Forum Rules

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Introduction
Welcome to the Olives & Olive Oil International forums. This forum was originally created in December 1998 on Yahoo groups, then moved here on April 2006. The forums are used for the exchange of information and to promote the development of the Olives industry with regards to production, consumption, and marketing of Olives & Olive Oil. Subjects discussed cover Olive's agriculture, technology, research, quality control, and promotion. Topics suitable for this mailing list can be on Olive farming, pruning, harvesting, pressing, olive oil benefits, value, trade, statistics, recipes, trends, news about the future of olive and olive oil consumption around the world and more The following guidelines will help you share your Olives & Olive Oil information, questions and experiences.

Definitions

• Commercial Posts: Posts designed to sell products or services for profit.
• Flame: Comments designed to insult or offend another person.
• SIG: A signature block placed at the end of a post. For this list, a SIG may contain up to six lines with no more than 76 characters in each line.
• Spam: Comments, generally cross-posted to many list/newsgroups, with no value to this list.

Posting Guidelines: This section explains how to write an acceptable post.

1. This forum is professionally oriented. Profanity is considered inappropriate.
2. This forum has a diverse and international membership. Derogatory comments about gender, religion, age, sexual preference, economical status or ethnic backgrounds are considered inappropriate.
3. When asking for advice, be specific. General questions either get ignored or receive general replies. For example, if you want advice about buying olive oil, give your location.
4. When replying to a post, do not quote the entire text of the original post. Keep only what is relevant. By selectively deleting unnecessary parts of the original text, you will make your reply easier to follow.
5. If your reply significantly changes the topic of a message, change the subject line to reflect the new topic.
6. DON'T SHOUT. TYPING IN ALL CAPS IS CONSIDERED SHOUTING. It's easier to read a mix of upper- and lower-case letters.
7. Spam is not allowed in this list.
8. Flames are not allowed in this list.
9. Advertisements related to Olives, Olive Oil, machinery, and production equipment are allowed in this list after Admin's approval.
10. Commercial information maybe placed in profile page only.
11. Internet site information, including links, maybe placed in profile page only.
12. If you include a link to your website in your post, a reciprocal link to our forums MUST be included on your website.
13. Pictures are allowed in this list. Use the thumbnails feature to prevent delay in downloading your post by other members.
14. No copyrighted material owned by 3rd party allowed to be posted on this forum
15. Inappropriate posts are generally the result of somebody not understanding these guidelines. Efforts to limit inappropriate posts will be based on that premise.
16. Violators of these rules will be notified of the specific infraction in PM or public email and referred to these guidelines.
17. Continuous violation of the rules will subject the poster to be banned from this forums.

Any message that violates the Terms and Conditions will not be posted. We reserve the right to edit, or delete messages, and/or refuse access to anyone that violates the Terms and Conditions.

Please report any abuse to the ADMIN.

If you have any questions regarding the use of the Message Board please email: forums@oliveoilonline.com

LEGAL STUFF
All information contained in this board is provided "as is." All warranties expressed, implied or statutory, concerning the accuracy of the information of the suitability for any particular use is hereby specifically disclaimed. While every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this board, the authors’ assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

The board owner/moderator is not responsible for any content posted by its users and disclaims all liability in this respect. Users are requested to follow the guidelines. The views expressed within these forums are entirely independent of the list owner/moderator.

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