Off Topic Rules and Guidelines

[mrmephistopheles]

240SX Off Topic Rules and Guidelines

This is the Off Topic Forum. Any Technical discussion on the 240SX should be posted in the Technical Forum. Anything that’s not related to the Forum your posting in belongs in here.

Keep in mind that although this is the Off-Topic section, the main forum rules still apply. No posting of pornographic, sensitive, illegal material, etc is allowed. This means no copyrighted mp3s or movies, no Jenna Jameson, no Kobe Bryant's cellphone number. Keep your audience in mind when you post. This forum is open to users 13+. That means a thirteen year-old could see that goatse link you posted, so keep the vulgarity of your content to a minimum. Also search before you post that new flash animation you just found. Chances are, it might have been around the internet for a few years and you only now just found it. Reposts CAN be prevented.

This is not a private msg forum, so if you need to contact a single person please use the Private Message feature or Email.

Please respect others and the community. Not everyone can see eye to eye, although this does not permit you to attack other members. If you have a problem send them an email or PM.

Topics will be moved/locked/deleted at moderators discretion.

Signatures
Please see the post below regarding signatures.

Pornographic and/or Sensitive Material
This is a CAR forum. Moreover, this is a private forum which is publicly open to minors. These things mean Zilvia is about the LAST place for pornographic material to be presented. Any material above PG-13 which is either displayed via IMG tags, linked to, uploaded, or otherwise presented will result in ONE warning, followed by a BAN if the offense is repeated.
In addition, any information deemed sensitive such as celebrity phone numbers, social security numbers, VIN numbers not posted by their owners, etc. will be deleted and the user who posted it warned and then banned if the offense is repeated.

Pyramid schemes, etc
Users are not permitted to make money by utilizing Zilvia's bandwidth, other than by selling their parts, etc in the FS sections. Linking to pyramid schemes like freeiPods or freeflatscreens, hits4pay, etc etc WILL result in administrative action without prior warning necessary. If you have the slightest concern that something you're linking to might not be kosher, don't do it.

Grievances
Zilvia is not a grievance forum. If you have a problem with a seller or buyer, settle it with them. If you are unable to contact them and seek further assistance, contact your (and their) local law enforcement.

Racial Slurs/Ethnic bashing, etc
This sort of thing will NOT be tolerated. Users who choose to do so face permanent banning from Zilvia without warning.

In an effort to reduce post-whoring and other nonsense posting, we have applied a few more new rules.

No more IBTL-types of posts

These include:

• In Before The Lock
• In Before The Ban
• In Before The Pink
• In Before The Brown
• and other funny or not-so funny variations.

If you find yourself in a situation where you feel a mod will intervene, then maybe instead of posting nonsense to get your postcount up, you could report the thread. The icon is found under the username and looks like this: . And it also adds 1 post to your count when creating the reported post in the infraction forum only moderation can see, if that matters to you.

No more <msglength> in your posts

If your message is too short to meet the message length guidelines, then it is probably not very useful. This does not mean that you can beat the system by adding nonsense like "msglenghbullshitblablabla". Make your posts worthwhile and be a good contribution to the forum. Agreeing by saying "Yes. msglength" does not add any value to the forum.

Sanctions

Depending on the person, the quantity of infractions and many other variables, infractions could range from:

• Post(s) Deleted
• Warning
• Pinking / Browning
• Banning

So remember, less nonsense, more reporting () and everyone is happier!

[Jeff240sx]

SIGNATURES:
To accomodate standard-sized banners in the signature, including the use of the Zilvia.net banner and Sloganizer.net banners, we are allowing signatures to be one of two sizes. Current users have a signature limit of 400x200px, which is remaining unchanged. The alternative size is 600x125px.
Once 400px width has been exceeded, 125px high is the limit. Yes, that means an image 401x126 will be deleted.
As a thank you to our Premium members, their choice is 400x200 or 750x125, and again, once 400px wide has been exceeded, 125px high is the cap.
The .GIF or total image size limit remains at 150,000 bytes (150kb) according to the .gif's properties tab.
-Jeff