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Discussion Guidelines for Authors

Our review community is comprised of responsible professionals and there is little need to admonish against misuse of this contributors-only forum. The following guidelines are, however, provided in the interest of complete clarity.  If you feel that a post violates any of the rules below, please use the "report to moderator" link in the lower right corner of the post.

• Please keep all posts on-topic.
• All discussions should be legal.
• Post your comment/question to the most appropriate place. Any posts deemed to be in the wrong forum will be moved. Do not cross-post the same question or comment to multiple categories.
• Please read a post completely before replying to it.
• The rules of quoting and citing sources should be observed in all forum posts.
• Choose an appropriate subject line. Try to summarize the problem briefly in the subject, and elaborate in the message itself. Repeat the subject in the body if it will make things clearer. Please do not use all caps for entire posts.
• No useless posts please.
• Do not link to any site that contains inappropriate content or might otherwise be considered offensive. Any post containing an inappropriate link will be deleted and the poster will receive a warning.

Signatures:

• Must be setup in your Profile (see top menu) , and not manually added to your messages.
• May NOT contain images.
• May not contain commercial messages.
• May include two non-duplicate clickable links.
• Only exact URLs allowed (example: http://rattlesnakesorarizona.org).

At all times:

• Keep all commentary civil, and be courteous. Constructive criticism is welcome and expected, but insults directed towards other contributors will not be tolerated.
• No commercial advertising is permitted.
• Any posts deemed to be self promotion, advertising, or spam will be removed.