# Clarification of SDMB rule against calls to action **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 7, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-sdmb-rule-against-calls-to-action/967571 "2022-07-07T18:46:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 77
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-sdmb-rule-against-calls-to-action/967571/77 "2022-07-13T04:30:56Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > **Do not post private contact information**. Do not post private contact information about yourself or others. Private contact information for purposes of this rule includes home address, home phone number or cell phone number, personal email address, or financial or security information of any kind. Private contact information does **not** include street addresses, phone numbers, email addresses or the like publicly posted by a business, public agency or official, or other entity to facilitate public contact. Would [**Jackmanii** ’s post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vax-skeptic-column-causes-turmoil-jeopardizes-chicago-reader/963325/8) (same one from #2 of this thread) violate this rule? The linked _Chicago Tribune_ story practically prints Mr. Goodman’s _home_ address (at the end of the article). ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-sdmb-rule-against-calls-to-action/967571)._