Welcome to the forums at STLRacing.com
The community on our forum are a great group of people that share auto racing as a common interest and this site is here for discussion of auto racing in general.
Before you start posting, please read these Guidelines. If there is anything that is unclear, or if you're in doubt please feel free to contact us here at STLRacing.com.
Please Note: This is a privately owned forum. We, The Owners and the Moderating Team, reserve the right to accept or decline your membership application, so you are not guaranteed membership and your membership is subject to revocation. We reserve the right to declare what is suitable and what is not on STLRacing.com.
Although the administrators and moderators of STLRacing.com will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this site, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of STLRacing.com, Jimmy Dearing, nor vBulletin Solutions, Inc. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.
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"Guidelines of Conduct" on STLRacing.com
1. No content that is considered racist, obscene, x-rated, or objectionable will be tolerated. All such posts will be deleted without notice and the member who posted it will be issued infractions and or banned at our discretion. This includes avatars. Everyone's opinion on objectionable may not be the same. Although we do allow photos of "scantily clad" individuals, we do not allow any nudity. Cursing is discouraged, but if it can be said on primetime broadcast TV, it may be included on a post.
2. You will not violate a persons privacy by publishing information without permission that is private and personal. If you feel the need to do this, send one of our moderators a message before doing so.
3. Personal attacks (Flaming, Name Calling) on others will not be tolerated. You are welcome to challenge others points of view and opinions, but do so respectfully and thoughtfully.
Please remember The Golden Rule: Treat others as you wish to be treated !
4. Create threads in the proper forum. Threads created in the wrong forum are subject to deletion. One thread posted in multiple forums(Cross Posting) is subject to deletion and issuance of Infractions.
5. We have a zero-tolerance approach on SPAM. If you post spam, you risk your account being permanently banned and your topic will be deleted. No advertising is allowed on STLRacing.com without prior approval by the ADMINs.
6. Do not send spam via private messages. See #5
7. Do not promote your websites, domains, company, or services in any of the discussion forums. This includes starting a thread, replying to a post, or putting it in your signature. If a member is seeking assistance or looking for a certain type of product, the best way to offer your services is to send a PM. The only way people are allowed to advertise on this site is if they are paying to do so. Please contact the ADMINs if you wish to become a Supporting Vendor.
8. Users may disagree with the decisions or actions of the moderators and/or administrators, however, disagreements, criticism and the like are not to be aired within the forums. Please feel free to PM the person directly rather than air your dirty laundry in public.
9. Any abuse towards our staff and/or management will result in immediate suspension of your account.
10. Signature guidelines:
The maximum number of lines in a signature is 5.
No external links will be posted in signatures. This includes email addresses.
Dev/Themer Support is allowed within reason. To be determined by the Moderation Staff.
Do not put any kind of advertisements in signatures.
Signature text should comply with our regular posting Guidelines.
If your signature is in violation of any of these new rules, the Staff may remove it without prior notice.
11. DO NOT advertise any commercial business. Anyone trying to use STLRacing.com to advertise will be issued infractions and or banned, and their posts will be deleted. Individuals may use the CLASSIFIED section of the forums to sell/buy/trade items.
12. If you have any questions as to whether something is acceptable, please message a moderator.
Note: These Guidelines are subject to change as we see fit.
Except for Spammers, We will make every effort to notify you if you are not following the forum’s Guidelines. Moderators and Administrators have the final word. If you have a problem or a complaint please direct it to the ADMINs instead of posting in the public forums. They will quickly take the appropriate actions to resolve the issue in a private and discreet manner.
Most of all....Have fun and enjoy the forums!
This is a great idea, thanks JD.