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Forums General Guidelines and Terms of Registration

Last Updated: December 22, 2004

General Guidelines

All posts will be held to biblical standards and those of Taylor University's Life Together Covenant. Specifically, the following will not be tolerated and may result in removal of a topic or member:

  • Taylor University's Terms of Use apply to all forum content.

  • No posting of or linking to material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.

  • No trolling. Do not make posts that are inflammatory just to get people riled up. Substance is the key to not being labeled a troll.

  • Ad hominem attacks or "flaming" are not welcome. No member is allowed to engage in public personal attacks on any other member. Personal attacks are defined as Personal, Racial, Ethnic, and/or Gender based insults, slurs, or derisive comments.

  • Respect the privacy of others. Do not post other's phone numbers, addresses, pictures, etc., without their permission. Do not post pretending to be someone else.

  • No spamming or advertising. No commercial-oriented content or flooding of useless content is allowed.

  • Post in the right forum.

  • Each forum member may have only one account.

  • HTML is currently disabled, but if it is enabled at a later date, the use of iframes, embedded objects, java and javascript are not welcome. DO NOT attempt to subvert, modify, or disrupt the normal flow or display of the Forums or their content.

Signature Guidelines

If you are seen violating these guidelines, you will be asked once privately to change your signature. If you fail to comply, we will change it for you.

  • Signatures will be no longer than 5 lines.

  • Signatures may contain an image, but they can be no larger than 250x100 and you are only allowed 1 image in your SIG.

  • Signatures, like all other content, are expected to follow the guidelines listed above.

Terms of Registration

To post messages on these Forums, you must register as a member. This registration is free of charge. By registering, you agree to abide by the following Terms of Membership and the Terms of Use for the Taylor University website:

When you register, you must choose a unique user name or "handle" and you must provide a valid First Name, Last Name, and a unique, valid email address. It is suggested that your Username be a combination of your First and Last Name. Usernames will be held to the same standards as all other forum content.

To prevent any member from using another's handle, each member's account is password protected with email verification. Entering an invalid email address will cause your user name to become unusable by anyone, INCLUDING YOURSELF, until the information in your account is manually corrected by a moderator or administrator.

Upon acceptance of your registration, Taylor University will grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access and view the contents of the web site located at www.taylor.edu  (the "Site") and the forums located therein (the "Forums"), but only for your own personal, informational, educational or other non-commercial purposes. EXCEPT WHERE EXPRESSLY STATED OTHERWISE, ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, SERVICES AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OF IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR WARRANTIES REGARDING ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS OR SECURITY. TAYLOR UNIVERSITY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR THAT THE SITE, THE FORUMS OR THE SERVER(S) USED ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE PROPERTIES. IN NO EVENT SHALL TAYLOR UNIVERSITY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR USE, INCURRED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, ARISING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEB SITES. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above may not apply to you.

Taylor University, at its own discretion, may bar registration to these Forums from any specific email service or ISP, and reserves the right, at its discretion, to terminate the access of any user.

Any message posted on our Forums expresses only the views of the author of the message and does not necessarily reflect the views of these Forums or any person or entity associated with them. These Forums use moderators and administrators to monitor the content and appearance of messages posted in our Forums. However, considering the real-time nature of this bulletin board, it is impossible for us to monitor or review every message. Therefore, you agree that neither these Forums, nor any person or entity associated with them, will be held responsible for the contents, accuracy, completeness or validity of any information posted in them.

You agree that you will not use our Forums to post any material, or links to any material, which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.

You agree that you will not post any copyrighted material without the express permission of the copyright holder, unless such copyright is owned by you. Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate on these Forums. Also, you may not modify any of the materials found in the Forums or Site, nor attempt to pass off any of the materials found therein as your own.

We have the ability to edit and/or remove objectionable messages. Any user who believes that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email webmaster@tayloru.edu or by using the "Report a Post" feature of the Forum. Upon receipt of such notification, we will make every effort to take such action as we deem necessary within a reasonable period of time. Since this is a manual process, you are advised that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

These Forums reserve the right to edit or delete any message for any reason whatsoever, at our sole discretion. You agree that you are solely responsible for the content of your messages, and that you will indemnify and hold harmless these Forums and their agents and employees with respect to any claim based upon the appearance and/or transmission of your message(s).

In the event of any complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you, these Forums reserve the right to reveal your identity and any other information we may know about you.