Ladies and Gentlemen,

Let me make this real clear. The dispute I had with the Riverkilt was between he and I. It was over a misunderstanding of my meaning of a PM I wrote to him trying to pass on the feelings of some other members over what was seen as unauthorized and repetitive promotion of a manufacturer without the manufacturers permission and the wording of those promotions.

It was also about the publication of my message on another forum in an attempt to discredit this forum by implication that I was accusing him of something and that I was speaking in some official capacity.

It was a personal thing between Ron and I and had nothing to do with the official stance or rules of this forum.

Yes, the Forum Moderators and I are working on a re-write of our current rules. But it is to clear up some poor wording and bring them into some logical and understandable format. We are hoping to reduce the actual wording down to some manageable size.

Until you hear from me officially there are now new rules. There is certainly no rule that prevents someone from making an honest and open review of a product.

We, the staff of X Marks, have always valued our members reviews as the best way for our members to evaluate the value of products. The only problem anyone has ever had was when a review begins to cross the line and starts to sound like an unsolicited and unauthorized promotion of a particular product. That is what our current rules define as spam.