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Duner Central Bulletin Board Rules of Conduct:

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MISSION STATEMENT:

Duner Central wishes to promote communication in an atmosphere of mutual respect and common courtesy. In an effort to maintain the integrity and family atmosphere of this bulletin board and to provide a comfortable level playing field that encourages all to participate, we ask that you please follow the rules of conduct when posting on this bulletin board. We remind all of our users that you are entirely responsible and liable for all your activities conducted on the DC Bulletin Board. Any comments posted on the DC Bulletin Board that violates our standards are routinely removed.

Any attempt to promote other websites, forums, or vendors not approved by DC Administration will be removed. Unauthorized website, forum, and company solicitation is not permitted. This policy will be strictly upheld.

We reserve the right to close the accounts of persistent violators of these standards at any time and without warning.

*Profanity or obscenities are not permitted in any way shape or form, not even if disguised with symbols (i.e.: asterisks or dollar signs). Slanderous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, insulting, threatening and harassing comments are not tolerated.

*No Inappropriate, Unrelated Material

Any matter determined to be inappropriate, unrelated or not within the intended scope of this bulletin board will be removed without notification.

*Content:

Any post that disparages, denigrates, or degrades any person or organization will be deleted. Vague criticisms not based upon facts are not allowed. The rules of common courtesy and decency shall be applied at all times.

Any content deemed contrary to the mission and goals of Duner Central could be deleted.

Disputes shall be pursued via private channels and not in public forums.

*Images, material or links to images and or material whether real, satirical or implied depicting obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, insulting, or threatening in nature are not permitted on this bulletin board. This includes Gifs or cartoons. Posting such material could lead to
the banning of your account at the administrators disgression.

*No personal attacks or "flames" are allowed. Flames are defined as comments that reflect upon the person instead of their opinion. If you dislike someone, please do not call them names or speculate on their personal lives.

* Information Accuracy

Any information posted on this bulletin board must be accompanied by a reasonable attempt to verify accuracy along with identification of the source or a link to the source. If accuracy cannot be verified, it must be stated as such by the author.

* No Spam, Soliciting or Junk E-mail

Use of our message boards or chat rooms for the purpose of sending junk email, chain letters, duplicative or unsolicited messages or spamming of any kind is prohibited, and your account will be removed or placed on
probation at the desgression of the DC Administrator or DC Staff Member.

*No Unauthorized Advertising Allowed

Although we do allow the occasional review or explanation about
something new, useful or interesting relating to our sport, no advertising of any kind, including non-profit organizations, is allowed without express written permission from the administrator of this bulletin board.

*Photo Gallery

The gallery is provided for the enjoyment of our members and for displaying pictures on our Bulletin Board System and website only. By posting your photos here you give Duner Central permission to use them throughout our website. Whenever possible, we will provide credit for the photo. We ask that you follow these rules and guidelines when posting:

* No nudity or scanties

* No sexually suggestive material

* Pictures must not be copyrighted material

* Photos may be deleted without warning

* Off-site links to the gallery are discouraged, excessive bandwidth use may result in all off-site links being removed.

Gallery users who violate these rules in any way will have their privilege to post pictures in the gallery revoked without warning.

*You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators of this forum have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic at any time should they see fit without notice.

*Disagreements With Moderating Actions Shall Not Be Posted On Duner Central or other like forums. Should you have any disagreement with an
action taken by any of the moderators or the administrator on Duner Central, or if you would like to bring a certain post or item to their attention, please contact them directly via private message only to discuss the matter, available through their profile or here at . Any post's of this type on the open bulletin board WILL BE removed.

While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums are that of the author and not the administrators, moderators or webmaster and hence will not be held liable.

Use of this bulletin board and your speech on this bulletin board is not a right. It is a privilege granted to you by Duner Central under the terms of this agreement and can be revoked at any time without warning.

In accordance with the privilege of using this bulletin board granted you by Duner Central, we request that you abide by the terms and conditions of our Rules of Conduct when using this bulletin board. We reserve the right to change the nature of this relationship at any time.

Users who violate the terms of our Rules of Conduct, or our Privacy Policy, will have their privilege of using of the Duner Central Bulletin Board interrupted, suspended or terminated at any time without notice and your internet service provider will be informed of the violation. The IP address of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions.

As a user you agree to any information you have entered above being stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent the webmaster, administrator and moderators cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised.

This forum system uses cookies to store information on your local computer. These cookies do not contain any of the information you have entered, they serve only to improve your viewing pleasure. The email address is used only for confirming your registration details and password (and for sending new passwords should you forget your current one).

The opinions and statements on this Bulletin Board System are not the official stance of Duner Central unless stated as such by an official representative of DC.

Duner Central is moderated by volunteers on a regular basis and we ask that you please respect their efforts.

Forum Definitions:

SPAM

SPAM stands for Stupid Pointless Annoying Material/Message. Listed below are our definitions of "SPAM":

Off-Topic Posts - Any post that is either irrelevant to the topic of discussion, or forum is classified as SPAM. These posts will be subject to removal by the active Moderator or Administrator.

Intentional Post Count Raising - Posting comments just to raise your post count is considered as SPAM. A common instance of this is posting nonsense that has absolutely nothing to do with that forum or discussion at hand.

One-Word Replies - One-word replies are classified as SPAM, unless otherwise noted in that specific forum's rules.

Personal Member-To-Member Threads - If you post a thread directed at a specific member, it may be classified as SPAM. Please use the Private Messaging of chat function to contact members privately about personal matters, or discussions.

Flames

A flame is an insult or slur directed to a member. Listed below are our definitions of "flames":

Insults - Any type of insult directed from one member to another member. Please remember that there is a big difference between "criticism" and "insulting".

Homosexual Slurs - Any type of homosexual slur directed from one member to another member, whether it'd be false claims that the member being flamed is a homosexual, or mocking a homosexual member for their sexual preference.

Sexual Slurs - Any type of sexual slur directed from one member to another member, whether it'd be describing explicit sexual behaviors involving the member being flamed, or typing sexually explicit slurs using the likeness of the member being flamed.

Racial Slurs - Any type of slur directed from one member to another member or ethnic background insulting a specific ethnic background.

It is important to remember that it is the moderator's or administrators discretion as to what is classified as a "flame". If you would like a moderator of administrator to review something that you may feel is a flame, please feel free to contact them. If you are unable to contact a moderator, please contact a super moderator or member of the administration.

Trolling

Trolling is a comment intended to antagonize another person. Trolling is where a member provokes another member into an argument or flame war by means of flaming the member, or making a post when the member knows full-well that it will cause an argument or flame war.

Explicit Content

I ask that members do not post up sexually explicit items. This is a dune site, not a porn site. Please use your best judgment when posting content. This has not be advertised as an 18+ website, nor will it be.

Advertising

Advertising is when a member displays a link to a Web site not associated with or approved by dunercentral.com with the intent to draw visitors of dunercentral.com to a competitive website. Advertising is usually done in threads or posts, but it's not uncommon to see advertising done in a member's viewable profile fields, such as their "Signature" or "Location".

Advertising is allowed only buy approved Dune Central Vendors and Sponsors.

Possible Disciplinary Actions

This sections covers all of the various disciplinary actions, in order of severity.

Caution - An informal warning that is not logged. Usually given to first-time offenders, new members, or members that are not known to have any major infractions against the rules.

Warning - A formal warning that may be logged by a moderator. Usually given to those that have refused to acknowledge a previous caution, or those that have committed an offense worth more than a caution.

Temporary Ban - A cooling off period given to members after they have received a warning. It is not un-common for members to have an account Temporary Ban after 1 warning. The number of warnings given before a ban is subject to change based off of the severity of the members action. This decision will ultimately be made by the active Administrator.

Account (Permanent) Ban - The member no longer has access to the said account, and is allowed to register a new account pending good behavior. If the member returns and continues to display disruptive behavior, then further action may be taken to prevent the member from registering other accounts.

Ban On Sight (BOS) Status - After a new account is created by a previously banned member with the intent to cause trouble, a member can be placed on "Ban On Sight" status. This means that if the member is identified under a new account, he/she can automatically be banned by a Super Moderator or active Administrator.

IP Ban - Members that are on a static IP address can be completely banned from registering by having their IP address logged and stored on a list of IP addresses that are not permitted to register accounts. Members on dynamic or proxy IP addresses cannot be IP banned, they are placed on Ban On Sight status as an alternative.

ISP Notification - Members that are a constant problem can be reported to their Internet Service Provider for violating the Terms of Service for their Provider, and this Web site. This can result in the Internet Service Provider canceling the members' Internet Service.

Administrative Information

There are three levels to the administration here at dunercentral.com; they are the Moderators, Super Moderators, and Administrators. Each group has their own responsibilities, powers, and limitations. This section outlines those responsibilities, powers, and limitations so that you can work together more efficiently.

Administrative Groups

This section describes the general purpose of each of the three levels of the administration.

Moderators - Moderators are basically the police of the forums. Their job is to oversee the forums and keep order. They require the assistance of the Administrators to handle any major disciplinary issues, but are independent as far as rule-enforcement goes.

Super Moderator Group - The Super Moderator Group act as normal moderators, but, they have the ability to handle disciplinary issues regarding moderators, as well as those with members. They still require the assistance of the Administrators to handle any major disciplinary issues for both members and moderators, but, they also act as an advisory panel that helps the Administrators decide on various issues regarding the members, moderators, and forums.

Administrators - The Administrators are responsible for governing the members, moderators, and Veteran Moderator Group, as well as handling all of the other administrative tasks, such as forum management. Administrators can choose to work together with the Veteran Moderator Group to handle various forum issues, or at their discretion, an issue may be important enough to be handled independently without Veteran Moderator Group involvement.