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PLEASE READ
CAREFULLY
In order to facilitate the free and respectful exchange of
information and opinions about all
things equine, the following guidelines and rules should be
observed. If you ever have a question about why a
post was edited or removed, please consult this list. This site is monitored by a team of
administrators. This team is
responsible for keeping this site fun, informative and clean. If a
visitor reads an offensive post before an administrator encounters and removes
it, please e-mail an alert to the site's administrator and include a direct link
to the post in question. We expressly reserve the right to deny authorization to any person at any time, for
any reason, as well as to delete in its entirety any post or link to material
which we, in our sole discretion, deem to be offensive to the sensibilities of
ordinary persons, or which might subject us to legal liability.
1.
Age Limit: Posters must be
at least 13 years of age.
2. Flaming:
Posters will be expected to maintain basic courtesy toward
the opinions of others. Please avoid flame wars or anything you KNOW will cause
others to flame, aka "flame bait." We expect members to agree or
disagree in a civil manner. Personal attacks will not be tolerated. Negative
posts against named individuals, businesses or organizations will
not be tolerated. Do not
verbally abuse, attack, embarrass, or threaten anyone else using the message
boards or site email system. This will get you banned from the board.
3. Bigotry: Posts containing racial, sexual, ethnic or religious slurs
will be deleted. Repeated posts with these slurs will be considered
cause for banning. Discrimination and/or bigotry will not be tolerated in any
way, shape or form.
4. Spamming: If you're not sure if something is spam, ask the
site administrator for confirmation. Do not post ads in
inappropriate categories or use the site's mail system to send
unsolicited messages to advertisers. We do not sell or share visitor contact information, but if you post your email address here it will be public and accessible to anyone, thus you may find yourself the victim of spammers. Please read our Privacy Policy.
5. Offensive Language:
The use of profanity is prohibited. Use
of profanity will be cause for deleting a message. Obscene language, graphics
and/or links to obscene material are not acceptable. If it can't be said or seen in polite company,
then don't put it into a post. The same rule applies to vulgar innuendoes and
jokes.
6. All Caps: Please refrain from posting using ALL
CAPITAL LETTERS.
Capital letters are OK for occasional emphasis, but it is annoying to read posts that
are all caps. On the Web,
all caps is the
same as screaming, shouting or yelling. If you want to *emphasize* a word or
phrase, better to type an asterisk in before and then directly after your word or
phrase. This is a widely recognized way to get your point across.
7. Posing and Shilling. Always post under your own username: do not share
logins with other users. Do not register multiple screen names in order to post under
different identities (shilling). Misuse of logins may result in
removal of posts and board access.
8. Photos: Do not post photos
without the photographer's permission, or without the permission
of the horse's owner, or without the permission of the person(s)
appearing in the photo. Do not post photos taken by professional
photographers, signed or unsigned, whether your own or someone
else's, unless you have the photographer's permission to do so.
Do
not use photos to ridicule, insult or otherwise put down people or
horses, whether they post on this board or not.
9. Good
Citizenship: People
sometimes have trouble figuring out whether certain activities
are illegal. It's usually not too hard: If it's illegal out
there, it's illegal in here. Our
parent company Extend, Inc. may
elect to ban users convicted of
illegal activities only if the offenses are a matter of
public record (i.e. convictions for animal abuse or cruelty,
theft, assault, etc.). Extend Inc. cannot assume the role of
investigator or enforcer in complaint cases regarding such matters
where there has been no legal judgment, and will not act as
mediator in disputes between site users.
10. HAVE FUN: Have fun
buying/selling,
talking about horses and all that goes with the equine lifestyle. Different
opinions about horse-related topics are normal, so always
be respectful. On
the faceless Internet, it's easy to forget that behind every message is a person
with feelings. Be respectful and you'll earn more respect. Don't say anything in
a message you wouldn't be willing to say to someone's face.
11. For People Who Just Don't Get It:
If you have nothing constructive to provide to this site or if you are repeatedly disruptive (determined by
the site
administrators), your posts
can be removed without warning. If you continue to make posts that offend this
group, you may be banned.
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