Post in Appropriate Forum Sections
Please try and post your topics in the most appropriate forum. If you post a thread that would be more appropriate in another forum, a moderator will move it for you.

Controversial Topics
Controversial topics, such as racism, politics, abortion, etc., are NOT allowed. These topics start out civilized, but over time invariably develop into all out wars and heated arguments. Posting “attitudes” need to be kept in a civilized manner.

Trolling
“Trolling” or, making posts with the intention of creating problems on the forum are obviously against the rules. This includes registering an alternate ID for the sole purpose of creating problems on the forums. “Troll ID’S” will be locked immediately and permanently, and can be locked without notification to the offender.

Derogatory Insults
Direct insults towards other members are strictly prohibited. If you disagree with another member, reply in a mature and civil manner. Do not respond unless you have something positive or helpful to add. If you find yourself being harassed by another member, please DO NOT satisfy them with a reply. Notify a moderator/administrator immediately to let us handle the situation. If you feel you must respond, please DO NOT do it on the board. Use private message or e-mail. If you are still fighting the urge to reply, click on that person’s profile, and select “Add to ignore list”. This will make that person’s posts invisible to you.

Attacking Forum Moderators
Attacking Forum Moderators/Administrators will not be tolerated. Posting a thread or reply to a question or criticize a moderator/administrator action is not appropriate in a public forum. Please utilize the board’s private message or e-mail if you with to discuss any issue. Treat us as you wish to be treated. Bring up your issues and concerns in a mature and civil manner to the moderator/administrator. We will do our best to address all issues and/or concerns.
Threads/replies attacking our policies will not be allowed.

Expletives
Expletives (swear words) are NOT allowed in any case. Many people are deeply offended by vulgar language.

Spamming
Spamming or business advertisements by businesses are not allowed. Threads or private messages determined to be "spam" will be deleted or forwarded to the administrator which could possibly result in revoked privileges or deletion from our board without notice. Lottery schemes being advertised on this board are considered spam. Excessive advertisement "for profit" forums are also considered spam, and will be dealt with accordingly. If you are interested in sponsoring Rampart-Group please contact our Administrators.

Free Posts
“Free posts” or posting solely for the purpose of boosting your post count is not allowed. Many people judge members credibility based on post count, so please obtain your post count legitimately. Furthermore, free posts waste server space and ISP bandwidth unnecessarily. Threads to announce your post count are considered free posts and will be locked. Abusers will have their post count started back to zero.

Posting Harmful URL’s
Any member that posts malicious or a harmful URL links that cause other member’s PC’s to become locked or have to be rebooted in order for the PC to regain functionality is subject to losing posting privliages.


Violation of the forum rules/guidelines


First Offense -Warnings will be given via private message, e-mail, and/or moderator reply in the offending thread.

Second Offense – Results in a Temporary Ban which will consist of a three (3) day lock of your ID depending on the nature of the offense.

Third Offense – Permanent ID lock.

Please realize that the nature of the offense will determine the action to be taken. If the violation is extreme enough, or has been repeatedly warned enough in the past, a member can have his/her ID locked without warning. Threads or replies that do not comply with our guidelines may be locked, edited, or deleted, depending on the nature of the offense. We will make every effort to state why such action was taken via private message, e-mail, and/or moderator reply in the offending thread. For this reason, we ask that you check your private messages often. You can find out whether or not you have received any private messages by logging in. You can set your options so that the board notifies you when you have received a private message if you so desire.

The above rules and guidelines are necessary to make our forum comfortable and more enjoyable for all. We want you to feel comfortable on this site and this is made just for you. By complying with the rules, we all benefit from each other and can grow in our experiences through sharing.

If you feel you cannot comply with the rules above, please refrain from using our forum