Thank you for registering and posting in the forums at Chronicfishing.com, you are a GUEST of Chronicfishing.com and you agree to be bound by the guidelines set forth below.
Chronicfishing.com reserves the right to delete or edit posts, and or ban any member that violates ChronicFishing.com rules at any time.
Refusal to follow these guidelines may result in a warning, suspension, or permanent banishment from Chronicfishing.com.
Chronicfishing.com is a family-oriented fishing message board. Respectful conduct is expected at all times. Be considerate of other members. Keep in mind that children view this message board.
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Posting Guidelines
The following are not permitted in the forums at ChronicFishing :
Postings that bash or attack our sponsors or other members
Name-calling
Postings that defame, abuse, or threaten others
Postings that contain vulgar, obscene, or indecent language, information, or images
Postings that are racist, bigoted or advocate violence against or harassment of individuals or groups
Postings that promote illegal activity or discuss illegal activities with the intent to commit them
Postings that contain unauthorized copyrighted materials
Postings that intentionally disrupt a sensitive discussion
Postings that advertise or contain any form of commercial solicitation without prior permission from
Chronic Fishing staff
Spamming or excessive cross-posting (posting the same topic in multiple sections)
Postings that solicit or promote the use of any illegal substance(s)
Postings that contain malicious code or viruses
Postings that impersonate anyone else. This includes using multiple screen names.
Postings that discuss personal or private matters of any forum member without their permission
Discussions of a religious or political nature. (This is a fishing message board, there are other boards for those topics).
Topics of a sexual or adult nature regardless of the language used
Postings that contain hyperlinks to sites that violate any of these guidelines
Inappropriate avatars and or commercial avatars are not permitted and will be removed at the discretion of ChronicFishing administration.
NO PROFANITY OR OBSCENE LANGUAGE.
This forum utilizes a word filter to prevent such language from appearing. Messages that attempt to circumvent the filters by replacing letters in obscene words will be removed or edited when found and members will be subject to suspension and or banishment from the website.
DO NOT FEED THE "TROLLS".
As defined by Wikipedia, a "Internet Troll" is someone who intentionally posts controversial or contrary messages in an on-line community with the intention of baiting users into an argumentative response. and, A troll is a person who approaches a board with the specific intention of stirring things up, either as a goal in and of itself or as a means of attacking the board perhaps motivated by opposition to the ethics of the board.
DO NOT RESPOND TO THESE POSTS. Instead, send an email or private message to our staff to point out such comments. Or you can simply wait until we become aware of the post via other means to remove it.
PROPER GRAMMAR, SPELLING, AND PUNCTUATION IS APPRECIATED
While we are not the grammar and spelling police, please understand that posts written clearly and spelled correctly are more likely to be read and responded too than those with poor spelling and grammar. If you have trouble spelling, compose your messages in a word processor with a spell checker, or download and use the free Google Tool Bar or Firefox web browser, which have built-in spell-checking.
Avoid posting in ALL CAPS, which is considered to be shouting when writing online.
COMPLAINTS OR COMMENTS
Complaints or comments about the management of this forum and or its policies and performance should be directed to a member of the ChronicFishing staff via a e-mail or personal message and not posted directly on the message boards.
GET INVOLVED!
While we wish we could be everywhere and see everything 24/7, that's not possible. We encourage our members to notify the ChronicFishing staff via a "PM" (personal message) or by e-mail when they observe any rule violation on the board.
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