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Forum Rules
By: Admin Date: February 27, 2011, 9:02 am
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Adoption and fostering are very personal experiences to all
involved and what we all go through is as individual as each
person is. No two experiences are exactly the same to the last
detail although our experiences can be similar in many ways.
The forums are specifically for adoptees, adoptive parents,
parents of origin, foster carers, former foster children,
extended family, partners, potential adoptive parents and
potential foster carers. However anybody with a genuine
interest may join on the conditon that respect is shown at all
times. If you are a social worker, work for the media or
adoption and/or foster care professional please be honest.
If you are an expectant parent considering your options you are
more than welcome to join.
The boards have been made private so to view them you need to
register.
Forum Rules:
Members that claim to be an adoptee/original
parent/adoptive-foster parent or fostered adult/former fostered
child, or partners/family of person/s connected with adoption
and/or foster care in their profile and on their posts and it is
later discovered that they are not who they say they are with
regards to their connection to adoption and/or fostering, have
their membership deleted and their IP address banned.
Members that intend on joining our site purely for the purpose
of spamming and/or advertising and/or posting pornographic
material will also discover their membership will be deleted and
their email addresses and IP addresses banned, just like the one
we have just banned, so be warned, be warned also that you do
not have to post for us to see your IP address, we can see your
IP address when you are viewing as a guest even before you log
in.
No vulgarities, obscenities, name-calling, character
assassinations or mockery are allowed on the forum. While there
are appropriate adult topics, the vocabulary used needs to
remain family friendly.
No personal attacks or flaming of any kind. You are welcome to
disagree with a member, but calling them names or flaming their
character is not allowed. If you have a personal issue to
discuss with a member, please take it off the boards and discuss
via email.
Please refrain from intentional derailment of threads. If a
thread is too heated for you to take part in, simply do not
participate. However, ruining it for others simply because you
don't feel you can respectfully participate in the thread is not
fair to those willing to discuss an issue. If you feel a thread
violates the forum rules, report the post to a moderator for
review.
Please remember that all members are allowed to read on any
forum regardless of their affiliation with the site. Keep this
in mind when starting threads and respect that perhaps those on
different sides of the triad etc. can read and post.
Moderator's decisions are final and are not to be debated at any
time. Please remember that there are often behind the scenes
details that you are not privy to. Certainly you can question or
comment on a decision directly to a moderator, but remember, it
is not up for debate. We will not engage in a debate over
decisions.
E-mails, which are exchanged privately, are not to be posted on
the forums without the consent of all parties involved.
Discussions stemming from the topic of an e-mail conversation
are fine, provided the above rules are followed.
Under NO circumstances are harassing, vulgar or threatening
emails permitted. If you receive one, please forward it to a
moderator for review.
Quotes from threads, other than the one being posted to is not
allowed without permission from all users involved. This
includes the person being directly quoted as well as anyone else
they have quoted in that post. Links to other threads, unless
done to mock or attack another member, are allowed.
When posting articles or news reports, please remember to give
credit where credit is due. Include the byline, article and URL
where the information is posted.
Please respect other members. If you can't do that, put the
member on your ignore list and go on your merry way. Continual
harassment can be grounds for banning.
When a thread is closed, the topic is closed. Creating another
thread to continue the discussion after a moderator has closed a
thread will result in moderator action.
Posting links to offensive material/anti adoption sites,
pornographic sites, etc. is not allowed under any circumstances.
Ignorance of what is housed on the home page or deeper within
the site is not an acceptable excuse. Make sure that anything
you post to the forums is suitable for a family site.
Posting links to retail (adoption or non-adoption related) sites
is not allowed. You are free to share the name of the company,
but you cannot post the URL.
Asterisking out curse words in order to get your point across is
not an acceptable way to bypass the Forum's auto-moderating of
offensive words. Please share your thoughts, opinions and
feelings in a way that doesn't require the use of curse words.
We realize that sometimes there just aren't words to convey how
you are feeling and you might say it's truly one of those
@#(*$&9)~*&#% days today? but saying "That guy is such a
@#($*&@" is? clearly indicates a bypass of the forums
auto-moderating system and is not allowed. Similarly, spelling
out auto-censored words with symbols is not acceptable.
Posting identifying information that is not your own is not
allowed. Full names, birthdates and other personal information
of persons other than you should not be included in posts as it
may not be their wish.
If you are adopting from a public or privatised foster care
system, either domestically or internationally, please remember
to respect the foster parents privacy by not posting their
identifying information openly on the forums.
Remember that moderators are volunteers. It is impossible for
them to view every post made to the forums every day. Don't
assume because action hasn't been taken that the post is ok. If
you see a thread that violates the Forum Rules, report it to the
Moderators for review.
By using the forum, you agree to all rules that apply. This
forum is for you to learn from and enjoy, but not at the expense
of others. Have fun, but be respectful and play nice!
In your use of these forums, you agree that you will not post
any information, which is vulgar (except as allowed above),
harassing, hateful, threatening, invading of others privacy, or
violates any laws.
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