# What, exactly, is the Giraffe board rule? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 12, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-giraffe-board-rule/946335 "2021-07-12T19:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-giraffe-board-rule/946335/2 "2021-07-12T19:22:25Z")
This was posted but does not explain what, why or how. [engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)Robot Mod in Beta Testing [Jun 18](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-here-to-state-about-eds-treatment-in-the-sdmb-proposal-thread/944316/178) _Once again, the SDMB is not the place to discuss what happens on Giraffe. Since the actual topic of this thread seems to have run its course and some folks want to turn this into a Giraffe thread, we’re done._ _Thread closed._ Other posts by Mods said that _mentions_ of other boards, including the one discussed here are Ok. **What is the rule, and why?** > [@Mod conflict of interest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-conflict-of-interest/946316/17): > > I’ve heard or Reptilians controlling our governments, but could Giraffes be controlling our message boards? [engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)Robot Mod in Beta Testing [42m](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-conflict-of-interest/946316/19) _We don’t allow board wars. This is closed._ _We have no control over Giraffe or any other message board. If you have a problem with something that people are doing on Giraffe, take it to Giraffe. Don’t bring the issue back over here._ --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-giraffe-board-rule/946335)._