This is the Local Race Chat site rules page, restored close to verbatim from the Internet Archive capture of forums/view.php?pg=site_rules. It is the site’s own writing and is reproduced as it was published, including its capitalisation and its punctuation. The board is closed, so nothing here is in force. It is kept because it is the clearest surviving account of how the staff wanted the place run. The archived page is cut off partway through the final section, and the text below stops where the capture does.
Although the administrators and moderators of Local Race Chat (LRC) will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and LRC will NOT be held responsible for the content of any message.
Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to click the Report Post image located in every post.
Most Important to Remember
- This is NOT a forum to openly bash individuals, tracks, or officials. As always, we ask that subjects be related to racing, and if you have something to say, please do it in a respectful way.
- Please note that we do not allow advertising, on this board without being a paying advertiser holding a Banner spot or paying A monthly advertising fee.(No Self Promotion Allowed) THIS INCLUDES SIGNATURES AND AVATARS If a flood of advertisement occurs, the advertiser and the posts will be deleted from this Message Board.
- Local Race Chat has spent many hours working to build their member base. We ask that you do not spam our members through posts, private messages, emails, or any other attempt to disrupt their time here. If you are reported doing such we will disable your posting privileges until your account is reviewed.
- When you register on this board your account will not be deleted per your request unless the requested member is deceased.
- All content of Local Race Chat.com are to be considered property of Local Race Chat. Replication or duplication of posts, images, or content are strictly prohibited without written permission. If you are caught copying material from this site and do not give a link back to the source of your post on another site your account will be banned.
Sharing Accounts
If you share your account info with any other person you are held responsible for anything posted under your user name. NO EXCEPTIONS!
If you share your account with a banned member your account will also be banned. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Respect is the key
The Local Race Chat Forums (LRC) is a place where it’s okay to be yourself — be that harried, jovial, silly or sad — as long as you always act with respect towards your fellow LRC members. We promise that you won’t have to leave your personality at the door. We promise to bring passion to our work and to our community and to act with appreciation for our members. We will listen willingly to your suggestions and complaints, and try to incorporate your ideas in everything we do.
The LRC Staff are here to help you if you have a problem, e-mail it or post your request in the forums. We have many members that have knowledge in various areas. They are all willing to help you at the drop of a hat.
If you’ve been caught or accused of a wrongdoing, and or get banned for such behavior, don’t get irrational. Most of the time, we revoke privileges as a safety measure, and we are usually just as quick to reinstate them.
Just e-mail us and ask what happened if you don’t know why you were banned, or write to us and explain your side of the story. Tell us why you think it was ok or why you know it was wrong.
This is a community of racing and automotive enthusiasts. Watch your P’s and Q’s when you write, and use emotion icons (smilies) if you think someone might take something you say offensively.
Get to know the community
Local Race Chat is much more than an online discussion group for racing enthusiasts. It’s a community of people from all walks of life and backgrounds seeking and giving answers to anything related to racing. We provide the format not only for racing discussion but also off topic ones not related to racing at all.(see appendix). Please familiarize yourself with the posting format. Lurk and browse around the numerous sections to get a feeling of the community first. Get to know the Moderators. Use the search feature and any other feature in the forums general FAQ. You will find that many of your questions may have been already answered. This would reduce repetitive questions. Once you get the feel of the format, feel free to post away. Bottom line: Browse, read, post and learn, but have fun doing it.
Don’t attack each other
Attack the message, not the messenger. Criticize ideas, not the person. Don’t attack others. Personal attacks and flaming on others will not be tolerated. Challenge others’ points of view and opinions, but do so respectfully and thoughtfully … without insult and personal attack. No violent, discriminatory language or personal attacks are allowed. Personal attacks are defined as personal, racial, ethnic and or gender based insults, slurs or derisive comments. We reserve the right to edit and remove any inappropriate posts.
Keep personal information personal
Think before you post or speak: Do you really want to put your address or telephone number on a public discussion forum or to share it during a live chat? We encourage you to keep personal information personal.
Similarly, do not ask for personal information from others. Information that should be considered personal includes but is not limited to your home phone number, name, and age. If you must give this out for any reason, please do so privately via the forums private messaging system.
Keep your posts clean
There may be places where explicit, obscene or vulgar language, graphics or behavior is appropriate however LRC is not one of them. Discussion forum posts that contain explicit, obscene or vulgar language will be removed. Similarly, discussion forum posts that solicit or offer explicit or X-rated GIFs, JPEGs or similar content files will be deleted without notice!
With each post you have the ability to edit them for 24hrs. Please use this feature. If you feel like adding more to your post or find you made a mistake, please insert an edit note to the message by using the edit feature. Placing back to back posts is considered spam, which can result in your message being removed from the thread.
Censorship
Participants may not post words or URLs that are censored by adding spaces, dots, or substituting characters; or by any other means in an attempt to defeat any censors put in place by Local Race Chat. If you type your words out the site will censor any foul language, please let the site do the censoring. (pu*k is an example of this violation.)
Be courteous: avoid duplicate posts
Do not post the same discussion more than once on a discussion forum or on many forums, find the forum that best fits your thread topic. Duplicate discussions can be frustrating for other members, especially for those whose time and energy is limited. Weeding through the same discussion in multiple locations can be not only frustrating, but down right annoying. Duplicate discussions will be deleted. Re posting the same message repeatedly can be interpreted as SPAM and could result in the loss of your posting privileges or membership. Also be conscious of your fellow members and avoid making meaningless posts for the sole purpose of increasing your post count.
Posting etiquette
LRC is a community where members expect to read posts with correct grammar and practical sentence structure. Any posts with funny mixed case such as “hey can u c thiz? L8r!” will not be tolerated. The same goes for language. LRC is an English language based site. All discussions should be conducted in English. If you cannot post clearly, coherently, and in English, you will be given notice to do so. If you ignore this notice and continue to post incoherently, your posting rights will be removed.
Closed threads
If a thread has been closed, there is probably a logical reason for it. If you feel that the reason(s) for closure of the original thread are unjustified or wish further clarification feel free to contact any member of the moderating team. However, Do not start a new thread about another closed thread.
Advertising
Unless prior authorization is given, Advertising is prohibited on the forums. Your membership will be revoked at first such offense. If you feel like advertising, please feel free to contact us.
Signatures
Each member has the ability to display a signature. Please keep your signature clean, just like the posts. If you choose to create a signature for yourself, please keep it within a reasonable size. It is inconsiderate to your fellow LRC members to place a book size of a signature in between every post. Anything not permitted in a post as outlined in this document should not be permitted in signatures either. In essence:
Text Signatures: (All Members)
- Quotes, jokes and puns are okay, so long as they are not offensive.
- Must be setup in your profile, and not manually added to your messages.
- May include one click able link. (may not link, in any manner, to sites or images containing pornography, sexually explicit, gross violence, or are determined by moderators to be detrimental to the community.)
- Maximum BB font size cannot be larger than 2.
- Must be kept to a maximum of three lines (at 1024×768 resolution).
- May not contain links to other threads or posts.
- Please keep special characters (&%$#) to a minimum.
- Your signature is your signature. It is not for sale or rent.
- Any signature that is offensive or insulting to either LRC, its members, or its staff, are prohibited and subject to removal without notice.
- We reserve the right to ask you to change and/or remove your signature at any time, for any reason.
Picture Signatures: (Premium Members Only)
- You may include only one (NON) animated or picture signature.
- You are allowed NO text with a picture signature. (Links are considered text)
- Picture may be linked to your website.
- The size is limited to 300 x 150 pixels MAX anything any larger will be removed.
- You may not include images containing pornography, sexually explicit, gross violence, or anything else determined by moderators to be detrimental to the community.
- Your signature is your signature. It is not for sale or rent.
- Any signature that is offensive or insulting to either LRC, its members, or its staff, are prohibited.
- We reserve the right to ask you to change and/or remove your signature at any time, for any reason.
Transfer of ownership
Upon the submittal of each post on Local Race Chat you give LRC and/or its partners the permission to reproduce any part of your post in any form, for any purpose, and at any time.
Use of copyrighted material
As stated previously, the staff of LRC will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, this includes but is not limited to any message spamming any commercial available product, any unauthorized illegal product (such as warez). This also includes any item using the Local Race Chat logos, banners, etc. Members violating the above are subject to removal from the board.
If you are contacted by a moderator
If you have been contacted by a member of the moderating team, either through Private Message (PM) or email about your conduct here at Local Race Chat, chances are you have violated part(s) of the User Guidelines. If you wish to maintain your membership and continue to enjoy LRC, it is imperative that you do not disregard warnings given by moderators. If you feel that the warning is unwarranted feel free to contact any moderator or administrator for dispute resolution.
- Staff decisions are final. Ultimately, staff has complete discretion over what is and is not acceptable on the site.
- Public discussions of staff decisions are not permitted on this site or any other. If you have any concerns or queries relating to a staff decision, please take it up in private with a member of the site administration team.
- Any discussions of staff decisions brought to public on any site will result to immediate banning of your account on LRC.
Multiple accounts
If through inappropriate behavior or not following the guidelines outlined in this document, your account is temporarily or permanently rev
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