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	If you're new to the TACA, GSC message board, let us welcome you. Following are some basic guidelines for our new members. 1. Double Posting If you've made a post and would like to add to it, revise it, or change something about it, please use the edit button to do so instead of making another post right after it. Double posting takes up bandwidth and can make the page load slower for people with slower connections. Also, it clutters up the thread, especially if you're just adding a line or two to your original post. 2. Signatures All of the members have the choice of adding a signature to their posts. This can be done via your profile control panel. Please keep it clean and non offensive. 3. Advertising For members: In keeping with the no soliciting policy, we ask that you not advertise for other sites and the like on our board. I understand that the definition of 'advertisement' is vague; what about my personal homepage? What if its car-related? Well, once again we ask you to use your own common sense regarding this. If one of the Mods or Admin issues you a warning about what they consider an ad and you disagree, don't hesitate to ask us about it. Also, don't hesitate to ask if something you want to link to of yours would be considered advertising or not. 4. Duplicate Topics Before starting a new topic, please take a glance at the list of active topics to see if there is already a discussion about it. Sometimes, you may start a new topic only to find that the exact same topic exists on the same page. This is just to reduce clutter and combine similar trains of thought for better discussion. 5. Moderators The Moderators for each individual forum are listed in the description on the main message board. These people are responsible for making sure that gears run smoothly (pun intended) and reserve the right to edit, lock, or delete things they find if they need to do so. All the Mods are responsible people and never do things unless it's necessary. However, if you do have an issue with something a Mod has done, let that Mod know. 6. Respect Much of this is again very common sense stuff: no flaming, no personal attacks, and refrain from unnecessary vulgarities (a long string of random cursing shows - at most - a lack of imagination). Please keep in mind that the internet doesn't carry emotion well and what may seem like a serious insult may be the other person just kidding around. We do that a lot here. Just take a moment and let a cooler head prevail. Often on message boards, simple misunderstandings lead to pages and pages of flaming. I've seen it happen, fortunately not on here. 7. Enforcement Our guidelines are pretty simple and common sense stuff. However, there are times when people choose to ignore some of the above and actions are taken which could result in being restricted from using the site. The following lays out the steps that may lead to a banning. Warning: This can take one of two forms: a warning and a formal warning. Something like personal attacks, letting an offensive phrase fly, or the like will result in a warning. In cases such as that, the Mod will make it clear that you should cut it out. A formal warning, however, will be explicitly stated. This can be made for a variety of circumstances such as continuous flouting of previous warnings or for something extremely offensive or inappropriate. Suspension: If warnings don't work, your account will be suspended for a specified period of time (usually a week) after which you'll be allowed to return to TACA, GSC, hopefully with a lesson learned. Banning: That's it; you're done. A permanent ban will result only when all other recourses have been exhausted. In extreme circumstances (obvious flamers and trolls), banning will be immediate.
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