Rules For Posting On Adventistforum

[John317]

The rules now official part of the forum--

1) Don't call names or make personal attacks against other members. If you are are attacked, don't respond in-kind. Alert staff to the situation by utilizing the report button.

2) No belittling of individual members, their character, or their motives. Don't insult or mock other members or groups of members. Use of derogatory nicknames in reference to other members is prohibited.

3) Only rebut issues, NOT the members who write them.

4) Don't put words in other people's mouths that they have never said. (This does not, of course, prohibit quoting their words from previous posts.)

5) Don't use profanity or foul language in your postings. Don't post graphic or sexually explicit images or text. Don't violate community standards. Staff will remain the sole and final arbiter of what does and does not violate community standards.

6) Don't denigrate whole groups of people by the use of name-calling or negative stereotypes. Racist, hateful, sexist , or abusive language is strictly prohibited. Discussions regarding certain biblical interpretations on the roles of men and women will not be considered "sexist" under this rule.

7) Don't post on the public threads personal differences, arguments, rehashing of alleged grievances or disputes; or publicly complaining about posts or threads submitted in forums throughout the site.

8) No commercial messages, or spamming. Don't advertise commercial products or services. Commercial links / messages are only allowed on your own personal profile page and on your signatures.

9) Listen to, and cooperate with, moderators. If you have a problem with a moderator, who has identified that they are acting in their role as a moderator, take it to PM immediately. Challenging the decisions of moderators who are acting in that role in the open forum is not acceptable behavior.

The above rules will be enforced by the moderators and administrators. Enforcement may take the form of editing, deleting, warnings, and, as a last resort, suspension or banning. The moderators will apply the rules as they judge to be of benefit to their various threads, according to its tone and conditions.