Site Guidelines
Preface. Postings are the opinions of their respective authors and do not reflect the opinions of “Ford Truck Enthusiasts, Inc.” (FTE), its officers, directors, employees and shareholders. FTE assumes no liability for direct, indirect, punitive, consequential, special or incidental damages, accident, injury, loss of property, income or life due to use or misuse of comments, suggestions, procedures, modifications, opinions, facts, enhancements, repairs or other information presented on our services. We do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the contents of any message or article. Use any information found on our services at your own risk.
Revealing Your Identity. We reserve the right to reveal your identity (including your name, location, email address, IP address, etc.) to involved parties in the event of legal action or complaints arising from any content you post.
Removal of Users and/or Posts. We reserve the right to remove any user or post from our forums for any reason, with or without prior warning. If your account is suspended, any re-registration on your part will be considered harassment and will be followed by contacting your ISP and local law enforcement if required.
Affiliation. Ford Truck Enthusiasts (FTE) is a privately owned and operated enthusiast community. FTE is not affiliated with Ford Motor Company or any of its subsidiaries.
- Current Email Address. You must maintain a current email address within your FTE User Account. If for any reason an Administrator is unable to contact you due to returned emails, your FTE account may be suspended or removed until you contact our support team.
- Personal Conduct . Post language and material suitable for the home or office. Do not post foul language, political content, racial epithets or sexually explicit content in any form. Personal attacks will not be tolerated. Posting for the purpose of gaining access to additional features of the site is not allowed.
- Signatures .Please do not post overly large or obnoxious signatures. Users are here to read the content, not to be annoyed by your signature. Political slogans, sexual, racial or religious content or links to such content are not allowed.
- No Advertising. Ads, solicitations or other commercial content are not allowed . Site sponsors are encouraged to respond to questions about their products.
- Vendor Promoting. Recommendations of vendors by users is encouraged, but excessive promotion of vendors (cheer leading) will be viewed as advertising. Please make sure your participation on FTE is more than just promoting or advertising for a vendor or product.
- Personal Items For Sale .For Sale items are not allowed in the automotive and general discussion forums of FTE. We have a Classifieds section that you can list your items in. You can also link to it in your signature as long as you follow the signature guidelines. Want ads are allowed in the forums so long as you post a follow-up when you find the part(s). Vehicle value discussions are permitted, however, if we find it turning into a for sale thread, the thread will be removed. The only exception to this guideline is the Chapter Forums. There is a specific thread in each Chapter Forum, for Chapter Members only, that is intended for local for sale items.
- Copyright Materials. You may not post any copyrighted material that you do not have rights to. Please link to external articles rather than post them in the forums.
- Legal Actions.
- Legal actions, Lemon Law or Buy-back discussions are allowed. Be aware of any private information you post. If you have a lawyer, discuss it with them before posting.
- Anyone looking for legal discovery or outreach must contact IB before posting. Contact a moderator and they will help.
- Issues with Moderation and Site Policy. If a situation arises in which you have a problem or conflict with the Moderation Team of FTE or FTE Site Policy, please contact an Administrator through email or private messaging systems rather than in open forum.
- Other Terms. You also agree to the Gallery Guidelines (Click Here) and the web site Terms of Use (Click Here).
