Discussions should be relevant to this period of American
history, and may include related topics, such as western art,
books, period music, living history, historic towns, etc. While you
are welcome to discuss your book, CD, or any other Old West or
historically related project you may be involved in, a direct sales
pitch, such as a link to purchase a product on a blog post or
discussion thread, with the exception of the TRADING POST forum,
would be considered a form of spamming. Your post will be subject
to removal by a network administrator. Please limit links to your
website(s) to your profile page or to the Trading Post discussion
forum.
Please be aware that the Trading Post forum(s) are intended for those individual members who may be authors, artists, musicians, performers, dressmakers, craft persons or collectors. (In other words, these forum(s) are intended for hobbyists, and for those individuals who earn significantly less than 50% of their taxable incomes from the sales of their books, CDs, artwork, etc.) We ask that businesses, or those individuals who support themselves solely on the sales of their books, CDs, arts & crafts, etc., please refrain from using these forums as a platform to advertise their products or services since that is not keeping with the spirit of these particular forums. Businesses who ignore this request and proceed use these forums to advertise products or services may have their posts removed if other members should object to their posts.
Businesses are welcome to place paid advertisements on our forum. If you are a business owner or manager who would like to advertise here please contact the administrators for more information about how to advertise on Ning.
Spamming is not permitted. Members who post spam messages or
e-mail spam messages to other members are subject to immediate
suspension.
Posting a private e-mail on any public portion of the forum,
without the consent of the sender, is strictly prohibited. The
words "posted with permission" must be included when posting any
private e-mail. Members who post a private e-mail anywhere on the
forum, without the consent of the sender, are subject to
immediate suspension.
Rights to individual blogs and discussions belong to the
individual poster. Copying and pasting any blog, discussion or
comment without the poster's knowledge or consent is plagiarism and
is strictly prohibited.
This forum is about the history of the Old West and the
historical period as defined above. Modern day political posts are
not permitted, and those members attempting to use this forum to
promote a contemporary political cause, to incite other members, or
to pursue a personal agenda, are subject to immediate and permanent
suspension.
Please treat other members with respect at all times. Name
calling or other personal attacks, including posts or e-mail
intended to harass, bully or intimidate other members, is strictly
prohibited under any circumstances and violators will be subject to
immediate and permanent suspension. Those members who fail to
adhere to the Community Guidelines listed here are subject to
immediate suspension, regardless of age, race, religion, gender or
sexual orientation.
