Pentrace Guidelines and Policies

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Welcome to Pentrace.com! Pentrace is one of the world's leading websites offering pen discussion, information, news, and education. Please note that while Pentrace covers a broad range of subjects, not every pen-related topic is appropriate for this site, and we ask that visitors familiarize themselves with the following Guidelines before using the site.

1. Always be considerate of others. Inappropriate posts will be removed.

2. Always use the same screen name and do not impersonate others.

3. Do not collect e-mail addresses or post personal information about people, or send anyone upsetting e-mail or spam.

4. Do not buy, sell, advertise, or promote except as allowed on the PenMarket Board. If you have items for sale on the PenMarket Board, do not discuss or post images of items on the discussion forums.

5. Please do not post references to your own auctions on either the main board or the PenMarket board. Posts directed to auctions that will help educate, illustrate, or amuse others are permitted.

6. Do not post links to or URLs for web pages where pens or related items are offered for sale, or to websites offering pen discussion. Do not post links to or URLs for sites where replica or counterfeit goods are sold. Links to pages that contain pen reference material is permitted. "Information, not promotion."

7. Please do not bring outside disputes into the forums.

8. Trolls, shills, and disruptive visitors are not welcome, and their posts will be removed.

9. Please observe any additional guidelines on each board, as those are considered part of the Pentrace Guidelines and User Agreement.

Pentrace is a semi-private, conditional use website. By using Pentrace, you agree to abide by the guidelines posted on the site and this User Agreement. Pentrace may suspend or revoke posting privileges for guideline violations. These Guidelines are updated from time to time, so please check them occasionally. If you have any questions about the Pentrace Guidelines, please contact Donal Higgins at guidelines@Pentrace.com.

If you believe that content posted on Pentrace infringes your copyright, please contact copyright@Pentrace.com and provide specific information about the location of the content in question on Pentrace and about your copyright.

Messages posted on Pentrace sometimes include links to other Internet sites. Pentrace does not endorse any such sites or their content. By posting on Pentrace, you grant Pentrace a royalty-free, nonexclusive license to display, modify, and preserve your content on our server. This provision does not apply to content for which Pentrace has entered into a separate license or purchase agreement.

The opinions posted on Pentrace are solely those of the author. Pentrace does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of any message, and Pentrace is not responsible for the contents of any message. By providing you with the ability to distribute your content, Pentrace is acting as a passive conduit for such distribution. Pentrace does not select the material to be posted, or selectively determine who will receive the material. Pentrace reserves the right to monitor some, all, or no areas of this site for adherence to these rules or applicable law. Pentrace reserves the right to remove or edit any post and to suspend or revoke the posting privileges of any person, and all such decisions fall solely within Pentrace's discretion.