Monday, August 6, 2007

Terms and Conditions

We here at The Bristol Experience wish to promote a fun and friendly atmosphere. For this we must insist that you stick to a few basic rules.

1. All submitted material (stories or pictures) must adhere to a loose "PG-13" style format. By this, we request that you do not overuse or abuse adult language or context, which includes but is not limited to the unnecessary or over-use of "dirty words" or explicitly sexual content. That's not to say that we disallow it, but just try to keep it to a minimum. As a general rule-of-thumb, do not post/submit anything you would not want your 13-year-old son or daughter to read or see.

2. All user posts and comments are required to adhere to proper English, grammar and spelling. Of course the occasional typo and misspelling will be overlooked, but excessive mistakes must be kept to a minimum. Proper sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling are strongly encouraged to promote a professional appearance. In addition, we discourage the use of excessive abbreviations and/or obscure references.

3. Slanderous, racial, sexist, or inappropriate material will not be tolerated. The Bristol Experience is not intended to offend or harm anyone, and for this we must insist that you do not submit any material with the purpose to offend or harm any person or group in any way.

4. TBE is not intended for unsolicited advertisement, spam, or any other unauthorized promotions or similar material. Any comment or post containing any of the aforementioned content will immediately be deleted and the user account will be flagged for inappropriate content. This rule is intended to eliminate unwanted solicitations and advertisements, and is not intended to dissuade an occasional acknowledgment to a relevant company, product, or service which may be of interest to the majority of TBE readers and user. To clarify, an example of a permissible promotion would be a link to your favorite Bristol-area restaurant. A link to 5 Free Ringtones would not be acceptable.

5. TBE administrators reserve the right to edit any and all submitted material which includes stories, commentary, and/or pictures for content, length/size, and appropriate content. The appropriateness of such content will be determined by TBE administrators and is absolute.

6. By posting, commenting, or submitting to The Bristol Experience, you are agreeing that you fully understand these terms and conditions and agree to adhere to them. If a user, reader, contributor, or poster decides to break these terms and conditions, action can be taken against said user, reader, contributor, or poster and can include but is not limited to written warnings, temporary bans, or indefinite suspensions.

7. If any user or reader of TBE does not agree with any or all content contained herein, please respect our right of free speech, and we'll respect your right to choose not to participate and/or view our site. Enough said.

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