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Cruisers Forum Community Rules Registering and participating at CruisersForum.com constitutes agreement to abide by the Social Knowledge Network Terms of Service (Social Knowledge is the company that owns this forum). By posting content on this Website you warrant that you are the creator and owner of the posted content. There is no charge for joining this Forum! This is a community of individuals who share a common interest in boating and cruising. Please think before you post and keep your comments limited to the topic at hand and above all be nice. If you come across any violations to these guidelines or have any problems navigating the site, do not hesitate to let us know through the Report Post function or the Contact Us link (bottom of the page). We'll be happy to address your concerns. Be Courteous! We aim to ensure that the forum is an enjoyable place that you want to visit time and time again. Our philosophy is that we want Cruisers Forum to be an online reflection of the boating community. Treat each other with respect just as you would on the water.
Posting Standards Forum members should use the standard fonts available on the forum. The standard font size is 2. The use of bold, large or colored fonts should be used sparingly. Posts containing inappropriate formatting will be removed or modified at our discretion; e.g. all caps or excessive color. Posts should be well formatted. Use paragraphs, punctuation, and capital letters appropriately. Excessive use of Netspeak/LOLspeak (internet slang) and texting shortcuts (b4, str8, etc) is not permitted. Posts with violations may be edited or deleted without notification. The language of this forum is English. If you are not a native English speaker, do your best. We are glad to have you as a member and will be supportive and polite. Do not post protected or copyrighted material. Information copyrighted or owned by any individual or entity other than the member should not be posted on the discussion forums without the consent of the owner. If such an event occurs, the individual posting the information shall be held solely responsible. You cannot legally post entire articles or news in the forum without permission from the copyright holder. Even if you attribute the article correctly it’s still copyright infringement. Under Fair Use provisions you can legally post a small abstract of an article - or perhaps the opening paragraph. In either case please post a link to source.The exception to this rule is press releases; they are meant for distribution and can be copied and posted in their entirety. If you are not sure if you can copy something then always err on the side of caution and simply post a link to the material. Signature, Avatar, Profile and Account Standards Community Standards apply to all sections and features of the website including avatar and profile images, signatures, usernames and other account features. Here are some specifics:
Classifieds Posting Rules Our classifieds system is offered as a benefit of membership and is for the sale of personal items. If you are selling a boat, please ensure your ad is placed in the "Boats For Sale and Wanted" section and that it includes ALL of the following: price, location, exterior picture or pictures, interior picture or pictures, description and as much information as possible. Incomplete ads may be removed.
Marine-Related Commercial Posting Cruisers Forum was founded for the exchange of thoughts, ideas, experience and knowledge related to sailing and power vessels, and sharing that information in a friendly, non-commercial atmosphere. We recognize, however, that many of the most experienced, informed members have a marine-related commercial interest and that their years of experience as a marine industry professional are the very foundation of their enhanced knowledge. Because that wealth of experience and information is a treasured resource at Cruisers Forum, we allow and encourage those members to share their insight with all who visit Cruisers Forum. No member is exempt from any portion of our Community Rules while participating at Cruisers Forum, however we have some restrictions on posting that may be related to a commercial activity or business enterprise. Members may not solicit our membership or advertise except as specifically allowed in these policies or by prior arrangement with Social Knowledge, LLC. Sponsoring Vendors To support our commitment to provide a member based marine resource community, Cruisers Forum accepts sponsorship and advertising from companies providing quality products and services. We value our site sponsors and the expertise and experience they bring to the sailing community. Any member with a marine-related product, service or business may apply to become a Sponsoring Vendor. You can find out more by filling out our Vendor Registration Form. Official Sponsors may not solicit our membership or advertise in any other section of the forum except as specifically allowed in these policies or by prior arrangements with SK networks.
Marine Service Providers (non-sponsoring, no fee) Any member with a marine-related product, service or company, whether for profit or not for profit, may make a request to become a Marine Service Provider Member. This status may also be designated at our discretion.
Dealer/Vendor and Customer Disputes This forum is not intended to be a mechanism for people to solely vent frustrations about vendors or sales from private parties. Please settle your differences with the seller, manufacturer and dealer through other means but not through our community. About the First Amendment and Your "right to free speech" We believe in public freedom of speech but that right does not infer that others have to publish your speech. Cruisers Forum is not a public resource; it is privately owned and we require members to abide by our rules and by the decisions of our staff. If you post outside these guidelines your post may be edited or deleted - this does not violate your right to Free Speech. Site Management, Member Concerns & Account Closure If we feel site rules are violated we may remove, edit or delete posts and if necessary ban or restrict account access. If a moderator deletes or edits one of your posts and you disagree with the action, contact the moderator concerned or any other member of our site team. Do not repost deleted material. This forum is largely self-policing, which means that moderators will respond and react to problems reported through the REPORT POST option, via the CONTACT FORM at the bottom of each page, or via PM. Do not hesitate to use these tools to report any problems regarding the forum. Requests for changes to your account should be made by using the Contact Us link at the bottom of every forum page. Participants may only have one account. Moderators may consolidate or delete multiple accounts. We may remove accounts that have no posts. If the account has many posts, completely deleting the account can significantly disrupt thread continuity. In that event, we may (at our discretion) disable your account in some or all of the following ways: change the user name, remove signature content, subscriptions, avatar and identifying information or replace it with fictitious info. We may change account options to refuse contact and/or ban the account. Where communication features were used to share information with other individuals (e.g., sending a personal message to another Forum user) we generally cannot remove content. If someone quoted your post, the original user name will be shown as having been quoted (which we cannot purge). Someone has to interpret the above guidelines and how they apply to this forum. Ultimately it's up to our site staff to make this decision. If you have any questions about these guidelines, please feel free to contact us. Registering and participating at this site constitutes agreement to abide by these rules and to abide by the Social Knowledge Network Terms of Service (Social Knowledge is the company that owns this forum) We reserve the right to modify these rules at any time without giving prior notice to you. |
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