General Posting Rules and Guidelines

[Gabe Ayers]

The goal here at DraftAnimalPower.com is to encourage open discussion with respect for different opinions and ideas. That said, there are some simple rules that must be followed in order to keep your user account in good standing.

1) No Flaming. Please refrain from posting messages that are harrassing, threatening or insulting to another member. It is fine to share your opinions and to disagree, but do so with respect.

2) No Trolling. Do not post any topic intended to disrupt the peace and harmony of this board. This includes starting meaningless threads with the sole intent of starting dispute.

3) No Spamming. Do not double post or cross-post the same messages in multiple forums. Mass emailing or private messaging will not be tolerated. If you intend to use the board for advertsiing your sites or services, keep it to the locations meant for that purpose. Posting for the sake of building post counts is frowned upon.

4) No Thread Bumping. Please refrain from excessive thread bumping.

5) No offensive posts, links or images. Staff will decide what is appropriate and what is not. Although we fully respect your rights for freedom of expression we also hold a line at content that is ocscene, hateful, violent, sexually oriented, discriminatory, unlawful, racist or in general poor taste. Again, staff will decide what is appropriate and what is not.

6) Affiliate links are not permitted If you post an affiliate link it is possible we will edit your post to remove the affiliate portion of the URL. Affiliate links in signatures are also not allowed.

7) Proper spelling and grammar are an important part of good communication. Though we certainly won’t be banning folks for poor spelling the use of L33T SP34K or ALL CAPS as regular means of posting will not be tolerated.

Please do NOT, tipe lyk dis, cuz u wont lyk it wen ya wrned or banned

8) No Copyright violations. All images and other content must belong to you and be original. Uploading of copyrighted materials is against the rules.

[Carl Russell]

We are very sorry for the recent on-slaught of spammers. We may need to implement another field on the registration, but until then I will continue to manually remove the inappropriate posts, and banning the offenders. Thanks for all your genuine interest and contributions! Carl

[Gabe Ayers]

I have added a couple new features that should aid in reducing spammers hitting the forum and make it easier to remove spam when it does show up.

[TBigLug]

Quick newbie question, what is an affiliate link? Any link or a link toa competitors website? I just want to clarify so i don’t accidently link to something I’m not supposed to. Is linking to a YouTube video I’d like to share allowed? Thanks. By the way, great site. Love it.

[Carl Russell]

It’s a spammer trick, post your own links please, and THANX for readeing the rules.

Carl

[bivol]

hi there!

now, there are rules considering

5) No offensive posts, links or images. Staff will decide what is appropriate and what is not. Although we fully respect your rights for freedom of expression we also hold a line at content that is ocscene, hateful, violent, sexually oriented, discriminatory, unlawful, racist or in general poor taste. Again, staff will decide what is appropriate and what is not.

now, animal abuse can be interpreted as one example of bad taste, violent or obscene. and i 100% agree.
what i would like to ask is it ok to post a link from youtube (isn’t there yet, but if i can i’ll put it) showing a part from the documentary movie shot in bosnia. it’s about loggers who use oxen, and both man and beast are pushed to their limits to survive against modern competition.
while it does show the authentic insight in the lives of the people, it is also disturbing in showing how harshly they treat their oxen. for example, they whip them every few meters. as a person knowing a little about oxen, i know this kind of treatment is unnecessary. but this, aside of its documentary value, can clearly be described as animal abuse. is it ok if i post it? or morever, is it ok to disturb the peace on this forum with such a violent material? yes, it does make me sick!

[john plowden]

Show it – let us see and glean what we may-
John

[Carl Russell]

I am less concerned about something as you describe, as it is a reference to something that is already circulating from someone else, and it is directly related to what we are all about. The only problem that we may want to work to avoid is people getting too judgmental and/or defensive. We all are allowed to have our own judgments and prejudices, but we don’t have to get too onerous about them on this site. I think discussions about these types of issues are appropriate, and timely, as long as we can maintain some civility.

Carl

[bivol]

@Carl Russell 8270 wrote:

I am less concerned about something as you describe, as it is a reference to something that is already circulating from someone else, and it is directly related to what we are all about. The only problem that we may want to work to avoid is people getting too judgmental and/or defensive. We all are allowed to have our own judgments and prejudices, but we don’t have to get too onerous about them on this site. I think discussions about these types of issues are appropriate, and timely, as long as we can maintain some civility.

Carl

i agree, but will not posting it on youtube cause people, who don’t know much about working with draft animals, to start thinking that all working animals are abused, although that is, as you all know, a gross lie!

personally, i’m more concerned about posting the clips on youtube, than linking them on this forum. although i will point out that not all oxen are treated that way and that in the vids there is unnecessary cruelty.
but to be honest, i first have to get my hands on the documentary.

[Michel Boulay]

Hi Carl,
how do we get to put the smilies in a post?? I see many of us can’t post them right. Special program or something we have to do in the settings?? If anybody knows. I know it is not that important but when you can’t do something on a computer its :confused:ing and sometimes its just a small adjustment and :p:):o thanks.

Mike

[Michel Boulay]

HaHa!
well I just had a good laugh.:):) Nevermind Carl when I just realized what I have done, by posting my reply I saw my smilies. Feel kind of dumb, but now I know. I guess the more I post the more I’ll discover.:D

Mike

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