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Welcome to sSnakeSs.com!
This is a privately owned forum and we reserve the right to accept or decline any
and all membership applications. Membership is not guaranteed and is subject
to revocation. A member is limited to one account and creating more then one
account is a violation of the rules.
Violation of the rules will result in a warning and possibly a ban, depending
on the severity of the violation. Warnings will be issued by email, PM or by
the warning system. Permanent bans are at the discretion of the forum staff.
Participation in the ssnakess.com website constitutes
agreement to the following guidelines, which apply to posts, profile
information, avatars, signatures, any other content on this site and
participation in general. This includes private messages, which we have the
ability to read, but only do so when a violation is reported to us or we have a
legitimate reason. Although rare, it does happen. . These guidelines are
subject to change at any time without notice.
Although the administrators and moderators of the sSnakeSs.com
Forum will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is for
us to review and/or confirm the accuracy or validity of a message before it is
posted. If you believe that someone has violated our User Guidelines or you have
spotted content that may otherwise require attention, please send a private
message to me or a staff member with a link to the content and a brief
description of what you believe is wrong. All messages express the views of the
author, and the sSnakeSs.com Forums will not be held responsible for the
content of any message.
Interpretation of our guidelines is at the discretion of the staff. If you have question, please PM a staff member.
1. No content that is considered racist, sexist, obscene, objectionable
or otherwise offensive comments will be tolerated. All such posts will be
deleted without notice. This includes avatars.
2. Vulgar language and inappropriate material is not allowed
and will be removed. Abbreviations, self censoring and attempts to circumvent
the word censoring feature of the community software also violate this
guideline. If your post contains a word that is censored by the software, you
must remove that word or the post will be removed. If you feel that the censor
is acting in error, please contact us.
We try to maintain a family friendly atmosphere whenever it
is possible within the main subject matter of this community. Please keep this
in mind when participating.
3. Personal attacks on others will not be tolerated. We take
politeness very seriously. You are welcome to challenge others points of view
and opinions, but do so respectively and thoughtfully.
4. Cross posting is not allowed and will result in the
removal of one or more posts. Cross posting is defined as posting the same
information in two or more locations. When posting your topic, please try to
post it in the most appropriate forum. Identical topics posted in the same or
different forums will be removed.
5. Advertisements are not allowed except in the classifieds
section. Generally speaking, posts made specifically for the promotion of a website,
product or service are considered advertising or, at least, posts made that
unnecessarily send people to a website that you are in some way affiliated
with. It does not matter if it is a commercial website, a personal website, a
non profit website, etc. We do authorize and/or sell advertisements on a case
by case basis. If you are interested in utilizing this option, please contact
us.
6. Do not post personal, real life information such as home
addresses and home phone numbers.
7. Political and religious discussions are not allowed on this
website. We are here to discuss our hobby of keeping reptiles not our political
or religious beliefs.
8. Do not post copyrighted materials (articles, videos,
audio, etc.) that you do not have permission to reproduce or distribute. For
text articles, most of the time you may quote a small portion of the article
(usually no more than 1/5 or 1/6) and you must link to the source (if online)
or provide the source (if offline). Posting the entire article, even with the
source, constitutes copyright infringement.
9. When posting and linking to images, videos, files, etc., please
refrain from hotlinking unless it is to a image hosting site that allows hotlinking.
10. Signatures are limited to 4 lines of text. This includes
blank lines. No images. The text in the signature may be customized by the BBCode
in use on the forums. It is recommended that you stick with readable fonts and
colors and that the size is not too large. You may mention websites and
ventures that you personally own and are appropriate for our community.
11. Each user is allowed to create one account. If you would
like to change your username, please contact us and, most likely, we can do it
for you while you can keep all of your profile data, posts and other content.
12. Automated account creation, participation and content scraping is not permitted.
13. Members may leave our community (of their own free will
or otherwise) from time to time and to that end, we do not delete accounts,
posts or other content posted on our community. All content is granted to us
with perpetual electronic publishing rights because any content posted on this
community becomes a part of the community, even once you are no longer a
member. You may request an item to be removed at any time, but it will be up
to the forum admin to decide when and if to remove content from our community.
If you wish to no longer wish to be identified with our community, we can close
your account and alter your profile information to remove all identifying
characteristics. After account closure, you will no longer be able to
participate in this community. Please note that this action is not reversible.
14. If you ever need clarification on any part of our User
Guidelines or have a question, suggestion, a bit of feedback or a problem with
the site, please feel free to contact me directly to ensure that it receives
the proper attention. Please do not post it in the forums as it will be
removed.
15. Whenever you are participating in this community, please
keep in mind that we strive to create a fun, friendly and inviting atmosphere.
So, please have fun and enjoy the forums!
If you ever have a question in regard to the guidelines,
please feel free to contact us. Thanks for visiting the sSnakeSs.com Forum.
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