into play..
Should you breach these rules or become a menace, normally, you will be given a warning at 50%. This warning will remain in effect for a month. Should you re-offend in that month, your account will be disabled for a month.
Following the suspension, your account will become active again BUT your 50% warning will remain for another month. If there are no further causes for concern, then following this period the warning will be removed.
If you have personal issues with another member then deal with it by PM, not on the open forum. We trust that this will allow the forum to remain a decent place for all the users to come and discuss the wonderful world of motorcycling!
PM's must not be posted on the forum without the authors permission, anyone caught doing so will be suspended.
When posts are reported to us because they are deemed offensive / bad for the site etc, we have a duty to act upon it. The post/thread will be removed and put into the mods area for discussion.
If this happens,
Please DO NOT start threads along the lines of "WHY HAS SUCH-AND-SUCH A THREAD/POST BEEN DELETED?" or "IVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS SITE" or "WHAT ABOUT MY FREE SPEECH?"
Your thread or post has been removed or locked for a reason which, if you ask privately you will have explained to you.
Remember, free speech only goes so far. If your post could arguably cause a breach of the peace, racial hatred or incite violence/terrorism etc... its breaking the law. So dont give us all that "I know my rights guff" cos we wont buy it.
Please don not create second or "gimmick" accounts. Mods will delete both accounts if you do.
There is a facility to edit and delete your own posts, this facility should not be over used. If you repeatedly delete masses of your own posts, it makes threads unstructured and unbalanced. The mod team have agreed to deter post deleters by deleting ALL of their posts when this happens.
Please do not makes posts asking us to vote for you on some website, give you referrals for free merchandise of any kind or, any other semi-spam things.
Don't screw up the forums or any user on the forums. If you post a malicious link (any URL with spy ware or code designed to annoy people) you will be banned.
Do not vote spam on a poll thread with your friends because you don't like the person who posted it; this makes the voting feature useless.
The same goes for misuse of the karma facility. Karma is for the general use of the forum users. If the site log shows the administrator that you are repeatedly logging in every hour to hammer someone you dislike, or to bump your mates karma, This will be classed as abuse.
Stay on Target: Try to use the appropriate thread tag for your post.
This helps people find your thread and makes the forums more user friendly.
Respect the Moderators and Writers: The moderators are here to keep the forums safe, sane, and secure. If they ask you to do something, please do it. Please do not harass or intentionally annoy the moderators or insult the front page writers. If you do not like the moderators or the moderation, feel free to not post here.
Harassment:
If somebody is harassing you on the forums then discuss it with them over PM or email before contacting a mod about it. Please do not post others' personal information (phone number, addresses, emails, etc.). Try to stay out of other peoples' personal lives as well. Keep in mind there's a good distinction between the Internet and real life.
Accountability:
Only one person may use a forum account. Account sharing is a banning offence, so please keep your password secure.
Loop holing:
Please do not try to cleverly circumvent some rule listed here. These rules are general guidelines and are very flexible.
Small print.....
Disclaimer:
If you disagree with any part of this disclaimer, please do not use or view any part of the website or associated forum.
The views expressed on the Teesside biker’s forum are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Teesside bikers, its web/forum providers, affiliates or sponsors.
Teesside bikers, its owner, staff, affiliates and sponsors do not certify, endorse, or verify the contents of any communication posted to these message boards.
The administration team reserve the right to remove any postings from this forum at its discretion; this reservation creates no affirmative duty by the staff of Teesside bikers, its affiliates, web/forum providers or sponsors and failure to exercise this power shall not subject any of these parties to any liability of any sort.
This info details our obligations to you regarding our website.
This disclaimer has been provided and approved by legal forms provider LegalCentre.co.uk. Please read this disclaimer in full before you use this Website. Using the Website implies that you accept the terms of this disclaimer. We do occasionally update this disclaimer so please refer back to them in the future.
1. USE OF WEBSITE
1.1 You are permitted to use our website for your own purposes and to print and download material from this Website provided that you do not modify any content without our consent. Material on this website must not be republished online or offline without our permission.
1.2 The copyright and other intellectual property rights in all material on this Website are owned by us or our licensors and must not be reproduced without our prior consent.
1.3 Subject to paragraph 1.1, no part of this Website may be reproduced without our prior written permission.
2. VISITOR CONDUCT
2.1 With the exception of personally identifiable information, the use of which is covered under our Privacy Policy any material you send or post to this Website shall be considered non-proprietary and not confidential. Unless you advise to the contrary we will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use such material for any and all purposes.
2.2 When using this website you shall not post or send to or from this Website any material for which you have not obtained all necessary consents, is discriminatory, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, liable to incite racial hatred, in breach of confidentiality or privacy, which may cause annoyance or inconvenience to others, which encourages or constitutes conduct that would be deemed a criminal offence, give rise to a civil liability, or otherwise is contrary to the law in the United Kingdom.
**THERE HAS BEEN RECENT INCIDENTS OF MEMBERS POSTING PHOTOGRAPHS OF NAKED WOMEN.
THIS IS NOT PERMITTED. NO GENETALIA OR PHOTOGRAPHS THAT SUGGEST SEXUAL ACTS ARE PERMITTED.
USE THE SAME RULES AS IF YOU WERE POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. THOSE REOFFENDING WILL BE BANNED.
3. SITE UPTIME
3.1 We take all reasonable steps to ensure that this Website is available 24 hours every day, 365 days per year. However, websites do sometimes encounter downtime due to server and/or other technical issues. Therefore we will not be liable if this website is unavailable at any time.
4. LINKS TO AND FROM OTHER WEBSITES
4.1(a) Any links to third party websites located on this Website are provided for your convenience only. We have not reviewed each third party website and have no responsibility for such third party websites or their content.
4.1(b) Links in signatures are permitted to charity organisations, but you are not allowed to create links to yours or any other persons business (including sponsors) links to your personal blogs are permitted though. If in doubt, please consult the admin team. Likewise, links of large photographs or banners are not permitted in signatures either.
4.2 If you would like to link to this Website, you may only do so on the basis that you link to, but do not replicate, any page on this Website and you do not in any way imply that we are endorsing any services or products unless this has been specifically agreed with us.
4.3 If you choose to link to our website in breach of Paragraph 4.2 you shall fully indemnify us for any loss or damage suffered as a result of your actions.
5. EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
5.1 We take all reasonable steps to ensure that the information on this Website is correct. However, we do not guarantee the correctness or completeness of material on this Website. Neither we nor any other party (whether or not involved in producing, maintaining or delivering this Website), shall be liability or responsible for any kind of loss or damage that may result to you or a third party as a result of your or their use of our website. This exclusion shall include servicing or repair costs and, without limitation, any other direct, indirect or consequential loss.
5.2 Rideout: Exclusion Of Liability
The Teesside Bikers forum owners, administrators, moderators, rideout or event organisers cannot accept liability for any accident or loss, on any event or ride organised within this forum or associated media. Please make sure your bike is in a roadworthy legal condition, that you ride to your destination at your own pace, pay attention to the roads and what other riders are doing, and be wary of who you ride to and from your destination with. This forum is a medium for arranging rideouts, events and other occasions. It is also worth noting again that any advice voiced anywhere within the forums are used entirely at your own discretion.
6. LAW AND JURISDICTION
This Legal Notice shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Any dispute(s) arising in connection with this Legal Notice are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of England and Wales.
Remember, if you do not agree to all of this and you are easily offended, feel free to not use or read any part of the Teesside biker’s website and its associated forum.
Please refrain from any other form of communication regarding complaints/ legal action. If you haven’t bothered to read this disclaimer, continue reading items that you dislike, and then insist on crying to someone we suggest you call the Samaritans. Leave the admin team out of it, we’re really not interested.
By creating your account, or by joining a rideout, you agree to all of the above.
If you post and subsequently fail to adhere to the above (and the matter cannot be resolved with the mod team) your account will be deleted and your username/ip address/email address will be banned.