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Title: Goodbye All!
Post by: mike213735 on 13 July 2009, 12:47:55
I am leaving the OOF and just thought I would drop in and say goodbye and thanks to all those that have offered me advice.

Thanks!
Mike
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Jimbob on 13 July 2009, 12:51:36
See ya, got rid of the meega?
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Varche on 13 July 2009, 12:52:00
Good luck but do pop in from time to time

varche
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Ghost on 13 July 2009, 12:59:53
sorry to see that your leaving so soon.
dont go to far away, we will still be here if you need us or fancy a laugh mate. :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: crazyjoetavola on 13 July 2009, 13:12:50
All the best, Mike - don't be a stranger :y :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: unlucky mark mv6 on 13 July 2009, 13:21:27
Not another one leaving,all the best anyway mate. :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Radar on 13 July 2009, 14:23:43
All the best for the future :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: TheBoy on 13 July 2009, 14:33:02
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Lazydocker on 13 July 2009, 14:37:06
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X

Hmm... :-X :-X :-X
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 13 July 2009, 14:56:24
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X

Eh?
Dropping like flies lately :(
Good luck anyway mate :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 13 July 2009, 15:26:05
All the best Mike, and you know where we are if you want to return! :y :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: going crazy on 13 July 2009, 15:37:00
All the best for the future :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: HolyCount on 13 July 2009, 15:39:36
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X

But, surely, this is the only omega forum worth belonging to :D

Best of luck mate, drop in when passing  :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Elite Pete on 13 July 2009, 16:31:24
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X
I think the other Omega forum is linking there how to's to this forum ::)
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 13 July 2009, 17:02:04
Why is there a need for another forum about Omegas, with the amount of resources we have here?

Ok, I know OOF are a cliquey bunch*, but hey....

* Only teasing TB - intended in jest ;)
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: MikeDundee on 13 July 2009, 17:10:24
All the best :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Elite Pete on 13 July 2009, 17:15:12
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Why is there a need for another forum about Omegas, with the amount of resources we have here?

Ok, I know OOF are a cliquey bunch*, but hey....

* Only teasing TB - intended in jest ;)
It won't take off ::)
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: VX1 on 13 July 2009, 17:32:19
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X
I think the other Omega forum is linking there how to's to this forum ::)

There is no need to Spy just ask and you will be told

Just to put the Admins' minds at rest if there are any links to this forum then they have been removed. The other forum has been created due to other members (which will remain nameless) on here creating problems for members on the other forum. This has been set up and is in know way a reflection to this site. So if there are any members from here wishing to 'spy' on the other forum then there is no need. I know this has been done so please can you refrain from doing this.
 There has been some bad atmosphere on here between some parties which is the reason why some have removed themselves from this forum. I personally will stay a member on here as this is a good site BUT when some comments and posts get put up snide comments are made which is out of order.

Any way thats my peace said and like I have said the other forum has no reflection to this one.
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: LJay on 13 July 2009, 17:48:47
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X
I think the other Omega forum is linking there how to's to this forum ::)

There is no need to Spy just ask and you will be told

Just to put the Admins' minds at rest if there are any links to this forum then they have been removed. The other forum has been created due to other members (which will remain nameless) on here creating problems for members on the other forum. This has been set up and is in know way a reflection to this site. So if there are any members from here wishing to 'spy' on the other forum then there is no need. I know this has been done so please can you refrain from doing this.
 There has been some bad atmosphere on here between some parties which is the reason why some have removed themselves from this forum. I personally will stay a member on here as this is a good site BUT when some comments and posts get put up snide comments are made which is out of order.

Any way thats my peace said and like I have said the other forum has no reflection to this one.

Why? Is yours sh1t??????

Sorry admin but it needed saying, from what i've seen they don't have the decency to create their own site, just provided links to this one until they were spotted!
OOF is fab and I'm pretty sure you wont get the help and advice from them that you get here! :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Elite Pete on 13 July 2009, 17:51:54
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X
I think the other Omega forum is linking there how to's to this forum ::)

There is no need to Spy just ask and you will be told

Just to put the Admins' minds at rest if there are any links to this forum then they have been removed. The other forum has been created due to other members (which will remain nameless) on here creating problems for members on the other forum. This has been set up and is in know way a reflection to this site. So if there are any members from here wishing to 'spy' on the other forum then there is no need. I know this has been done so please can you refrain from doing this.
 There has been some bad atmosphere on here between some parties which is the reason why some have removed themselves from this forum. I personally will stay a member on here as this is a good site BUT when some comments and posts get put up snide comments are made which is out of order.

Any way thats my peace said and like I have said the other forum has no reflection to this one.
Its not a snide comment, its a fact
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Elite Pete on 13 July 2009, 17:55:15
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X
I think the other Omega forum is linking there how to's to this forum ::)

There is no need to Spy just ask and you will be told

Just to put the Admins' minds at rest if there are any links to this forum then they have been removed. The other forum has been created due to other members (which will remain nameless) on here creating problems for members on the other forum. This has been set up and is in know way a reflection to this site. So if there are any members from here wishing to 'spy' on the other forum then there is no need. I know this has been done so please can you refrain from doing this.
 There has been some bad atmosphere on here between some parties which is the reason why some have removed themselves from this forum. I personally will stay a member on here as this is a good site BUT when some comments and posts get put up snide comments are made which is out of order.

Any way thats my peace said and like I have said the other forum has no reflection to this one.
I wouldn't say I was spying either, as there is no useful or secret information on the other forum that isn't on here :-*
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Tony H on 13 July 2009, 18:12:49
Back on topic, good luck for the future Mike :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Del Boy on 13 July 2009, 18:14:05
Yep good luck mate for whatever you decide to do  :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: AndyVXR300 on 13 July 2009, 18:25:55
Yep back on topic

OOF Rules....... :y

Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 13 July 2009, 18:34:37
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X

Eh?
Dropping like flies lately :(
Good luck anyway mate :y

Is there annother forum worth looking at. ::) :-X
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Elite Pete on 13 July 2009, 18:37:53
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X

Eh?
Dropping like flies lately :(
Good luck anyway mate :y

Is there annother forum worth looking at. ::) :-X
No ;D
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: AndyVXR300 on 13 July 2009, 18:38:54
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X

Eh?
Dropping like flies lately :(
Good luck anyway mate :y

Is there annother forum worth looking at. ::) :-X
No ;D


Not a Facebook one anyway ;D
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: VX1 on 13 July 2009, 18:40:47
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X
I think the other Omega forum is linking there how to's to this forum ::)

There is no need to Spy just ask and you will be told

Just to put the Admins' minds at rest if there are any links to this forum then they have been removed. The other forum has been created due to other members (which will remain nameless) on here creating problems for members on the other forum. This has been set up and is in know way a reflection to this site. So if there are any members from here wishing to 'spy' on the other forum then there is no need. I know this has been done so please can you refrain from doing this.
 There has been some bad atmosphere on here between some parties which is the reason why some have removed themselves from this forum. I personally will stay a member on here as this is a good site BUT when some comments and posts get put up snide comments are made which is out of order.

Any way thats my peace said and like I have said the other forum has no reflection to this one.

Why? Is yours sh1t??????

Sorry admin but it needed saying, from what i've seen they don't have the decency to create their own site, just provided links to this one until they were spotted! OOF is fab and I'm pretty sure you wont get the help and advice from them that you get here! :y

For your information Ljay the other site was formed before any of the links were put up. thats a fact!!!!!!!  I have been a member on this site Ljay for a couple of years, not the fact the other site is sh1te as it's only started up, plus these are the type of comments that were mention apart from other comments.
We just thought it would be helpful for others that joined the other forum to have a link to this site as well, but if this was the wrong thing to do then it was a misunderstanding towards this site, plus it wasn't a case of we got found out either Ljay the site had been started a month ago and the link has been there since until someone had come on and told the Admin. I don't mind saying it either.
There is no site war going on either against the two just a case of another site with a link to this site for other people to join this one.

Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: zippo on 13 July 2009, 18:46:45
i didnt even know there was another Omega forum.   ::)
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: TheBoy on 13 July 2009, 18:50:43
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X
I think the other Omega forum is linking there how to's to this forum ::)
I noticed you were a member ;)
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: AndyVXR300 on 13 July 2009, 18:51:29
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X
I think the other Omega forum is linking there how to's to this forum ::)

There is no need to Spy just ask and you will be told

Just to put the Admins' minds at rest if there are any links to this forum then they have been removed. The other forum has been created due to other members (which will remain nameless) on here creating problems for members on the other forum. This has been set up and is in know way a reflection to this site. So if there are any members from here wishing to 'spy' on the other forum then there is no need. I know this has been done so please can you refrain from doing this.
 There has been some bad atmosphere on here between some parties which is the reason why some have removed themselves from this forum. I personally will stay a member on here as this is a good site BUT when some comments and posts get put up snide comments are made which is out of order.

Any way thats my peace said and like I have said the other forum has no reflection to this one.

Why? Is yours sh1t??????

Sorry admin but it needed saying, from what i've seen they don't have the decency to create their own site, just provided links to this one until they were spotted! OOF is fab and I'm pretty sure you wont get the help and advice from them that you get here! :y

For your information Ljay the other site was formed before any of the links were put up. thats a fact!!!!!!!  I have been a member on this site Ljay for a couple of years, not the fact the other site is sh1te as it's only started up, plus these are the type of comments that were mention apart from other comments.
We just thought it would be helpful for others that joined the other forum to have a link to this site as well, but if this was the wrong thing to do then it was a misunderstanding towards this site, plus it wasn't a case of we got found out either Ljay the site had been started a month ago and the link has been there since until someone had come on and told the Admin. I don't mind saying it either.
There is no site war going on either against the two just a case of another site with a link to this site for other people to join this one.


Not Guilty your honour ;D ;D
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: LFF64 on 13 July 2009, 18:51:55
I cant really see a problem if there is another forum .
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: VX1 on 13 July 2009, 18:55:30
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I cant really see a problem if there is another forum .

Thats exactly my point LFF64. What is the problem with another forum? I can't see that there is any but some people obviously do have a problem with it.
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 13 July 2009, 18:56:42
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I cant really see a problem if there is another forum .


Nor do I, it is a free world, well at least some of the time for us in the UK! ;D ;D ;)

Best of luck to those who want to join OOF or others :y :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: VX1 on 13 July 2009, 18:58:49
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I cant really see a problem if there is another forum .


Nor do I, it is a free world, well at least some of the time for us in the UK! ;D ;D ;)

Best of luck to those who want to join OOF or others :y :y

You have hit the nail on the head there Lizzie :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: AndyVXR300 on 13 July 2009, 18:58:50
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I cant really see a problem if there is another forum .



Nor do I, it is a free world, well at least some of the time for us in the UK! ;D ;D ;)

Best of luck to those who want to join OOF or others :y :y


Lets face it, as its only a select few it's no great loss is it ?
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Omega man 2 on 13 July 2009, 18:59:38
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I cant really see a problem if there is another forum .

Thats exactly my point LFF64. What is the problem with another forum? I can't see that there is any but some people obviously do have a problem with it.

Yep, too right. No problem with another forum but I cant find another forum on google :-? Would like to see what its like.
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: LJay on 13 July 2009, 18:59:53
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X
I think the other Omega forum is linking there how to's to this forum ::)

There is no need to Spy just ask and you will be told

Just to put the Admins' minds at rest if there are any links to this forum then they have been removed. The other forum has been created due to other members (which will remain nameless) on here creating problems for members on the other forum. This has been set up and is in know way a reflection to this site. So if there are any members from here wishing to 'spy' on the other forum then there is no need. I know this has been done so please can you refrain from doing this.
 There has been some bad atmosphere on here between some parties which is the reason why some have removed themselves from this forum. I personally will stay a member on here as this is a good site BUT when some comments and posts get put up snide comments are made which is out of order.

Any way thats my peace said and like I have said the other forum has no reflection to this one.

Why? Is yours sh1t??????

Sorry admin but it needed saying, from what i've seen they don't have the decency to create their own site, just provided links to this one until they were spotted! OOF is fab and I'm pretty sure you wont get the help and advice from them that you get here! :y

For your information Ljay the other site was formed before any of the links were put up. thats a fact!!!!!!!  I have been a member on this site Ljay for a couple of years, not the fact the other site is sh1te as it's only started up, plus these are the type of comments that were mention apart from other comments.
We just thought it would be helpful for others that joined the other forum to have a link to this site as well, but if this was the wrong thing to do then it was a misunderstanding towards this site, plus it wasn't a case of we got found out either Ljay the site had been started a month ago and the link has been there since until someone had come on and told the Admin. I don't mind saying it either.
There is no site war going on either against the two just a case of another site with a link to this site for other people to join this one.


I think you'll find that I've been about since the beginning, only recently stepping away because of the new trend of members I had no urge to interact with! And also due to the back stabbing and hipocracy that seems to be alive and well, manifesting itself in members creating other forums because they cant get along with people who dont agree with their view point!
Just to clarify....I am really not interested in your games but do get annoyed at the disrespect that you show towards a team who have worked long and hard to create this site!  >:( >:(
Would appear that you have only removed the links because you have been found out, hence the public aknowledgement and the restrictions on who can view your site, sad!
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: LFF64 on 13 July 2009, 19:00:03
After all  we are all grown up arent we .
 :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: AndyVXR300 on 13 July 2009, 19:04:14
I fully agree to whoever removed the links as the Admin team from OOF have also worked long and hard to create

The best Omega site in the UK :y

Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Omega man 2 on 13 July 2009, 19:06:33
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I fully agree to whoever removed the links as the Admin team from OOF have also worked long and hard to create

The best Omega site in the UK :y


World ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: AndyVXR300 on 13 July 2009, 19:07:29
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I fully agree to whoever removed the links as the Admin team from OOF have also worked long and hard to create

The best Omega site in the UK :y


World ;D ;D :y

Correct Ron ;D ;D :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: nick v6 on 13 July 2009, 19:08:12
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I fully agree to whoever removed the links as the Admin team from OOF have also worked long and hard to create

The best Omega site in the UK :y

oof aint just a uk forum its world wide i think as there is members from other countrys :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: AndyVXR300 on 13 July 2009, 19:09:39
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I fully agree to whoever removed the links as the Admin team from OOF have also worked long and hard to create

The best Omega site in the UK :y

oof aint just a uk forum its world wide i think as there is members from other countrys :y

Quite correct Nick

Often Copied but never better :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: VX1 on 13 July 2009, 19:09:51
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See ya, got rid of the meega?
I suspect off to another Omega Forum  :-X
I think the other Omega forum is linking there how to's to this forum ::)

There is no need to Spy just ask and you will be told

Just to put the Admins' minds at rest if there are any links to this forum then they have been removed. The other forum has been created due to other members (which will remain nameless) on here creating problems for members on the other forum. This has been set up and is in know way a reflection to this site. So if there are any members from here wishing to 'spy' on the other forum then there is no need. I know this has been done so please can you refrain from doing this.
 There has been some bad atmosphere on here between some parties which is the reason why some have removed themselves from this forum. I personally will stay a member on here as this is a good site BUT when some comments and posts get put up snide comments are made which is out of order.

Any way thats my peace said and like I have said the other forum has no reflection to this one.

Why? Is yours sh1t??????

Sorry admin but it needed saying, from what i've seen they don't have the decency to create their own site, just provided links to this one until they were spotted! OOF is fab and I'm pretty sure you wont get the help and advice from them that you get here! :y

For your information Ljay the other site was formed before any of the links were put up. thats a fact!!!!!!!  I have been a member on this site Ljay for a couple of years, not the fact the other site is sh1te as it's only started up, plus these are the type of comments that were mention apart from other comments.
We just thought it would be helpful for others that joined the other forum to have a link to this site as well, but if this was the wrong thing to do then it was a misunderstanding towards this site, plus it wasn't a case of we got found out either Ljay the site had been started a month ago and the link has been there since until someone had come on and told the Admin. I don't mind saying it either.
There is no site war going on either against the two just a case of another site with a link to this site for other people to join this one.


I think you'll find that I've been about since the beginning, only recently stepping away because of the new trend of members I had no urge to interact with! And also due to the back stabbing and hipocracy that seems to be alive and well, manifesting itself in members creating other forums because they cant get along with people who dont agree with their view point!
Just to clarify....I am really not interested in your games but do get annoyed at the disrespect that you show towards a team who have worked long and hard to create this site!  >:( >:(Would appear that you have only removed the links because you have been found out, hence the public aknowledgement and the restrictions on who can view your site, sad!

That is my point Ljay with the backstabbing etc.

There has been no disrespect to the admin team on here what so ever, if they don't want a link to this site then so be it.
 
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: TheBoy on 13 July 2009, 19:15:44
I am glad to see that most of the copyright breaching Maintenence Guides on the other site have been taken down - that was blatant plagurism.  There are enough stickies across our Maintenence Guides section, and enough details in our Forum Rules that clearly indicate will will take action against anyone effectively stealing our content pretending its their own.

The Admins, past and present, have spent a great deal of time and money researching various things that make this site what it is.  If we see it blatantly copied, we will take any necessary action against those people - sorry for the hard line on that, but we have spent 3 long years and bucketloads of cash to get to where we are.  For those who think getting it right is easy, I spend more time in the back of this forum monitoring server stats, traffic flows, and tracing abnormalities, than I spend looking at the site with a browser.

The site in question, even without the removed Maintenence Guides (thanks :y) is a blatant copy of OOF.  Again, we spent a lot of time researching and implementing this for OOF, we do not expect, or will tolerate, other people taking the easy path and stealing our work.

Worse still, many of the (now deceased) Guides were cut and pasted in such a way that the images were still being served from OUR images server - bandwidth costs a lot of money, money we pay so OOF members can utilise it - we do not want to pay for other sites to get free bandwidth.

Our forum rules say that you can (currently) link to our articles - linking to a www.omegaowners.com url isn't (currently) an issue.

The name of the other forum - Vauxhall Omega Owners Forum - is also clearly a play on our name, and again is something we find unacceptable.


Whether or not another Omega forum is a good or bad thing is another debate. Personally, I don't think it is, as it splits a community.  Obviously, something has happened that I don't know about that has caused this to happen.  I would say that the effort in creating a forum properly would be better spent in resolving whatever the original issue was.  I'm certainly all ears, and thought I always had been?



To the OP, I wish you well in your departure, and in your new venture, but please make your venture your own work, and not ours.
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: HolyCount on 13 July 2009, 19:20:52
Didn't know there was another omega forum, but if that is the case, I can see no reason why people can't join it -- or be a member of both if they so wish. As long as we respect and ackowledge each others successes and failures there should be no problems.

After all many of us are members of other (non omega) forums and there's no conflict there.

At the end of the day there's too much strife in the world without us adding our own.

As Gaffers would put it:

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Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: TheBoy on 13 July 2009, 19:21:21
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I cant really see a problem if there is another forum .
There is no problem with other forums.

There is a big problem if its not their own work, but are stealing OOF's.  If you didn't see it, there site is named similarly to ours (Vauxhall Omega Owners Forum), is laid out with remarkably similar sections and naming of those sections, and about 75% of their guides were a cut and paste from here.  This, to me (and to the people I've spoken to), is clearly unacceptable.

So, correct, no problems with other forums, as long as its entirely their own work
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: AndyVXR300 on 13 July 2009, 19:21:38
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I am glad to see that most of the copyright breaching Maintenence Guides on the other site have been taken down - that was blatant plagurism.  There are enough stickies across our Maintenence Guides section, and enough details in our Forum Rules that clearly indicate will will take action against anyone effectively stealing our content pretending its their own.

The Admins, past and present, have spent a great deal of time and money researching various things that make this site what it is.  If we see it blatantly copied, we will take any necessary action against those people - sorry for the hard line on that, but we have spent 3 long years and bucketloads of cash to get to where we are.  For those who think getting it right is easy, I spend more time in the back of this forum monitoring server stats, traffic flows, and tracing abnormalities, than I spend looking at the site with a browser.

The site in question, even without the removed Maintenence Guides (thanks :y) is a blatant copy of OOF.  Again, we spent a lot of time researching and implementing this for OOF, we do not expect, or will tolerate, other people taking the easy path and stealing our work.

Worse still, many of the (now deceased) Guides were cut and pasted in such a way that the images were still being served from OUR images server - bandwidth costs a lot of money, money we pay so OOF members can utilise it - we do not want to pay for other sites to get free bandwidth.

Our forum rules say that you can (currently) link to our articles - linking to a www.omegaowners.com url isn't (currently) an issue.

The name of the other forum - Vauxhall Omega Owners Forum - is also clearly a play on our name, and again is something we find unacceptable.


Whether or not another Omega forum is a good or bad thing is another debate. Personally, I don't think it is, as it splits a community.  Obviously, something has happened that I don't know about that has caused this to happen.  I would say that the effort in creating a forum properly would be better spent in resolving whatever the original issue was.  I'm certainly all ears, and thought I always had been?



To the OP, I wish you well in your departure, and in your new venture, but please make your venture your own work, and not ours.


Very well put Jamie :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: HolyCount on 13 July 2009, 19:24:37
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I cant really see a problem if there is another forum .
There is no problem with other forums.

There is a big problem if its not their own work, but are stealing OOF's.  If you didn't see it, there site is named similarly to ours (Vauxhall Omega Owners Forum), is laid out with remarkably similar sections and naming of those sections, and about 75% of their guides were a cut and paste from here.  This, to me (and to the people I've spoken to), is clearly unacceptable.

So, correct, no problems with other forums, as long as its entirely their own work


Agree entirely -- not having visited this other site I had no idea of the content
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 13 July 2009, 19:28:09
hehe, Seems I am a member, allthough I cant remember my last visit.

Stats tell me a lot though. :-X


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Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Turk on 13 July 2009, 19:55:05
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I fully agree to whoever removed the links as the Admin team from OOF have also worked long and hard to create

The best Omega site in the UK :y


World ;D ;D :y


Known Universe !!!  :D :y

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I can't find a Vauxhall Omega Owners Forum  :-?
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: AndyVXR300 on 13 July 2009, 19:59:03
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I fully agree to whoever removed the links as the Admin team from OOF have also worked long and hard to create

The best Omega site in the UK :y


World ;D ;D :y


Known Universe !!!  :D :y

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I can't find a Vauxhall Omega Owners Forum  :-?


Thats not a bad thing  ;D
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 13 July 2009, 20:00:32
I have just taken the trouble to join this other forum, and eventually be accepted as a member.

In short the site is nowhere near as good as this one, but has many similiar features to our site.  There are still four maintenence guides listed, and one (authored they state by Elite Force1) "Thermostat replacement on the V6" is a definate exact copy of the guide of that name, by VX1, on this site.

TB is right, that is totally unacceptable.  I am cancelling my membership of that site with immediate effect! ::) ::) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: TheBoy on 13 July 2009, 20:04:51
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I have just taken the trouble to join this other forum, and eventually be accepted as a member.

In short the site is nowhere near as good as this one, but has many similiar features to our site.  There are still four maintenence guides listed, and one (authored they state by Elite Force1) "Thermostat replacement on the V6" is a definate exact copy of the guide of that name, by VX1, on this site.

TB is right, that is totally unacceptable.  I am cancelling my membership of that site with immediate effect! ::) ::) ;) ;)
They are one and the same, hence as the author of that thread, don't have an issue with him putting that on other sites (despite we say on the sticky in Maint Guides that all copyright reverts to OOF)
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Tony H on 13 July 2009, 20:06:10
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I am glad to see that most of the copyright breaching Maintenence Guides on the other site have been taken down - that was blatant plagurism.  There are enough stickies across our Maintenence Guides section, and enough details in our Forum Rules that clearly indicate will will take action against anyone effectively stealing our content pretending its their own.

The Admins, past and present, have spent a great deal of time and money researching various things that make this site what it is.  If we see it blatantly copied, we will take any necessary action against those people - sorry for the hard line on that, but we have spent 3 long years and bucketloads of cash to get to where we are.  For those who think getting it right is easy, I spend more time in the back of this forum monitoring server stats, traffic flows, and tracing abnormalities, than I spend looking at the site with a browser.

The site in question, even without the removed Maintenence Guides (thanks :y) is a blatant copy of OOF.  Again, we spent a lot of time researching and implementing this for OOF, we do not expect, or will tolerate, other people taking the easy path and stealing our work.

Worse still, many of the (now deceased) Guides were cut and pasted in such a way that the images were still being served from OUR images server - bandwidth costs a lot of money, money we pay so OOF members can utilise it - we do not want to pay for other sites to get free bandwidth.

Our forum rules say that you can (currently) link to our articles - linking to a www.omegaowners.com url isn't (currently) an issue.

The name of the other forum - Vauxhall Omega Owners Forum - is also clearly a play on our name, and again is something we find unacceptable.


Whether or not another Omega forum is a good or bad thing is another debate. Personally, I don't think it is, as it splits a community.  Obviously, something has happened that I don't know about that has caused this to happen.  I would say that the effort in creating a forum properly would be better spent in resolving whatever the original issue was.  I'm certainly all ears, and thought I always had been?



To the OP, I wish you well in your departure, and in your new venture, but please make your venture your own work, and not ours.
Fully agree with you Jaime
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: AndyVXR300 on 13 July 2009, 20:13:28
Elite Force 1 is VX1 on this forum

May the force be with you :y
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: moggy on 13 July 2009, 20:25:25
I know i have only been hear for a short time,and only met pete and daz personally.Most of you don't understand my jokes  ;D ;D But this forum is a veritable encyclopedia of challenging thoughts and ideas.i will stay here for as long as you will have me,which will be just after i post this long live the OOF ::) ;D ;D
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Turk on 13 July 2009, 20:29:07
Finally found it.  Would be interesting to see, but one has to register.  :-?
That's gonna put folk off for a start. No guests...sign up first !!
I certainly don't give my personal details to something of which I know diddly squat.    

(and if I was proud of something I'd want the rather world to know about it !)
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 13 July 2009, 20:41:17
I had been busy trying to delete my account with that other forum, but could only succeed in changing my name.

However I have just received an e-mail stating that my account has been deleted, and I cannot contact the admins to find out why! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

So much for democracy and the right to publish freely your feelings! ::) ::)  I obviously scared them, and 'them' obviously have somebody feeding back information from this site!  Amazing :o :o :o :o  These forums are only for fun, but looks like somebody has decided that certain people are foes! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Pathetic!



Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 July 2009, 20:52:14
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I had been busy trying to delete my account with that other forum, but could only succeed in changing my name.

However I have just received an e-mail stating that my account has been deleted, and I cannot contact the admins to find out why! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

So much for democracy and the right to publish freely your feelings! ::) ::)  I obviously scared them, and 'them' obviously have somebody feeding back information from this site!  Amazing :o :o :o :o  These forums are only for fun, but looks like somebody has decided that certain people are foes! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Pathetic!




LOL Lizzie......i signed up for a nose....and my account got deleted as well..before it was approved! so didnt have the chance to have a nose! lol!...didnt even use my account name on here.....but obviously used my real email account...

I agree with you.....Pathetic!! not gonna get many members if they delete them faster than they join!!
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: HolyCount on 13 July 2009, 20:57:59
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I had been busy trying to delete my account with that other forum, but could only succeed in changing my name.

However I have just received an e-mail stating that my account has been deleted, and I cannot contact the admins to find out why! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

So much for democracy and the right to publish freely your feelings! ::) ::)  I obviously scared them, and 'them' obviously have somebody feeding back information from this site!  Amazing :o :o :o :o  These forums are only for fun, but looks like somebody has decided that certain people are foes! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Pathetic!




But why ?? There are some on here I don't see eye to eye with, and I imagine a few who don't like me .... but that's life, we just avoid each other and act reasonably "all growed up"
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Elite Pete on 13 July 2009, 20:59:18
Mines been deleted as well. i'm gutted, infact in off to find a bridge to jump off ::) ;D ;D
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Pedro on 13 July 2009, 21:04:11
My god - what a bunch of kids.


 ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: miniator on 13 July 2009, 21:04:27
so what is this "other forums" url....just for the craic of it?
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Entwood on 13 July 2009, 21:05:11
I blieve its a "face book" group rather than a URL

or is it this one  ... with a whole 14 members ?????

http://vauxhallomega.forumotion.net

Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Elite Pete on 13 July 2009, 21:06:05
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so what is this "other forums" url....just for the craic of it?
www.toysoutofthepram.co.uk  :D
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: miniator on 13 July 2009, 21:07:00
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I blieve its a "face book" group rather than a URL


o yes, i joined a facebook group though i think its an OOF group....i did spy the other possibly
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 13 July 2009, 21:07:09
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I had been busy trying to delete my account with that other forum, but could only succeed in changing my name.

However I have just received an e-mail stating that my account has been deleted, and I cannot contact the admins to find out why! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

So much for democracy and the right to publish freely your feelings! ::) ::)  I obviously scared them, and 'them' obviously have somebody feeding back information from this site!  Amazing :o :o :o :o  These forums are only for fun, but looks like somebody has decided that certain people are foes! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Pathetic!




But why ?? There are some on here I don't see eye to eye with, and I imagine a few who don't like me .... but that's life, we just avoid each other and act reasonably "all growed up"

Exactly HC, but obviously "someone" does not like honest opinion given on the OOF, not the other site as I could have done!  My loyalties lie here!  Enough now said by me :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 13 July 2009, 21:08:26
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Mines been deleted as well. i'm gutted, infact in off to find a bridge to jump off ::) ;D ;D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y

I already have! :D :D :D ;)
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: TheBoy on 13 July 2009, 21:09:04
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I blieve its a "face book" group rather than a URL
Nope, its not the facebook group started by somebody a few weeks ago. Its another forum.
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Turk on 13 July 2009, 21:19:53
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I blieve its a "face book" group rather than a URL

or is it this one  ... with a whole 14 members ?????

http://vauxhallomega.forumotion.net


You may joke, but this is getting serious. We're down to 6089 members  :o    :D
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Albatross on 13 July 2009, 21:28:33
This is hilarious.

I wouldn't give the attention publicly; they don't deserve it.

TB: Pursue them ligitimately and quietly; you are entitled to and this site (OOF), and its content, is valuable.

Any true competition should be done fairly and on each person's (or site's) own merit. If they can do it on their own then best of luck to them, but to re-publish the same words all over again is asking for criticism and trouble.

It is also illegal.
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 13 July 2009, 21:31:10
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hehe, Seems I am a member, allthough I cant remember my last visit.

Stats tell me a lot though. :-X


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I obviously am not a member id the new site is only a month old (just been catching up in full)
Title: Re: Goodbye All!
Post by: TheBoy on 13 July 2009, 21:34:23
Sorry to OP, but locking. Its gone off at a different angle anyway.

And issues with this, aim direct to me, do not start new thread. Thanks.