The DO's:
• Welcome new members.
• Remember this is a family friendly web site!
• Ignore bothersome members.
• Report posts that violate the rules and guidelines.
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The DON'Ts:
• No discussion of any illegal activity or threats of violence.
• No use of explicit, obscene or vulgar language or images and/or messages, including racist remarks.
• No posts that attack, insult, "flame", or abuse members or guests. Respect
other members of the community and don't belittle, make fun off, or insult another member.
• No advertising or links to advertising or "Spam" is permitted.
* Links to helpful web sites (commercial or otherwise) are allowed when they are posted by someone without any "vested interest" AND whose purpose is NOT to solicit, advertise, promote, fundraise, etc.
• No posts of an overtly political or religious nature OR posts promoting advocacy of particular personal, medical, legal, religious, political, or non-profit causes.
• No cryptic posts. Using cryptic messages to "skirt" the rules is not permitted.
• If it shouldn't be viewed by minors, then it shouldn't be posted to the forum or chat. This is a public, family-friendly forum. In addition, if something would not be considered 'work safe' (to a boss or co-worker), then it shouldn't be posted.
• Do not disrespect moderators.
• No SHOUTING. Remember, using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS in posts is considered yelling and rude, plus it is difficult to read.
• Do not post offline personal contact information i.e., your home address, phone numbers, etc., and do not ask for personal information from others.
Any violation of the above policies will result in the removal of the post, as well as a possible banning of the contributor's IP address for up to 6 months
• Welcome new members.
• Remember this is a family friendly web site!
• Ignore bothersome members.
• Report posts that violate the rules and guidelines.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The DON'Ts:
• No discussion of any illegal activity or threats of violence.
• No use of explicit, obscene or vulgar language or images and/or messages, including racist remarks.
• No posts that attack, insult, "flame", or abuse members or guests. Respect
other members of the community and don't belittle, make fun off, or insult another member.
• No advertising or links to advertising or "Spam" is permitted.
* Links to helpful web sites (commercial or otherwise) are allowed when they are posted by someone without any "vested interest" AND whose purpose is NOT to solicit, advertise, promote, fundraise, etc.
• No posts of an overtly political or religious nature OR posts promoting advocacy of particular personal, medical, legal, religious, political, or non-profit causes.
• No cryptic posts. Using cryptic messages to "skirt" the rules is not permitted.
• If it shouldn't be viewed by minors, then it shouldn't be posted to the forum or chat. This is a public, family-friendly forum. In addition, if something would not be considered 'work safe' (to a boss or co-worker), then it shouldn't be posted.
• Do not disrespect moderators.
• No SHOUTING. Remember, using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS in posts is considered yelling and rude, plus it is difficult to read.
• Do not post offline personal contact information i.e., your home address, phone numbers, etc., and do not ask for personal information from others.
Any violation of the above policies will result in the removal of the post, as well as a possible banning of the contributor's IP address for up to 6 months