FORUM GLOBAL RULES... all members must read

[Mayurdhwaj]

1. This forum is dedicated to the problems, doubts, experiences etc of mariners and events, trends, developments etc in the marine industry. Files like documents, drawings, pictures and manuals etc can be uploaded in the forum for discussion. These files and everything else on this site are ONLY FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES ! We do not take any responsibility for them or their use.

2. POSTING OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED IN THE FORUM. If you are the Copyright or Trademark holder, please inform the Admin and provide the needed information (proof) that you are the real owner and we will remove the requested materials.

3. This forum system uses cookies to store information on your local computer. These cookies do not contain any of the information you have entered above; they serve only to improve your viewing pleasure. The e-mail address is used only for confirming your registration details and password (and for sending new passwords should you forget your current one) .Please note that most mail servers (yahoo, gmail, hotmail, msn etc) may, in some cases, regard our activation email as spam. Therefore, upon registration please check your spam folder, as the email to activate your account will most likely have been sent directly there and not to your inbox.

4. This board uses the English language only. All users must use only English language on all sections of the forum. Any post containing non-English language can and will be deleted by the moderator team.

5. You agree not to post any, abusive, racist, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Religious or Ethnic flaming/insults are certainly not allowed here. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned (and your service provider being informed). The IP address of all posts is recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that the webmaster, administrators and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit.

6. Under no circumstances are members to post merely thanks as a post or topic authors to request it , there is no excuse for this ! Flooding of the board with posts containing just thanks , thankz, thank you and similar is a 0% tolerance situation and members will be BANNED for failing to comply with this . In order to prevent such situations all users must use the Reputation button present on every post of each topic to thank the topic/post author for his/her post. the Reputation button present on each user post is to give positive or negative feedback according to the nature of the post.

7. No advertising of other sites in this forum is allowed.

a) A forum/site name or a forum/site link (most especially those similar to/or competing with DieselShip) should not appear anywhere:

-in 'Location' field of a member's profile
-in a member's signature
-in a member's avatar
-in any file uploaded by a member
-in a referral link inside an uploaded file
-in a post/thread being discussed by members

b) Links to sites like MMD, IMO, DG Shipping or other sites related to administration are, however, allowed. Make sure that you post the link as just a text and not as an actual link (means it must not be clickable). e.g.

http://dgshipping.com

All posts/threads not following the above will be locked or deleted depending on the decision of admin/mod team and the offending party will be warned or banned for continuously ignoring the rule.

8. No user can post content related to sales or selling of any product without the administrators permission. Such topics will be trashed by the moderator team.

9. No double-posts of files, be they drawings, pictures, manuals, videos, etc are allowed. A referral link to such files can be posted from a previous topic/post, if required in a new post. Double post of such files will be removed. Double-post of the same message or comment in different sections of the forum just to get more views will not be tolerated, and the offending user can receive a ban for that.

10. Always use the SEARCH button before uploading a file or asking a question as it might be already posted in the forum. Such topics can and will be locked by the moderator team.

11. If any member or moderator encounters what they believe to be an already posted file (double post of drawings, pictures, manuals, etc), then they must follow this procedure to report it. Before posting you must find the original file to confirm it is double. If, after this, you are sure that a double post has occurred then you must post a direct link to the original file on the topic in question. If unable to confirm any of the above you are required NOT to post unconfirmed information stating this. This rule is to help prevent double posts and also to eliminate the many 'old post', 'double post' comments that members make. Only by providing evidence of a double post can you help maintain/keep the forum clean of this problem.

12. If any member encounters a post or topic that is breaking the rules please press the "report post" button adding a comment. This will send an email to all the moderators in the forum alerting them of the situation. However the abusive use of this button can result in negative feedback/ban for the offending user.

13. No member may act in the forum as if they were a moderator. Leave the moderation up to the moderator team. If you have any problems/concerns/questions regarding the actions of someone from the moderator team please send an email to the Admin.

14. No member may ask for Reputation increases in ANY of their posts, no one may ask for Reputation, not even in the attachments or in the links, NOT EVEN ON THE FIRST POST OF EACH TOPIC. No messages like "if you like my post increase my Reputation" are allowed. If such cases are found, it will result in negative Reputation points for the offending user and possibly a ban if the said user breaks this rule many times.

This rule also serves for all members and mods who try to use their signatures to get Reputation or use them for their own benefit.

No advertising or links (websites or personal thread/s), nor abusive or non-English words in signatures, etc. Any violation will be dealt with accordingly.

15. Be friendly and respect all members and moderators of this forum. The use of abusive language against any forum member will result in negative feedback and possibly a ban.

16. Remember to read the rules topics and announcements made on forum news section regularly to keep you updated of changes on the forum.

17. By agreeing to these rules, you accept to receive advertising and info mails from DieselShip forum and our affiliates.




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DieselShip Team