WoodTurner's Resource Acceptable Use Policy

In accordance with the Terms of Service section titled "Use and Storage", the following are general practices established to govern acceptable use of the discussion forums.

Forum-Specific Rules may be posted in some forums. These will appear as sticky posts at the top of the forum topics window. New users especially should read that information before posting.

Advertisements to buy, sell, or swap belong in the WR Classifieds Forum. Ads found elsewhere will be deleted or moved. Shill posts, spam, or sneaky marketing practices will get you ejected.

Respect the privacy of others. Do not post individual's phone numbers addresses, photographs, etc. without their permission. Become familiar with our Privacy Policy

Use descriptive topic subjects. This helps others use the search function to find what they're looking for.

Search, then ask. Consider using the search function before you ask a basic question. Don't hesitate to ask questions, but the basic things have likely been covered many times previously.

No trolling. Don't make posts that are inflammatory just to annoy people.

No personal Attacks. Criticize ideas, not people. Flaming will not be tolerated. Broad, negative statements about individuals or businesses are not permitted.

Post only appropriate content. Material that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, or which infringes upon the intellectual property, contractual, or fiduciary rights of others is not permitted.

No pornographic, sexually offensive, sexually explicit, or objectifying material. This includes suggestive images, graphics, comments, and links to same.

Do not use vulgar language.

Discussions of politics and religion are not allowed.

Real first and last names are required. Folks tend to be more civil when they use their real name.

Signature Guidelines:

Signatures shall contain no more than 5 lines of text (includes blank lines), and that content is subject to the same restrictions as post content. See "Post only appropriate content", above.

Signatures may contain one static or animated image no larger than 100KB.

Links in signatures are permitted provided they point to your personally owned web site(s). Obscured links such as TinyURL pointers, spelled-out URLs, etc., are not permitted.

We do not encourage the use of religious content in signatures. However, we recognize that a person's religious convictions or lack thereof are important aspects of their personality. Sharing such information can dissolve some of the anonymity of the Internet and help to build relationships and a sense of community. Brief statements which contain religious ideas are permitted in signatures. Do not use your signature as a "bully pulpit", or as a means to belittle or offend other members. Don't demean other points of view.

Political statements are not permitted in signatures.