Bumper
10-25-2008, 05:23 AM
In order to keep the forums running well and to prevent problems, I hope each of you will take a minute and read these rules. They are meant to reduce the amount of discord that is present in so many other forums and detracts from the purpose and value of the forum itself.
Every member is expected to follow the forum rules to participate. Where they are open to interpretation, the forum Administrator and/or Moderators will make the interpretation. If there are any questions regarding these rules, please feel free to contact any of the forum staff.
General Rules:
1. Threads and posts should be related to the individual forum's focus.
2. While debating and discussion is fine, we will not tolerate rudeness, insulting posts, personal attacks or purposeless inflammatory posts or PMs. Trolling, flaming, and personal attacks are strictly prohibited. You are welcome to disagree with opinions other than your own, but flaming other members will not be allowed. If you can't figure out how to compose a post without it being confrontational or a personal attack on someone, simply bite your lip
and don't post it.
3. Each member is allowed one account. Multiple user account registrations for one individual are not permitted. We have tools designed to detect multiple accounts and, when discovered, we reserve the right to delete, revoke or merge any or all of these accounts, without further notice.
4. This forum is intended to be as "family friendly" as we can get it, but many of the topics here will, at times, evoke somewhat strong language. We ask each of you to keep your language clean, but are tolerant of mildly adult language. Creative workarounds (the use of special characters to replace some letters) on language are not allowed; if you can't say it with the correct spelling, you won't be allowed to use replacement characters. Violators of this rule will be warned twice; but with the "three strikes you're out" policy, the third offense will have their accounts permanently revoked. NOTE: Links to off site material are generally held to our community standard, as well.
5. We hope to attract female members to the forum for their unique perspective and experiences. They will not be subjected to sexual innuendo as a part of their membership. Be warned, there is zero tolerance regarding this particular rule.
6. We do not discriminate against other members in regards to religion, race, creed, gender, sexual preference, or national origin, nor will we tolerate, on this forum, those that do. Racial, ethnic, or religious slurs appearing in posts will be removed.
7. Multiple or repeated posting in order to increase your post count is not allowed. The posting of meaningless threads, one word (or short) nonsense posts, including links off-site the forum are assumed to be for that reason.
8. Spamming is not allowed and will result in having your account removed. This includes using the forum email and Private Message system to spam other members privately. Any member receiving this type of PM or email, should immediately notify forum staff.
9. While we have a full range of topics on conservative social issues (politics, religion, etc) we also know that these discussions often degenerate quickly. For this reason, we ask that you express yourself in such a way as to keep the "in your face" arguments at bay. If the discussions cross the line, the thread will be closed with an explanation. If you cannot maintain civility, we strongly encourage you to take these discussions to other forums where you may be able to get away with it.
10. While we have no problem with you mentioning another forum or posting an occasional link to a particular thread in another forum, we do not allow either blatant advertising or bashing other boards/forums. Those violating this rule are subject to having all previous links removed from this forum.
11. Those using, or attempting to use, an anonymous proxy to either register or access this forum will be banned, without notice, warning or discussion.
While these rules cover most common situations, we cannot anticipate everything. Consequently we reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure these forums are not disrupted or abused in any way. Posts that are contrary to the above policies or to the mission of ConservativeStronghold.com, or violate our community standards may be edited or deleted at our sole discretion. We're a private venture enabled by an all-volunteer staff and forum Administrators and/or Moderators shall make the final decision on what does/does not violate community standards.
Guidelines and Forum Restrictions
Picture Posting
Members are allowed (and encouraged) to post on topic pictures. It is preferred that you upload them here to prevent broken links resulting when the website hosting the pictures moves or removes them, but linking is allowable. Linked graphics will sometimes drastically slow down the loading of a thread/post. Please consider this when posting pictures. Threads with broken picture links will have the links removed as we come across them.
Avatars
Avatars must not be in poor taste, period. Avatars that are found to be in poor taste will be removed. A size restriction is set at 100x100 pixels, with a maximum size of 10k.
Signature Size Limits
All signatures may not exceed 150 characters. BB code is allowed, HTML code is not allowed. Graphics are also not allowed in signature lines.
Advertising
Member's selling individual personal items (non-commercial) is allowed in "Member Buy, Sell, Trade" forum. Buyer beware when buying something from someone you do not personally know. Please report any dishonest sale to staff.
Advertising, for paid sponsors only, is allowed in the "Sponsor Buy, Sell, Trade" forum.
We do not allow advertising to be embedded within the forum topics, in fairness to our paid sponsors, who help keep this forum operating. Simply mentioning a related business in the course of a thread is in no way restricted as long as it is relevant to the thread and would not be considered obtrusive. We would be happy to place a link to your business website in consideration of a reciprocal link. No other advertising will be allowed within the forum and, when found, will be removed.
Please PM or email CSBumper if you have any questions regarding this policy.
Links in Signatures
Linking to ONE commercial product/service is allowable, provided it is not an affiliate program link. Multiple site links or promotional text for a commercial product or service is not allowed. Signatures must be kept low key.
Member "Off Topic" Discussions forum
All threads and posts must be related to topic of the forum where they are posted. The Member "Off Topic" forum is where our members can post almost anything, as long as it does not violate ConservativeStronghold.com community standards. If you have comments or questions that are off topic or don't fit into any other forum, this is the place. Posts that get off topic in other threads may also be split and moved here or deleted.
A note on FREE SPEECH:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
The First Amendment is greatly respected here, as are all other Amendments. We are, however, a privately owned venture and as such, your freedom of speech does not grant you a right to post anything you may wish to say on this forum. These rules are a contract you agree to when you become a member of this forum and members are expected to adhere to them. Those who err cannot complain about censorship, or a perceived loss of first amendment rights. If you do not like our rules or feel you cannot follow them, seek out a new venue to frequent, or start your own.
If you feel you can abide by these rules, we hope that you join us on ConservativeStronghold.com. We invite you to share your expertise and enjoy the camaraderie.
Thank you,
ConservativeStronghold.com Staff
Every member is expected to follow the forum rules to participate. Where they are open to interpretation, the forum Administrator and/or Moderators will make the interpretation. If there are any questions regarding these rules, please feel free to contact any of the forum staff.
General Rules:
1. Threads and posts should be related to the individual forum's focus.
2. While debating and discussion is fine, we will not tolerate rudeness, insulting posts, personal attacks or purposeless inflammatory posts or PMs. Trolling, flaming, and personal attacks are strictly prohibited. You are welcome to disagree with opinions other than your own, but flaming other members will not be allowed. If you can't figure out how to compose a post without it being confrontational or a personal attack on someone, simply bite your lip
and don't post it.
3. Each member is allowed one account. Multiple user account registrations for one individual are not permitted. We have tools designed to detect multiple accounts and, when discovered, we reserve the right to delete, revoke or merge any or all of these accounts, without further notice.
4. This forum is intended to be as "family friendly" as we can get it, but many of the topics here will, at times, evoke somewhat strong language. We ask each of you to keep your language clean, but are tolerant of mildly adult language. Creative workarounds (the use of special characters to replace some letters) on language are not allowed; if you can't say it with the correct spelling, you won't be allowed to use replacement characters. Violators of this rule will be warned twice; but with the "three strikes you're out" policy, the third offense will have their accounts permanently revoked. NOTE: Links to off site material are generally held to our community standard, as well.
5. We hope to attract female members to the forum for their unique perspective and experiences. They will not be subjected to sexual innuendo as a part of their membership. Be warned, there is zero tolerance regarding this particular rule.
6. We do not discriminate against other members in regards to religion, race, creed, gender, sexual preference, or national origin, nor will we tolerate, on this forum, those that do. Racial, ethnic, or religious slurs appearing in posts will be removed.
7. Multiple or repeated posting in order to increase your post count is not allowed. The posting of meaningless threads, one word (or short) nonsense posts, including links off-site the forum are assumed to be for that reason.
8. Spamming is not allowed and will result in having your account removed. This includes using the forum email and Private Message system to spam other members privately. Any member receiving this type of PM or email, should immediately notify forum staff.
9. While we have a full range of topics on conservative social issues (politics, religion, etc) we also know that these discussions often degenerate quickly. For this reason, we ask that you express yourself in such a way as to keep the "in your face" arguments at bay. If the discussions cross the line, the thread will be closed with an explanation. If you cannot maintain civility, we strongly encourage you to take these discussions to other forums where you may be able to get away with it.
10. While we have no problem with you mentioning another forum or posting an occasional link to a particular thread in another forum, we do not allow either blatant advertising or bashing other boards/forums. Those violating this rule are subject to having all previous links removed from this forum.
11. Those using, or attempting to use, an anonymous proxy to either register or access this forum will be banned, without notice, warning or discussion.
While these rules cover most common situations, we cannot anticipate everything. Consequently we reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure these forums are not disrupted or abused in any way. Posts that are contrary to the above policies or to the mission of ConservativeStronghold.com, or violate our community standards may be edited or deleted at our sole discretion. We're a private venture enabled by an all-volunteer staff and forum Administrators and/or Moderators shall make the final decision on what does/does not violate community standards.
Guidelines and Forum Restrictions
Picture Posting
Members are allowed (and encouraged) to post on topic pictures. It is preferred that you upload them here to prevent broken links resulting when the website hosting the pictures moves or removes them, but linking is allowable. Linked graphics will sometimes drastically slow down the loading of a thread/post. Please consider this when posting pictures. Threads with broken picture links will have the links removed as we come across them.
Avatars
Avatars must not be in poor taste, period. Avatars that are found to be in poor taste will be removed. A size restriction is set at 100x100 pixels, with a maximum size of 10k.
Signature Size Limits
All signatures may not exceed 150 characters. BB code is allowed, HTML code is not allowed. Graphics are also not allowed in signature lines.
Advertising
Member's selling individual personal items (non-commercial) is allowed in "Member Buy, Sell, Trade" forum. Buyer beware when buying something from someone you do not personally know. Please report any dishonest sale to staff.
Advertising, for paid sponsors only, is allowed in the "Sponsor Buy, Sell, Trade" forum.
We do not allow advertising to be embedded within the forum topics, in fairness to our paid sponsors, who help keep this forum operating. Simply mentioning a related business in the course of a thread is in no way restricted as long as it is relevant to the thread and would not be considered obtrusive. We would be happy to place a link to your business website in consideration of a reciprocal link. No other advertising will be allowed within the forum and, when found, will be removed.
Please PM or email CSBumper if you have any questions regarding this policy.
Links in Signatures
Linking to ONE commercial product/service is allowable, provided it is not an affiliate program link. Multiple site links or promotional text for a commercial product or service is not allowed. Signatures must be kept low key.
Member "Off Topic" Discussions forum
All threads and posts must be related to topic of the forum where they are posted. The Member "Off Topic" forum is where our members can post almost anything, as long as it does not violate ConservativeStronghold.com community standards. If you have comments or questions that are off topic or don't fit into any other forum, this is the place. Posts that get off topic in other threads may also be split and moved here or deleted.
A note on FREE SPEECH:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
The First Amendment is greatly respected here, as are all other Amendments. We are, however, a privately owned venture and as such, your freedom of speech does not grant you a right to post anything you may wish to say on this forum. These rules are a contract you agree to when you become a member of this forum and members are expected to adhere to them. Those who err cannot complain about censorship, or a perceived loss of first amendment rights. If you do not like our rules or feel you cannot follow them, seek out a new venue to frequent, or start your own.
If you feel you can abide by these rules, we hope that you join us on ConservativeStronghold.com. We invite you to share your expertise and enjoy the camaraderie.
Thank you,
ConservativeStronghold.com Staff