RATS RULE DISCUSSION FORUM GROUND RULES & GUIDELINES

Summary: Respect each other and no spamming.

Please Report Forum Abuse
If you come across a post that violates these rules or is otherwise inappropriate, please DO NOT REPLY TO IT under any circumstances. Instead, send a private message to the Administrator or one of the Moderators ("Management") with the title of the post, who posted it and the date it was posted -- OR a direct link to the thread in question. If the Moderator agrees that the post in question is a violation of these rules, the post and all replies will be deleted immediately, and the IP address from which the post was made may be banned from further posting.

Do Not Post the Following
1. Libelous or slanderous messages, such as posting personal attacks, attacks against rodents as pets, or posting under another user's name and/or email address. This includes dragging dirty laundry from other message board systems, real life, OR the chat room.
2. Copyrighted material (articles, photos, etc.) without first obtaining the owner's permission. If copyrighted material is located on another web site, provide a link to the material, instead. If you use a small excerpt from copyrighted material, please give proper credit to the original source.
3. Pyramid schemes, get rich quick offers, or "get paid to surf" programs (i.e. AllAdvantage).
4. Obscene material or links to obscene material.
5. Personal messages to individual forum members -- please use private messages, as that is what they are designed for.

Furthermore, planning, inciting, promoting or facilitating illegal activities through the Rats Rule Forum is strictly prohibited. Items that fit into the above categories, if posted, will be removed from view and if necessary, action may be taken against the poster.

Regarding Medical Advice
This forum is provided for public sharing of rat care knowledge, experiences and ideas. At times, its exchange may include discussion of medicines, therapies, symptoms, diagnosis and similar topics. While a wealth of information can be found here, it can NOT replace the advice of a professional veterinarian! Under no circumstances can anything found in the forum, or anywhere else on the Rats Rule site, be construed as professional veterinary advice or instruction -- even if a person on the forum identifies themselves as a vet or a tech, because they have not seen your animal in person. All vet care discussion at the Rats Rule Forum is intended for the purpose of assisting you in discussing options with your local vet. Any other use is done at your risk and is solely your responsibility.

Advertisements
You may post rodent-related advertisements such as: animals available for adoption, cages for sale, rat-sitting services, announcements, etc., in the FLEA MARKET ONLY. You may advertise updates to your personal web sites in Rat Tails & Mug Shots IF they are rat-related, but please use common sense, and don't spam the board. Non-rodent-related advertisements, including pyramid schemes, get rich quick schemes and "get paid to surf" programs are not permitted, and will be deleted on sight, without warning.

Advertising is also NOT permitted in the chat room. Those who come into the room for the sole purpose of drawing attention to a classified ad they have posted may be kicked from the room, or lose chat room priveleges.

Enforcement of the Rules
These rules are enforced by the Management, and violations will be dealt with as the Management sees fair, including but not limited to: deleting the offending messages or thread, blocking the IP address of the offender, and contacting the service provider of the offender. The Management reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to delete any questionable messages as well as to temporarily or permanently ban a person from the Forum at any time for any reason.

Be Responsible
You are responsible for yourself, your safety and your actions. Any formal or informal agreements made between members in the Rats Rule Forum which result in a dispute is strictly an issue between the parties that made the agreement. You are cautioned NOT to give personal information in any forum messages, and information such as postal address, home address and phone number WILL be deleted by Management by editing your post. When you choose, at your own risk, to share personal information, please do so in PRIVATE EMAIL or INSTANT MESSAGE . Posting such material to the message boards makes your information available to ANYONE who has access to the Internet and this site. Only registered users may post to the board, but anyone may read the board.

Use This Free Service at Your Own Risk
While the owner of ratsrule.com and the owners and administrators of this YaBB forum make every reasonable attempt to keep the forum functioning and of a generally 'friendly' and safe environment, there are no guarantees. Because this forum is a free service, open to use by all registered users, with all interactions on the boards being "live" (messages appear immediately, without any 'review' before being posted), it is literally impossible for the forum moderator to control all aspects of the forum at all times. It is certainly impossible for the forum administrators and moderators to control the actions of those persons who visit and post to these forums. Accordingly, by participating in the Rats Rule Forum, YOU AGREE TO PARTICIPATE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

THE FORUM ADMINISTRATORS, MODERATORS, AND RATSRULE.COM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES WHICH RESULT TO YOU DUE TO YOUR PARTICIPATION OR THE PARTICIPATION OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THIS FORUM. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE RATS RULE FORUM MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING. THE FORUM ADMINISTRATORS, MODERATORS AND RATSRULE.COM MAKE NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT ACCESS TO THE FORUM WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME, THAT OPERATION OF THE FORUM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT ANY PARTICULAR RESULT OR INFORMATION WILL BE OBTAINED. PARTICIPATION IN THE FORUM IS OFFERED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND.

THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY INDIVIDUAL POSTERS ON THE RATS RULE FORUM ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF RATSRULE.COM, THE ADMINISTRATORS, THE MODERATORS, OR THE YABB FORUM SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS.


POSTING GUIDELINES

  • Please report any suspected forum abuse to the moderators via the Report to Moderator link at the bottom right of each reply
  • Respect your fellow board members - no flaming or obscene language Don't post anything libelous, slanderous or defamatory
  • Do not post copyrighted material if you do not have permission to do so
  • Any medical advice should be discussed with a veterinarian
  • Commercial advertising is not allowed - adoption notices and items for sale belong in the Flea Market
  • Please use private messages instead of posting "shout outs" to other members - it is the green scroll icon under people's names - or go to their profile.
  • Please modify your posts instead of posting addendums and corrections in a separate reply.
  • Please put your message content in the message box, not in the title of your reply. There is no need to use "n/m" any longer.
  • Do not post personal information such as phone numbers or addresses. Private Message and e-mail are the only acceptable means of contact information.
  • Please make your posts titles relevant to the topic you are posting about -- do not use titles like "HELP!", "PLEASE READ", or titles that are too vague to clue people in before they click. A more specific title will get more attention than a vague title.
  • Please do not cross-post the same message in multiple sections of the board. Choose the most relevant location for your post, and only post it there. Duplicates will be deleted on sight.
  • Please avoid excessive smileys and/or punctuation.
  • To the best of your ability, please DO try to use proper spelling, grammar and punctuation -- it's much easier on the rest of us when we can read what you are writing. We understand if English is not your first language, of course.
  • "Bumping" a thread is permitted to lift it back up to the top of the forum, but please use common sense, and don't abuse it. Some members only visit once a day or once a week, so bumping after a few hours is useless, and only serves to irritate people. Please only "bump" a thread once it has dropped to page two. (note: "bumping" consists of replying by typing nothing more than *bump*)
  • You are responsible for yourself.
  • The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of ratsrule.com, goosemoose.com, the management, or YaBB.

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