Community Guidelines Update (Everyone Read)

Attention Dawgs By Nature members,

With traffic to the site getting busier by the day now that the NFL Lockout is over, it is important for everyone to read the community guidelines and be sure you are following them on a daily basis. We have made some adjustments to the community guidelines, including a new section that everyone needs to read. I have copy and pasted the new material here:

• Posting Ethics: The following should go without saying. However, we do NOT condone: racism, excessive foul language, or verbally attacking another user. If your post falls under these categories or something similar to them, if you really feel the need to have at it with somebody, contact them personally via email. Do not do it on DBN. This specifically includes political discussion as well! Humor in the form of racism or foul language will be removed, and repeat offenders will be warned.
• Respecting Authority: Here at DBN, we have several regular members who have been granted permission to moderate comments on the website. These members include Buckeye Brad, notthatnoise, Bernie19Kosar, and rufio. They were all appointed by Chris Pokorny (the lead person at DBN) to assist him in moderating duties, and any time they make a decision to remove comments, warn members, or ban members, they are acting on his behalf.
   
  If you have a problem with any of the decisions they have made, you have one choice: contact Chris at pokorny@pfcritics.com about the situation. Otherwise, deal with it, learn your lesson, and stick to intelligent football discussion. Complaining about the issue in the comments section or ridiculing moderators publicly for acting on my behalf will not be tolerated.

Please adhere to these guidelines. I really don't like having to dish out long-term bans to members, but I will. I am closing comments on this post, because this is not up for discussion. Stick to football discussion, follow the guidelines, and everything will be fine.