A couple things to be aware of when posting here on the 3A page.... When we took over the page I promised that we would keep the forums free of the sort of things that have caused other forums to eventually fail or become a small clique that nobody wanted to join. We are doing pretty well in that regard, but I want to put out a couple ideas and thoughts while there is no controversy going on.
Please refrain from being political in your postings. It is easy to do, especially during elections, but we want to keep the focus on jeeps, jeeping, and general 4WD fun stuff. If you avoid mentioning political parties and candidates, conservatives and liberals, you will have a good start on keeping the 3A page politics free. One only has to visit the G503 board to see what unchecked politics can do to a board.......they finally had to drop their politics board that only members could see, and still the moderators have a battle on their hands almost daily. A lot of folks left the G due to the political junk that was clogging the boards...
We also have pledged to keep the forum religion free as well. Again, it is hard to do sometimes, I know. Please try anyway.
Bashing, Flaming, Trolling, and generally trashing other members here also will not be tolerated. Please keep your discussions civil and if things get heated, it might be a sign that people need to take it down a notch or two...
And lastly, this is a PG rated forum. We would like to be able to have young jeepers participate and be members if they would like, so post what would be appropriate for the younger set to be reading. I don't think I need to say more about that. Pictures need to be G rated too. Naked jeeps are the only naked bodies we need to see here...lol. NOTE: THE FORUM SOFTWARE WILL CHANGE CERTAIN SWEAR WORDS AND COARSE LANGUAGE TO ALTERNATIVE PHRASES AT TIMES>>>>>SO if you type something and it comes out completely different that is why....... Grin
As moderators, John, Pascal, Nate, Derek and I can and will delete posts that do not follow these rules. I will attempt to notify users who have breached the rules in these areas and give them an opportunity to edit their own post first, but repeated offenses can result in posts disappearing without notice. Of course if we get someone in here who just can't control their urges to be controversial and offensive, banning is an option.
If you see a post that seems to be against the spirit of what we are doing here, feel free to PM any administrator with the details. Sometimes we may miss reading every single post and something can slip thru the cracks.....(especially any SPAM)
Moderator /Administrator hat off, back to jeeps, greasy fingernails, and fun!
(PS.. we are not having problems currently with folks breaching these "rules" but I am putting this as a sticky at the top of our major forums just as a reminder and as a preventative measure. Please do not be offended, we are not turning into a rules oriented place.)
