BlazerTalk AUP - ATTALLABLAZE
05-10-2009, 09:05 AM
BlazerTalk.com AUP
AUP LAST UPDATED: 5/9/09
Overview
BlazerTalk.com strives to maintain the loose, laid back, and (generally speaking) anything goes environment. However, with the increase in traffic comes an increase in troublemakers. This AUP and some of the catch-all rules it has is a necessary evil to formally deal with these troublemakers.
All posters must adhere to the AUP. It is pinned atop the BlazerTalk boards. If they post elsewhere as well, then in addition, they must adhere to the policies of the NCAAbbs Global AUP (some of which overlap the MACbbs, MT.ORG, SunBeltbbs, and C-USA AUPs).
If you are a visiting fan to the BlazerTalk.com forums, please remember you are a GUEST here and can be treated less fairly than Blazer fans. You will be on a much shorter leash than the average Blazer fan.
If you have a problem with the way a situation is handled (i.e. deleted posts or threads, moved or locked posts moderation disagreements) please take it to PM to the moderators or admin and not on the forums.
At any time, the administration of BlazerTalk.com has the right to use their sole discretion when making decisions about posts that are 1) deemed inappropriate, and 2) perceived to incite people in a negative (or distasteful) way.
General Rules
* Any personal attack on other posters, school administration, and/or student athletes is subject to immediate removal without notice at the discretion of mods and admins.
* Spamming is grounds for immediate banning, no questions asked. Repeated offenses can lead to offending ISP/Host contacted or litigation in accordance with federal anti-spam laws.
* Please watch the language on any forum. We do have a language filter on these forums, however it doesn't filter everything.
* Sex talk and innuendo's are generally not acceptable for these forums, however please remember that most here are adults (not children) so this rule will be loosely enforced, but will be enforced if necessary. Generally these forums are Rated PG.
* Defamation of NCAAbbs or BlazerTalk, intent to damage our reputation, or trying to start a relocation campaign is not acceptable here and grounds for immediately banning, no questions asked.
* Posting and/or Linking to Pornography is absolutely unacceptable.
* Links to competing boards are acceptable if it is to real and related content, and not an advertisement. It is up to the discretion of the mods/admin as to what constitutes an advertisement and what does not.
* All tickets advertised MUST BE AT FACE VALUE OR LESS. SCALPING IS UNACCEPTABLE.
* You remain responsible for the content of your posts. NCAAbbs or BlazerTalk, in accordance with the congressionally passed Communications Decency Act, CANNOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE for illegal or otherwise illicit content in your posts.
* There's a fine line between the posters we all love to hate, and the ones that give everyone a headache. The second of the two is not an admirable place to be. If it's clear the majority of the community receives a headache because of you, NCAAbbs and BlazerTalk admins reserve the right to revoke your account and/or use of NCAAbbs or BlazerTalk without notice. In general, if you are causing people to leave the community because of your actions, you risk the possibility of being banned... even if you're so good at walking the line you have technically broken no rules. BlazerTalk.com and NCAAbbs will not let you ruin everybody else's experience and get away with it just because you're very good at walking the line or just generally perceived as a troublemaker.
* Questions, statements, or general comments about edited or deleted posts should be voiced in private to the mod/admin that did it. If you don't know who, e-mail support (at) ncaabbs (dot) com. Violation of this rule is subject to a warning and posts will be deleted, moved, or locked at the moderators and admin's discretion.
* Moderators have a supplimental set of guidelines to abide by as well as those of all other NCAAbbs posters. These guidelines are pinned atop the Moderator Forum.
* Using these boards is a privilege, not a right. All NCAAbbs or BlazerTalk admins reserve the right to ban/disable your account for any period of time without notice, advanced warning, or reason.
* Users are responsible for monitoring for changes in the AUP. After a change is made, they have 24 hrs to abide by the new rules.
* Post all smack on the BlazerTalk smack board. Moving threads to the smack board, locking, or deleting threads or posts will be done at the discretion of the moderators or admins.
* Signatures/Avatars cannot contain any nudity. This includes but is not limited to: pubic hair, genitals, female nipples, mesh/"see-through" clothing that shows any of the preceding, nor pictures that leaves virtually nothing to the imagination. Violations of these rules are at the sole discretion of the BlazerTalk.com moderating team.
* If you have a problem with people's avatars/signatures and they are not deemed in violation of any of the rules, please go to your Profile and disable the viewing of avatars/signatures. If they are not in violation of the rules they will not be asked to remove anything. If you have small children and don't want them seeing certain things then you really need to disable avatars/signatures. Every forum is AT LEAST rated PG and that may be too much for kids under 12.
* If you cannot get along with a certain poster here, please remember this board does include an ignore feature. We HIGHLY suggest you use it. We are not going to police this site like a straight-line dictatorship. We've never had to in the past and we don't plan on doing that in the future.
Most of us have known each other for quite a while and know how another poster is. If that poster bothers you, just put them on ignore. There are a lot worse things in life than worrying about every small thing someone posts.
* Any member using information garnered from BlazerTalk.com or NCAAbbs to harass, or attempting to harass, fellow members via PM's or another medium is subject to immediate banning at the sole of discretion of BlazerTalk.com administration. Situations of this type will not be tolerated and should be immediately reported to BlazerTalk.com moderators and/or administration.
* The admins and moderators of BlazerTalk.com are not bound by these rules when making administrative decisions. These rules are meant as a general guideline to follow.
Copyright Infringement
* Posting copyrighted material without the permission of the author/owner is unacceptable. BlazerTalk.com or NCAAbbs is not liable for any content you post, and can be forced to turnover information about you should a copyright holder subpoena BlazerTalk.com or NCAAbbs for infringing posts you have made.
* Copyright holders or people who are otherwise claiming illegal posts were made can request immediate post removal by sending a Private Message (PM) to ATTALLABLAZE and putting "Copyright Issue" in the subject line. The post will be removed as soon as possible. If the post is not removed within 1 hour, please send a Private Message (PM) to another board moderator as generally one of us is online at most times of the day.
***Loose enforcement of this AUP is at the SOLE discretion of the moderators of BlazerTalk.com. If a complaint is made, this AUP will be consulted to determine whether a warning should be or will be issued and/or further disciplinary action up to and including termination of account privileges.***
Below is a reminder of what you agreed to upon registering here at BlazerTalk.com and NCAAbbs. It is being put here for reference.
While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators or webmaster (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.
You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered above being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent the webmaster, administrator and moderators cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.
AUP LAST UPDATED: 5/9/09
Overview
BlazerTalk.com strives to maintain the loose, laid back, and (generally speaking) anything goes environment. However, with the increase in traffic comes an increase in troublemakers. This AUP and some of the catch-all rules it has is a necessary evil to formally deal with these troublemakers.
All posters must adhere to the AUP. It is pinned atop the BlazerTalk boards. If they post elsewhere as well, then in addition, they must adhere to the policies of the NCAAbbs Global AUP (some of which overlap the MACbbs, MT.ORG, SunBeltbbs, and C-USA AUPs).
If you are a visiting fan to the BlazerTalk.com forums, please remember you are a GUEST here and can be treated less fairly than Blazer fans. You will be on a much shorter leash than the average Blazer fan.
If you have a problem with the way a situation is handled (i.e. deleted posts or threads, moved or locked posts moderation disagreements) please take it to PM to the moderators or admin and not on the forums.
At any time, the administration of BlazerTalk.com has the right to use their sole discretion when making decisions about posts that are 1) deemed inappropriate, and 2) perceived to incite people in a negative (or distasteful) way.
General Rules
* Any personal attack on other posters, school administration, and/or student athletes is subject to immediate removal without notice at the discretion of mods and admins.
* Spamming is grounds for immediate banning, no questions asked. Repeated offenses can lead to offending ISP/Host contacted or litigation in accordance with federal anti-spam laws.
* Please watch the language on any forum. We do have a language filter on these forums, however it doesn't filter everything.
* Sex talk and innuendo's are generally not acceptable for these forums, however please remember that most here are adults (not children) so this rule will be loosely enforced, but will be enforced if necessary. Generally these forums are Rated PG.
* Defamation of NCAAbbs or BlazerTalk, intent to damage our reputation, or trying to start a relocation campaign is not acceptable here and grounds for immediately banning, no questions asked.
* Posting and/or Linking to Pornography is absolutely unacceptable.
* Links to competing boards are acceptable if it is to real and related content, and not an advertisement. It is up to the discretion of the mods/admin as to what constitutes an advertisement and what does not.
* All tickets advertised MUST BE AT FACE VALUE OR LESS. SCALPING IS UNACCEPTABLE.
* You remain responsible for the content of your posts. NCAAbbs or BlazerTalk, in accordance with the congressionally passed Communications Decency Act, CANNOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE for illegal or otherwise illicit content in your posts.
* There's a fine line between the posters we all love to hate, and the ones that give everyone a headache. The second of the two is not an admirable place to be. If it's clear the majority of the community receives a headache because of you, NCAAbbs and BlazerTalk admins reserve the right to revoke your account and/or use of NCAAbbs or BlazerTalk without notice. In general, if you are causing people to leave the community because of your actions, you risk the possibility of being banned... even if you're so good at walking the line you have technically broken no rules. BlazerTalk.com and NCAAbbs will not let you ruin everybody else's experience and get away with it just because you're very good at walking the line or just generally perceived as a troublemaker.
* Questions, statements, or general comments about edited or deleted posts should be voiced in private to the mod/admin that did it. If you don't know who, e-mail support (at) ncaabbs (dot) com. Violation of this rule is subject to a warning and posts will be deleted, moved, or locked at the moderators and admin's discretion.
* Moderators have a supplimental set of guidelines to abide by as well as those of all other NCAAbbs posters. These guidelines are pinned atop the Moderator Forum.
* Using these boards is a privilege, not a right. All NCAAbbs or BlazerTalk admins reserve the right to ban/disable your account for any period of time without notice, advanced warning, or reason.
* Users are responsible for monitoring for changes in the AUP. After a change is made, they have 24 hrs to abide by the new rules.
* Post all smack on the BlazerTalk smack board. Moving threads to the smack board, locking, or deleting threads or posts will be done at the discretion of the moderators or admins.
* Signatures/Avatars cannot contain any nudity. This includes but is not limited to: pubic hair, genitals, female nipples, mesh/"see-through" clothing that shows any of the preceding, nor pictures that leaves virtually nothing to the imagination. Violations of these rules are at the sole discretion of the BlazerTalk.com moderating team.
* If you have a problem with people's avatars/signatures and they are not deemed in violation of any of the rules, please go to your Profile and disable the viewing of avatars/signatures. If they are not in violation of the rules they will not be asked to remove anything. If you have small children and don't want them seeing certain things then you really need to disable avatars/signatures. Every forum is AT LEAST rated PG and that may be too much for kids under 12.
* If you cannot get along with a certain poster here, please remember this board does include an ignore feature. We HIGHLY suggest you use it. We are not going to police this site like a straight-line dictatorship. We've never had to in the past and we don't plan on doing that in the future.
Most of us have known each other for quite a while and know how another poster is. If that poster bothers you, just put them on ignore. There are a lot worse things in life than worrying about every small thing someone posts.
* Any member using information garnered from BlazerTalk.com or NCAAbbs to harass, or attempting to harass, fellow members via PM's or another medium is subject to immediate banning at the sole of discretion of BlazerTalk.com administration. Situations of this type will not be tolerated and should be immediately reported to BlazerTalk.com moderators and/or administration.
* The admins and moderators of BlazerTalk.com are not bound by these rules when making administrative decisions. These rules are meant as a general guideline to follow.
Copyright Infringement
* Posting copyrighted material without the permission of the author/owner is unacceptable. BlazerTalk.com or NCAAbbs is not liable for any content you post, and can be forced to turnover information about you should a copyright holder subpoena BlazerTalk.com or NCAAbbs for infringing posts you have made.
* Copyright holders or people who are otherwise claiming illegal posts were made can request immediate post removal by sending a Private Message (PM) to ATTALLABLAZE and putting "Copyright Issue" in the subject line. The post will be removed as soon as possible. If the post is not removed within 1 hour, please send a Private Message (PM) to another board moderator as generally one of us is online at most times of the day.
***Loose enforcement of this AUP is at the SOLE discretion of the moderators of BlazerTalk.com. If a complaint is made, this AUP will be consulted to determine whether a warning should be or will be issued and/or further disciplinary action up to and including termination of account privileges.***
Below is a reminder of what you agreed to upon registering here at BlazerTalk.com and NCAAbbs. It is being put here for reference.
While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author and not the administrators, moderators or webmaster (except for posts by these people) and hence will not be held liable.
You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit. As a user you agree to any information you have entered above being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent the webmaster, administrator and moderators cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.