BASIC FORUM RULES

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BASIC FORUM RULES

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Welcome to the Classic Fly Rod Forum. All are welcome to read this forum, and members may post. We expect that all members of this forum will behave in a way that is respectful to the staff and other members of this forum. Discussions will be conducted in a civil and mature way.

The views, and opinions, posted here are the sole responsibility of the poster. Negative comments, when directed at individuals, or other private concerns, will not be tolerated, posters should treat this media no differently than any other media source, in other words, if you would not submit what you are going to post in the newspaper, or a magazine, and sign your name as the author, kindly refrain from doing so here. The Classic Fly Rod Forum is not an open air forum for vendor/maker complaints. If you seek resolution, it is recommended you talk to the vendor/maker. If you seek an audience, it is recommended you go elsewhere.

The following guidelines outline behaviour that is not acceptable on these forums.

Harassment - We will not tolerate insults, attacks, threats, and/or denigration from any member on another member or a member of staff at any time. We have zero tolerance for taking an argument about any topic to a personal level. Name calling, repeated critical and sharply negative posts toward a forum member, flaming, or slanderous posts are not acceptable.

Disruption - We will not tolerate posts which are intended to disrupt the topic of a serious conversation or steer the subject away from the focus of the topic. Disruption can include harassment, multiple posting of the same post and posting completely off topic or unwelcome messages. Disruption can also include topics designed to reopen issues that have been dealt with and closed (not including reoccurring bugs).

Obscenity - As a community with a diverse variety of members, age groups and visitors, we ask that our members post without using vulgarity. Vulgarity not only includes vulgar language and pictures but also sexist, racist, anti-religious and homophobic language which may offend other members. Posting words using spaces and/or symbols to get around the profanity filter is unacceptable and may result in being banned.

Religion and Politics – We will not allow any posts with a religious or political slant. This includes references to ethnic and religious groups and various races. Such posts will be immediately deleted and the offending poster cautioned or banned.

Solicitation and Spamming - Do not use this forum as a vehicle to advertise items for sale or commercial services. Prohibited advertising includes soft-sell techniques of offering promotions or sponsoring contests with associated commercial value. For exceptions to this ban, please see the Classifieds Forum. Do not post identical posts in different forums . If you wish to announce a new product offering, please use the Rod and Reel Makers Forum. Authors announcing a new book should use the Book Talk Forum.

Announcements are not to be confused with selling which is only allowed in Classifieds

Auctions - the discussion of items or links to items in auctions past or present are not permitted on this forum this includes eBay, Gumtree, Craiglist, Oodle, Lang's, Mullocks, or any entity where classic tackle is reviewed, offered for sale etc. The only exception to this are announcements of forthcoming auctions in the section specifically for that purpose.

Classifieds Forum- While these rules apply to all the forums, please see the additional rules pertaining to the use of the Classifieds Forum. They are found at the top of the first page of Classifieds.

The forum moderators and administrators may edit or delete any posts which they consider are violations of the above guidelines without notice or explanation. Violations will result in your profile being banned for a variable period of time or permanently. We will not discuss our policies in these forums. If you have a question about why a topic or post was removed please contact a moderator.

If you see any posts that violate these guidelines, please use the report post button on the post.

We reserve the right to edit, amend or even delete some or all of any of these rules as we see fit so they may change at any time. It would therefore be prudent to review these rules regularly yourself as your continued usage of “The Classic Fly Rod Forum” after any changes will mean that you have agreed to be legally bound by them.

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