Rules for the Windsor Peak Press Forums

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Thank you for registering on the Windsor Peak Press message boards. This is a community with a wealth of knowledge and support. By registering and participating in this forum, you agree to abide by the Terms of Use and the Forum Rules. Violation of these rules may result in an immediate suspension for a period of time ranging from 30 days to indefinitely.

This message board is provided free of charge by Authors Denise & Alan Fields / Windsor Peak Press Book Forums for research purposes and so parents can discuss baby products, issues, and other parenting topics.

No Commercial Policy
We do not allow ads, spam, pitches, etc. to be posted on this board. Please do not put ads (or links to other web sites with commercial content) in your signature line. Users who violate this policy will be removed from the boards. We also do not allow links with referral ID's or commission links, or coupon codes or posts intended to generate referral incentives. See "Vendor Policy" below for additional rules relating to business and web site owners.

No Flaming
Discussions must be kept civil. Users must treat others with respect and limit debate to issues rather than engaging in namecalling or other personal attacks.

No Baiting or Harrassment
Your membership may not be used to harass or exploit other members in any way. The posting of a message with the intent of drawing another user into a less-than-civil discussion (baiting) will not be tolerated. Baiting of the moderators is also prohibited; if you have an issue with the way the board is being administered, please contact the mods or site owners directly.

No Offensive Language
Obscenities and vulgar, abusive, racist, obscene, hateful, sexist, threatening or otherwise law-violating speech will not be tolerated.

One User ID Per Individual
You may only create one user ID per person. This will be strictly enforced without exception. When one or more additional User IDs are discovered, the newest ID/s will be deleted, and the original ID will be suspended and/or deleted, depending on the standing of the message board member.

Accurate User Information
All information that you provide to us for your membership must be correct. If you attempt to register with a bogus email address, you will not be granted access to this message board. If you are discovered to have an existing account with a bogus email address, your account will be automatically removed.

Copyright Infringement
It's a violation of US Copyright Law to post more than 250 words of copyrighted material without the express written consent of the author. Any posts containing quotations that exceed the limit will be edited by the Moderators. Please provide links to articles you are referencing.

Denial of Service & Other Attacks
No mass posting or flooding of the boards is allowed. Attempts to do this will result in the immediate suspension of your account.

Failure To Comply With Moderator Request or Rules of Board
Ignoring the request of a moderator and/or failing to comply with the rules of this board will lead to the suspension of your account. Please note, suspensions are at the joint discretion of the moderators in conjunction with Authors Denise & Alan Fields / Windsor Peak Press Book Forums. Additionally, once a user has been suspended, their membership may be permanently revoked at any time at the discretion of Authors Denise & Alan Fields / Windsor Peak Press Book Forums.

All messages express the views of the author, and neither the authors Denise & Alan Fields / Windsor Peak Press Book Forums, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message. Authors Denise & Alan Fields / Windsor Peak Press Book Forums reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason. For violations of the board rules, threads may be locked, deleted, or posts removed at the discretion of the site owners or moderators.

The site administrator reserves the right to change the terms and conditions of the user agreement without prior notice to the user. It is the responsibility of the user to regularly review the terms of this agreement.

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Signature Rules

1. All signatures must adhere to the User Agreement and posted forum rules. Obscenities, offensive speech, and baiting of other users are not permitted.

2. If you are a parent who owns a business, you should disclose your business in your signature line; however, you may not link to your site.

3. You may format your signature with fonts and colors and place smilies within it but please do not enlarge the font size or exceed four lines of single-spaced text. Please do not place an excessive number of smilies in your signature.

4. Signatures may include no more than 3 images, with a size limit of 500 pixels wide x 100 high per image. With the exception of BBB smilies, no animated images are allowed. We request that signature images be hosted on another site (such as PhotoBucket, PictureTrail, etc.).

5. We reserve the right to ask you to change and/or remove your signature at any time, for any reason. Inappropriate signatures may be removed without warning at the discretion of the moderators.

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Vendor Policy

“Vendors” include owners of businesses and web sites (including blogs used to generate income, message boards, etc.) that relate to the content of the Windsor Peak Press books. Vendors must clearly identify themselves as the owner of XYZ Business. If you are a parent who owns a business, you are required to disclose your business in your signature line; your signature may not, however, include a link to your site (see examples below).

Vendors should avoid including links to their own web sites. For example, when referencing a product, please link to the manufacturer's web site rather than your own site. Vendors should not promote or plug their own web sites, blogs, newsletters, or message boards or groups. This includes posting "teasers" to attempt to draw traffic to their sites. Users may not post requests for others to vote in surveys which will benefit their business or web site (for example, Best XYZ Site Award).

We recognize the valuable input that vendors can have as parents and members of this community, and understand the need as business owners to answer direct questions about the company or its practices. We do ask that vendors bear in mind that this site is owned and operated by Windsor Peak Press and post accordingly.

If you have questions about this policy, please email the authors or moderators before posting. Vendors who attempt to pose as readers and/or parents in order to plug their products will immediately be removed.

Acceptable Signature -->
Jane Doe
Owner, Baby Product Business

Not Acceptable -->
Jane Doe
Babyproductbusiness.com or Babyproductbusiness dot com

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