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[dc]

As we are now again in the thick of a political hurricane, I'd like to take this opportunity to reiterate one of our main conduct rules on ApexSpeed.

We absolutely do not allow any political commentary, discussion, attacks, grandstanding or even snarky comments. This is one of the topics that I don't ever want on ApexSpeed. All posts that are in any way about either candidate or political party or attack someone's personal beliefs will be removed immediately, and that goes for any post that quotes the original. You will not be notified, the post will just be removed, and if it warrants, you will also receive a yellow card user warning. Multiple violations will result in an indefinite ban.

When it comes to specific topics of race, religion, politics, and other polarizing subjects (we all know what they are), there are plenty of other places on the internet that you can get your rocks off voicing your opinion. Please keep it away from ApexSpeed.


—ApexSpeed Staff

[dc]

Something that I have usually overlooked in the past will be part of the 2012 policy change here on ApexSpeed. We have previously allowed postings for open seats and drives from prep shops or teams, but those are no longer allowed.

Any prep shops or race teams that have cars available for pay-to-play drives are required to be supporting banner advertisers here on ApexSpeed in order to post those listings looking for drivers. Like any other for-profit business, a simple return to the forums for the right to post Classifieds for cash-to-drive seats will be a requirement from here on out. Any posts that violate this policy will be moved offline until that company becomes a banner advertiser.

If you have questions about advertising or banners, see the "Advertising" link at the top of the forums, or PM Kim Carter for current rates and more information.


Thanks,


ApexSpeed.com

[dc]

For those of you who like to "bump" your Classified threads to the tops of the forums on a daily basis, we'd like to see this practice stopped immediately. We don't mind you resurrecting an old thread of items to sell to bring it to the forefront of people's eyes, but bumping threads daily forces others to have to do the same to have the same visibility. What this creates is a mess of cClassified posts, where the same things are always fighting to be at the top.

These forums don't move fast enough for people to not be able to see everything 2 or 3 pages deep every few days. We're going to set a limit on thread "bumping" to 1 week/7-days as the minimum time for moving a stale Classified post to the top.

If a moderator or admin finds that you are unnecessarily moving your post to the top of the forums too often, that post will be removed indefinitely. Multiple violations will result in a temporary and potentially permanent time-out from the forums.

Some moderators here are driven batty by unnecessary bumping, so do so at your own risk.

[dc]

From this point on, we will be taking a serious stance on ad hominem attacks in the forums, for any reason. We have no problem with emotional and spirited arguments, but when the only way to argue against someone's point is to attack them personally or some other superficial reason, the offending user will be given a 10-day temporary posting ban on the forums. I don't care who it is that is guilty of the indiscretion, they will get a mandatory 10-day cooling off period without warning. Don't be the first example to everyone else.


We need to work together to fix the problems that we all see with the system, not fight against ourselves. Nothing good is accomplished by personal attacks and flame wars. And we won't tolerate it here on ApexSpeed.

[dc]

Just a reminder for ALL Classifieds postings on ApexSpeed, asking prices MUST be listed in the ad, or they will be removed within 24 hours of the original post. This is not eBay, and you cannot auction your items off to the highest bidder without listed prices.

"Best offers" are always welcome, but please include a starting point for your expected price.

[dc]

Every so often, I need to remind everyone of a few forum problems that pop up with users (especially new users). Hopefully, everyone will read this...

1) If you have LOST your password, first of all, shame on you for not changing it to something you can remember. Second, you can retrieve it yourself very easily. When attempting to log in, there is a link that says, "Forgotten your password? Click HERE. Typing your address into that page will have a password sent to your registered e-mail address. Simple. We will NOT respond to password requests or change of passwords, sorry.

2) If you have CHANGED your e-mail, you can also change that yourself in your User Control Panel once you are logged in. Once you change your e-mail, the forum will automatically reset your password and remail it to the new address. Once you get it, log into the forums, and PLEASE CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD TO SOMETHING YOU CAN REMEMBER EASILY.

3) If you use automated systems to filter your e-mail to only allow "approved" domains or e-mail addresses to send you mail, shut it off before you might expect e-mail from the automated forum software (password retrieval, registration, forum e-mail, etc.). We will not approve SPAM check e-mail requests. If you don't get your password, it's because of your own system blocking mail.

4) We will not post classified ads for you. If you can't figure out how to post simple messages on the forums, then maybe selling an expensive race car on the internet isn't the best idea for you.

5) I accidentally do this sometimes myself, but when responding to an e-mail or a PM notification sent by the forums, you must click the link in the e-mail to respond THROUGH THE FORUMS, and don't hit "REPLY" in your e-mail client. This will reply to admin@apexspeed.com and you will not get your message to the intended target. We will not forward messages sent in error to the server.

6) When you register, you will receive a CONFIRMATION E-MAIL that you absolutely MUST respond to, or you will not be officially registered for the forums. Without confirming your e-mail address, you can't post or view photos. All registrations automatically get a confirmation sent immediately. If you didn't get one, one of two things has happened. One, you typed in your own e-mail address wrong. Or two, your junkmail filter has redirected this e-mail to your JUNK folder. You can have another confirmation e-mail sent to you if you have lost or deleted the original confirmation message, you can request another at info@apexspeed.com.


Thanks,

The ApexSpeed.com Staff