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The following will outline the privileges and expectations of membership of 702Sportbikes. Please feel free to address any questions regarding policy to any of our staff. We're here to help you get the most out of your 702Sportbikes experience.
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Members will conduct themselves in a respectful manner. This is not to say that arguments and disagreements between members are not permitted, simply that a level of respect is to be maintained in doing so. Posts, articles, blogs, and/or private messages not conducive to a positive and productive environment whichis left up to the interpretation of the forum Staff may be removed.
When personal disputes arise between members they will take their squabble to private message (PM). This does not apply to differences of opinion from which others will benefit (arguments pertaining to motorcycling technique, style, history, etc.).
Members will not post other members personal information without their permission, this includes private messages.
Members will not start a thread or continue a conversation with the intent of continuing the topic and/or post that was locked, removed, or under review.
Graphic images depicting violence are discouraged, with the exception of those that serve an educational purpose in the motorcycling community. Those that satisfy the educational clause would be linked and not directly visible in the thread. This link, and if possible the thread title, should carry a warning that such material may be offensive to some.
Links to copyrighted material is not tolerated and will be removed.
Any content posted to 702sportbikes immediately becomes the property of 702sportbikes and is therefore protected by 702sportbikes copyright. 702sportbikes reserves the right to use any content posted for other purposes. 702sportbikes will make reasonable efforts to contact the originator of content it wishes to reuse and acknowledge their submission when possible. 702sportbikes recognizes the copyrights of others and will remove any copyrighted material if requested to do so by the owner of said copyright.
The website is to remain Family friendly at all times so everyone can enjoy there experience here from any location. Family freindly will be at the discretion of Staff.
Nudity, sexual acts or depiction thereof, is strictly forbidden on the 702sportbike site.
702Sportbikes.com is a club free environment. Examples but not limited to; no sc/mc rides posted, images with patches and/or club names in them, any posts regarding sc/mc's, and advertisements for sc/mc websites are not allowed in posts and/or private messages.
Vendor/Organization Advertisements
Vendor/Organization Advertisements are to only be in the Vendors & Organizations Forum after they have followed the rules listed at the top of the forum.
Posting of links to other las vegas sportbike forums is prohibited.
Posting of adult content (porn) or links to adult content is strictly prohibited.
Advertising a business (including posting of links to personal businesses) is also strictly prohibited. Any advertising will be removed.
Personal links, such as those to blog posts, are allowed if they link directly to material that is pertinent to the thread in which they are posted. A meaningful portion of the material through the link should also be copied into the post.
You are encouraged to provide support for any claims you make through the use of external sources.
However, it is inappropriate to simply provide one or more links or sources (including embedded videos) and proclaim that all one needs to do is review them.
Readers should not have to access your sources before they understand your argument.
Where possible, you should provide a short summary of the link/video you have posted.
When quoting, please don't quote an entire post to make a point on a specific selection of text. It is only necessary to quote what is relevant to your response. When quoting, please list the the name of the person you are quoting in the quote box. There is a specific "quote code" that is used in the forums. For more on how to use the quote feature, please read this.
Following Moto Madness Monday(m3- weekly Monday meetup), a ride to one of several locations will be held. The ride is determined each Monday at m3. Please give your suggestion for ride location at m3. No other ride/event will be planned/advertised on the forums during or leaving from m3
Spam is not tolerated on 702Sportbikes.
Bumping you post is considered spam.
Multiple Posts for the same topic is considered Spam.
Recruiting members for your own website, forum, and/or group in posts and topics are are considered spam.
Users may not promote their website, forum, group, and/or store or products through their posts are are considered spam.
Posting an offensive or contentious message with the intent of provoking flames or causing annoyance to the community is considered trolling. An example would be the repeated and unnecessary denigration of another with the aim of upsetting or antagonizing them.
Often times, one may wish to engage in sarcasm or a bit of wit; however, please exercise caution when doing so. Assaults on the character of other members are not tolerated at 702Sportbikes.
Harassment of other members is forbidden. Examples include repeated demeaning remarks about another member in the forums, making members feel unwelcome by asking them to stop posting/lurk more, sending unwanted messages to a member on his user profile or through private messaging after being requested to stop, etc.
User defined avatars may contain mild animation.
Avatars must NOT contain an image which attempts to portray the user as having an official status on 702Sportbikes (such a mimicking ranks or copying avatars of staff).
Avatars are subject to the same conditions as posts with respect to decency, and so forth. Avatars may NOT contain any of the following: Obscene, Racist, Sexually Explicit, Graven / Graphic, Offensive, Illegal or anything deemed Not family friendly. Offensive Avatars will be removed and the user PMed or warned as necessary. #
Avatars may be removed and/or avatar permissions revoked if a user dismisses requests by staff to change or remove content.
Members are asked to keep signature images relatively small so that the forums may load quickly.
Links in signature may not be sites that are overly commercial in nature. Subtle self-promotion is allowed in signatures.
Signature content must adhere to normal board rules with respect to decency. Signatures may NOT contain any of the following: Obscene, Racist, Sexually Explicit, Graven/Graphic, Offensive, Illegal or anything deemed Not family friendly.
Your entire signature must fit inside the red box 600px x 150px, that includes images as well as text you have displayed in this area as well.
Account names should not have any vulgar language or sexual content, this is a family friendly website.
The account belongs to the registered owner of the email address associated with the account and only that person.
Members will not share accounts. Your account is yours and only yours.
Accounts will not be transferred to anyone.
Multiple accounts by the same user are not permitted without written authorization from 702Sportbikes.
If it is a found that a member has multiple accounts, the accounts will be merged at the discretion of a 702Sportbike administrator.
If you feel the need to change your account name, you should contact an Admin in Private Message.
Back seat moderating is not allowed on 702Sportbikes. If you notice an issue which may be against board policy, please use the Report Post Feature located on every post, and an 702Sportbikes Moderator will address the issue. Members who constantly act as moderators will be warned and/or banned.
Administrators may be required to read specific private messages in an investigation to verify a rule breach or illegal actions through the private message system.
The Staff Teams reserve the right to edit or remove any post at any time. 702Sportbikes also reserves the right to ban anyone who willfully violates the forum rules, as access to our forums are a privilege and not a right.
While these rules cover most common situations, they cannot anticipate everything. Consequently 702Sportbikes reserves the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure these forums are not disrupted or abused in any way.
All rules stated here apply to the entire site, including but not limited to posts, articles, blog posts and comments.
In order to ensure that people are able to find what they’re looking for it is sometimes necessary to move threads from one forum to another. Posts made to inappropriate forums will be relocated.
At any time, moderators may contact a member by private message, email or other means and request that said member adheres to the rules. They may also request that a member edit or remove a post due to text or images they posted. Moderators , at their discretion, may edit or remove posts of members that have the rules.
At any time, moderators may close or remove any thread, especially if they deem it has turned from a discussion into an argument. Moderators will also remove threads that appear to be spam.
Members who threaten other members or staff of 702sportbikes in any way will have their accounts suspended or deleted without warning.
If a member breaches a minor board rule, they will be issued a 0 point infraction by a staff member.
If the member continues to breach the same rules, an infraction with a point value will be assigned to the member by a Staff Member with an expiration time.
Arguing with Staff Members after having received a warning will lead to an immediate additional warning. Should this exceed three strikes, a suspension (temporary ban) will be put in place.
Any attempt to circumvent a suspension (temporary ban) will lead to that ban being made permanent.
Members who feel they have been unfairly warned are encouraged to contact one of the Administrators.
3 points and you will be banned for 7 days or until the infraction points expire.
4 points and you will be banned for 1 month or until the infraction points expire.
5 points and you will earn a permanent ban or until the infraction points expire.
Some infraction points never expire and will earn a Permanent Ban.
702Sportbikes reserve the right to ban anyone without notice.
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