Forum Rules
GENERAL FORUM RULES
Member Bashing
No Bashing of any member will be tolerated! This includes bashing the member, their car, their dog, their goldfish, etc. This is Toronto Nissans main rule because we want every member to feel comfortable in our laid-back environment. See derogatory insults for more details
Toronto Nissan Bashing
Threads/replies attacking Toronto Nissan policies will not be allowed.
Threats, Racism, or Sexism Threads and posts promoting or expressing intolerant views towards minorities (race, religion, sexual preference, etc.) will not be tolerated.
Posts from participants with a low rate of deletions will no longer require preapproval, though we will always moderate and keep an eye on discussions. However, there will also be a “report this comment” mechanism so forum members may alert a moderator to a potentially non-compliant post. Once reported, the post is taken off the site for review.
Please use this reporting mechanism in good faith; people reporting posts out of spite will lose posting privileges.
Please keep your comments consistent with the subject and purpose of the conversation thread. Deliberate disruption – such as consistent off-topic and/or frivolous commentary – will not be tolerated such posts will be deleted or redirected to our general chat area.
This is your community - let us or your fellow posters know if you feel things are getting off-topic or inappropriate
Posts making threats of physical violence, stalking, or anything similar will not be tolerated. Offending threads will be copied to a safe location and your IP address will be recorded.
- You alone are responsible for the material you post. You will not knowingly post content or links to content that violates the copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of any third party and that you will remove the same should you discover that you have violated this provision. Likewise, you may not post content or links to content that is libelous, defamatory, offensive, obscene, racist, abusive, that violates a third party’s right to privacy, that otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law, or that is otherwise inappropriate. You will indemnify Torontonissan.ca, Toronto Nissan Club, Inc., its employees, agents, and affiliates from any and all claims and/or damages (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from any claim brought by any third party relating to content you have posted.
We shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of the forums to determine compliance with all sections of this Agreement and any other operating rules established by us. We shall have the right in our sole discretion to edit, refuse to post, remove, or otherwise alter any material submitted to or posted on the chats or forums. Without limiting the foregoing, we shall have the right to remove any material that we, in our sole discretion, find to be in violation of this agreement or inappropriate for any reason whatever without consent.
Notwithstanding all of the foregoing, users remain solely responsible for the content of their messages.
Site Communications
Private messages and Emails can be received from members and Registered Members of Toronto Nissan only.
Using the PM process to send threats of violence, racial attacks, personal or sexually harassing messages is prohibited. You will be warned once and the 2nd offense is a 7 day restriction from the board. Any additional offense of this nature will result in a permanent ban from the site. Anyone that feels they are a victim of this problem should immediately contact a moderator or a site Administrator for assistance. If you have an offeding message: DO NOT DELETE THE MESSAGE(S). Please keep them on hand so that you can forward them to the Administrator, as evidence, for action against the perpetrator.
Derogatory Insults Flames or derogatory
Insults are strictly against the rules. If you disagree with another member’s point of view, do so in a mature and civil manner. If someone posts to discuss their personal problems or seek help from other forum members, please do not respond unless you have something positive or helpful to add. If you find yourself being flamed or insulted by another member, please do not dignify that person with a response. Notify a moderator and let us handle it.
Illegal Activities
Threads/replies encouraging other illegal/unethical action (like “Best way to kill neighbor’s dog?”) will not be allowed. This also includes threads about using and/or obtaining illegal copies of copyrighted material such as software, music, videos, and sharing registration and license keys of copyrighted material.
Porn/NWS
posts with nudity and “not work safe” posts must be posted in “Pictures/Videos”. With a WARNING posted at the start of the topic.
Trolling
“Trolling”, or makings posts with the sole intention of creating problems on the forums is against forum guidelines. This includes registering an alternate ID for the sole purpose of creating problems on the forums. “Troll ID’s” will be locked immediately and permanently Banned, and can be locked without notification to the offender.
Violations, Suspensions, and Banning
For a first violation,
A warning is sent via email or Private Message (PM) and the offending post is modified/deleted.
For the second violation, a suspension of up to 1 week may be given. If you are suspended, you will receive a PM or Email, your user title will change to “Banned”, and you will not be able to post for that period of time. After the suspension, your posting status will be reinstated.
Third violation may result in long term or permanent ban.
We do however reserve the right to ban you on for however long for whatever reason if we deem necessary.
Any ban over 3 days must be voted on by the Mod/Admin Team
(you can feel assured it was nothing personal).
If you are suspended and you sign up under a new or different username, including an existing screen name that is not yours, is cause for your permanent ban as well as possibly the person whose name you signed on under.
There will be no “gross” pictures of death or maiming posted in any section.
If there are any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact an admin via pm or email
Rules infractions will be dealt with in the following order: 1. First Infraction
Member receives a private message (PM) from the Administrator or Moderator warning of inappropriate conduct or post content. The PM also states that the next infraction will result in a 24-hour temporary account ban.
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Second Infraction
Member receives a 24-hour temporary account ban from the TorontoNissan Forums. Member also receives a PM stating that their account will be deleted if a further infraction is found. -
Third Infraction
Member’s forum account is marked for deletion. Member’s forum account is suspended for 1 week. Member receives an email stating that they have 1 week to argue their case for account reinstatement in the Banned section. If no resolution is agreed after 1 week, member account is deleted permanently.SPAM ACCOUNTS
Any accounts created purely to spam up the forum will be perma-banned immediately. Reprieve or discussion is neither required or desired.
Toronto Nissan Club
Administration Team