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TDR Website's Terms and Conditions of Participation
Updated: June 4, 2006
Welcome to the Turbo Diesel Register (TDR) Website!
We trust you will find the site both informative and fun, but first things first: By using our website, you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions. If you do not wish to comply with these terms and conditions, you shouldn't request posting privileges on the TDR's Website. Please note that we reserve the right to change these guidelines at any time, and your continued use of the Website indicates that you agree to comply with any new or modified guidelines. So remember to review the TDR's posting guidelines from time to time.
1. Username and Access (please read this guideline carefully). Subscribers may select a username of choice (all usernames will be screened for appropriateness - no profanity or vulgarity, etc. ) Each subscriber's last name (as it appears on his/her TDR subscription) will be included in his/her profile.
Last Names: We will allow you to opt out of having your last name displayed on your profile. Instead it will read, "Name withheld by user request". If you choose to be an anonymous user, you WILL be held to a higher standard regarding the website guidelines than those that do not. Things that are borderline on the guidelines that we may let slide with other users, we will not with anonymous users. The following will apply:
1. Users who withhold the publishing of their last names cannot change your username under ANY situation (NO exceptions).
2. Users who withhold the publishing of their last names will be held to a "zero tolerance" policy relative to our website guidelines - no warnings, strike 1 2 3, etc.
3. Commercial users (those we know are affiliated with a related Commercial enterprise) cannot exercise this option under any circumstance.
If you wish to utilize this option please email the TDR Administrator at
rpatton@ix.netcom.com with your request.
Signatures: Signatures will only show up on the first post a user makes within a specific thread. To minimize the incidence of solicitation on the TDR Discussion Forums, signatures may not contain any type of solicitation (i. e. Truck for Sale, Best Price on Any Autometer Gauge, Call Me For Price Quote, etc. ). Any signature containing information deemed solicitation by a Moderator will be edited out without prior warning. If a user replaces the edited signature, their access to edit their signature will be terminated without warning.
Vendor Note: Each active vendor/commercial subscriber (account) should have his or her business name incorporated into his or her signature block. It will also be added, by a TDR Staff Member, just below your username. You are encouraged to include your business telephone number. And you may add a link to your website by clicking on your business name. No other solicitation in any form will be allowed within a signature. Any signature containing information deemed solicitation by a Moderator will be edited out without prior warning. If a user replaces the edited signature, their access to edit their signature will be terminated without warning.
By requesting posting privileges on the TDR’s Website, you certify that all information you provide during the registration process is accurate.
2. Conduct. The TDR encourages lively and informative discussion among Discussion Forum participants. But keep it clean and productive. Do not use or allow others to use your subscription to:
2. 1 Repeatedly post any material that the moderators feel is antagonistic to others or instigates non-productive conflict between users as well as vendors.
2. 2. Post any material or comment that is considered to be "baiting" others into an unproductive conflict online. According to Webster's, baiting is: 1. ) to place a lure or trap; 2. ) to entice, especially by trickery or strategy; 3. ) to attack or torment, especially with persistent insults, criticism, or ridicule. Baiting is considered to be any post that intentionally badgers, heckles, or leads another user(s) into an antagonistic discussion.
2. 3. Post any form of solicitation on any Discussion Forum
2. 4. Post or transmit any material that is mean-spirited, abusive, obscene, hateful, fraudulent, threatening, vulgar harassing, or defamatory (the use of symbols or characters to mask profanity and expletives is prohibited and undermines the spirit of these guidelines);
2. 5. Post, transmit or link to sexually explicit material;
2. 6. Post or transmit any material that you don’t have authorization to transmit under the law (copyrighted material);
2. 7. Intentionally violate any applicable law or regulation;
2. 8. Knowingly post (or threaten to post) or transmit (or threaten to transmit) any file that contains computer viruses, corrupt files, or any other contaminating or destructive features that may damage computer equipment.
2. 9. Moderators may delete any post in violation of these guidelines.
2. 10 Occasional recommendations of vendors by users is encouraged. However excessive promotion of vendors (cheerleading) on the forums is discouraged and may be subject to removal.
2. 11 Post any information regarding a lawsuit or litigation (past, pending, or future). Any such post will be immediately removed from the TDR Discussion Forums without notice.
3. Three Strikes You're Out. On a Discussion Forum of this size, responsibility and accountability are important. No one wants to log onto a chaotic, mean-spirited forum. The consequences of non-compliance are outlined below:
3. 1. One violation of the guidelines will usually warrant an e-mail notice to kindly stop/correct the behavior.
3. 2. Two violations will usually warrant a thirty-day suspension of posting privileges.
3. 3. Three violations and you will be issued a refund of your remaining TDR subscription and your posting privileges will be immediately revoked.
Please note that we reserve the right to skip steps if we feel the violation so warrants. The TDR reserves the right to remove any inappropriate post or terminate your posting privileges to the Discussion Forums at any time, with or without prior notice.
4. Discussion Forums. The TDR Website Discussion Forum is designed to help owners solicit input from others on the proper maintenance and operation of their truck. Most truck enthusiasts want detailed information, thorough analysis, entertaining reading, and friendly (accurate) guidance. We recognize that while we have a lot of truck information in this forum, people sometimes post replies that are misleading, deceptive, or downright wrong. They may do this unintentionally or, sad to say, intentionally. Let's change the timeworn axiom to read, "Let the reader beware. " Use good common sense. Remember, we do not have the staff to mediate or "police" all of the information that is posted. Analyze thoroughly before taking any advice offered. The fundamental concept is that you should not rely solely upon any information or opinions you read. Rather, you should use what you read as a starting point for doing independent research on products and maintenance techniques.
4. 1. Keep your posts relevant to the topic at hand.
4. 2. Post your topic in the correct forum. Moderators will move posts that are incorrectly located.
4. 3. Moderators may delete posted items offered for sale within any Discussion Forum.
Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
