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this site that you believe to be infringing on your copyright please contact us immediately so the
situation can be rectified and the images can be removed from our server and
website backups. The use of images from this website for your own personal collection is perfectly acceptable but they must not be reused for publication in any form of media (this
includes Facebook, Twitter and YouTube) without the express written
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This site is run by enthusiasts for people interested in the varied maritime scene here in the Port of Dover. Some of our pages contain advertising links to selected ferry operators
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Hi all,
Please find below the latest
version of the `Dover Ferry
Photos Forum Rules and
Guidelines'. These rules have
been set out to make the forums
a better place for our members.
I would just like to point out
that we are not an authoritarian
bunch, we are here to manage the
forums for the benefit of
ALL the members and not
the
FEW who wish to rock the
boat.
Important Notes
Your membership of this
forum is taken as an
acceptance of the rules
posted below. If you do not
agree with these rules and
you are already a member
please contact a member of
the Administration team and
your account will be
deactivated and deleted.
All the views expressed on
our forums remain that of
the poster and not
necessarily that of the
Dover Ferries Photos Group,
its owners, it's moderators
and it's administrators. All
members should be aware of
possible legal implications
of posting libellous
material on this forum.
Please note that IP
addresses are logged by our
forum software for all
messages posted on this
website.
In the event of a grievance
occurring the administration
team has the final decision
on all forum content and
moderation decisions and our
decision is final.
Members are reminded that
internet hyperlinks
("links") offered from both
this forum and our website
http://www.doverferryphotos.co.uk,
are outside the realms of
our control. As a
consequence the Dover
Ferries Photos Group nor its
owners, moderators and
administrators are
responsible for the content
accessed via these links,
you visit these other
websites sites at your own
risk.
Some of our pages contain
advertising links to
selected ferry operators.
These links are provided as
an additional service to our
visitors to enable bookings
to be made and they also
support the running costs of
this website.
All trademarks herein are
the property of their
respective owners. The only
official connection we have
with any of the companies
featured is as an affiliate
business partner, as such
none of the companies
featured have any editorial
control over this website,
it's content and any of the
views and opinions expressed
here.
Introduction
Originally launched in October
2006 the Dover Ferry Photos
Forums were conceived as a
community addition to our
website
Dover Ferry Photos.
In May of 2009 the forums were
re-launched on a new server
following the failure of the
previous host.
Our forum consists of 15
individual message boards each
covering a specific subject. The
scope of coverage for our forum
is primarily the Ports of Dover,
Ramsgate, Calais, Dunkerque,
Boulogne, Ostend and Zeebrugge.
We also offer a free talk and
general maritime board for off
topic discussions.
These forums are Administered by
Ray Goodfellow and DoverT with
the technical support of Paul
Bilbrough. Your moderator team
are Paul Cloke, Marconista and
Aqui_fan. They are here to help
you should you experience any
problems.
For a complete list of forum
staff and contact details please
click
here.
Membership
To view and post on our
forums we kindly ask that
you register an account with
us. Membership is open to
all but subject to
Administrator approval.
Please note that the
approval process could take
up to 24 hours to be
completed.
Please be aware that due to
there association with spam
registrations the following
domains are banned from
registering here;
.biz, .org and .ru.
All details submitted during
the registration process are
encrypted within our forum
system. Your details will
only be used for the process
of forum Administration and
will never be shared with a
third party.
When your account has been
authorised by an
administrator you will
receive an email confirming
that you now have access to
the boards. You will need
the user-name and password
details that you submitted
during the registration
process (these should have
been sent to you in a
previous email).
In an effort to prevent spam
appearing on the system your
first
5 posts will be set
to moderator approval. This
means your messages will not
appear on the forum until
they have been checked by a
member of the moderation
team. Once you have posted 5
messages this restriction
will be lifted and you will
be able to post normally.
The moderated message list,
known as the `moderator
queue' is a tool used by the
moderator team to manage
those who may have breached
forum rules in the past and
to those who post outside of
the guidelines set out in
this document. Any member
placed on this list will be
unable to post messages
directly to the boards until
they have been approved by a
member of the moderator
team. In the event that a
message is disapproved a
reason will be forwarded to
the member in question via a
member of the moderator
team. The Moderator Queue
was introduced to help
maintain the general
standard of the forums and
to prevent some of the idol
`chit chat' that has taken
over some threads recently.
Please note members may be
placed in the `moderator
queue' without prior
notification and the length
of time they remain on the
moderated list is dependent
on there adhesion to the
guidelines set out in this
document
In the event that you have
forgotten your password
please click
here to retrieve
it or contact an
administrator.
When contacting an
administrator for assistance
please could you supply us
with the username and email
address you used to register
your account with us.
Requests for membership can
be refused or existing
memberships terminated where
there is the use of an
inappropriate user name or
email address where that
name may be offencive or
deceptive.
The Administration team
reserves the right to refuse
membership requests without
entering into any further
discussions.
Who Are You?
It is notoriously difficult
to police the internet and
it is rather pointless
insisting on real names
however if you wish to
introduce yourself to the
community please feel free
to do so via the `Introduce
Yourselves' board
on the forums.
Those working within the
industry are reminded of
their employer’s likely
policies regarding
confidentiality and public
comment. Even though this
forum is `membership only'
it remains very much a
public platform and your
employer is not going to
welcome you revealing
information of a
confidential nature.
However, we do welcome
public relations managers
and other management figures
who feel able to contribute
to the discussions on behalf
of their firm. For this
reason, unless you are in a
position where you are
disclosing non confidential
information or making
comments your employer would
not object to you should
consider whether such posts
are appropriate. Posting
information under a `nom de
plume' or forwarding the
information to an
administrator is possible
but please take note of the
above warning. This is a
hobby after all and nobody
wishes people to be faced
with disciplinary action
over a posting made here.
No member shall identify, or
attempt to identify, in
public, the actual name of
any member who uses a nom de
plume. Any member who is
deemed to be attempting this
will receive a warning/ban.
Any member who it is
discovered is an employee of
a ferry or cruise operator
and is posting continual
praise for their firm or
criticism of another firm
under a hidden identity may
be subject to a warning/ban.
Message Content Guidelines
OFCOM Offence 2 wrote:
It is an offence for
someone, otherwise than
under the authority of a
designated person, to
disclose any information
as to the contents,
sender or addressee of
any message referred to
in Offence 1. However,
this does not apply
where the disclosure is
in the course of legal
proceedings or for the
purpose of any report of
those proceedings. And,
it does not apply where
the information would
have come to the
person’s knowledge
without the use of
wireless telegraphy
apparatus by him or by
anyone else.
In essence this means that
it is also
illegal to tell a third
party what has been heard in
a transmission a
person has listened to
illegally.Please be
aware of this when posting
`scanner observations' to
our forum.[/b]
Our moderators reserve the
right to edit or delete any
posts they consider to be
'inappropriate' without
warning.
Please do not question an
Administrators/Moderators
decision on the forum. If
you have an issue with a
decision, either contact an
Administrator or the
Moderator in question via
email or the forums Private
Message (PM) facility.
Do not post any adult
content. Do not make
inappropriate or offencive
posts - including threats,
harassment, swearing
(this includes disguising
letters in swear words),
prejudice, slander, racism,
deliberate insults or any
other negative remarks about
any other member, group or
company.
TROLLING is prohibited here
and will not be tolerated.
Trolling is whenever someone
is deliberately posting in a
manner for the purpose of
angering and/or insulting
the other participants of
the board. Trolling does not
encourage further
discussion, in the long run
it only encourages personal
attacks. Any member acting
in this manner will face
there membership being
revoked.
If you see a post that you
believe to be inappropriate
or be an attempt at Trolling
please click the
`Report' button
 .
This will notify the
moderator team so the post
can be reviewed and any
action taken.
Photographic Posts & Video Posts
As a forum built on the back of
a photographic website we
welcome members photographs to
be posted to our forum. A board
has been set up for this
specific purpose entitled the `The
Dover `Photo' Patrol'.
Following feedback from our
membership we have now also set
up a dedicated video board
entitled the `The
Dover `Video' Patrol'.
Please feel free to post all
your YouTube and video links to
this board.
When posting to the
The Dover `Photo' Patrol
board we kindly ask that you
state the date and location
in the subject line of your
message.
Please try not post an
excessive number of
photographs per post. If you
have a large number of
photographs that you think
members may be interested in
seeing there are plenty of
websites such as
Shipspotting and
Ships Nostalgia
to host your images on then
you can post a link to them
here.
Ideally please do not post
anymore than 15 pictures per
post. I am willing to be
lenient on this if the
content is relevant, we
don't want to see 20 images
of the same vessel taken a
few seconds apart.
Our forum offers an
attachment facility to
enable you to upload your
photographs directly to the
forums. There is currently a
limit of 3 attachments per
post and 1 attachment per
private message. Images up
to 1MB in size can now be
posted. If you wish to use a
photographic hosting service
as per the old forum you
still can. A few examples of
which are listed below:
PhotoBucket
ImageShack
PostImage
Flickr
Please respect your fellow
members as those not
connecting to the site via a
broadband connection may
experience slow page loading
times and excessive data
charges if doing so via a
mobile connection.
If your posting photographs
via a photographic hosting
service such as Photobucket
please don't post
photographs bigger than
1024x768 pixels. If you are
using our forums attachment
facility there is no pixel
size limit as the system
automatically creates a
thumbnail image.
Please make sure your
photographs/videos are
relevant to the subject
matter in hand.
Please do not use images
obtained from the Internet
unless you have the
permission of the copyright
holder to use them. If
permission is granted please
state the name of the
copyright holder in your
post. Copyright theft is
rife on the internet
nowadays and we don't wish
to be party to this by
hosting such images on our
server.
Please do not use
photographs from this forum
or our website for further
publication without
obtaining the permission of
the photographer/copyright
holder first. I have noted a
number of `our' images on
Facebook recently which have
been `borrowed' without
permission. In future I will
be watermarking all of my
own photographs uploaded to
our website, this forum and
our Facebook account and
Facebook fan page.
If you find a picture on the
internet that may be of
interest to other members
please post a link to the
website in question and
provide the name of the
website and where possible
the name of the
photographer/copyright
holder.
We welcome comments to be
left on the `Dover
`Photo' Patrol'
and `Dover
`Video' Patrol'
boards with regards to
members photographs and
videos but can we not have a
whole series of one line
posts like "Great
Photos/Videos". If you would
like to leave feedback to
the poster please put a bit
of thought into your
response. For instance, why
is is a great photo/video?,
What does it mean to you? As
I stated before, this is a
discussion forum not a
personal blog site and one
word responses will be
deleted.
Forum Abuse, Private Message and
Email Abuse Policies
All Moderation
decisions/actions are to be
carried out `off list' via
use of the forums in built
warning and moderation
system. This will be backed
up by Private Messaging
and/or email.
If you receive a Private
Message (PM) from a
moderator with regards to an
action that has taken place
on the forum a response is
required to acknowledge the
receipt of the message.
Failure to acknowledge a
moderator may result in your
account being suspended.
Please remember that
`Private Messages' received
on these Forums are to be
considered private and are
not to be posted publicly
unless the sender of the
private message agrees. This
rule does not apply to PM's
relating to Moderation
decisions which may be
forwarded to the sites
administrators for dispute
resolution purposes and
general board management.
We take PM/email abuse very
seriously, and it will
result in the immediate
removal of your membership
and ban of your IP address,
without warning.
As a member you agree to
report any member whom you
feel to be in violation of
these rules to the
Administration/Moderator
team immediately via PM,
Email or by clicking the
`Report' button
.
If all users abide by these
rules I am positive the forums
will be a much better place for
all our members.
Regards,
Ray Goodfellow, DoverT, Aqui_fan,
Paul Cloke and Marconista.
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If you have any photographs you would like to submit for possible use in the website please send them to webmaster@doverferryphotos.co.uk.
All we ask is that you own the copyright or have permission to use the photographs you are submitting.
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