Forum rules

The Utah Wildlife Network (UWN) and this Web site are privately owned, but exist largely to serve those interested in Utah wildlife, hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation. It is supported by ads and donations, but is free to everyone.

The UWN staff reserves the right to determine what is or what is not acceptable on these forums, and may change the following rules and/or delete or modify posts or terminate user accounts at any time and without notice. Use of these forums constitutes an agreement by the user to these terms. We reserve the right to change these forum rules without notice and decide when material or a member's online behavior crosses the line. We record the IP addresses of all posters to aid in enforcing these rules.

Let's keep this place family-friendly. Children visit this forum and, for better or worse, our conduct sets an example that can either foster or hinder a life-long interest in wildlife and the outdoors. We also want parents to feel confident that this forum is safe for their children to visit. Please keep this in mind and conduct yourselves accordingly.

What may be posted?

Generally, these forums are for discussions from every point of view about fishing, hunting, wildlife, enjoying the outdoors and sharing information with other wildlife and outdoor enthusiasts. If you have a comment or a question for others, you've come to the right place.

What may not be posted?

Forum members may not post combative, argumentative, abusive, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, off-topic, or sexually-oriented material or make posts that encourage or condone criminal activity. In addition, we will not tolerate posts that are derisive of religious, ethnic or racial groups.
No posting of rants, insults, abusive language, personal attacks or ongoing obnoxious behavior.
No copyrighted material unless the copyright belongs to the poster. (Brief excerpts are okay as long as credit is given.)
Duplicate messages may not be posted in multiple topics of the forum.
Messages that are not pertinent to the topic — for example, messages about hunting posted in the fishing section. We will move these posts to the proper forum without notice.
Direct advertising and solicitations are not allowed — especially outside the "Trading Post" forum. However commercial services and products may be incidentally mentioned in the course of discussions. Also, post signatures may make reference to products or businesses (for example, JD's Ranch A Outfitters). We reserve the right to sell advertising or allow advertising-like posts that we deem to be in our interest or of general interest to UWN forum members.
No spamming the forum with frivolous or nonsensical posts.
The forum moderators volunteer their time to help make this a better place. Do not publicly dispute their decisions. If you have concerns, please discuss it with them in private messages.

Why some posts may be deleted, moved or modified?

Material that violates the forum rules or otherwise causes problems is subject to removal or modification without notice. We will reprimand those who abuse others, write confrontational posts, incite problems or show a repeated or egregious lack of respect for others or for the forum rules.

May I have more than one account or user name?

No.

What happens when a forum member breaks the rules?

We endeavor to be fair and lenient in enforcing the forum rules. However, we are serious about maintaining the forums as a friendly place to visit and share information about the outdoors and wildlife. We will take the following actions when rules are broken:

Warning: Forum members who repeatedly or deliberately break the rules will receive a formal warning about their behavior. This warning may be either in the form of a private message or posted on the forums.
Suspension: Forum members who ignore these warnings may find their posting privileges suspended for a period of time. The length of the suspension will be determined by the moderators and may last from one to 30 days.
Probation: Forum members recently released from suspension will automatically be placed on probation for three months. During this time, the moderators may immediately impose additional temporary suspensions for continued rule violations.
Banishment: Sometimes it is necessary to permanently ban forum members from participation in the forums. We immediately ban spammers. Posting pornographic or patently offensive material will result in immediate banishment. We will immediately ban those who deliberately break the forum rules with the intention of disrupting or sabotaging the forums. We may also ban incorrigible forum members who have faced repeated suspensions or warnings.

A forum member may appeal if he or she feels the rules were applied unfairly; the forum member may contact any of the UWN staff to make a case. The UWN staff will deliberate the appeal as a group and make a decision.

Thank you,

The Utah Wildlife Network staff