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Forum Rules

The rules below, if broken, may result in permanent banishment from the forum. Banishment is preceded by warnings via Private Message from a moderator/admin, and/or temporary suspension. This alerts the member to what they have done wrong and allows them a "second chance".

KCHTenthusiasts.com Rules

Most important of all: Use common sense, be respectful and keep our diversity in mind when you post. We're all coming from different places even though we all ended up in the same place.

These rules apply to all areas of the forum

1. Be considerate
While debating and discussion is fine, we do not tolerate rudeness, insults or personal attacks of any kind.
Purposeless attempts to bait others into flame wars with inflammatory posts ("Trolling") is also not permitted.
Any of these are grounds for permanent banishment.

2. Ignore bothersome members
Sometimes it's just easier to move on. If the problem persists, see rule 3.

3. Use the report-button
Moderators can't be everywhere at once. If you feel that you are under attack - help us help you by clicking the report-button. This will bring the offending post to a moderator's attention.

4. Solve arguments via Private Messaging
If for any reason you should have a difference of opinion with another member; please PM the member and talk it out in private. Starting a flame war in public will only only make matters worse.

5. Do not take things too seriously
Yes, home theater is important. But it isn't THAT important. Someone else hate CRT projectors? They're allowed. So long as they don't trample on your rights to hate LCDs.

6. Do not post pornographic, illegal or other objectionable material
This includes, but is not limited to, photos, videos, text, and links to outside sources.

7. Only one registered account is allowed per member.

8. Do not impersonate other individuals or falsely represent yourself


Forum Guidelines

The guidelines listed below are basic forum etiquette and apply in any forum on the internet. The guidelines are enforceable rules, but their infraction will not always result in a warning, suspension or banishment (unless the offending party repeatedly breaks these rules and/or refuses to comply).

1. Read any additional rules and guidelines which may exist in the various sections of the forum.
(You will see them as "pinned" topics at the top of the list of topics in the section in question.)

2. Before creating a new topic thread, search to see if a similar topic already exists.

3. Post your topics in the correct section.

4. We all go off-topic sometime, but for the most part, try to stay on the straight and narrow path.

5. Avoid double-posting (posting more than once in a row in the same topic)

6. Never crosspost (posting the same topic in several sections). Duplicates will be removed.

7. No spam!
If you wish to plug a personal homepage or a forum of your own, please do so by posting once. Enter the link as your profile homepage if you want. Anything else will be considered spam and removed from the forum.

8. Signatures should be kept to a reasonable length.
Nobody wants to scroll past an over-sized signature over and over.


How rules and guidelines are enforced

Site Administrators and Forum Moderators have the ability to edit, close or remove any rule-infracting post. All users have the ability to report posts which they feel may be an infraction. In the case of borderline infractions, moderators and administrators will work together to arrive at a decision. If an individual breaks a rule for the first time, they will be warned. Further infractions may result in additional warning, but could also result in suspension or even banishment from the forums.

The severity of the punishment depends on the graveness of the infraction as well as the individual's ability to prove that they will not repeat their offence. However, a member will not be banished without getting at least one warning first. A warning PM will point out the inappropriate behavior, giving the member a chance to not repeat their mistake.