Abridged Forum Guidelines
Please read the full
Forum Ground Rules. For your convenience and reference, here is a recap.
- 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
- No commercial advertising
- 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.
