Unlike the other areas of RinkWorks, the content you may find in RinkChat is not the creation of nor the responsibility of RinkWorks. Readers speak freely, for the most part. We ask participants to adhere to our simple guidelines regarding the usage of the chat room. Although we claim no responsibility for the content in the chat room, we will exercise preemptive measures against violators of our policy. Please read these rules prior to posting in the chat room.

1. Keep it clean. RinkChat is a family forum. Please keep all discussions suitable for mixed company. Offensive user names and posting profanity, vulgarity, pornography, or links to pornography (for example) are strictly prohibited. (The rules on this are somewhat more lenient if you create a private room and only invite other people that you know to it. Pornography is still prohibited, but if you set up a private room where you can guarantee only willing adults will be permitted access, more mature content is ok.)

2. Respect other participants. Disagreements are acceptable. Debates are acceptable. Flame wars are not. Please do not harass or flame other participants in this forum. This is particularly the case if you are the moderator of a room that you create -- be a responsible moderator.

3. Keep it legal. The posting of copyrighted or illegal material is strictly prohibited.

4. RinkWorks is not liable. RinkWorks cannot be held liable for participants infringing on these rules. Furthermore, if a third party has an issue with you over something you have said in the chat room, you must indemnify RinkWorks and its staff from any liability that may result.

5. Participating constitutes acceptance. Participating in the chat room constitutes acceptance of these rules and denotes that you agree to adhere to them.