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We strive to provide a helpful and informative venue for Persian cat discussions. In order to maintain a pleasant environment,
it is necessary for everyone to adhere to these basic guidelines.
By using the Community, you agree to uphold the following:
Appropriate Content
Please do not post:
Content that is political, religious, or sexual.
Content that demeans people based on ethnicity, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, veteran status, or physical/mental disability.
Vulgar or explicit language on this site. Persian-Cats.com welcomes individuals under the age of 18, so postings should be family-friendly.
Content of a graphic nature (violence, cruelty, gore, or anything else that may be disturbing to some people).
Direct donation requests, as we cannot vouch for their legitimacy.
Copyrighted articles and content. Instead, post links to them.
Phone numbers, addresses, copies of emails/private messages or other personal data.
Specific names of breeders or catteries with whom you have had negative experiences.
Manners & Courtesy
Do respect differences of opinion and experience.
Don’t start and/or participate in fights with other people. Friendly differences are to be expected, but do not personally attack, antagonize/bait others or pitch a fit.
Don’t post the same opinion or position repeatedly in hopes of wearing people down. Make your point once and move on.
Content Quality
Do enter a short, meaningful subject rather than a vague one, when you start a new thread.
Don’t post the same message across multiple forums. Choose the one location you think is best. (If the moderators see fit to move it to another forum, a trail will remain from the original location.)
Don’t post the same message across multiple threads. This "friendly spam" is interpreted as an attempt to unfairly boost Persian Points, and we will remove posts that appear to fall into this category.
Don't divide one posting into multiple postings in an effort to boost Persian Points. We will remove posts that appear to fall into this category.
Don't post a message that simply asks people to read your post on one of the other forums.
Moderators
Do respect the moderators. There are ten volunteers from around the world who work hard to uphold the rules on this site. Without them, there would be no forums.
Do heed any warnings you receive from the moderators. They have full authority to delete members who disregard this site’s guidelines.
Do report any and all site abuse to the moderators. This includes forum postings, private messages, and chat room disruptions. By reporting these matters, you can help make this site a better place.
Don’t gripe about the forum on the forum.
Solicitation
Don’t use Persian-Cats.com to solicit members to your own site. Members who post messages/private messages or send e-mails with intention or effect of recruiting Persian-Cats.com users to another web site, forum, or chat group will be banned without further notification. Building membership takes time and hard work. We would not recruit another site’s members to this site, as this would be unethical, and we appreciate the same courtesy in return.
Departures
If you decide to leave Persian-Cats.com, we support you in your decision and wish you well. If you post an announcement about your decision, please understand that we take that at face value and assume you are indeed leaving. In the interest of site security and good housekeeping, your account will be deactivated. If you decide to return in the future, simply contact the site owner regarding account reactivation.
We appreciate your cooperation!
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