Civility guidelines for WellTemperedForum apply to everyone and will be enforced by the moderators Jodi, Nina and Cindy. Administrators MattG, Nunatax and Rick (CG) also have administrative powers and can pinch-hit.

The main rule is simply this:

Respect
Treat each person with respect.
Treat the group with respect.
Break this rule a little and you will be moderated.
Break it a lot and you will be asked to leave.

Specifically:

1. No personal attacks or threats.

2. No inappropriate words in the title of a thread. If you are unable to communicate without swearing like a sailor in your post, you probably need to find another forum. The occasional curse isn't a big deal. Certain obscenities (and we all know what they are) will not be tolerated. Please, no pornographic images.

3. Posting personal information (name, email, location) about another poster is not allowed.

4. If you believe another poster has behaved inappropriately, consider expressing your opinion on the thread or communicating with the poster privately. If you believe you must bring it to the attention of the moderators, use the "Report Post" feature and state whether you have spoken with the poster privately.

5. Sock puppets that cause trouble will be banned.

6. If a person joins the board with the apparent intent only to advertise or promote a commercial product or service, an administrator will ask the member to clarify his or her intent, suspend the member's ability to post, and quarantine any existing posts (and posts that quote these existing posts) until the member indicates that he or she has joined to participate in the forum and not solely for commercial purposes.

Put simply:



(Updated 10/07/2012)