Rules/Guidelines:
- StriperBoard
is an open message board with approx. 8,000-10,000 hits/day. These rules/guidelines
are necessary to preserve and protect StriperBoard's effectiveness
StriperBoard is not associated with or owned by any particular
club or organization and is provided by the webmaster as a means of
information exchange for those interested in Striped Bass fishing. The
use of this board is encouraged for all individuals, clubs or organizations
who wish to discuss Striped Bass and abide by these rules. If you have
any questions or comments about these rules/guidelins send your question
to webmaster@striperboard.com. Do not post comments or questions about these rules on StriprBoard.
- You are welcome
to disagree with posts and debate various issues within these guidelines.
If you have suggestions or comments regarding these rules/guidelines,
email them to webmaster@striperboard.com.
DO NOT post suggestions or comments regarding: these rules/guidelines,
or deleted messages, on StriperBoard.
- All messages
must be striped bass related. StriperBoard is for the discussion of
Striped Bass which includes: tactics, reports, conservation, biology,
tackle, questions, answers, boats, towing, lakes, bait, striper fishermen
and their family, striper clubs, tournaments, and jokes, jabs etc. that
are in good taste. Posts primarily focused on off topics
such as Largemouth, Crappie, Catfish, Hunting or other sports, other
than Striped Bass Fishing, will be deleted. In a nut shell,
try to stay on topic and in good taste.
- a. If you have
a grievance (complaint/gripe) with an individual, members of a club,
organization or group, StriperBoard is not the appropriate place to
discuss it.
b. Harsh criticism
of a club, organization or group must not be posted on StriperBoard
- such discussion should be made by the members of that club, group
or organization within the organizational structure of that body of
members as members of that body are responsible for choosing their
leadership and/or are free to join or not join and/or participate
if it does not suit them. If you feel you have an issue which needs
discussion and you see no way to do it without violating this rule,
please contact the webmaster@StriperBoard.com
by email.
However, constructive comments or suggestions
related to clubs, organizations or other groups, when made in a polite/tactful
manner are permitted but must not be made anonymously
and must include the personal (non web based) e-mail address and name
of the poster. Such posts should not be redundant (see 5.c.).
c. Negative messages related to retail or other consumer products
must not be made anonymously, critical and/or negative messages of
this type, must include the personal (non web based) e-mail address
and name of the poster.
d. Chitchat,
teasing, joking and lighthearted post made in good taste are permitted
anonymously but care should be taken to not to violate the above rules.
- a. Any message
containing profanity, obscenities, vulgar/dirty/coarse/graphic language,
personal attacks, threats, or otherwise considered inappropriate, will
be deleted. Messages may be
deleted at any time with no reason given.
An entire thread may be deleted if it contains inappropriate
posts. Do
not reply to obviously inappropriate posts.
If you see a post you believe to be inappropriate,
please notify the webmaster at abuse@striperboard.com
or call and report it at: (864)224-2414 or (864)958-6334.
b. Posting of personal striped bass fishing related items for sale are
permitted and should be kept to a minimum (generally, one per week per
user is sufficient -- follow-ups are permitted for questions/answers,
etc.). Excessive posting of items for sale will lead to
stricter restrictions.
c. Everyone who has something to sell, naturally, uses every way possible
to promote their business interests. Therefore, StriperBoard must limit
commercial posting. Posts related to subjects, other than personal items
covered in rule 5.b. above, in which the poster has a financial interest,
i.e., from commercial dealers, their agents or aliases, are limited
to one per month. If you would like to place a fixed ad or ad banner
on StriperBoard, please contact webmaster@StriperBoard.com.
Placing an ad on StriperBoard does not alter this rule.
In order to allow discussion
of striped bass related commercial products / services, reference to
related commercial products is allowed as explained in the following
paragraph.
No one should submit repetitive posts which say basically
the same thing as another recent post by them or someone else. If you
like a commercial striped bass related service, product, event, etc.,
feel free to say so unless someone has recently posted the same views
or opinions. In order to allow free information exchange, a reasonable
amount of commercial discussion is allowed when other rules are not
violated. All messages containing discussion of
commercial items cannot be posted anonymously and must include the an
email address which is traceable to the poster -- free email accounts
such as gmail, hotmail, etc., which can be setup anonymously, do not
qualify. Repeated references to anything commercial should be
avoided and if StriperBoard Admin. considers it unreasonable, it will
be deleted. Repeated violations by a specific
user may result loss of privileges. If you like a commercial
striped bass related service, product, event, etc., feel free to say
so unless someone has recently posted the same views or opinions.
If you feel there is enough interest for an opinion poll on a striped bass related
subject, please contact the webmaster@StriperBoard.com by email for consideration.
d. Posting links/URLs
to other fishing message boards/forum sites which do not allow links
to http://www.striperboard.com or are recurring in an effort to draw
users away from StriperBoard, or are made anonymously, are strictly
prohibited and are considered exploitation.
StriperBoard encourages as many users as possible to discuss striped
bass on StriperBoard since it is primarily these users that make this
board function. StriperBoard should not be used to for any purpose which
reduces it's own functionality. (Clarification: This means, any websites other than striper
clubs which contain a message board or forum that serves the same function as
StriperBoard.)
- Please try to
make your posts informative and make the subject line reflect the message
as much as possible.
- For messages that
are communication between you and another individual, and not of any
public interest, please use e-mail or other private means. Such messages
dilute the usefulness of StriperBoard for the public.
If you need to ask for someone's e-mail address or phone
number, or ask an individual a question that you feel would be of interest
to the readers of StriperBoard please feel free to post
such a request. However, everyone should respect the privacy
of others and not post their private phone number or e-mail address
unless you are sure it is OK with that individual.
- Being an open
forum the webmaster / owner of StriperBoard is not responsible
for the contents of messages posted on StriperBoard. Inappropriate
messages, when recognized as such, will be deleted as rapidly as possible.
- Claims of action,
flames, and calls to action against any company or person will be removed.
Messages posted at this site are the sole opinion and responsibility
of the poster. Personal exposure: Any posting of another
individual's personal information, without permission, will be deleted
when recognized as such. When a message is posted on StriperBoard.com,
you are granting a soft license to the site to use it.
- Any messages which
may incite or encourage others to violate these rules will be deleted.
Deletion of any message or thread is totally at the discretion of the
webmaster, although there is no obligation to do so. Posters are responsible
for the content of their posts and StriperBoard and the webmaster are
not responsible for the content of StriperBoard but will try to delete
inappropriate post as soon as possible (See rule 5.a.)
- If you do not
agree with these rules, then do not post messages on StriperBoard.com.
Although not a routine practice, the ability exists to search back thru
StriperBoard's web server access files and/or a user's ISP and trace
a post back to the source computer. In extreme cases this ability will
be used to prevent continued abuse.
- If you post a
message and it does not appear on StriperBoard:
After posting a new message, the server should take you back to the
main message list within about 4 seconds.
If you do not see the NEW message you posted in the list you may have
to press the Reload or Refresh button on your browser. Depending on
your local browser settings, the message may not automatically update
to show new posts.
Check this file
often for updates.
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