Ladakh Times Forum Guidelines

The goal of the Ladakh Times Forum is to raise issues that matter to Ladakh through creative debates and discussions. It is a democratic forum in which people irrespective of differences can take part. In order to maintain the integrity of the forum to achieve its larger objectives we have framed guidelines for the convenient of our users. It is important there are some basic guidelines of conduct. While most people are courteous and polite; there are some individuals that choose to behave in a disrespectful and irresponsible manner. Ladakh Times will take appropriate steps to keep our discussion in line with these guidelines and with good taste. In general we will leave it to you the community, to police yourselves. Treat others with respect. Remember that this is a public venue read by many people spanning all walks of life. Your sister, mother, daughter, children, friends are also access to this portal, so please share the best of your concern and information with them… Don’t you think that they deserve the best?  

Please understand that we are not attempting to censor any messages or opinions posted, but this is a moderated discussion forum. We simply want to preserve the spirit of an open, interactive discussion without offending participants. This means that we reserve the right to edit/remove inappropriate messages, or to lock a discussion thread. Before taking any of these actions, a moderator will attempt to steer the discussion back to the topic, if this is possible and appropriate. The additional step of editing or deleting a post will only be taken in appropriate circumstances; again, the intent is not to censor legitimate discussion or to change the meaning of any post. If we edit a post and you do not like the changes please feel free to notify us and we will delete your post. Other examples are discussed in the guidelines below.

Some things to keep in mind when posting:

Respect: Respect the guidelines for forum usage, and site usage. Respect Ladakh Times, its members, volunteers, yourself, fellow community members, and guests on these boards. Whether a community member has one post or 5,000 posts, they deserve the same respect.

Foul Language and obscene images will not be tolerated. This site is family friendly, and all posts and posters must respect the integrity of the site.

Personal Attacks and Flames will not be tolerated. If you want to praise or criticize, give examples as to why it is good or bad, general attacks on a person or idea will not be tolerated.

Keep on topic: Responses to a particular thread should be on-topic and pertain to the discussion. Users should use the New Topic button to start a new discussion which would otherwise be off-topic in the current thread. Threads that are off topic may be closed by the moderator.

Commercial Postings/Solicitations are not allowed. Commercial content as a direct or indirect (either intentional or non-intentional) attempt to solicit customers through a forum post will be edited or deleted. Notwithstanding the above, Ladakh Times reserves the right to include limited commercial content in this Forum, in its sole discretion.

About our Moderators: Forum Moderators are community volunteers that give up their time to help build a better community. They will assist with focusing topics and enforcing guidelines. They have the ability to edit/delete posts, to move, close or delete topics, and to temporarily moderate users’ posts.

If someone has posted copyrighted material or otherwise illegal material, please notify Ladakh Times so that it may be removed.

Complaints: If you have an issue with a specific post/topic on this board, please send a mail to Email: ladakhtimes@gmail.com . We will review the post and edit/delete if necessary.

Thanks for your cooperation