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admin · 09-03-2008, 09:10 AM

Thank you for your feedback. We do not expect everyone that joins to donate, in fact, the majority of members of YorkieTalk may never donate to the site, which is perfectly fine by us. It does not matter to us whether a member donates or not as we're here to try and help all Yorkies and Yorkie owners, and thus that is the reason we do not charge a fee for members to join and we do not plan on changing that. All members who join are required to verify their email address. We do not believe it is reasonable to ask a member for their phone number or address. We would not want to join ANY site or community that would require such information, nor would many other people.

We have had a long-standing policy here at YorkieTalk regarding Yorkies for sale. We do our best to ask as much information as possible and require Yorkies to be at least ten weeks of age (unless they are a YorkieTalk Featured Breeder). We believe it is up to members to do their due diligence and personally ask for references as well as visit the breeder before purchasing their Yorkie. We stress this in many areas of YorkieTalk, that potential parents should visit the breeder first.

We do not allow personal attacks, which is the reason many posts are deleted. This does not create a positive atmosphere and does not ever help any situation. Members are free to ignore or not read threads which they may not agree with or by members they do not get along with. Donating Members or long-time members of YorkieTalk are still bound to the YorkieTalk Rules & Regulations, which explicitly state no personal attacks. It is a clear and simple rule. Posts which are informative and helpful and do not include personal attacks are NEVER DELETED here. Admins and moderators have a role to make sure threads stay on topic and do not get into attacks. Members get suspended because of personal attacks, which are simply not allowed here.

YorkieTalk's job is not to be the police of everyone and watch over everyone's back. We are here to provide a community for members to help one another and provide support. We are always disappointed when members (longtime or new) are unhappy about our community. Members may participate or not participate on YorkieTalk on their own free will, no one is forcing anyone to be here. The admins and moderators of YorkieTalk do our best to make this a friendly, helpful, and useful community for everyone.

09-03-2008, 09:10 AM	#4
admin *Administrator* Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA Posts: 3,246 Blog Entries: 3	Thank you for your feedback. We do not expect everyone that joins to donate, in fact, the majority of members of YorkieTalk may never donate to the site, which is perfectly fine by us. It does not matter to us whether a member donates or not as we're here to try and help all Yorkies and Yorkie owners, and thus that is the reason we do not charge a fee for members to join and we do not plan on changing that. All members who join are required to verify their email address. We do not believe it is reasonable to ask a member for their phone number or address. We would not want to join ANY site or community that would require such information, nor would many other people. We have had a long-standing policy here at YorkieTalk regarding Yorkies for sale. We do our best to ask as much information as possible and require Yorkies to be at least ten weeks of age (unless they are a YorkieTalk Featured Breeder). We believe it is up to members to do their due diligence and personally ask for references as well as visit the breeder before purchasing their Yorkie. We stress this in many areas of YorkieTalk, that potential parents should visit the breeder first. We do not allow personal attacks, which is the reason many posts are deleted. This does not create a positive atmosphere and does not ever help any situation. Members are free to ignore or not read threads which they may not agree with or by members they do not get along with. Donating Members or long-time members of YorkieTalk are still bound to the YorkieTalk Rules & Regulations, which explicitly state no personal attacks. It is a clear and simple rule. Posts which are informative and helpful and do not include personal attacks are NEVER DELETED here. Admins and moderators have a role to make sure threads stay on topic and do not get into attacks. Members get suspended because of personal attacks, which are simply not allowed here. YorkieTalk's job is not to be the police of everyone and watch over everyone's back. We are here to provide a community for members to help one another and provide support. We are always disappointed when members (longtime or new) are unhappy about our community. Members may participate or not participate on YorkieTalk on their own free will, no one is forcing anyone to be here. The admins and moderators of YorkieTalk do our best to make this a friendly, helpful, and useful community for everyone. Last edited by admin; 09-03-2008 at 09:17 AM.