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The Rules This
User Agreement (the "Agreement") describes the terms and
conditions on which C.A.T.H. offers you to be a participant in the C.A.T.H. Forums. Registration to this forum is free, but we do insist that
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1. Rudeness to any of our members will not be tolerated. Difference of opinion is fine and is to be expected, but rude comments being exchanged will not be tolerated and will be promptly deleted. 2. Any post that has racial overtones will be deleted and that user who made the post will be warned and considered for removal. 3. This is a friendly site. We have male and female members of all ages. I expect that your participation on this forum will reflect this fact. Any usernames, posts, signatures and avatars that involve sexual, violent or vulgar language or content will be deleted, and the poster will receive a warning. It is the judgment call of the Administrators and Moderators as to what constitutes inappropriate, so if you are unsure whether or not your post or signature is appropriate or for a underage audience, do not post it. 4. The editors of this site may edit posts or signatures at any time for any reason. 5. Any post that is intentionally made to degrade or disrupt the flow of the thread and/or posts that (in the opinion of the moderating staff) are meant to be or are malicious in content will result in a warning. Trolls will promptly be removed. 6. Personal conflicts and grudges that have occurred among members outside of this site should stay that way. Keep it off the site. This is supposed to be a positive place for thoughts about our beloved horses. 7. Any user of these boards including moderators will be permanently banned upon receiving three warnings (strikes) as determined from the collective moderation staff. We still maintain the right to ban anyone immediately, no questions asked. 8. Anything posted at C.A.T.H. is considered C.A.T.H. intellectual property, and may be used by C.A.T.H. toward publishing derivative works such as tutorials, articles, technical documentation, or books. Unless otherwise specifically agreed in writing under separate contract, C.A.T.H. is under no obligation to provide monetary or other compensation to providers of this content. 9. Advertising is permitted on these forums. A user may advertise through a post on the message board or through private messaging. The posting of links to other forums within general posts is not allowed. 10. Copyrighted material is ineligible for inclusion on our board unless the source is clearly stated and verified, preferably with a corresponding link to the original work. C.A.T.H. is not responsible for illegal posting of copyrighted material. 11. A user cannot use any of our material, including custom styles, articles, our images and the board layout without the Senior Administrator's express permission. 12. Images in the signature are allowed but please keep them smaller than 500x200 pixels. If your signature is text-based, then please limit it to 4 lines maximum. This is to keep the board cleaner looking. C.A.T.H. allows for two links in your signature. These links can be two text links or one image link and one text link. C.A.T.H. reserves the right to remove any link we feel is not acceptable for or to this forum. If your signature doesn't conform to the guidelines, then it will be removed, and we'll leave a note in your signature to say why it's been removed. 13. You may upload your own avatar if you don't want to use one of ours. The maximum dimensions for avatars are 150x150 pixels and the maximum file size is 65 Kb. 14. Any image you post should not include anything that shouldn't be viewed by people under the age of 18. Nor should they include anything that is a reference to illegal activities. I'm sure you're intelligent enough to know what sort of materials I'm referring to. The same goes for your avatar image. Please keep images as small as possible. Resize them in an image editor if needed. 15. Please try and post new threads in the appropriate forum. If we feel that you have posted a new thread in the wrong forum, we will move the thread to where it should be without notice. 16. We DO NOT tolerate spamming. By spamming, we mean the sort where someone starts 20 identical threads and hijacks other threads with silly comments. We don't mind a little everyday banter, but spamming the board is an entirely different matter. If we catch you spamming, we will place an outright ban on you. You have been warned. Don't even think about registering again with a different email address if this happens to you, we can see your IP address. 17. Multiple forum user accounts by the same person are forbidden. Should you ever wish to change your username, please contact one of the Administrators. 18. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the state laws In the event of any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the venue shall be in the state of C.A.T.H.'s current location. 19. Links are allowed in threads and posts if they correspond or relate to the topic being discussed. C.A.T.H. reserves the right to remove any link we feel is not acceptable for or to this forum. Finally, the C.A.T.H. Team reserves the right to change the terms of this User Agreement without any prior notice. Please check the user agreement often to update yourself of any changes that have been made. Please contact us if you have any questions. Thank you, CATHforums.Com Admin |
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