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Ron Earp · 01-20-03, 06:08 PM

Greetings All,

Due to a couple of recent happenings I feel it necessary to make and enforce some rules on login names and signing in.

Any person or indivdual that is associated with or a dealer for a particular GT40 replica company needs to indicate this on his or her login. Furthermore, duplicate names or similar names will not be allowed on the forum due to the amount of confusion that this causes.

As some of you probably know, a recent post by Nigel Wordsworth with the login name of Roaring 40s has contributed to this. Roaring Forties is already accepted on the forum as Robert Logan's GT40 replica company in Australia, therefore, I would respectively ask Nigel to change his login to clearly distinguish himself from the RF GT40 replica company located in Australia.

Another situation I have observed is brand new people getting on the forum and asking for GT40 kit advice. The advice follows, but it is from dealers of a replica company and the dealers are not identified as such. I don't think it fair for the new fellow that doesn't realize that the advice is not unbiased. Therefore, if you are a dealer, or representative, or associated closely with a replica company please make your login description clearly show this and it wouldn't hurt in your signature either.

Most people have done well with this, a couple of the CAV people are identified correctly for example. Good job!

Failure to comply with the guidelines will result in you being kicked off the forum.

If anyone is unsure of how to make this happen email me what you wish to change and I'll do it for you. I don't think so many people are affected.

I hope folks perceive this as fair. I wish to remain netural and I wish for the forum to remain a good source for information.

Thanks,
Ron

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01-20-03, 06:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ron Earp Ron Earp Retiree Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: NC, USA Posts: 4,010 Rep Power: 58	Forum sign In rules - Please, everyone read! Greetings All, Due to a couple of recent happenings I feel it necessary to make and enforce some rules on login names and signing in. Any person or indivdual that is associated with or a dealer for a particular GT40 replica company needs to indicate this on his or her login. Furthermore, duplicate names or similar names will not be allowed on the forum due to the amount of confusion that this causes. As some of you probably know, a recent post by Nigel Wordsworth with the login name of Roaring 40s has contributed to this. Roaring Forties is already accepted on the forum as Robert Logan's GT40 replica company in Australia, therefore, I would respectively ask Nigel to change his login to clearly distinguish himself from the RF GT40 replica company located in Australia. Another situation I have observed is brand new people getting on the forum and asking for GT40 kit advice. The advice follows, but it is from dealers of a replica company and the dealers are not identified as such. I don't think it fair for the new fellow that doesn't realize that the advice is not unbiased. Therefore, if you are a dealer, or representative, or associated closely with a replica company please make your login description clearly show this and it wouldn't hurt in your signature either. Most people have done well with this, a couple of the CAV people are identified correctly for example. Good job! Failure to comply with the guidelines will result in you being kicked off the forum. If anyone is unsure of how to make this happen email me what you wish to change and I'll do it for you. I don't think so many people are affected. I hope folks perceive this as fair. I wish to remain netural and I wish for the forum to remain a good source for information. Thanks, Ron [ January 20, 2003: Message edited by: Ron Earp ] [ January 20, 2003: Message edited by: Ron Earp ]