I am today going to as requested by Admin 'moderate' the forum. This will be under the guidelines outlined below.

As for being on a powertrip... If you dont like the way the forum is moderated - Dont Post

As for the Girl Power ...... If you dont like the way the Club is being run - I would respectfully suggest that you are in the wrong place.

The committee were voted in by the members, the majority of the members are happy with this.

As for moderating the forum - There are rules read below, these will be adhered to from now.

Introduction
ScoobyNet is a huge online motoring enthusiasts community, that is run by enthusiasts. The ScoobyNet Forums are for the online interaction of that community. Due to its size and widespread appeal, everything we post is seen by thousands of people around the world, which means we have a duty of care that the content of the forums are legal and of a good and decent nature.

Whilst (incredibly for a community of its size) ScoobyNet is proud of the fact that occasions when this is not adhered to are very very rare, it does happen, so we have one of the finest teams of moderators you will find anywhere in the world.

What are Moderators?
Our Moderator Team is here to monitor and (where necessary) edit / move / delete posts in order to protect the short and long term good of the ScoobyNet community. They are active members of the community, but also give up huge amounts of their own time (free of charge) to support you. They follow a strict set of guidelines which have been developed and refined over the years, placing the good of the community as the primary focus.

If your post is moved, edited, locked, deleted, etc... this will NEVER be a direct or personal attack on you. It will only be as a result of the guidelines that you can see below and will always put the community first, over any individual's personal ideals.

When will my thread be edited/deleted?
o Pornography, links to Pornography or links to other inappropriate sites.
o Swearing : Whilst the censored versions of swearing (eg s**t, etc) are usually considered OK, offensive / overuse of this may offend and may be moderated. In addition to this, any deliberate circumvention of the swear word filters is prohibited. Common sense prevails. Eg, the use of images which have swear words in them are not acceptable.
o Incitement to a flame war within this or any other forum
o Any sort of pyramid selling or referral schemes
o The advertising and sale of illegal bootleg material (such as copied DVDs, VCDs and computer software)
o Xenophobia, racism or personal abuse
o Spam or any other form of unauthorised advertising.
o Anything invasive of a person's privacy.
o Anything that is deemed by Scoobynet as potentially libelous.
o Flagrant disregard for the interests of the community(anti community spirit)
o Sensitive content that cannot be moved, locked edited.
o No part of the topic/message is salvageable by editing Illegal/defamatory statements
o Remove any copyright-infringing material (either text or graphic)
o Basically, whenever there is no value to the community that demands leaving the topic/message in place.


Editing is always visible to the community; whenever a message is edited, the date/time/edit author are shown within the message

Scoobynet reserves the right to remove, or edit any thread for legal or other reasons.


When will a thread be locked?
o If there are persistent abuses of the behavior mentioned above.
o Unacceptable behavior (as determined by the tone of the community; e.g. making inflammatory comments, flame wars etc etc)
o Completely off-topic discussion
o No part of the topic/message is salvageable by editing

Scoobynet reserves the right to lock any thread for legal or other reasons.

When will a Post be moved?
o When the Post clearly belongs in another Thread