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Post by Big Lin on Jan 6, 2009 16:34:07 GMT
I don't like having too many rules and if people show common sense they shouldn't be needed. All the same, I'll just briefly outline the terms of service on this forum.
1 No racist abuse 2 No religious bigotry 3 No personal attacks 4 No spam
I reckon we can make the board run smoothly with just those few simple rules but if not I'll have to reconsider and discuss it with the staff and members.
Enjoy!
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Post by Big Lin on Jan 6, 2009 19:25:50 GMT
I suppose I ought to add (though hopefully we won't need to use any kind of disciplinary procedure here since so far we've got a great bunch of lovely people!) that if a member feels that the terms of service are being violated they should PM a staff member. Similarly, a staff member should PM the offender and try to resolve it that way.
If that still doesn't work then the staff will issue the offender with a 50% warning level and if they continue to misbehave a 72-hour suspension from posting. If even that doesn't stop the problem then we'll have to ban them.
Hopefully none of this will be necessary because we've got such a lovely crowd of people here so far!
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Post by Big Lin on Nov 28, 2009 18:22:41 GMT
An update on our disciplinary procedures.
Most of the time none of this stuff is necessary but lately we've had a couple of members who have caused problems so here's the deal.
A first offence will get an informal warning from me or one of my staff. If that doesn't work, a 10% warning level will follow which will stay on the member's record for a week. If they then reform, it will be removed. If they DON'T improve, the warning level will be upped to 25% for a further week and then 50% if they STILL don't improve.
After that it will be a 72-hour suspension followed by a period of a 50% warning level for the week following their readmission.
Let's hope we don't need to use this procedure - I'm going to lift the current 10% warnings on two members as of now but please, just use common sense.
I'm NOT a dictator and I want free speech to flourish.
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Post by Big Lin on Nov 30, 2009 15:54:07 GMT
In the event of particularly BAD violations of terms of service, or of CONTINUAL violations of them in spite of previous warnings, a 100% warning level will be issued and a 72-hour ban will follow.
If even that doesn't improve the offender's behaviour, well, they'll be banned.
I can't put it fairer than that.
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Post by gabriel on Dec 1, 2009 10:13:17 GMT
lin, 98% of posters on here are just great. But there are a few, a very few, who keep pushing the boundaries. POS are not just words. You agree to them when you join. They're not just a lip service.
Play nice and think of other people's feelings when you post. If you can't play nicely here, then go somewhere else. Simple as that.
Gabriel
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 3, 2010 6:17:10 GMT
WE DIDN'T THINK OF ADDING THIS RULE:!!
NO DEATH WISHES OR OTHER EVIL WISHES TOWARDS OTHER MEMBERS HERE!!
I'm still too shocked and upset to phrase this rule in a formal language! I never imagined we'd have to prevent evil rants like this with an additional rule! This is way beyond just being abusive!!
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