I have this message you see below in my sig. I have no idea what this is all about, a simple PM would have helped me understand what is going on here. All links in my sig were to my PERSONAL site that has nothing to do with any business or advertising, www.posracing.net. I'm lost.

 

Nope, but it does violate the language rules of the site. Might want to read the rules again (you did read the rules didn't you?). Here's the very first paragraph.

 

Lol...that's taking it a little far I think. It could stand for anything. Why assume the worst?

It says right in his sig that it was removed for advertising, not profanity.

 

DTR reserves the right to advertise in it's forums and signatures for supporting sponsors only. Simply put, unless you are not a paid sponsor, you can not advertise your website in your signature.

 

If you want to PROMOTE something for YOUR benefit (or ego, attitude, whatever) then it is taking AWAY from this site.

like staking out your territory at the crowded beach- you leave blank sand, some one is gonna plop their keister down and claim it.

CLEAR RULES or site owner's common understanding and posting of same,
make it a solid line that can't be bent, erased, pushed, diffused.

Not harm on your part meant; no liberal editing on the owner's part meant.
simple business rule, space is money on the internet.

PMs go a lot farther too! PM a comment or question if it relates to what happened to just ONE person.

I am gonna check out the RV power thread, myself- HAVE a good time here fellas- it IS a great site and rules keep it that way OH and did I mention FREE?!! LOL
Heidi in NY

 

yeah, what he said- consider it chisled in stone now.

but check out the thread about tranny temps...

 

Because I DID go to the site and looked. It was spelled out. Double whammy then. Profanity AND advertising.

 

There was advertising in his link, which is why it was removed.

 

not trying to stir the pot lary, but i would like to ask a question in regards to that stuff....

is d.wiggs a paid site sponsor? doesnt his sig have a link to d.wiggs garage? its just a site he made to showcase his vehicles and from the looks of the original poster. i would just like some clearification so as not to find mysefl in a similar situation!

brett

Edit: foot in mouth!! i just saw the profanity. my question still remains about what is acceptable

 

So one would be able to reason that the signature below falls in the same category, right?


Lary, don't get on the defensive. I know full well who owns this site, but I'm just trying to figure out how the fella who seems to get a decent amount of attention around here can advertise his site for months on end and then this poor dude, who hasn't even been here three full months gets singled out. Aside from the language in the captions I don't see where the conflict is, that is considering that the quoted signature above is allowed and the one in question here is not. What am I missing?


See how the above signature does everything you have described yet it has remained in place for months?


Not so clear when one can do it and the other can't.


Again, I think it is more an issue about the language contained in the linked site than any advertising, but what do I know?

 

i was thinking the same way as you until i spent sometime on the site in question. there is multiple profane words and at the bottom of the page there is an ad for a business. i understand where lary is coming from, but if you look at davids garage, its just his cars, no profanity or ads!

brett

 

I do see a difference between the two sites, and I did notice the "For Sale" link at the bottom, but there is nothing there. Maybe it had been removed for the sake of the debate going on here? Who knows, who cares!?

Lary, please disregard my previous post and accept my apology for stirring things up. I don't have time for this childish stuff. You're the boss, do as you see fit. Sorry for the hassle!

 

There is a difference between a website that just has your photos and one that has advertising links in it.

 

Personal sites = allowed
Commercial sites or sites with ads on them = not allowed

 

My site is a personal site, not commercial, which was my whole point. I make no money from it, it's just pictures and text regarding my car and a few friends cars. It costs me money! The links in the sig were to pictures of the vehicles that were listed in it. If poeple leave the pages I linked to and explore other parts of my site they're on their own IMO, that's the internet. And I hardly consider the "S word" profanity, but that's your call. At any rate, once poeple navigate off this site the forum is no longer responsible for content. I mod and admin for several forums sites and have a pretty good idea of how things work.

But, to avoid any further **** aches I'll put the pics up on some toilet photo hosting site and let people deal with the tons and tons of advertising they include, LMAO.

Thanks guys, sorry for the fuss.

Edit> Additionally, I would have PMed someone, but unlike most forums sites, this one doesn't seem to provide a list of mods/admins that I could find within 10 minutes of poking around. My fault.