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Terms and Conditions for use of our free forums

1. The PCS (Perth Cichlid Society) is a club intended for people of all ages and skill levels to share their experiences and a common interest (fishkeeping) with like-minded people through club events and the PCS Forums. The PCS recognises that all members have a basic right to be treated with respect and participate in society activities free from any form of personal attack. The PCS reserves the right to exclude individuals from membership, society events and/or access to the online forum if found to be responsible for profanity, insults or defamation directed at a PCS Club member, event/forum participant or the society itself, within any public arena.

2. Don't fall for people who are offensive on purpose (also known as trolling). Instead of replying, contact a moderator or administrator and ask that the offensive post be removed.

3. Please refrain from naming businesses or products for negative feedback. If you have a problem, try and work it out with the shop in question. If that doesn't work you can contact the RSPCA for animal cruelty concerns or the Department of Fair Trading for problems with equipment etc.

4. Try to use sensible subject headings. Avoid using ALL CAPS in your posts. LOCKED CAPS indicates that you are shouting and could therefore be considered offensive.

5. Please take your time to write your post correctly. "Posts wot hav b33n rite'n like dis 1" - will be deleted. Leet speak will not be tolerated (because it's annoying and geeky), even if you have "m4d l33t sk1llz" . Similarly, "AOL speak" or similar will not be tolerated. Sentences or posts written like "wat r u gonna b doin L8tr?" will be deleted with no explanation. Finally, no "sticky caps". StUfF wRiTtEn LiKe ThIs LoOkS sTuPiD.

6. The Perth Cichlid Society advocates the use of scientific names (where sensible) of livestock rather than common names. This helps avoid the possibility of confusing one species with another and giving incorrect or irrelevant advice. A good knowledge of scientific names will be beneficial for all fishkeepers in the long term. Also on a point of taxonomy/nomenclature - the species part of the scientific name always has a lower case letter. Both genus and species names are written using italics. So, Parachromis managuense is correct, while Parachromis Managuense is wrong.

7. Hybrids, which are a mixture of two or more species of fish, cannot be sold, traded or promoted on this forum. Discussion of hybrids is allowed.

8. The PCS fully supports the RSPCA against cruelty to animals and fish. Any pictures and/or videos showing cruelty will be deleted at the discretion of the PCS Moderators.

9. Signatures: If images are used as signatures, they must not be too big or offensive and will be allowed at the Committee's discretion.
If this facility is abused, image signatures will be turned off and only text signatures will be allowed. If a website url is used as a signature, the site must belong to the poster.
Text signatures are restricted to 4 lines.

10. Will everyone please ensure they have their location added into their profile - this is now a requirement for registration.

11. The PCS requires that members respect the decision of moderators.
It is not an easy task moderating a forum as it contains a wide range of people with differing ideas and experiences. The moderators here are only human and occasionally mistakes may be made. Threads and posts questioning the actions or decisions of forum moderations or any abuse directed at moderators will be deleted on sight, and the appropriate action taken (up to and including forum bans) against the thread starter and/or participants. However, as a member you reserve the right to PM or email the Committee regarding action taken against you.

RULES FOR THE USE OF OUR FREE CLASSIFIEDS

NOTE: Will everyone please ensure they have their location added into their profile before listing items for sale or wanted to buy.

1. The use of the general classifieds for users wishing to sell aquarium related goods is limited to the undermentioned categories:

Fish bred or kept by seller
Second-hand dry goods
Products made by a PCS Club Member
The occasional buying and on-selling of fish by PCS Club Members to recover some of the costs

2. Please preface all new topic posts with one of either WTB: (Wanted to buy) or FS: (For sale) or EOI: (Expressions of interest) or FREE: (self explanatory, I hope).
PCS Sponsors excepted.

3. Please don't bump posts - ie. move them to the top of the page without adding any significant information to the post, Unless 1 week or more has passed since the last bump or original post. Bumping can include adding statements like "you have pm", "pm sent", "email sent", "nice fish" etc.

Exemption to the bumping rule - If 14 days or more has passed since the last bump, then you are allowed to bump your advert back to the top.

4. The Classifieds is for the sale of livestock or goods by individuals and sponsors.Commercial listings by non-sponsor businesses or entities, or websites is not permitted unless prior authorisation has been obtained from the Committee.

5. The PCS does not condone the buying and selling of hybrids, dye injected fish and noxious fish. Therefore any classified that contradicts this policy will be deleted without warning.

6. The Classifieds are to be used for the advertisement of fish and fish related items only. If you have something which is not fish related for sale please use "Off the Wall" - Club Members of the PCS only.

6a. Club Members of the PCS may advertise goods for sale and/or their own business on a one-off basis, ie, no repeated postings of the same item or business. Offending posts will be deleted without notice.

7. Please do not hijack other peoples advertisements. By this I mean adding your own for sales to other people's Classifieds. It is considered bad form and such posts will be removed.

Topics that breach these guidelines will be edited and or deleted without warning. Continued abuse will result in banning.

The PCS has a three strike policy in regards to breaking the T & C:

1. You will receive a written warning
2. You will receive a two week ban
3. You will be permanently banned

The Committee may ban a user without warning if his or her actions are deemed beyond reproach.

PLEASE ENJOY THE FORUMS !
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