I saw this site when I was browsing around the net and I know that the images next to the ads beneath the navbar are against adsense TOS, but what about the ad in the thread information? http://vivapinataforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=4 Check that out.
That's deceptive in the sense that it's labelled as a "thread". Bordering on a violation I say... contact google to clarify if that's allowed. I suggest taking a screenshot of the page, cropping the url & emailing the picture to google, otherwise that publisher may get banned.
No, that is not allowed - main reason is that it is like forum (strictly rule) and the second is also arrow.
Hmmm, well what if the views and replies were "-" instead. And if there arrow was removed and something like "ad" was placed next to it?
Email them man... why are you asking here anyway. Nobody is going to give you a better answer then adsense.