No Off-Topic Posts or Other Disruptions

Please don't post messages that are unrelated to the topic of the discussion board to which they are posted. Experience of running our discussion boards for over a decade has taught us that "topic discipline" is very important for maintaining the usefulness of each board. This is especially true on our busier boards, such as 'Does Anybody Know?', 'Property - Market & Trends', and 'Dealing With Debt'. That's why we have over 1,500 boards, covering a very wide variety of topics, so that each board has an identifiable focus.

You may find the A to Z list useful in finding the best discussion board for your post. You'll also find a link to this list on the main discussion boards page.

The discussion boards would lose their usefulness if they became filled with off-topic posts, messages that seem to be posted just for the sake of mischief, or which appear to be intended to disrupt discussion or annoy users of the board. Our readers don't like it, and we won't tolerate it, as it undermines the effectiveness of the discussion boards and changes the tone of the conversation for the worse. A discussion community like ours is useful only to the extent that people use it in good faith.

If you find a message on any board which you feel is inappropriate, please resist any temptation to reply, and please don't get into a public argument on the board with the author - simply click the 'Report this Post' link in the message concerned and one of our discussion board staff will intervene.

We regard posts about moderation decisions as off topic on all boards, as they often prove to be extremely disruptive. The same goes for posts discussing the whereabouts of a particular poster. But if you do want to discuss such a moderation decision, you're welcome to do so on the Civil Discussion Forum.

Please note that the Motley Fool reserves the right to decide what is off-topic or disruptive, to remove such messages and, ultimately, to terminate the membership of persistent offenders.

Discussion Board Guidelines

Reading Guideline

1. Can You Trust What You Read Here?

Posting Guidelines

2. Make Your Posts Informative
3. Civil Discussion for Mutual Benefit
4. We Cannot Give Individual Advice
5. Make it Readable and People Will Respond
6. You Are in a Public Forum
7. Treat Copyright Right
8. No Advertising, Promotion or Solicitation
9. No Off-Topic Posts or Other Disruptions
10. No Spamming
11. A Message Board is Not Actually a Pub
12. Hands Up If You Have Used a Poll

What else?

• Discussion Boards Help
• Finding Stuff on the Boards FAQ
• Disclaimer
• Terms and Conditions