ALL READ: Forum Conduct

I am seeing more and more petty arguments posted on the forum, and am going to be clamping down on those people seen to be inciting trouble and stirring. I will also be stamping out those people who are clearly on here to wind up others.

We have members on this forum of all different ages, from different cultures and backgrounds, some who do not speak English as a first language – but they still manage to get involved in decent discussion about football and other topics. We have young members here who post maturely and steer clear of arguments and confrontation. I can only commend them for this. On the flip side of this however, we have members who are mature only in age – and persist on doing all they can to get a rise out of other members. This is not on, and will be tolerated no longer.

If you fall out with someone, or don’t really like someone, then do the decent thing and stay clear of them, or take your arguments and childish bickering off the forum. From now on my moderator team will remove any posts which are perceived to have been made purely to cause disruption on the forum. Banter is one thing, but when it spills into multiple threads and topics, polluting this forum, then it becomes a problem!

If anyone has a problem with this post, or has a query, then feel free to discuss it with me in private either via PM or via E-Mail.

I just want to support Shane in this.

There are people posting here who seem to just want to cause trouble, and, unfortunately, some members fall for it.

Please remember - this is a nice, friendly forum.

If you'd prefer to be on a different type of forum, you're welcome to leave

Hi all,

As of late there has been an increased amount of posts which contain Abusive language, and content considered as bad taste on the forum. I have advised the Moderator team that we will be clamping down on this in order to make the forum a more friendly place for not only older, more mature members, but also for the youngsters who join up on the forum.

The site is growing rapidly, and with it so ar the hits to the main site and forum. In order for us to continue this and push forward, we have to erradicate any posts which break the forum rules. This shouldn't make a huge difference to the way you guys post, it is just common sense. There are ways to get your point across without resorting to abusive language, and personal insults. This is going to mean changing from the top down and is something that is going to affect us all.

When writing a post, have a read over it before submitting. Then ask yourself, would this post be acceptable on sites such as bbc or sky sports. If the answer is no, then you should amend it so that you are still able to debate and get your opinions across, however you don't resort to breaking the forum rules in order to do so.

Below are the forum rules - please read them again, and follow them as much as possible. I don't want to have to set up word filters for different variations of different swear words as I think you are all mature enough to be able to control yourselves.

Any queries, please let me know.

Why did you not get back to my private message i sent you shane regarding boris?

Was not very happy. Still not and i am awaiting a private message from you.

I'll leave it at that, i've done nothing wrong.

part of this annoys me a bit.

i now understand that some of our posts are put onto the main site, right?

so they are using our posts and our words by means of attracting new mambers and encouraging visitors in to debate. is permission unnecessary for this then? our words are clearly the view of the auther and not the site itself.

BBC and Sky are not a forum. the discussion part of those sites such as 606 on BBC etc contain far worse than i have ever seen on here. some of the posting quality is embarrassing and swearing and banter/abuse is rife.

while im not arguing with you over the reiteration of the rules im pretty annoyed that firstly it was deemed necessary for two people to PM me regarding my use of language and secondly that the main reasoni was 'warned' over this was because some Tech geek decided to put said post on the front page of the sitewithout asking me and without obviously reading it through first.

its a pretty stupid idea in my opinion. surely what goes on the main site should be monitored as standard anyway regardless of the rules we are meant to adhere to?

its not so much an arguement with you O Dogg, more with the people who seem to think they are the be all and end all of this site when in reality without us on here everyday they would have nothing to offer anybody anyway besides a Football News site that is two a penny on the internet.

This is why we have a strict set of rules that everyone agree's to before signing up on the forum. The user agreement states the following:



We want to attract new members to the site, which will increase the amount of discussion on the forum. This is obviously a good thing for you guys as the more discussion and debate going on, the more you will enjoy the forum. We are also going to be looking at the quality of posts we get on the forum, making sure they are of a good standard, aswell as ensuring topics stay "on topic".

As I am sure you will agree, this is a positive move for the forum, and one which will be enforced going forward. We do not want to become overly strict, however I am sure you will agree that these are not massive changes. Asking people not to swear on a public forum isn't going to hurt anyone. The irritating thing is that you will usually find those who use strong language on the boards are usually those who are more than capable of stringing together a top quality post.

We don't want to stop you guys voicing your opinions, and want to know how you, the fans, actually feel about current affairs in football. All we are asking as that when you discuss your feelings on certain topics, you do so in a way which is less likely to cause offence to others reading.

If there are any concerns or issues that you guys have with this, then I am more than happy to discuss them with you.

perhaps there should have been some kind of notification to us that our posts where being displayed on the main page. the site rules merely indicate the posts are kept 'in a database' which is pretty obvious as they can be re-found using the search function (or you could if it actually worked properly).

just like the two polite warnings i recieved i would like to politely suggest to the geeks in charge to actually read through the posts and threads they display on the main page.

whether it contains swearing or not is irrelevant if a post merely contains a smiley or a 2 word post then its hardly attracting members either. i would argue that a passionate post that may contain foul language but is clear to read and is subjectional to a strong point of view then that could and probably would encourage strong debate.

debate blossoms from strong views.

again, im not specifically against the clampdown on swearing, i simply think that the idea of putting random posts on the main page really needs to be thought through and managed a tad better.

Why ignore the private message i sent you?

I have not had time to reply to your PM until now.

Swearing
Although a lot of people are extremely broad-minded and will not be bothered by the use of any known swear word, there are those amongst us who find swearing unacceptable. We have a swear filter to automatically censor most common swear words, but, as it is possible to circumvent this by using similar characters, we sometimes have to manually censor some words. Obviously, some words are worse than others, but generally speaking, if a word is in the swear filter, it is deemed to be unacceptable for use on these forums.


How many of you have been spoken about your swearing?

I have counted 4-5 so far just in last 10 minutes who swear on here yet im gonna bet im the only one who has had a private message sent to me about it.

Those who i have spotted is as follows;
Steely Hill
Boris
Big Jono
G_Man

You err....nominated yourself

Thank you for posting the rules within this thread.
I have also highlighted them in bold, red text so that everyone is aware of the rules.

If you read my post in this thread from 4th September, I announced the following:

As of late there has been an increased amount of posts which contain Abusive language, and content considered as bad taste on the forum. I have advised the Moderator team that we will be clamping down on this in order to make the forum a more friendly place for not only older, more mature members, but also for the youngsters who join up on the forum.

You are not the only one to be contacted regarding your language on the forum.

Stick to the rules going forward, and you will not have to worry about further PM's.

Thanks
Shane

Because i have swore before like the others i have put in the list

Both Jono and floody i noticed swear quite a fair bit so how do you plan on stopping them?

I think i was the only person contacted by pm about my swearing.

You can't know that, unless you have access to everyones PM Inbox's?

I am presuming but feel pretty confident about it

If it makes you feel better Ginger_Man i have also been contacted about my swearing on the forum.

O Dogg came round to my house and contacted my ass several times with a meter long whip while wearing leather and chains and chanting 'TAKE THAT YOU SCUM', then he made me lick his stiletto knee high prostitute boots while i begged to be let back on the forum.

Is that him then knocking on my door??

If you read this thread fully, you will be aware that Steely also recieved a PM - twice.



Now how about just leaving out the swearing. I also don't need you to PM me wherever you see someone else swearing - I have a mod team to pick up on that, which you are not part of.

Thank you