Welcome to myLargescale.com, the place on the Internet for Large Scale Trains!!

We have few rules here, since we don't like them any better than anyone else does.  However, like any other community, rules become necessary as the community grows.  There are a few rules that we have deemed necessary, so to avoid any confusion, they are posted here.

1.0 - General:

These rules are already in the "Terms of Use Agreement" you accepted when you signed up, but a few bear repeating. You can review the Terms of Use Agreement at any time here...

http://www.mylargescale.com/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Terms/Default.aspx

The main points are...

1.1 - Courtesy to other members at all times is the Cardinal Rule here on myLargescale.com (aka "MLS"). Personal attacks, insults, and/or flames will not be tolerated, nor will heated arguments. Impersonal debate on products, methods, etc. is fine, just keep it civil.

1.2 - This is a family web site with many junior members.  Post only appropriate things that you wouldn't mind your own children seeing or reading.

1.3 - Any post advertising items for sale is forbidden in the forums.  The one exception is 1st class members may post links to their ads in the classified section of this site, but must keep it simple. (IE, "See my ad in the classifieds.")

1.4 - MLS is fortunate to have the participation of many people who are active in the business part of the hobby. In their participation, those with a financial interest should refrain from blatantly advertising their own products and/or services.  They should also avoid criticizing their competitors' products and/or services. An identification of their business involvement is encouraged perhaps with a link to their business website on their signature block.

1.5 - While honest reviews of products and services are welcomed, the forums are not designed to be a place to resolve conflicts between manufacturers/vendors and individual hobbyists.  Please address your concerns directly with the other party, or seek out a 3rd party such as the Better Business Bureau to help you resolve your disagreement.

1.6 - Any post which is deemed inappropriate for any reason may be edited or deleted at the sole discretion of the Moderators. "Inappropriate" includes, but is not limited to, posts which violate any of the above.

2.0 - Ownership of Posts:

2.1 - Once an individual has posted, the post is in the myLargescale.com collective work.  While myLargescale.com does not claim ownership of posted material, by posting it you are granting myLargescale.com permission to retain that material.  Members will not be allowed to delete that material. Here's the "legaleze" version...

myLargescale.com does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to myLargescale.com (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any myLargescale.com Web Site or its associated services (collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting myLargescale.com, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. myLargescale.com is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in myLargescale.com's sole discretion.
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.

2.2 - Members may edit their own posts if it is done within 48 hours of the original post.  After 48 hours, the system will not allow you to edit your posts. If changes are needed, you must contact a moderator or administrator who will make the changes for you.

2.3 - This granting of right of amendment is at the discretion of myLargescale.com and is intended to make postings as relevant as possible to forum users.  It does not include the wholesale withdrawal of posting from the site which would have the effect of making threads irrelevant or useless to those reading the record of the synchronous conversation which has taken place.  Damage to the continuity and integrity of the forums will not be permitted.

 
3.0 - Photos:

Full information on how to post photos can be found in this FAQ...
http://archive.mylargescale.com/faq/showquestion.asp?faq=1&fldAuto=1

If you are a new 1st Class Member, information on how to manage your 1st Class web space to store photos for posting can be found in this FAQ...
http://archive.mylargescale.com/faq/showquestion.asp?faq=1&fldAuto=4

Surveys taken here have shown many members still using dialup connections. For this reason (among others)...

3.1 - All photos or images posted to these forums are limited to 640 pixels in width.

3.2 - Try to save your images in JPEG format with close to maximum compression. You will lose little in the way of image quality and will reduce filesize (and therefore download time) dramatically. Don't post bitmaps (BMP). They are unnecessarily huge.

3.3 - Photos and/or images not meeting these guidelines will be converted to a simple link by the Moderators.

4.0 - Signatures & Avatars:

4.1 - Signature images are limited in physical size to a maximum of 500 pixels wide by 120 pixels high.

4.2 - Signature images are further limited in file size to a maximum of 25 kilobytes.

4.3 - Signatures with an image 100 pixels or more high are limited to one line of text above or below the image.

4.4 - Members are asked to voluntarily refrain from using animated gifs in their signatures (this one also applies to Avatars).

4.5 - Blank lines above and below the sig should be eliminated.

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These "Rules" are subject to amendment by the Site Owner at any time without notice as current conditions may warrant.

That's about it.  Participate in the forums, fire away with any questions you may have, make friends and enjoy the fraternity which MLS is famous for, and most of all, have fun!!!