- June 3rd, 2009, 12:00 am
#28230
Revised August 11, 2016
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Code of Conduct
1. Being a Jerk: Do not post messages that harass, insult, belittle, threaten, or mock other members. Debates are fine and even encouraged, but you must critique the opinion, not the person.
2. Trolling: Do not post topics with the sole purpose of starting a dispute. Disagreeing with an opinion is not trolling. Even if a person has an opinion that seems illogical or senseless to you, they have the right to express that opinion, and you must respect it even if you disagree.
3. Spamming: Private messaging or emailing multiple members of this site the same message is not allowed. Double posting is also not allowed; there is an Edit button on your post that will allow you to modify its contents at any time. Posting solely to increase your post count is frowned upon, and an easy way to lose the respect of fellow board members. Before you post, consider whether your post will contribute to the discussion. Short responses that do not add anything of value are considered spam.
4. Offensive Posts: Any content that would generally be considered NSFW (Not Safe For Work) is not allowed on the boards. It is important to remember that you will be interacting on these boards with people of many different ages, sexes, races, religions, sexual orientations, etc. Always be considerate of others and remember that just because something is not offensive to you does not necessarily mean it will not be to others.
5. Grammar and Spelling: You are expected to make a concerted effort to use correct spelling and grammar on this website. This include proper capitalization and punctuation. Many browsers have built-in functionality that will check this for you. Firefox and Chrome are the recommended browsers to use for this site and both have built-in spellcheck. Internet chat shorthand ("r u going 2 the park today?") is not permitted here, nor is slang.
6. Advertising: While links to other websites are permitted in your signature and profile, posting for the sole purpose of advertising for another website is not allowed. Links to external sites must provide some contribution to the topic being discussed.
7. Disclosure of Personal Information: Do not disclose information about another member including email, real name, address, phone number, IP address, or other personal information. This includes the posting contents of emails, private messages, warnings, infractions, and bans. Keep personal disputes personal.
8. Copyrighted Material: Generally you can assume that anything you find online is copyrighted. If you wish to post something you found online, you may quote a segment of it (but not the entire article or page), and provide a link for others to access it.
9. Insider Information: Claims of insider information will be allowed at the discretion of the administrators based on credibility and history. However, if you are posting something that could get you in trouble, do not assume your identity is secret here. Additionally, unsubstantial posts that do nothing but flaunt inside knowledge (or false claims of inside knowledge) are not allowed.
10. Carowinds Employee Conduct: If you are an employee of Carowinds, Cedar Fair, or another park, do not assume you are anonymous here. You should abide on this forum by any code of conduct or non-disclosure agreements you signed or verbally agreed to for your job. Carowinds Connection has always had a positive relationship with the park; sharing inside information without permission here could impact your account here as well as your employment.
11. Playing the Role of Moderator: You are not a moderator so do not correct posters like one. If a thread or post violates the rules use the post reporting functionality mentioned above. Editorial comments such as "useless thread", "in before the lock", "this thread should be closed", etc. on the value of a thread or post are not welcome. This may also be considered spam as it adds nothing to the discussion.
12. Moderator Abuse (Attacking/Disobeying the moderators): If you disagree with something the moderators did, fine, disagree and let us know (we welcome feedback), but do it politely through PM or email ONLY. Complaining on the forums is not permitted. If your thread or post was moved/closed/removed there was a good reason for it. Do not start a new one.
13. One Account Per User: You may not register a second account. This includes banned users.
14. Thread Hijacking: Leading a thread off topic to pursue a personal agenda or a discussion not relevant to the thread is not allowed.
15. Political and Religious Discussions: This forum does have an off-topic section ("All Things Not Carowinds"), but this generally does not extend to discussions surrounding political or religious issues. While we believe political discussion to be important and valuable, the conflict it often causes among anonymous Internet users is something we wish to avoid on this site. This rule includes usernames, avatars, signatures, and profiles; these fields should not be used to make political or religious statements. Exceptions to this rule can be made by the administrators based on the specific situation and content.
16. Forum Signatures: Signatures may contain up to 5 lines of text. Images in signatures are limited to 60 pixels tall (accompanied by a maximum of 1 line of text), 50 pixels (with 2 lines of text), 35 pixels (3 lines of text), or 20 (4 lines).
17. Posting of Images: Avoid posting large images as they can cause long page load times. Additionally, images posted that are wider than 640 pixels may be distorted as they will be automatically re-sized to fit the page. An ideal maximum image size is 1024x768, optimized for tablets. For larger images, post a link instead so that readers can choose to click the link and view the full image.
Violation of these rules can result in temporary or permanent loss of posting privileges on the forum.
Privacy Policy
By accessing Carowinds Connection (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Carowinds Connection”, “http://www.carowindsconnection.com”), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use Carowinds Connection. We may change these at any time and we’ll do our utmost in informing you, though it would be prudent to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of Carowinds Connection after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended.
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You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any laws be it of your country, the United States, or International Law. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP address of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that Carowinds Connection have the right to remove, edit, move, close or put on moderation queue any topic at any time should we see fit based on the site wide rules as well as forum specific rules (published within the specific forums).
As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. Neither Carowinds Connection nor phpBB shall be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised. User passwords are encrypted and Carowinds Connection administrators do not have access to them. While it is the general policy of Carowinds Connection to not release user information (such as email addresses or IP addresses) to third parties without permission, we reserve the right to do so in exceptional circumstances.
Registration to the site requires acceptance of the following Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy. Previously registered users should read the latest version of this document and by continuing to post on the forum your acceptance of the Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy is assumed.
Moderators: Jonathan, Jay, Wormy, arby
If you see a post that violates the rules of the site, do not reply to it. Click the report post icon at the top of the post (it looks like a triangle with an exclamation point in it) within the post and give a brief description of the problem. This is the only way to report posts; it will alert the moderators who will decide what action is necessary, if any.
Federal Law requires that you be 13 years of age or older to register here. If you do not meet the age requirement, do not proceed with registration. If you are already registered and it is determined that you are under age 13, your account will be deleted. Although Carowinds Connection is suitable for all ages we are not permitted to collect personal data required for registration such as email addresses, IP numbers, etc, on individuals under age 13.
Code of Conduct
1. Being a Jerk: Do not post messages that harass, insult, belittle, threaten, or mock other members. Debates are fine and even encouraged, but you must critique the opinion, not the person.
2. Trolling: Do not post topics with the sole purpose of starting a dispute. Disagreeing with an opinion is not trolling. Even if a person has an opinion that seems illogical or senseless to you, they have the right to express that opinion, and you must respect it even if you disagree.
3. Spamming: Private messaging or emailing multiple members of this site the same message is not allowed. Double posting is also not allowed; there is an Edit button on your post that will allow you to modify its contents at any time. Posting solely to increase your post count is frowned upon, and an easy way to lose the respect of fellow board members. Before you post, consider whether your post will contribute to the discussion. Short responses that do not add anything of value are considered spam.
4. Offensive Posts: Any content that would generally be considered NSFW (Not Safe For Work) is not allowed on the boards. It is important to remember that you will be interacting on these boards with people of many different ages, sexes, races, religions, sexual orientations, etc. Always be considerate of others and remember that just because something is not offensive to you does not necessarily mean it will not be to others.
5. Grammar and Spelling: You are expected to make a concerted effort to use correct spelling and grammar on this website. This include proper capitalization and punctuation. Many browsers have built-in functionality that will check this for you. Firefox and Chrome are the recommended browsers to use for this site and both have built-in spellcheck. Internet chat shorthand ("r u going 2 the park today?") is not permitted here, nor is slang.
6. Advertising: While links to other websites are permitted in your signature and profile, posting for the sole purpose of advertising for another website is not allowed. Links to external sites must provide some contribution to the topic being discussed.
7. Disclosure of Personal Information: Do not disclose information about another member including email, real name, address, phone number, IP address, or other personal information. This includes the posting contents of emails, private messages, warnings, infractions, and bans. Keep personal disputes personal.
8. Copyrighted Material: Generally you can assume that anything you find online is copyrighted. If you wish to post something you found online, you may quote a segment of it (but not the entire article or page), and provide a link for others to access it.
9. Insider Information: Claims of insider information will be allowed at the discretion of the administrators based on credibility and history. However, if you are posting something that could get you in trouble, do not assume your identity is secret here. Additionally, unsubstantial posts that do nothing but flaunt inside knowledge (or false claims of inside knowledge) are not allowed.
10. Carowinds Employee Conduct: If you are an employee of Carowinds, Cedar Fair, or another park, do not assume you are anonymous here. You should abide on this forum by any code of conduct or non-disclosure agreements you signed or verbally agreed to for your job. Carowinds Connection has always had a positive relationship with the park; sharing inside information without permission here could impact your account here as well as your employment.
11. Playing the Role of Moderator: You are not a moderator so do not correct posters like one. If a thread or post violates the rules use the post reporting functionality mentioned above. Editorial comments such as "useless thread", "in before the lock", "this thread should be closed", etc. on the value of a thread or post are not welcome. This may also be considered spam as it adds nothing to the discussion.
12. Moderator Abuse (Attacking/Disobeying the moderators): If you disagree with something the moderators did, fine, disagree and let us know (we welcome feedback), but do it politely through PM or email ONLY. Complaining on the forums is not permitted. If your thread or post was moved/closed/removed there was a good reason for it. Do not start a new one.
13. One Account Per User: You may not register a second account. This includes banned users.
14. Thread Hijacking: Leading a thread off topic to pursue a personal agenda or a discussion not relevant to the thread is not allowed.
15. Political and Religious Discussions: This forum does have an off-topic section ("All Things Not Carowinds"), but this generally does not extend to discussions surrounding political or religious issues. While we believe political discussion to be important and valuable, the conflict it often causes among anonymous Internet users is something we wish to avoid on this site. This rule includes usernames, avatars, signatures, and profiles; these fields should not be used to make political or religious statements. Exceptions to this rule can be made by the administrators based on the specific situation and content.
16. Forum Signatures: Signatures may contain up to 5 lines of text. Images in signatures are limited to 60 pixels tall (accompanied by a maximum of 1 line of text), 50 pixels (with 2 lines of text), 35 pixels (3 lines of text), or 20 (4 lines).
17. Posting of Images: Avoid posting large images as they can cause long page load times. Additionally, images posted that are wider than 640 pixels may be distorted as they will be automatically re-sized to fit the page. An ideal maximum image size is 1024x768, optimized for tablets. For larger images, post a link instead so that readers can choose to click the link and view the full image.
Violation of these rules can result in temporary or permanent loss of posting privileges on the forum.
Privacy Policy
By accessing Carowinds Connection (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Carowinds Connection”, “http://www.carowindsconnection.com”), you agree to be legally bound by the following terms. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the following terms then please do not access and/or use Carowinds Connection. We may change these at any time and we’ll do our utmost in informing you, though it would be prudent to review this regularly yourself as your continued usage of Carowinds Connection after changes mean you agree to be legally bound by these terms as they are updated and/or amended.
Our forums are powered by phpBB (hereinafter “they”, “them”, “their”, “phpBB software”, “www.phpbb.com”, “phpBB Limited”, “phpBB Teams”) which is a bulletin board solution released under the “GNU General Public License v2” (hereinafter “GPL”) and can be downloaded from http://www.phpbb.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. The phpBB software only facilitates internet based discussions; phpBB Limited is not responsible for what we allow and/or disallow as permissible content and/or conduct. For further information about phpBB, please see: https://www.phpbb.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.
You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any laws be it of your country, the United States, or International Law. Doing so may lead to you being immediately and permanently banned, with notification of your Internet Service Provider if deemed required by us. The IP address of all posts are recorded to aid in enforcing these conditions. You agree that Carowinds Connection have the right to remove, edit, move, close or put on moderation queue any topic at any time should we see fit based on the site wide rules as well as forum specific rules (published within the specific forums).
As a user you agree to any information you have entered to being stored in a database. Neither Carowinds Connection nor phpBB shall be held responsible for any hacking attempt that may lead to the data being compromised. User passwords are encrypted and Carowinds Connection administrators do not have access to them. While it is the general policy of Carowinds Connection to not release user information (such as email addresses or IP addresses) to third parties without permission, we reserve the right to do so in exceptional circumstances.