AKA: What you agreed to when you signed up to use this site.
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Spend 5 minutes to read this! You'll be held to it in court if the need arises...so you may as well know what you're dealing with.
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You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.
Note that it is impossible for the staff or the owners of this forum to confirm the validity of posts. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages, and as such, are not responsible for the content contained within. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the author, and not necessarily the views of this forum, its staff, its subsidiaries, or this forum's owner. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately. The staff and the owner of this forum reserve the right to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if they determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, please realize that they may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy applies to member profile information as well.
You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the owners of this forum, any related websites to this forum, its staff, and its subsidiaries. The owners of this forum also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any other related information collected on this service) in the event of a formal complaint or legal action arising from any situation caused by your use of this forum. Any arbitration involving this website or it's owners, shall be brought and heard in the state of Ohio.
You have the ability, as you register, to choose your username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. With this user account you are about to register, you agree to never give your password out to another person except an administrator, for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to NEVER use another person's account for any reason. We also HIGHLY recommend you use a complex and unique password for your account, to prevent account theft.
After you register and login to this forum, you will be able to fill out a detailed profile. It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information. Any information the forum owner or staff determines to be inaccurate or vulgar in nature will be removed, with or without prior notice. Appropriate sanctions may be applicable.
Posting any pictures of items not owned by you (specifically putters) in posts, or avatars without express written consent from the owner of said items is strictly prohibited. You may not re-post pictures contained in this site without express written consent of Putter Talk.
Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement.
Also note that the software places a cookie, a text file containing bits of information (such as your username and password), in your browser's cache. This is ONLY used to keep you logged in/out. The software does not collect or send any other form of information to your computer.
WedgeTalk Rules - Effective January 5th, 2007
This is the "WedgeTalk.com" posting policy, which will be updated, without formal notification, as the need arises:
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General Rules.... These rules apply to ALL forums.
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1: I supply the servers, bandwidth and offer the membership to everyone free of charge. (Pretty good deal!) I have delegated moderators to help monitor this site, therefore, I and they make the rules. This is not a democracy. It is a benevolent oligarchy. The admins are allowed to bend, amend, delete, modify, or outright ignore any rule as they see fit, with no explanation to anyone other than his or her fellow admins.
This is important...you have no First Amendment rights on this site. The admins right to free speech is protected on this site, not yours.
Mini-civics lesson: The First Amendment of the US Constitution restricts government, not private citizens, from infringing on your right to free speech. On this web site, your speech is a privilege. On YOUR web site your speech is a right. Learn the distinction.
2: Absolutely NO racism. if you think Adolf Hitler is a cool guy, or it's cool to crack jokes on any race, you're not welcome here. Your account and post *WILL* be deleted ...
3: No name calling. Have some respect for your fellow members. If we get into specifics, this list would never end. Just use common sense. Don't imply or state that someone stupid, for example. If you call someone's post stupid, you must explain why. Attack the argument, not the person.
4: For any reason, at any time, and depending on the admins mood, your comment may be deleted or edited with or without an explanation or warning. Post on this board at your own risk. If you insist on an explanation, you may get one. But you may earn a timeout or outright ban in the process. If you still don't like it, tell your story walking.
5: We reserve the right to edit or delete any comment for any reason. If we edit your comment, we will add a notation, such as "Edited by the Admin" or "Nice try, troll!"
6: You get one warning before you are banned, although there are exceptions (If we really like you, you'll get three warnings.). Being banned from this domain means your ISP is blocked from accessing the entire site.
7*: No Politics. If you want to post political arguments, go elsewhere. A lot of times threads will start to skirt the line of politics. It is the admin's discretion on how far to let it go. If it disappears, someone crossed the line. If you bring it back up, you risk earning a timeout or ban.
8*: No Religion. You can say "Oh God!" or something like that. But if you start preaching/quoting scripture, no matter what religion, we will kill your thread and possibly impose a timeout or ban.
(* The two things I've found in life that are impossible to change someone's mind about are Politics and Religion. They are also two ways that you can turn a friend into someone you despise in a hurry. Stay away from both, and we're all in good shape.)
9: No Porn. This is an open forum. So we need to keep it clean. Any violations of this rule will earn you a ban.
10: Avatars and posted pictures have to be PG-13. This includes pictures attached to signatures.
11: Off Topics posts are welcome, but we ask that you put them in the "Club House" section.
12: My network administrators take ANY threat (joking or otherwise) very seriously. We report all threats to the appropriate authorities. This may be your Network Administrator, Boss, Wife, Mother, or Teacher. There have been SEVERAL people that lost scholorships and jobs as a result of trying to get cute by thretening to or attempting to hack this site. Think before acting. Sometimes you don't get a warning shot.
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If you don't like these rules, don't let the virtual door hit you in your virtual butt on the way out.
In reality, nothing here has changed. The rules posted here is a written version of what we have always informally enforced. All we are doing is formalizing them.
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With all that being said....have fun!
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