Rules for Posting

Welcome to the Kingdom Forum Board! We encourage you to post your thoughts, observations, and comments regarding     The New Jersey Renaissance Kingdom, the Annual Haunted Village, and other related topics. The community and spirit of  our Kingdom are legendary. We therefore invite you to join that fellowship of family and friends by sharing your ideas with us!

                                        In order to post a message, click on the Post Message link on the left side of your screen. Then fill out the following fields:

Name:

Choose a nickname for yourself the first time you post to the Board. Type this nickname into the Name: field each time you post. You should use the same nickname each and every time you post, and avoid any nicknames used by other established posters. We will not display anonymous posts. Please keep in mind that your IP Address (your personal identity on the Internet) will be forwarded along with your message. All of your posts will therefore be linked together by this IP Address, regardless of your nickname.

Email:

You must include your own valid email address each time you post. Any post we receive without a valid email address will be deleted. Keep in mind that we will occasionally send you a confirmation email before posting your message. If you do not wish your email address to be seen by others, then click the special box that says Do not include: beneath your email address.

Subject:

This is the line of text that will be seen on our Main Board, along with your nickname and the date you posted. By clicking on this Subject, viewers will be taken to the content of your Message. Please do not type any words in your Subject with all capital letters. The Webmaster uses all caps for words like UPDATE or OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT in order to direct special attention to official Dunn-Ley posts.

Message:

This is where you type the main body of your message. Do not send messages that contain little or no text (for example, messages that just read nt or no text). Also, please do not write your message in all capital letters; this is otherwise known as shouting.

Add Post To:

This is an optional field. If you’d like to have your post added onto an existing post (instead of appearing as a new heading), pick the Subject of the post you’d like to be added onto. Note: Users will not be able to access your post directly if you use this feature.

You can enter the following codes to format your post:

Disclaimer

Your message will be reviewed by a representative of Dunn-Ley Productions. If it is deemed appropriate for the Forum Board,  it will probably be posted on the Main Board within a day or two. Some posts will be responded to directly via email without being posted on the Board. Others, if deemed inappropriate, will simply be deleted.

Dunn-Ley Productions reserves the right to post, not post, or delete any message which is sent to us. We also reserve the right to edit posts for content and/or length. It is also possible (although improbable) that either your email address (if you requested it not be included) or IP Address will mistakenly be seen by others on the Forum Board. Please do not attempt to post a message if one of the above possibilities will either offend you or be disagreeable to you.

What are inappropriate posts?

1. Posts which include profanity, harshness of tone, or verbal abuse of others will not be tolerated. Please keep in mind that your IP Address is forwarded to us, which directly links your real identity to your post. Please be considerate and thoughtful of others’ feelings whenever you post. Also remember that we only put on family shows, and therefore words or ideas that are inappropriate for family entertainment should be excluded from your posts.
2. Posts which are chat-oriented are discouraged. One sentence responses that go back and forth between two posters (or a group of posters) are not appropriate for this particular Bulletin Board. If you wish to send a brief response to someone, then send them an email (provided they have asked us to include it for them as part of their message).
3. Personal statements not meant for the larger Forum Board community should not be sent to us. For example, you should not page your friends or discuss local gossip on the Forum Board. Please use email for these sorts of exchanges.
4. Other posts may be deemed inappropriate at Dunn-Ley Productions’ sole discretion.

What kinds of posts should I send?

The best kinds of posts to send are observations, critiques, general comments, or questions regarding events sponsored by Dunn-Ley, or regarding the content and features of this web site. Off-topic comments which might be of interest to other patrons of this Bulletin Board are also welcome (see below for examples). Special announcements (births, weddings, engagements, etc.) related to the participants and patrons of the Kingdom are also welcome.

             Here are some examples of subjects which would be welcome on the Forum Board:

• Comments on this year’s Enchanted Forest....
• Here are some questions regarding my visit to your fair tomorrow....
• Suggestions to improve one of your shows....
• Great job this year! Here’s a recap of my visit....
• Things I wish you would change in the gaming area....
• Some great medieval movies I’ve seen recently....
• Here are some of my favorite Renaissance festivals....
• Congratulations to Harry and Sally! They just had a new baby girl!...

Here are some examples of inappropriate posts:

• I sure do hate (blah, blah, blah)
• Why is it that (blank) is such a (blank)?
• I have a date this Saturday!
• Who’s here today?
• Everyone post your age
• !@#$!@#$!!

How often should I post?

In order to avoid having the Board cluttered up, we ask everyone to limit their posts to approximately one each week. We hope to promote an environment where visitors post interesting, meaningful observations which everyone who visits our website will want to read. We have often received such posts in the past and we treasure them the most.

If you have a simple question to ask (one or two sentences), we might simply respond to you directly via email without posting your question on the Board (unless we feel that others might have the same question). You should try to send posts which are at least one or two paragraphs long, so that readers will not be disappointed when they click on your Subject line. Conversely, you should avoid overly long posts, because dozens of extremely long posts will take a long time for our representative to review and will slow down the posting process.

How can I read older posts?

We periodically remove posts from the Main Board in order to avoid clutter. However, we have saved all of our posts since March 2000 in a special Forum Board Archive, which you can view by clicking the link on the left side of your screen.

We hope you enjoy your experiences with the Kingdom Forum Board. We hope to hear from you soon!