A few new rules

[WebLady]

New rule: Posts soliciting votes by anyone other than established members will be seen as spam. Posts will be removed and the member will be banned.

We are here to share and make friends; we are not here to help you win a contest. If you want votes for something you are involved in, try being a part of the community and make some friends here first.

ETA - Furthermore; if you are an established member and do post such a thing, it belongs in the Announcements and Opportunities (http://forums.onewed.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9) forum.

Edit2: This rule also applies to posts asking for donations of any kind and for any reason; if you can't be a part of the community like everyone else then you are a spammer.

[WebLady]

Topics about wedding items for sale belongs in the Sell & Trade sub-forum (http://forums.onewed.com/forumdisplay.php?f=48) of this forum category.

However, said sub-forum is for our active and contributing members to post about wedding and miscellaneous items for sell or trade.

Any threads started by any new member with less than 10 other posts contributing to the community will be deleted without notice; no excuses. Abuse of our forums may result in removal from the community.

Ignorance of the rule is no excuse; posting anywhere else trying to get around the rule will be seen as spam.

[WebLady]

Since we have had so much trouble with various types of spam lately, we have set a new rule that new members cannot post in the Announcements and Opportunities forum or any of it's sub-forums at all.

Once new members have posted in other areas a while and become a "Trusted member" showing that they want to be a part of the community, they will gain access to post in this forum.

So if any new member is found posting inappropriate topics elsewhere on the board they will be seen as a spammer trying to get around this rule. The posts in question will be removed and the user will be subject to removal from the community.

[WebLady]

We seem to get a good bit of people that will join the community just to complain about a particular vendor they had a bad dealing with. It is sad when this sort of thing happens, and we sympathize with brides and their families. And of course it is good to share experiences and all, but we are not here to bash on vendors. Whether these vendors are advertisers of ours or not, that is not how we want our board portrayed.

So from now on the rule will be that only established trusted members will be permitted to share vendor reviews; good or bad. Such posts will still need only be posted here in the Announcements and Opportunities forum (http://forums.onewed.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9).

New members are restricted from posting in this forum anyway, so new members caught posting such things elsewhere will be seen as a spammer trying to get around our rules. Offending posts will be removed and the member will be subject to removal from the community.

[WebLady]

There are more rules posted here too -
http://forums.onewed.com/showthread.php?t=3269