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The following is a list of basic rules and guidelines about what is and is not allowed while posting on our site. These rules are in addition to what is listed in our Terms Of Service, and Advertising Rules. Please read through all of these sections before using our site and contact us if you have questions.

1. You may only use one account on this forum. No exceptions. If you have issues with your account or need help changing your username, password, email, etc. you can post for help or contact us.

2. Users shall treat each other with respect at all times on ContractorTalk.com. Ideas and opinions may be challenged, but name calling, personal attacks, or other inappropriate behavior will not be allowed and may cause your account to be banned. Harassment will not be tolerated in this community. This includes private messages, Facebook and/or social media and user emails.

2a. Users shall not question or debate a moderator/admin decision publicly on the message board. In the event of a disagreement or questioning of a moderator/admin decision or action, users should contact the moderator(s) or admin(s) via PM.

2b. Users shall not question or debate another member's qualifications publicly on the message board. Instead, any questionable posts should be reported using the "Report Post" button.

2c. Trolling behavior is not allowed on ContractorTalk.com. This includes deliberately posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or highly offensive comments for the purpose of disrupting the community or harassing another member.

3. Discriminatory remarks of any sort will not be tolerated. This includes degrading and/or offensive remarks about an individual or a group of individuals based on their race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexuality, age, nationality, religious affiliation, or indeed any other basis.

4. Do not disclose private information about members without their consent (e.g. names, contact details, pictures, details about personal life, etc. - this includes private messages, Facebook, email and social media in part.)

5. Do not post messages on behalf of banned members. They are banned for a reason. Doing so will result in a ban for the poster who is conveying the message, and an increase in the ban length for the poster who is sending the message.

6. Member signatures shall be appropriate, both in content and in size. No excessively obscene or rude language/content is allowed, nor may you use it to harm, harass or insult fellow members or to spread messages which are generally forbidden. If necessary, we reserve the right to delete or edit members' signatures at any time.

7. As stated in our Advertising Rules, you may not post advertisements on our site unless you're a local contractor displaying your business info. Members who try to sell products and/or services to contractors will have their accounts revoked. (This includes private messages.)

8. No adult rated material, links to adult rated material, or any form of nudity may be posted on this site. In addition to nudity, all forms of sexual content (images, jokes, etc...) are prohibited from being posted on the site. This includes images of scantily clad men or women. Please help us keep this site family friendly.

9. Profanity shall be kept to a minimum, abuse of this rule will result in an infraction up to and including a permanent ban.

10. You may only post material and content that you own. Posting copyrighted material, trademarks, and other violations of the DMCA are prohibited.

11. How-To Questions: ContractorTalk.com is a site for professional contractors to come and share business and trade knowledge. From time to time everyone runs into new situations that they’ve never seen before or that they need help with. While it’s fine for members to ask for help it’s not OK for members to ask how-to questions when they are clearly in over their head or don’t have the experience needed to complete the task. How-To threads will be closed on a case by case basis.

Any violation of these rules will result in an infraction up to and including a permanent ban. Please help us keep this site user-friendly and report any instances of rule violations.

These rules may be altered at any time without notice so please check this page often for any updates. Thanks.

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Rules Update: 10/1/2018