RMS Site
and Forum Terms of Use
RMS is a free and extremely useful resource. Use of the site is a privilege,
not a right. Whilst the items above are guidelines and not strict rules,
repeated misuse of the forum and blatant disregard of these guideliness
will lead to a warning and/or a ban. The forum is there for everyone to
enjoy and benefit from, not to abuse - so please exercise some common
sense, follow the guidelines below, and hopefully RMS will continue to
improve as one of Northern Ireland's leading car enthusiasts' websites.
Grievance Issues
If you have any issues or problems with another member's posting on the
forum, please use the report post button which is located under every
users post. Do not PM or email a moderator in this case.

If you have another issue, problem with abusive PMs or wish to speak
to a moderator directly, firstly look for any moderators that are currently
online. Their names are highlighted on the forum homepage in the "Who's
online section". Alternatively click
here for a list of moderators. If you have a problem that cannot be
resolved by a moderator, use the contact form (here)
to contact the administrator.
RMS Warning System
The forum uses the Advanced Warning System plugin for Vbulletin, which
automates the dicipline of unruly forum users. Based on a penalty point
style system, any user can receive points on their user account for
breaching forum rules. Accrue more than 12 points and the user is banned
for 7 days. A second ban will last 14 days, and a third ban will be
permanent.
Warnings will expire after a certain amount of days, known as the warning
maturity. Obviously these are for normal warning circumstances, and
the moderators may deem that action may need to be taken outside of
the warning system, including immediate banning without warning of any
user.
If a warning is issued, the offending user will receive both a PM and
email (in case of banning, email only) from the moderator who actioned
the warning explaining the type of warning and if applicable, the post
or thread that it concerns. Back chat due to a warning may result in
an immediate ban.
| Warning Type |
Warning Points |
Warning Maturity |
| Requesting/posting links to copyright material or similar |
3 |
28 |
| Same topic posted in multiple categorys |
3 |
28 |
| Use of text speak |
3 |
30 |
| Off topic/spam posts or thread hijacking |
3 |
45 |
| Ignoring moderator wishes/back chat in post |
4 |
30 |
| Potentially libellous/defamatory comments about person/company |
4 |
60 |
| User posted URL that contains potentially offensive or pornographic
material |
6 |
30 |
| Highly Offensive Post (Inc racism, member bullying) |
9 |
60 |
Forum Rules
(as per registration page)
Registration to this forum is free! We do insist that you abide by the
rules and policies detailed below. If you agree to the terms, please check
the 'I agree' checkbox and press the 'Register' button below. If you would
like to cancel the registration, click here to return to the forums index.
Although the administrators and moderators of RMS will attempt to keep
all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to
review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and
neither the owners of RMS, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of
vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.
By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages
that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or
otherwise violative of any laws.
The owners of RMS reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any
thread for any reason.
Further rules, explanation of procedures and complaints can be found
on the Terms of Use page by clicking here. You are also agreeing to the
terms on the 'RMS Terms of Usage' page, and it is easily accessable by
clicking the rules link on the forum menu bar.
Forum Etiquette
1. Shouting
Please do not post in CAPITAL LETTERS (otherwise known as shouting). This
makes threads difficult to read and is generally frowned upon by most
other users.
2. Duplicate Posts
Please refrain from creating duplicate posts as this will clog up the
forum and again make it difficult to read. If your original post has not
had the response you desired, leave a polite reply to it to remind members
that you're still awaiting a response.
3. Search Facility
A number of topics are reposted on RMS from week to week. This applies
particularly to technical questions which have already been covered. When
posting up something that you feel may have been covered before, please
use the search facility in the menu bar above to check if the topic has
been covered before. Reposts are usually locked and/or deleted by moderators.
4. Aggression
We appreciate that by its very nature, a forum will be a lively area in
which to have discussions and debates and as such, these may sometimes
become heated. However, any aggression or pointless bickering usually
degenerates into a tit-for-tat scenario and the thread is subsequently
locked. We would ask that all members respect the forum and other forum
users; if you have any grievances, contact a moderator using the Report
button.

5. Common Sense!
It would be quite easy to fill a page here with the types of behaviour
which would contravene forum rules - racism, sectarian references, personal
attacks, etc. The best way to use the forum is simply to apply a little
common sense and treat people online with the same manners and respect
as you would in real life. The forum rules clearly state what is allowed
and not allowed on the forum in more detail.
6. Txt Speak
It has been noted that the use of 'txt spk' has increased somewhat
on this forum (amongst others) recently. Most members find it frustrating
and difficult to read, and it usually takes just as long to type a sentence
using txt spk as it does to type it in proper English. We would ask that
all members refrain from using text spk of any kind on the forum. Txt
spk developed as shortcuts for texting on mobile phones; computers have
a full keyboard for a reason!
7. Multiple Identities
One user account per person. If any user is found to be using multiple
accounts, these accounts will be removed and the offending user will potentially
face a permenant ban from the forum
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