Forum Rules

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To continue using the Hotstox Forum, the following rules must be adhered to or your membership may be terminated.

Acceptable Content

* Anything related to Hotstox racing will be deemed as acceptable content.

Unacceptable Content

1. Swearing, even where words are disguised using other symbols instead of letters.
2. Personal insults, Abusive or threatening remarks, and any comments which may be considered harassing, vulgar, crude, sexist, racist, homophobic or otherwise offensive.
3. Personal banter between limited numbers of members.
4. Any comment which may be considered libellous, defamatory, unlawful or which in any way implies any connection with, or contains links to, unlawful activities, substances or pornographic material.
5. Any content which may provoke other forum members, or disrupt the operation of the forum.
6. Any content which may be interpreted as discrediting Hotstox Racing, the Sport, its Participants, Supporters or Promoters.
7. Any post containing any material which you do not own without the express permission of the owner of the material.
8. Any post containing unsubstantiated hearsay, gossip, or rumour which, by it's presence, may cause distress to any party, may damage the reputation and credibility of any party, or which may mislead other members or guests.
9. Any content which generally could be interpreted as inappropriate, irrelevant, offensive, disruptive or damaging to the reputation of any party or individual.
10. ‘Spamming’ the Forum, or any particular thread, with multiple posts of a trivial nature, which serve no purpose and contain no meaningful information, or by reposting previously deleted comments.
12. Advertisements for commercial ventures or products.

Managing Forum Content

* Any Posts which we consider to be in breach of the above rules may be removed without warning, so please consider the rules before you post.
* Any Posts which are the subject of any complaint or are reported via the Report Button may be removed without warning.
* Any Member who persists in posting unacceptable content will be suspended from the Forum. Repeat offences following re-instatement will result in permanent removal. No warning can be given in either event
* Multiple accounts are not welcome here. Any Member found to have registered more than one account without express prior permission will to have their right to post removed

Right of Appeal

* Anonymous Members – none. If you hide behind a false identity, you have no appeal rights whatsoever. Sorry.
* Known Members - may appeal any decisions via E-MAIL ONLY to webmaster@v8hotstox.com. We’ll reply to you as soon as we can - usually within five working days.

Application of Content Rules

* The Forum is reactively moderated. It is impossible for us to monitor the Forum 24 hours per day, and we may ask others to help with the process. However, any decisions about Suspension or Removal from the forum will be made collectively, and only by the three Forum ‘owners’
* We ask all responsible Forum members to help us to run the forum by using the Report Button to highlight any content which you consider inappropriate, or in breach of Content Guidelines.
* No failure to remove any particular material constitutes an endorsement or acceptance of it.
* By becoming a member of the Hotstox Forum, you agree that any Claim or Proceedings arising from any Content added by you, will be a claim against you and you alone, and that the Hotstox Forum has no responsibility for any Content provided by you. You also agree that the Hotstox Forum may disclose any of your personal details to any third parties making such a Claim or initiating Proceedings as a result of any content added by you.


Managing the Hotstox Forum Membership

Please note the following points regarding the Hotstox Forum membership:

* Accounts which remain unused (i.e. - you haven’t posted or logged into your account) for more than 6 months may be deleted.
* We are sorry but permanently suspended accounts cannot be re-instated under any circumstances except for the provision a Doctors letter confirming your temporary insanity at the time of your suspension.
* As from 2009, anonymous membership is not allowed, and the new membership registration process will require you to say who you are.