News & Politics - Board Rules and Thread Guide - UPDATED - Please read and respond

elisheva · 11-24-2006, 01:49 PM

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News & Politics Board Rules

1) Personal attacks will not be tolerated. It's against

and board rules and will result in a warning at least. You can attack ideas without attacking people; criticize a post without extending your criticism to the poster her/himself.

2) Don't make stereotypical generalizations about any group; that will also result in a warning or a ban.

3) Always show respect towards your fellow posters as well as their opinions and beliefs. You have good reasons for holding your opinions; so do other people. Basically, treat others as you want to be treated.

4) If you have a problem with another poster, or you're getting the feeling that another poster is personally hostile to you, please keep it private. PM the other poster to work things out. If you think that won't do it, PM one of the mods. If, once you've taken it to the mods, you find that the problem hasn't been adequately resolved, PM a Mod Manager. Long story short, never publicly post personal grievances - if you're concerned about something, PM the poster, a mod, or a Mod Manager.

5) Always post the source whenever you post a news article (link to the page you found the news on). The same goes for any claims about statistics or facts/figures - post a link or let the other posters know where you found the information so they can check it out for themselves. Saying "blueberries cure scaly feet" (for example!) should always be followed by a link or a citation, out of courtesy to your fellow posters and, of course, in order to give credit to the source or author.

6) **Updated** We now have this spanking new Thread Guide. So, in order to help keeping things tidy and in order to make everyone's life easier, it would be EXTREMELY appreciated that you post the url to any new thread you start (be it on a brand new topic or as a continuation of an old thread) on this thread. Thank you muchly.

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If nothing else, please abide by the following:

Show some respect. Not everyone is going to agree with you at all times. It’s perfectly fine to disagree with someone as long as it is done respectfully, but do not attack other posters. Additionally, broad, sweeping generalizations that condemn any race, religion, political party affiliation, or any other country will not be tolerated. Anyone who makes such statements will be temporarily banned from posting on the News & Politics board for three days. If the behaviour continues, they will be permanently banned from posting on the News & Politics board, and possibly Fan Forum itself.

Spirited debate is something we welcome here, but statements go way beyond “debating” will not be tolerated as they don’t engender the type of positive atmosphere that we want here at Fan Forum. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact a mod or anyone else in the Management Team.

Thanks.

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