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Please read the disclaimer, terms, conditions and stuff
below before requesting posting status.
This conference/Bulletin Board is provided for Arthur Ransome fans everywhere.
There is no guarantee that your message will appear nor any guarantee that it will stay on board - just a reasonable hope based on goodwill, wet string, and an inspired level of PERL kludging.
By posting to this conference, you agree that you are responsible for your own words, and all consequences that may flow from them.
The site managers hereby disclaims all liability for any statements that are made in this mostly unmoderated discussion area.
- It is however an Arthur Ransome discussion forum, and steps will be taken to remove blatantly off topic posts.
Offensive posts can be removed and IP addresses, domains and users can be barred from this service. Originating ISPs can be informed of misuse.
TarBoard is a privilege not a right - abuse it - and we lose it.
- We would hope we would discourage obscenity and mindless abuse.
- Personal attacks are right out.
- We will not tolerate racism, sexism or homophobia. ( nor will We define them for you :-) )
- Any content that may cause legal jeopardy, such as potentially libellous or defamatory postings will be removed.
- While encouraging a wide range of views, we will consider removing any content that other users might find offensive, threatening or merely very, very annoying.
- Links to any of the above types of content are likewise prohibited.
- We reserve the right to terminate any membership ( posting "permission" ) for any reason or no reason at all.
- As TarBoard is a forum for discussion of things pertaining to someone mainly known as a children's author,
it is hoped that an ethos suitable for a wide range of ages will be maintained.
- What little moderation/file deletion that is considered necessary or occurs will: be carried out ASAP.;
should not be construed as an insult or personal condemnation;
may well be the result of a glitch;
will not be announced; and, as a rule, no discussion will be entered into.
Little time is available for such moderating and even less time for bickering.
- In the spirit of protecting against :
people complaining about any archives of posts,
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a substantial part of a work.
Whatever, please continue to use your uncommonly good sense, and we'll try and use ours.
If you are new to "the net" then you might like to download the
Netiquette Guidelines - a traditional run through
of the thang that is netiquette.
Thanks to (Manchester) Guardian's discussion forum, and LUBBS, for: gist; inspiration; and
some wording, of above disclaimer, terms, conditions and stuff.
[ A guide to cyber discussion types ]
[ Tricks not to use ]
N.B. TarBoard has no formal connection with The Arthur Ransome Society (TARS)
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