The Canadian Racing Online Code of Conduct.

CanadianRacingOnline · 2007-10-22T13:39:19Z

The Canadian Racing Online Code of Conduct.The Basic RulesThere are four basic rules here at the CRO message boards: Keep it respectful, keep it clean, keep it on topic, and keep it constructive. Those rules are essentially the same rules I, the admins, the mods, and you too most likely, use every day in the course of our duties. Following is a brief overview of each.Rule 1 - Keep it RESPECTFUL. Do - Engage, discuss, report, ask questions, and seek clarification. Please tell us your point of view. We're here to talk about racing.But don't engage in - personal attacks, name-calling, judgements, or blanket generalizations. This extends to anyone, from the poster you are answering, to the promoter of a race track on the other side of the country. Its simple - don't bad mouth anyone. You can support, criticize, or discuss an idea, but we draw the line at "so and so is an idiot", as well as other "more clever" ways of saying the same thing. Feel free to criticize if you must, just do it in a respectful manner and don't make it personal.Don't ascribe motives to the actions of others. This includes ascribing motives to drivers, fans, officials and track management or staff on things that happen on the racetrack or in tech. You probably don't know the whole story, even if you think you do. Tell us what you saw, tell us what the result was, but please don't try to tell us what the other guy was thinking.Rule 2 - Keep it CLEAN. Don't use obscenities, don't use clever tricks to run around the profanity filters, and don't link to sites with inappropriate content. The acid test we use is the "Coffee Shop Rule", as if you were sitting in a crowded Tim Horton's having a conversation. If its something you'd probably lower your voice to say, then best to use the PM feature. If you could say it in mixed company without lowering your voice, then its probably OK. We want Jr. racers' moms to feel OK about their kid hanging out here too. Bottom line...the CRO message boards are here for the whole world to see. How do you act around strangers and work acquaintances? That's how we'd like you to act here.Rule 3 - Keep it ON TOPIC. Ok, so it's not that we actually forbid off-topic conversation. But keep in mind that this is a racing site that focuses on racing in Canada, with sub-forums on related topics. Try to put your posts in the right forums (it helps people find stuff, for one thing); off-topic posts go in the Off Topic forum, for sale posts go in the classifieds. And in this category we should mention the "no religion, no politics" rule -- Please refrain from discussion of a religious or political nature - just don't do it. We're here to talk racing. Lastly, if you feel a need to carry on a one on one conversation with someone, please do it via PM or the chatroom. There's room for side comments, but if it gets out of hand and derails a thread, then it might be edited.Rule 4 - Keep it CONSTRUCTIVE. We're passionate about racing, just like anyone else. Sometimes when things don't go the way we think they should, people can get snarky and judgemental. While negativity is OK...once or twice...repeated negativity (ie, beating a dead horse) that is not constructive could bring warnings. If you're only here to complain, spread discontent, spread malicious rumors, bash (tracks or people) or only talk about how much things "suck", then please go somewhere else. We might have issue and you could be warned.It is expected that if you have a beef with a particular track's management, its best that you contact them yourself and deal with it privately rather than airing your track's dirty laundry in a public forum. It is our hope to maintain a positive relationship with the various speedways, and allowing constant complaining on the boards, complaints often based on false assumptions and rumor, is not beneficial to that relationship. We have no interest in an "us vs them" mentality with regards to race track managers....we'd actually prefer to be working WITH them.Regarding ModeratorsWhat to Do If Another Poster Crosses the Line:Simple. Report it. We have day jobs and don't sit at our computers 24/7. There's a little button on the lower left of any post that says "report to moderator". Use that, and we'll get back to you ASAP. However, please don't be offended if, in a given instance, the moderator doesn't agree with you. Sometimes personalities clash even when the rules are being followed. We can assure you that all of the moderators here do their best to be fair and frequently talk issues over amongst themselves. With that in mind, we do have a couple of rules when it comes to moderators, and we ask you to abide by them:1) Whether or not you agree with a moderator's stance, we do expect you to abide ...

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Shadowracer

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Oct 23, 2007 12:16 am

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This will probably get me banned

We'll let it slide. 😀

In response to a few PMs I found in my box whan I got home, we just want to reiterate that criticism is still OK. We just want to see it handled in a mature and courteous manner.

Trust us guys, we're not about to become thread nazis. The only people this is going to affect are the ones that are dismissive, judgemental, rude or insulting.

Trev

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hill3

Oct 24, 2007 4:53 pm

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ditto

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duken

Oct 24, 2007 4:58 pm

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As a long time member , I thank you guys for making this happen. Hopefully the site will regain a reputation for racing commentary and not a facebook clone as it has been the past while. ;D

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