The Talking Horses Forum Rules

Last update: 22 January 2026

Here be our rules. Like any community, what makes it an enjoyable place to dwell in is its positive and amiable environment. We foster freedom of expression here, but we do this with respect for our fellow forum members and the community as a whole. It's simple - it's like being at the pub or someone's private party: post (drink) responsibly, and don't be a jerk.

1. General Forum Rules for all forum members

1.0 - Be Aware: All posts become the property of Talkinghorses.co.uk once they are posted. Any copying and pasting of posts from this forum to others should be done with our explicit permission and/or discretion. Copying posts and/or threads from other forums is forbidden, unless you have explicit permission to do so.

Please remember that we do not actively observe the posted messages, and therefore, we are not responsible for the content contained within. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information presented. The posted messages express the views of the author only. Anyone who feels that a posted message is offensive can notify an administrator or moderator of this forum immediately. You remain solely responsible for the content of your posted messages.

If you come across a post or a thread that looks like it's breaching any of our forum rules, please report it. You can do so by using the Report button, situated under each post. An e-mail and/or notification will be sent immediately to our admins and moderators.

1.1 - No "Flaming": Please do not post any messages that harass, insult, belittle, threaten or flame another member or guest. Abusive behavior will not be tolerated and your account may be suspended. Please refrain from potty mouth language.

1.2 - No "cross posting": In other words, please do not post the same message to more than one thread or topic section. Cross postings will be deleted and posting privileges may be suspended for doing so.

1.3 - No "Spamming": Unauthorized ads are not permitted anywhere in our forum. Spammers will be bootified from the forum. Shills will be publicly outed and banned.

1.4 - No posting of privileged information: Please remember to respect other's privacy. In the public forum, do not post real names, email addresses, or other personal identifiers that may be considered privileged information; to include company "trade secrets", screenshots of company information, etc. If these items are already publicly available, this shouldn't be a problem. But if these are from private correspondence, or from some user database, discretion is advised.

1.5 - No "Inappropriate" Posts, Links or Images: Please do not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, racist, sexist, discriminatory, or otherwise violative of any local or international laws. This includes links in your signature, profile, bookmarks as well as posted images, photos and avatars. The forum moderators will ultimately decide if something is appropriate or not.

1.6 - No "Libelous" Posts: Do not make posts that could be considered libelous, defamatory, or posting merely to cause harm to another's business. Opinions are expected, but do not attack others with accusations of criminal activity unless this has been proven in a court of law.

1.7 - No posting of copyrighted material: Do not post entire articles of copyrighted material. Please provide an excerpt, synopsis, and/or a link. When in doubt, ask.

1.8 - Do not register more than one forum account: If you share a computer with another household member (boyfriend, girlfriend, granny, your cat,...), please let us know so that we won't suspect you of anything dodgy or having a sock puppet account. Sock puppet accounts are defined as accounts created specifically to cause trollish grief to others, spamming, chatting with your other accounts in public threads, shills and other anti-social behaviour. Do not register more than one account in the forum without contacting the Staff in advance.

1.9 - Conversations are Private Messages: Conversations or PMs/DMs can be personal - so please don't post these without the permission of others in your "conversation". Personal matters should be kept personal. Abuse this function and you will find it disabled.

1.10 - No Trolls: Trolls are troublemakers whose sole purpose on a forum is to cause mental grief to others. If you are posting caustic, passive aggressive annoying crap, or baiting others with the intention of provoking an emotional response, you might feel the pummeling of the ban-hammer: trolls are unwelcome and will be bootified.

1.11 - Do not hijack threads: If you have something to say - say it, but please respect the other members by keeping threads "on track". If you have an unrelated issue that needs addressing, then please start another thread. Hijacking threads for your own agenda is not only rude, it is trollish and can lead to a suspension.

1.12 - Don't be a PITA: Members who just don't have a clue on what is socially acceptable, or are just too annoying to tolerate will have their accounts closed. The administration and moderators of Talking Horses reserve the right to close forum accounts at our discretion. This may be a public forum that encourages freedom of expression, but it's still our community. Abuse your privileges here and you're likely to lose them.