Forum rules and etiquette - Please read before posting

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Welcome to the Team MightyBoy forum, the place for ALL MightyBoy owners and enthusiasts. From all members and moderators; we hope you enjoy these forums, and find them useful and informative.

In order to ensure that the forums remain beneficial and accessable to everyone, we ask that you follow these simple rules.


:!: PLEASE DO NOT WRITE YOUR ENTIRE POST IN CAPS. This is the internet equivalent of shouting, and there is hardly a forum in existence that would condone it.

:!: Please pay attention to the topic of your messages, and check that you are posting it in the appropriate section.

:!: It is almost never appropriate to send the same message to two forums. This clutters up the forum with unnessessary posts.

:!: In the body of your message, please use complete sentences and words, and make sure proper spelling and punctuation is observed. DO NOT USE SMS LINGO. This is the most important part of how you appear to others on the forum, and you will get a lot more respect from users if you take the time to write your posts correctly.

:!: Please note the EDIT function. Rather than double posting, hit the edit button and change/add to your post. If you make a double post,or wish to remove a post, you can delete using the little X in the top right of any posts made by you.

:!: Search the forums before you post your topic. Your question or comment may have already been discussed, answered, or resolved.
Please avoid asking questions that could be answered by doing a little research on your own part. Do not rely on forum users to supply you with all the answers on a plate. This will also avoid your post being flamed.

:!: Be patient. All the participants of this forum are using the forum and participating in discussions on their own time. If your question is not answered immediately, do not clutter up the forum by "bumping" topics unnessessarily.

:!: Give feedback. If someone helps you by answering your question, try to add a follow-up response letting them know if it worked or not.

:!: Create a concise subject that adequately summarizes your topic. For example: "Engine troubles " rather than "I need help."

:!: Write a well worded question and description.. Be descriptive don’t ask for help by saying my car makes a “blah” noise when I drive it, give the best possible explanation you can. It will also help people replying answer you more accurately.

:!: Flaming will not be tolerated. If you disagree with someone, find a constructive way of resolving the issue. Do not resort to swearing and putting others down. We are all here to share ideas and experiences.

:!: Signature graphics and text shouldn’t be too big, keep it tidy. The acceptable limit in size for this forum is something like 300x100 or 400x80 pixels.

:!: Emotions; unlike a face-to-face conversation or a telephone call, words "spoken" on the Internet have no inflection. There is no way to tell by looking at a sentence whether it was spoken with an angry frown or a sly grin. Therefore, you may want to let your readers know what sort of expression you are wearing when you say certain things. In most Internet forums, this is accomplished by using "emoticons", text-based faces which express a smile or a frown or a playful taunt or even a kiss :-* You can also write out the full expression you wish to express. In this way, you can have a :) ,a :( ,or even a :twisted: .

:!: Read other's posts CAREFULLY before you reply. This will avoid replying with incorrect information.

:!: If someone asks a question, and you are not confident you know the answer, then refrain from posting and let a more qualified person answer it. This is especially important with regards to technical enquiries, as any incorrect information you post may cause harm or injury to others.

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Thank you for reading these rules. If all members do their best to follow them, this forum will remain a useful resource for all users.

If you feel that there is something missing from this list, please reply with your suggestion.
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ceej
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:!: Before posting, check the date of the last post. If the last reply was at the beginning of last year, and the topic has been left un-touched, chances are that the question has be answered, or an answer is no longer required. Or the item has been sold/bought.
Garry. Nuff sed!
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ceej
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I have added stickies in the For Sale and Wanted to Buy sections to help with keeping the sections clean. If you have sold an item in the past, please edit the title to say that it has been sold, keeping the original heading as well.

E.g. If it was originally:

FS: 13" Wheels (ACT)

Change it to:

SOLD: 13" wheels (ACT)

There has been requests for Brayden and I to delete posts that are old and where the items have been sold, though this is not as easy as it sounds as there can sometimes be useful information in them and it would take one hell of a long time for us to write to every member that has ever listed an item for sale to find out if the item is/was sold, and then change the title.

Please, we ask you to just keep these things in mind to help Brayden and I with keeping this site clean and user friendly. :)
Garry. Nuff sed!
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