New site guide lines March 2008

[Glenn]

Site Disclaimer

Site Guide Lines
The Blacksmith Forum is a family site. The standards are set high. You are expected to conduct yourselves as gentlemen and ladies. Your posts are to be civil, polite, and respectful of others and their opinions. There are to be no "bad words", no personal attacks, and it should be able to be read from the front of the church on Sunday with no one being embarrassed.

The site is a way to exchange information. You may question or comment as you wish within these guide lines. Additional guide lines may be added as needed, and additions made to the rules of registration, and any disclaimers as needed.

I charge each of you with assisting me in keeping the site a family site, a clean site, and operating within the guidelines set forth. I do not expect any problems, but if they were to occur, please contact me directly with your concerns.

If you were invited into someone's home, or someone's business, would you be expected to conduct yourselves as gentlemen and ladies, to be civil, polite, and respectful of others and their opinions, and to not attack anyone personally?

This is YOUR home, and YOUR place for learning. If you answered yes to the question above, then it is how you expect others to conduct themselves already. It is only a rule if the expectations must be addressed and or enforced.

Everyone is invited to join us. Please make suggestions as how we can improved the site and make it better. Participate and make it YOUR home, YOUR place for learning.

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Photos in the IForgeIron Gallery and on the IFI site

Posting images
It has always been IForgeIron policy NOT to use any copyrighted image or material on the site without permission of the owner of that image or material. Please be sure you are the owner of any image or material you post to IForgeIron. Please report any image or material that you feel is questionable as to ownership, so it can either be removed or permission obtained for its use. Thank you for your cooperation.

For years the blacksmithing community has always been about sharing information. Posting a link to another site to provide an answer to a question has always been the standard practice. At this time, I see nothing wrong with posting a link to an photo, or to an article, as the photo or article is on that site, not on IForgeIron.

The problem with linking is that site may delete the photo or material at any time, leaving a broken link, or dead end. Keen Junk was around long before Anvilfire, and when it went off line, all world wide links were broken as the site was removed from the internet. I still see references and know they no longer work as the site does not exist.

If you take a photo, make a drawing, or explain the process, etc., it is your original material that you are providing and it therefore becomes a part of the IForgeIron site. If another site deletes information or goes off line, the information is still available.

Posting photos in the gallery and forum
By posting a photo in the IForgeIron Gallery, the gallery automatically resizes the image to forum dimensions, and created a linked thumbnail to the image. This linked thumbnail is then added to the post in the forum. It also stores the full size image that is accessible by clicking on the image in the gallery. All this is stored on site so if the photos are deleted or removed from a remote location, it does not get deleted from the site and the information resource is not compromised.

Linking to other sites
Please use caution when linking "off site" to other web sites, you-tube, etc.

Any site link to from IForgeIron WILL be expected to follow the IForgeIron guide lines. Please review the material you are linking to, and be sure it is blacksmithing or metalworking related, and in accordance with the IFI site guide lines.

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IForgeIron has high standards. We strive to create a site where everyone is welcome, and to create a comfortable place to learn about blacksmithing and metalworking of all types. If your read this and are not a member of the site already, join us. Go to IForgeIron.com and under the box where you enter your name and password, click on "create one". It is just that easy.