This is a re-posting that I am making a sticky at the top of every forum.
I am em-boldening several of the bullet points for your consideration. Please remember that when you signed on as a member here, YOU AGREED to these rules. Granted, these "rules" come up in conversation among the Admins of the site in closed door sessions ALOT, and we do reserve the right to modify them as needed. These are more or less for your benefit, so I, along with the rest of the Moderating and Admin team, suggest STRONGLY that you read and understand them. If you have questions, please submit them to management in a private message so that we can deal with your concerns one-on-one.
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Here is the current terms of service, which will be updated by Dan very soon.
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Posting to the Forums:
General Policy:
By registering at Our DJ Talk and participating in discussions you agree to the following code of conduct. If you are unable to agree you have the right not to participate in forum discussions at any time.
This is YOUR community. Most people have a common sense feel for what is and what is not appropriate in our forums and you folks generally do a great job of policing yourselves. We do, however, need to have a few set policies for everyone to refer to when the need arises.
While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible where acceptable, 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 web-master (except for posts by these people) and they will not be held liable.
You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated material or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing any of these may lead to you being temporarily or permanently banned from these forums.
If you were to continue to break this code of conduct your account would be reviewed and possibly removed. It is the sole discretion of the forum resolution team (currently all staff) to remove violating accounts.
The IP addresses of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that the web-master, administrators and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any post, topic or thread at any time they see fit following the guidelines outlined below. You agree that the web-master, administrators and moderators of this forum have the right to send a private message with a warning and/or censor any forum user who is in violation of forum policy.
1. Be respectful of all users at all times. This means please use etiquette and politeness. Treat people with kindness and respect. If you do this the rest of the code of conduct won't need more than a cursory mention.
2. Respect the forum staff. We provide a service in our free time to keep the forums running efficiently. We will occasionally ask for input, but in some cases we will not, please respect our decisions. Also, we do edit for content, if you have an issue with our moderation, please private message a member of staff.
3. Profanity: Remember that the forums are used by people of all age groups and of all tolerance levels regarding profanity usage. A language filter is in place to catch any profanities that you may have accidentally used. Do not attempt to circumvent the language filter by using variations or slight misspellings of profanities.
4. Forum Threads and Flaming:
* Flaming and condescending messages: Flames are messages that personally attack, call people names, or otherwise harass another forum member (or any person). These, along with any generally condescending posts will be moved or removed at the moderators discretion.
5. If the thread is flame-bait (appears to be intended to start an argument or is likely to cause an argument rather than enhance discussion), it will be locked and/or removed without notice. Individual flame-bait may be deleted or edited at the moderators' discretion. Any users who continue to post in this manner or engage in other questionable practices, like trolling (posting in an attempt to engage people in arguments) may be subject to more serious sanctions.
6. If the thread turns into an argument, it can be locked and/or removed without notice. Sometimes a moderator may split the thread or delete certain portions in order to keep the discussion going, but that is not always possible.
7. If a post or thread contains spam (unsolicited advertising) it will be removed and the poster may be banned. Active users in good standing are allowed to have links to personal or business sites in their signatures, in their profile, and may post them in threads on occasion (just not often, please) as long as the content of those links does not include abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated material or any other material that may violate any applicable laws.
8. Adult Content/Violence/Illegal Activity: Messages containing sexually oriented/violent/illegal dialogue, images, content, or links to these things will be deleted. Messages with links to or suggesting illegal activity will also be deleted. Posting or linking to any of these could result in a ban.
9. Thread Drifting/Steering: Please keep discussions on topic.
10. Please remember that these forums are inclusive of ALL people, and we strive to maintain accessibility to everyone.
11. "The Pub" is a section of the forum for controversial discussions such as religion, politics, etc. Please keep it clean, polite and professional. The subject matter in this area has a little more leeway, but the forums code of conduct still applies and will be enforced. Please see the note in this forum section for additional rules and comments.
12. Please be prudent in your use of images; they may help to explain something more clearly or indicate a problem you are experiencing better but you have to remember that not everyone has the same bandwidth. If an image is the best way of handling the information, please keep your image to less than 100kb. If you would like to post other images, please see our gallery.
13. All members are welcome to place links and images in their signatures. We ask that companies whose target consumers are Disc Jockies, only place a text link to their services or products out of respect for our sponsors. The only exception being industry events or trade shows whose coordinators are free to run a promotional graphic in the their signatures. **An Update To This Part Of The T.O.S. Is Underway and Will Be Submitted Soon**
14. The 3rd Party sections of the forums are gifts to individuals and groups who have added value to Our DJ Talk. The 3rd party forums are provided to those running them out of gratitude for their work.
15. The webmaster, administrators and moderators of this forum will preserve forum content when possible. However editing, locking and deleting content may be necessary and if so will be done at the discretion of the web-master, administrators and moderators when the forum code of conduct has been violated.
16. Individuals or companies who do not have an advertising contract with OurDJTalk.com may not solicit business from OurDJTalk members in any manner when an advertiser already exists for said product or category.
It should be noted that, like all things, this code of conduct will continue to change and evolve with constructive feedback from users and from experience. It is our hope that these policies will create open, honest, and civil discussion. As always, we welcome feedback about any concerns that you may have so feel free to post in the forum feedback section of the forums. It is the users' responsibility to check this page for updates, when an announcement is made that the community guidelines have been updated.
It should also be noted that this is a privately owned and operated site and that posting here is a privilege rather than a constitutional 'right' to free speech and freedom of expression. We require that the forum code of conduct be followed at all times.
These community guidelines have been adopted from Ubuntu Forums Code of Conduct and are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5
Last updated: August 11, 2008
Addendum: Disciplinary Guidelines are listed at the following page: Disciplinary Guidelines
As always you may view the full and complete terms of service here or clicking the link on the footer of any page.
I am em-boldening several of the bullet points for your consideration. Please remember that when you signed on as a member here, YOU AGREED to these rules. Granted, these "rules" come up in conversation among the Admins of the site in closed door sessions ALOT, and we do reserve the right to modify them as needed. These are more or less for your benefit, so I, along with the rest of the Moderating and Admin team, suggest STRONGLY that you read and understand them. If you have questions, please submit them to management in a private message so that we can deal with your concerns one-on-one.
=========================================================
Here is the current terms of service, which will be updated by Dan very soon.
==========================================================
Posting to the Forums:
General Policy:
By registering at Our DJ Talk and participating in discussions you agree to the following code of conduct. If you are unable to agree you have the right not to participate in forum discussions at any time.
This is YOUR community. Most people have a common sense feel for what is and what is not appropriate in our forums and you folks generally do a great job of policing yourselves. We do, however, need to have a few set policies for everyone to refer to when the need arises.
While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible where acceptable, 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 web-master (except for posts by these people) and they will not be held liable.
You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated material or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing any of these may lead to you being temporarily or permanently banned from these forums.
If you were to continue to break this code of conduct your account would be reviewed and possibly removed. It is the sole discretion of the forum resolution team (currently all staff) to remove violating accounts.
The IP addresses of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that the web-master, administrators and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any post, topic or thread at any time they see fit following the guidelines outlined below. You agree that the web-master, administrators and moderators of this forum have the right to send a private message with a warning and/or censor any forum user who is in violation of forum policy.
1. Be respectful of all users at all times. This means please use etiquette and politeness. Treat people with kindness and respect. If you do this the rest of the code of conduct won't need more than a cursory mention.
2. Respect the forum staff. We provide a service in our free time to keep the forums running efficiently. We will occasionally ask for input, but in some cases we will not, please respect our decisions. Also, we do edit for content, if you have an issue with our moderation, please private message a member of staff.
3. Profanity: Remember that the forums are used by people of all age groups and of all tolerance levels regarding profanity usage. A language filter is in place to catch any profanities that you may have accidentally used. Do not attempt to circumvent the language filter by using variations or slight misspellings of profanities.
4. Forum Threads and Flaming:
* Flaming and condescending messages: Flames are messages that personally attack, call people names, or otherwise harass another forum member (or any person). These, along with any generally condescending posts will be moved or removed at the moderators discretion.
5. If the thread is flame-bait (appears to be intended to start an argument or is likely to cause an argument rather than enhance discussion), it will be locked and/or removed without notice. Individual flame-bait may be deleted or edited at the moderators' discretion. Any users who continue to post in this manner or engage in other questionable practices, like trolling (posting in an attempt to engage people in arguments) may be subject to more serious sanctions.
6. If the thread turns into an argument, it can be locked and/or removed without notice. Sometimes a moderator may split the thread or delete certain portions in order to keep the discussion going, but that is not always possible.
7. If a post or thread contains spam (unsolicited advertising) it will be removed and the poster may be banned. Active users in good standing are allowed to have links to personal or business sites in their signatures, in their profile, and may post them in threads on occasion (just not often, please) as long as the content of those links does not include abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated material or any other material that may violate any applicable laws.
8. Adult Content/Violence/Illegal Activity: Messages containing sexually oriented/violent/illegal dialogue, images, content, or links to these things will be deleted. Messages with links to or suggesting illegal activity will also be deleted. Posting or linking to any of these could result in a ban.
9. Thread Drifting/Steering: Please keep discussions on topic.
10. Please remember that these forums are inclusive of ALL people, and we strive to maintain accessibility to everyone.
11. "The Pub" is a section of the forum for controversial discussions such as religion, politics, etc. Please keep it clean, polite and professional. The subject matter in this area has a little more leeway, but the forums code of conduct still applies and will be enforced. Please see the note in this forum section for additional rules and comments.
12. Please be prudent in your use of images; they may help to explain something more clearly or indicate a problem you are experiencing better but you have to remember that not everyone has the same bandwidth. If an image is the best way of handling the information, please keep your image to less than 100kb. If you would like to post other images, please see our gallery.
13. All members are welcome to place links and images in their signatures. We ask that companies whose target consumers are Disc Jockies, only place a text link to their services or products out of respect for our sponsors. The only exception being industry events or trade shows whose coordinators are free to run a promotional graphic in the their signatures. **An Update To This Part Of The T.O.S. Is Underway and Will Be Submitted Soon**
14. The 3rd Party sections of the forums are gifts to individuals and groups who have added value to Our DJ Talk. The 3rd party forums are provided to those running them out of gratitude for their work.
15. The webmaster, administrators and moderators of this forum will preserve forum content when possible. However editing, locking and deleting content may be necessary and if so will be done at the discretion of the web-master, administrators and moderators when the forum code of conduct has been violated.
16. Individuals or companies who do not have an advertising contract with OurDJTalk.com may not solicit business from OurDJTalk members in any manner when an advertiser already exists for said product or category.
It should be noted that, like all things, this code of conduct will continue to change and evolve with constructive feedback from users and from experience. It is our hope that these policies will create open, honest, and civil discussion. As always, we welcome feedback about any concerns that you may have so feel free to post in the forum feedback section of the forums. It is the users' responsibility to check this page for updates, when an announcement is made that the community guidelines have been updated.
It should also be noted that this is a privately owned and operated site and that posting here is a privilege rather than a constitutional 'right' to free speech and freedom of expression. We require that the forum code of conduct be followed at all times.
These community guidelines have been adopted from Ubuntu Forums Code of Conduct and are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5
Last updated: August 11, 2008
Addendum: Disciplinary Guidelines are listed at the following page: Disciplinary Guidelines
As always you may view the full and complete terms of service here or clicking the link on the footer of any page.
