Posted by PHWyvern on November 27, 2002 at 21:57:10:
Welcome to PetHobbyist.com! As with any community, our community has rules and regulations to protect both us as a business and you as a user on our web sites. These rules are monitored by our staff and volunteer hosts. If a staff member or host asks for your assistance or cooperation, please do so to help keep our sites safe and clean for all our users.
Please be aware that by registering and using our sites and services, you are agreeing that you have read, and will abide by, our Terms of Service.
Our various features such as forums, message boards, photo galleries, classifieds and chat rooms are for discussion, entertainment, and community purposes only. We make no claims of accuracy about any information you might find there. Readers rely on information posted in our sites at their own risk.
Posting messages to our systems threatening violence of ANY SORT will be dealt with severely and to the full extent of the law. We work closely with many agencies including the FBI, and numerous state and local law enforcement agencies to identify and prosecute threats.
ALL POSTS THREATENING VIOLENCE WILL BE REPORTED TO THE APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR PROSECUTION.
Advertising anything in the forums/message boards, except for events, is prohibited.
All posts that merely say "Look at my website" will be removed.
Posting the same message to more than 4 forums/messages (crossposting) is considered advertising and will be removed.
Posting potentially libelous or slanderous messages, posting warnings about companies or individuals, posting notices about bad deals or dealers, or posting personal attacks about companies or individuals is a violation.
Posting under another user's name and/or email address is a violation.
Posting copyrighted documents or photographs without the owner's permission is a violation. If you have an item that was used without your permission click Interim Designation of Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement
Posting pyramid schemes and get rich quick offers is propagating mail fraud and violators will be turned in to the US Postmaster.
Posting obscene materials and/or profanity, or racial or religious slurs to this web site is inappropriate and is a violation of OnlineHobbyist.com's Terms of Service policy.
Emailing obscene materials and/or profanity, or racial or religious slurs to the OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. staff is a violation of this Terms of Service policy.
Spidering, or gathering email addresses from our systems for the purposes of sending Unsolicted Commercial E-Mail (i.e. SPAM) is a violation
Please note that EACH and EVERY post that you make bears your actual address in the form of an IP address that is easily traceable back to you.
This website has a no second chance policy with offenders. Be aware that if you violate our Terms Of Service, OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. may delete your messages, contact your internet service provider, have your account terminated, cancel your advertising, and/or block your access to our web site, as applicable.
If you should happen to see posted messages that are in direct violation of the sites Terms of Service, please take the time to report them here: Abuse Report Form
When submitting abuse reports, remember to select the appropriate website name and section of where the abuse occured. (example: CritterHobbyist.com; Forum/Message Boards). To assist us in locating violations in a timely manner please include the URL to the violating post(s) in the comments area of the abuse report.
Thank you for your cooperation. :)
PHWyvern
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