LAST EDITED ON Mar-09-03 AT 09:16 PM (EST)
Welcome to the CWR Forums,Knowledge of these guidelines will help us all to get the most out of the forums. Please take the time to read them.
Most of you are abiding by them wonderfully and make the CWR forums a great place.
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CWR Discussion Forums - Usage Guidelines and Purpose
These forums will be monitored subject to the following guidelines:
1. All posts should relate to the Civil War era, Civil War reenacting, Civil War reenacting events, and conduct of the hobby.
Please post your messages in the appropriate forum. See the bottom of this message for a list of the forums and their purposes.
Unrelated subjects may be removed (or moved to the appropriate forum) at any time.
2. Profanity, ridicule, personal attacks, overt rudeness and inflammatory language will be removed promptly.
3. Inappropriate comments with regard to race, religion, political agendas or disparagement of any social group is not the purpose of this forum. Such comments will be removed promptly.
4. Threads which become flame wars may be edited down or removed entirely.
5. Threads which become overly large, redundant, or cluttered with small talk may be edited down or removed entirely.
6. Threads which have become less active over time will move to the back pages of the forum as newer and more active topics are created.
7. Archiving of a thread does not imply endorsement of it's content, only that it is a frequently raised topic.
Those who flagrantly or persistently violate these guidelines may suffer suspension or banishment.
Provost's Mission:
My goal is to preserve the forum for the purpose Bob started it: a place for reenactors to share information, provide help, respectfully debate reenacting issues and get to know one another better.
This is a precious resource and I need your help to make it work. If there is a post you believe is inappropriate for this forum, please make (restrained) use of the "alert" text button to notify me. That will help me spot problems more quickly. If I agree with your concern, I will delete the problem as soon as practical. If I leave the message up more than one business day, it usually means I did not feel it required removal.
PLEASE REMEMBER: I am one man with one opinion which may simply differ from yours but please respect my decision. If you have a strong disagreement with my decisions, email me and I will reply privately. I do not debate on the forum. I will do my absolute best to be fair and reasonable.
Our working metaphor is that we're discussing things around Bob's dinner table. Please keep in mind that women and children may be present at that discussion. Remarks not consistent with those standards may be removed without warning.
Let's keep this forum at a high level. Thanks for your support.
The Provost
mailto:moderator@cwreenactors.com
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In the New Users Conference:
The New User Forum is the place to ask questions about the site and learn how our software works.
The Recruiting Office and Looking To Join Our Hobby? forums offer a place to advertise a unit or look for one in your area, respectively.
In the Military Conference:
The General Discussion Forum and the Clothing, Equipment and How To Forum have distinctly different roles. Gear and "how to" threads belong in the later, most anything else that is military related (and isn't covered elsewhere) belongs in the former.
The Classified Ads Forum is for the buy/sell/trade of used equipment, not for commercial use nor for new equipment sales. Discussions about the relative merits of items by those not involved in the sale belong on the Clothing and Equipment forum.
Sutler Row is only for commercial use and/or new equipment sales. Both civilian and military items are advertised here.
In the Civilian Conference:
General Discussion of Civilian Topics covers all topics of a civilian nature.
The Classified Ads Forum is for the buy/sell/trade of used equipment, not for commercial use nor for new equipment sales. Discussions about the relative merits of items by those not involved in the sale belong on the Civilian Forum.
In the CWR Seminar Conference:
The CWR Seminar is a time-limited, topic focused and highly moderated discussion forum for the debate of issues related to "our era" and our hobby.
In the Events Conference:
Event Announcements lists information or contact links to CW related events of interest to our hobby.
In the Other Business Conference:
Flags & Statues is for efforts related to preservation of these memorials and heritage preservation issues. This is not the area for discussion of modern politics.
The Whine Cellar is for threads removed from other forums that offer only complaints without proposals of constructive solutions. Other forum guidelines are in effect here.
Films & Videos is for discussion of film and video projects that relate to the Civil War era.
We currently do not offer a forum for the discussion of modern politics which are unrelated to our hobby or heritage.
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