Modified 6 September, 2010

Welcome to CoastGab!  We're very happy you've chosen to join our community.  The following Terms of Service have been designed by our users and are intended to maintain freedom while preventing chaos.  We believe you'll find these guidelines to be fair, adequate, and sensible.

Disclaimer:  Although CG will attempt to keep objectionable messages off of this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. Nor will everyone always agree to what is or is not objectionable.  Moderators reserve the right to make that determination as necessary. All messages express the views of the author, and CG will NOT be held responsible for the content of any message.

Registration:  When you complete registration at CoastGab.com, parts of your account information might be submitted for review as an anti-spam measure.  If your account falls under administrator review, it will likely be approved within 12 hours.  You'll be notified by email when this process is completed.  The email might contain an account activation link which you must click in order to begin posting messages on the site.  If you do not receive an email activation link to click, then your account is already activated and you may begin posting messages.  If your account is not approved and you believe this decision to be in error, please contact the site administrator by emailing admin@coastgab.com including your username.  We will address your concerns as quickly as possible.

Posting Links:  Linking to other sites (including other forums)  in your posts is both allowed and encouraged.  Please do not link to illegal content or pornography.

Flaming Flaming is defined as a hostile and insulting interaction between users.  Please use common sense and keep the sensibilities of others in mind when posting.  You'll have a great time at CoastGab by doing so.  Also, do not use this site to flame users of other message boards.
 
Topic Hijacking: Our conversations often go off-track.  It's the natural order of things around here.  However, we ask that you not deliberately and repeatedly derail threads.
 
Trolling:  Trolling is when one submits posts only for the purpose of angering or baiting users.  Repeated trolling posts that cause problems for the board will result in account deactivation.
 
Repeat Topics/Posts: Please do not create a new thread if an existing thread already addresses the same subject.   It's best if you look for similar threads before starting a new one.  CoastGab's search feature will help you to check the site for existing threads.  Also, please do not post the same message in multiple threads.   Moderators will merge similar threads and delete duplicate posts as needed.
 
Harassment:  Do not stalk or harass other users.  We encourage victims of stalking and/or harassment to contact the site administrator.
 
Libel/Defamation:  You agree that you will not post any defamatory or libelous material about any person living or dead.  CoastGab is not responsible for the content of your posts, but you are.  Remember that images implying immoral or illegal behavior on the part of a person or group can also be defamatory.
 
Posting Copyrighted Material:  Our forum administrators do not and will not actively enforce copyright law on this forum.  Legal precedent establishes that it is not CoastGab's responsibility to monitor copyright compliance on the part of users.  It is the responsibility of the copyright owner.  CoastGab administrators will remove copyrighted content only when it is formally requested by the content's owner that we do so.

Forum Display Names/Avatars/Profile:  Please use common sense and keep your forum name, profile, and avatar within reason.  The rules for posts and images should serve as a guide.   Please do not use your avatar to insult or attack another member or CoastGab as a whole.
 
Signatures:  The content rules for posts also apply to signatures. Please keep them under 10 lines of text or a maximum image size of 600 x 150 (or a combination that come to approximately the same size).  Do not use your signature to attack or insult another member or CoastGab as a whole.

Unwelcome Content:  Please do not post any photo or text depicting or insinuating pornographic acts.  Do not post illegal material, death photos, or similarly offensive material.  We want this site to remain "cubicle safe."
 
Bullying/Threatening:  Please do not bully or threaten members of this board.  Always try to be courteous to your fellow board members.  It benefits everybody if our community is one in which people can feel comfortable and open.

Personal Information:  Do not publish any personal information about a forum member if it hasn't already been made public by that member on this site.  This includes email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, names, URLs, or IP addresses.  Do not request private information about another member.

Impersonation:  Do not impersonate an actual person.   Do not duplicate or imitate another forum member's name.  If you share the same avatar as another user, please resolve this by changing your avatar.
 
Multiple Accounts:  Forum members may have only one account.  If the system detects that you have created a second account and you believe this to be in error, please notify an administrator.

Moderation/Moderators:You may publicly discuss questions about rules.  Everyone can learn from that.  However, please keep in mind it is not appropriate to publicly discuss the moderation of yourself or anyone else. If you have questions about why you have been moderated, please direct those questions to the moderator whose name appears in the "edited by" section at the bottom of your post. Please use the Private Message system when doing so. The moderator will then explain his/her decision to you.  Please remember that this forum's moderators are human just like you.  They're here to have fun and participate.  They should be treated no differently than any other user while discussing topics.  Moderators make judgment calls on a case-by-case basis and act as fairly as possible.  Please treat them fairly in return.
 
Reporting Posts:  Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable should contact us by clicking "report to moderator" in the offending post. We will make an effort to remove objectionable messages within a reasonable amount of time if we believe removal is necessary.

Questionable Actions and Content:  These forum rules are not and can not be designed to cover every scenario.  Please note that if a user's participation at CoastGab is found to be generally harmful or counterproductive, his/her account will be disabled with or without warning.

Account Deletion:  Please do not ask us to delete your account.  We do not allow the deletion of accounts for any reason.  There are multiple technical, aesthetic, and procedural reasons for this.

Message Deletion/Modification:  Users have 24 hours to delete or modify a post.  When a post remains beyond the 24 hour grace period it may no longer be deleted or modified.  This rule protects continuity, context, and flow within the pages of our forum.  Please do not request that your posts be deleted or modified after the 24 hour grace period passes unless you believe a special circumstance exists.
 
TOS Changes:  We reserve the right to arbitrarily change these Terms of Service at any time.  We offer no guarantee that you will be notified of changes to the TOS.  It is your responsibility to check the TOS periodically for revisions.

Agreement:  By registering, you agree to abide by the TOS (Terms of Service).