General Rules:THIS SUPERSEDES OLDER VERSIONSREVISIONS 09/16/08 in maroon
REVISIONS 12/16/07 Revision is in red.
While debating and discussion is fine, we will not tolerate rudeness, insulting posts, personal attacks or purposeless inflammatory posts. The decision of the Kennel Management Team is final in these matters.
Please refrain from posting meaningless threads, one word (or short) nonsense posts, etc.
Multiple or repeated posting in order to increase your post count is not allowed.
Do not post a personal message from another member without their permission. This is invasion of privacy, and we reserve the right to delete any message that does not say you have permission to post. Please respect this.
Management would like to remind our members that posts are the property of the forum and the member who posted. If you find something that you feel is worthy of cross-posting to another list and/or forum please contact the author of the post for permission to do so. Inviting them to participate in the discussion on the other site would be courteous.
With regard to photographs, they belong to the person who takes them and should not be reproduced or copied to another subject on this Forum or reproduced elsewhere without the owner's permission. rev.09/16/08
If the Management team is notified that a member's post has been taken to another forum without their permission, the member who posted it WILL be warned, and WILL be expected to REMOVE the post from said forum. If it happens again they WILL be banned from our forum. Advertising, spamming and trolling is not allowed. This includes using the forum email and Private message system to spam other members.
We do not allow posts that are sexual in nature or violate our community standards. The Kennel Management Team shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate community standards.
Discussion of illegal activities such as software and music piracy and other intellectual property violations are not allowed.
Each member is allowed one login account. Registering with multiple accounts is not allowed.
We reserve the right to remove offensive posts without notice.
If you are going to post non-English on these forums, please also post an English Translation of your post.
You cannot post any affiliate or referral links, or post anything asking for a referral. Such posts will be subject to removal.
You cannot post advertisements or notices for contests. If you have a legitimate request please contact Forum Administration. The request will be reviewed and a decision will be made. If the request is granted, the Forum Administration or Moderator(s) will post this for you. (See Approval to Solicit Money below)
Our site has spell check. However, insulting another member because of spelling or grammar is not going to be allowed. We have members from all over the world and they translate into English as best they can. We may also have children/young adults here who are still learning how to spell type and use the computer. Be considerate of this. It would be a shame to lose a member because they dont feel they can live up to YOUR standards.
No one has approval to solicit money on
www.rr-forum.com without permission from the entire Kennel Management Team. This applies to, but not limited or restricted to charities, rescues, vet bills, health bills, transportation costs, etc. Please email the Kennel Management Team to request permission prior to this type of message posted on our Forum.
Flaming/Flame Wars will not be tolerated. Flaming is over-reacting to someones message board post in a hostile manner by publicly chastising the person or bombarding the person with nasty e-mails/PMs. Flaming may occur to users who ask what others deem to be ignorant questions, or those who engage in behavior that violates what is considered proper online netiquette. A flame war occurs when two or more users flame each other in an escalating manner that threatens to continue unchecked. Any threads/posts of these types may be locked or deleted.
Dogs for SaleWe do not allow people to post who are looking to sell or buy a dog. These forums are not the appropriate place to do this.
Advertising ServicesPosting of threads or sending of private messages or emails to users here that advertise or solicit any products or services is prohibited. Explicit advertising and soliciting in signatures is also prohibited.
Links in SignaturesLinks in signatures must follow these guidelines:
Linking to a personal, kennel or club web site is permitted.
Linking to a commercial website, product or service without prior consent from the Kennel Management Team is prohibited (See below).
A link and promotional text for a site that is not commercial and does not contain product(s) and/or service(s) is allowed, provided the site is not sexual or does not violate RR-Forum community standards. The Kennel management Team shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate community standards. (Examples include sites about drugs and/or sex.)
Duplicate links to the same URL in a signature are not allowed.
Avatars Animated avatars are not allowed. Sorry.
Avatars that may be confused with official staff avatars are not allowed.
Avatars are limited to 65 pixels by 65 pixels in size.
Signature Size LimitsAll signatures should not exceed the following size limits, and you can't have both text and images
For text signatures: 4 lines normal size, 8 lines small size and up to 90 chars per line. Font sizes above 2 are not allowed. (Blank lines count as lines.)
Do not use images with large text to bypass the previous item
For images in signatures: 1 image up to 600 pixels wide, 200 pixels tall and 35k in size
Animated images in sigs are not allowed
Other Rules If a topic becomes or is of a controversial nature please take it to the Debate thread. Please see the Forum specific rules in that area.
If an exchange on a topic degenerates and is no longer a discussion and or debate, the Kennel Management Team will lock the topic for a cooling off period. The need for a cooling off period and length of such is determined at the sole discretion of the Kennel Management Team.
Once a topic has been locked, participants in the discussion may not create a new thread on the same topic. Please respect the cooling off period and wait for the original topic to be unlocked.
While these rules cover most common situations, we cannot anticipate every possibility. Consequently, we reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure these forums are not disrupted or abused in any way.
The Kennel Management Team reserves the right to ban anyone who willfully violates the forum rules, as access to this forum is a privilege and not a right.
Thank you for your cooperation,
The RR Forum Managment Team
