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Johnny Law
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It's impossible to
write the perfect rules policy that pleases 100% of the users -
we're just trying our best. My educated guess, looking at the
logs over the last few years, indicates that about 1 in 300 posts
gets axed due to a rules violation (this doesn't included
classifieds that self-expire and things in the 'test' area that get
removed every few weeks). Pretty high throughput for over
15,000 users.
Joke #1:
Person standing next to a pilot:
"Good
morning!"
Pilot: "Go
away."
Joke #2:
Typical
exchange seen on large forum with no rules:
Q: Can someone please help me solve
this problem? Thanks in advance!
A:
Nazi.*
(alternate answer): My mother makes $87/day from
home. Learn more.
(alternate answer): It's Obama's fault.
Go have dinner with (3) of your pilot
buddies and try to agree 100% on something. Anything. Now picture
your table has 15,000 pilots sitting at it. I hope you
can agree there need to be some ground rules.
The
VAF Forums
have a lot of users (~15,000) and a large segment of pilots are
'type A' and used to getting their way. Not a good mix without
some guidelines. On the up side, the VAF posting rules are refreshingly simple for such a large crowd.
As a matter of fact, the stripped down rules fit on one line:
Play nice.
Keep it RV-related.
Don't promote your
company's product(s) here unless you're
an advertiser.
This one line summery
is broken out into greater detail below. If
this just rubs you the wrong way for some reason, and you think you
should be able to say whatever pops into your head, any time of the
day or night, drunk or sober....well, this isn't the place
for you. We wish you well.
IMPORTANT: You
will not be notified if your post gets deleted.
Grow a pair and man up. 99.999% of the posts that get deleted
violated something in the 'summary rules' listed above and have no place here in the archives
(examples: crash video of an F-18, some government official does
something, selling your washing machine). Now, on to the rules
in greater detail...
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The Posting
Rules in Greater Detail
1.
Civility: First and Foremost.
This is intentionally vague,
and gives the moderators a LOT of
discretion. If any one of them is rubbed the wrong way with
a post, it's toast. If you can't be civil at all times,
don't participate. We don't tolerate uncivil
behavior here.
2. Language and
tone
...that would be inappropriate in the polite company of
strangers and their young children shouldn't be used.
3. Keep the topic
RV-related somehow.
Anything not RV is fair game for deletion. You will
not
be notified it has been deleted, as we have 15,000+ folks
in the forums and the moderators are volunteers with lives.
exceptions:
You have a new baby, you let us know! Fighting a medical
condition and need support? Post away. Wanna make
fun of my scooter in the 'misc' area....I'll let it slide, Clyde.
Put these type posts in the 'Test/Misc' area so they can be
auto-deleted after a few weeks (so they don't clog up the
archives).
4. Create your
post in the appropriate area.
Put classified listings in 'Classifieds', etc. Most folks
come into the forums using either the
Today's Posts or
New Posts links, which pulls from all areas.
Put
time sensitive posts
like 'Local RV builder on the ch 5 news tonight in XXXXXX' in the 'Test/Misc'
area, as we can easily delete it later (so it doesn't clutter up
the archives).
5.
No COMMERCIAL Promotion, including URLs in forum signatures
...unless you are an advertiser.
The VAF
Forums have reached a size where it's time to
enforce this - signs of abuse have started to pop
up. I'm not trying to be a tool about it, but
I spend so much more money running this site than
you might think - far too much to provide free
advertising for dozens and dozens of companies.
And, it's unfair to the companies that DO
financially support VAF with their limited
advertising dollars.
If you are
NOT an advertiser on VAF,
DO NOT display
your business name or business URL in your signature
or posts, or promote them through the VAF Forums
or Private Message system.
Non-advertisers may list a URL in the 'Home Page'
field in their forum member profile pointing to
their business, but only there.
If you wish to purchase advertising space, I can be
contacted
here.
Screen shots
from other sites RE: this type of policy (when you
reach a certain size you have to have a few more
rules):
iPod Forums (iLounge.com)
Triumph Motorcycle Forum (TriumphRat.net)
Digital
Photography Forums (dpreview.com)
Miata Forums (forum.miata.net)
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Posts that will
be
deleted 100% of the time:
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Posts
complaining about why a post was deleted. This is
called 'mod-baiting'.
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Posts that contain
the words Liberals, Democrats, Republicans, Bush, Obama,
Pelosi, Limbaugh, etc. If your post even remotely smells of
politics, it's toast. I would suggest that if you want to
talk GA politics, as an example, take it over to
aopa.org/forums.
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Duplicate posts
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Links to video clips showing illegal and unsafe flying
(like buzzing a house or rolls
over a congested area).
My thoughts on safety.
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"For Sale: 1965 Cessna C-172....selling to buy RV tail kit."
(the one
exception: an airpark home or lot)
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"Funny video clip of guys blowing up anvils." ....although
I gotta admit that WAS a pretty funny clip.
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Posts promoting individual-sponsored group buys. (here's
why)
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By way of contrast,
take a look at some forums online that have pages and pages of rules
(iPod
forum rules /
Miata forum rules)
By submitting
content to the VAF Forums, you are granting Delta Romeo, LLC. a
royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right
(including any moral rights) and license to use, license,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative
works from, distribute, derive revenue or other remuneration
from, communicate to the public, perform and display the content
(in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in
other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later
developed. (This
paragraph was copied/paraphrased and adapted for use here from
the legal section of the 'Just Chat' online community. My
thanks to them for letting me use it.)
Thanks again for
keeping it fun and friendly,
Doug Reeves
VAF Forums Owner/Founder
Your VAF Forum moderators:
If any of the
following folks come across a post that doesn't follow the rules
above, they can delete (or edit) it.
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Many of these folks are repeat
builders. An 'x' means they have owned,
built (or are building) a particular model. An 'xx' indicates they
have owned/built two!
You might someday get the
following text from a moderator in an email, or private message, or even
have your post or reply replaced with what's below. Any large
forum board has to eventually deal with this - it's not personal and is
just a reality of large communities:
Hello.
I have been asked by
the owner of the VAF site (Doug Reeves) to help enforce the forum
posting rules (www.vansairforce.net/rules.htm). I deleted your recent VAF post about _________________
for the following reason(s):
__ Civility / Tone
__ Not RV-related
__ Commercial promotion
by non-advertiser
__ Mod/Policy bashing
__ Politics /
Government
__ Illegal video clip
__ eBay / Barnstormers
/ etc. (classified-specific rules at:
www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=8208)
If you feel the need, please direct
comments regarding this to the owner of the site (Doug Reeves). His
contact info can be found at:
www.DeltaRomeo.com
Thank you.
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