Post by Branthrax on Feb 24, 2014 15:58:11 GMT -5
Planet Ajax Posting Guidelines
We feel these guidelines will be useful for the Mods in terms of managing the forums, but just as importantly, we hope they provide users a point of reference with which to understand the basic nature of Planet Ajax and also to gauge why a post may have been moderated. The ultimate aim of it all though is to enable you to ENJOY contributing to Planet Ajax and for others to ENJOY your contributions.
Its also worth pointing out that:
1. Mods may at times disagree on certain things. In these instance (which are rare anyway), its best to to let them work it out between themselves.
2. What is set out below is a framework, not an absolute set of rules and regulations. It will be necessary at times to moderate posts for reasons that are not outlined below.
BIG RULES: Things deemed to be totally unacceptable and may result in an immediate, permanent IP ban:
Pornographic material
Racism, homophobia, sexism
Spam/Commercial advertising
Overt personal abuse of other posters (unless its in jest of course!)
Posting addresses or phone numbers of private individuals anywhere on the site.
Ticket Touting
Registering and using duplicate accounts while banned.
All other breaches of the basic Forum T&C's in place at your time of registration or at any time during your membership of Planet Ajax.
Guidelines: Things we'd rather you did not do:
-Creating duplicate threads: Before starting a new thread use the search feature to check that the subject of your intended post is not already covered by an existing thread. Post to existing threads wherever possible. This particularly applies to post match comments.
-Starting threads in the wrong forum: We believe the board descriptions on the index page are fairly self explanatory, but feel to ask a mod if you are not sure.
-Starting 'one liner' threads in the Ajax main forum: Again, if starting a new thread in the main Ajax forum, refrain from short one liners. If you link to an article on another forum/website give a few short sentences of explanation about what the link is, why we should click it and what your impressions of the article are. This goes a long way to provoking discussion.
-Using 'Text Speak' in your posts: Please take the time to write replies in English. (Don't worry if English is not your first language! Just do your best!
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-Excessive/unnecessary swearing: We take a liberal attitude to this (after all, its something pretty much all of us do at the match!), but please do not go over the top. Keep it in context and do not use swear words on new thread titles on the main Ajax forum.
-Anonymous Sourcing: If you copy and paste an article, piece of news or rumour about AFC Ajax, Eredivisie or anything else to the forum, please include a link to the original website source or explain where and the context of how you heard the story. We discourage unsourced rumours and gossip.
Privacy Policy, Copyright and Libel
These are all pretty hazy areas in terms of the internet and as such the policies on these are liable to change with the circumstances. The over-riding principle here is that users remember that Planet Ajax is an open and public site. We want the site to remain an open community and would ask users not to jeopardize that by placing the site in danger of legal action. More specifically:
-We will not tolerate the unauthorized publication of the addresses of private individuals. Users who do so risk a permanent ban.
-Please refrain from posting information which is covered by reporting restrictions imposed by a court. If you feel compelled to share this information use Twitter.
-Remember that this is an open and visible forum. Remember also that what you write may be archived permanently. Do not publish anything here that was not intended for public viewing.
-Articles that are freely available on the web may be reproduced here but should always be attributed, preferably with a link to the original source.
Forum Signature
If you are going to use a forum signature, please keep it neat and within a reasonable size. Anything obnoxiously large, or a signature that changes the forum template will be removed.
Once again, thank you for joining our community. Invite your friends. Sit back, relax and have a great time!
Branthrax & the Planet Ajax moderating team.
We feel these guidelines will be useful for the Mods in terms of managing the forums, but just as importantly, we hope they provide users a point of reference with which to understand the basic nature of Planet Ajax and also to gauge why a post may have been moderated. The ultimate aim of it all though is to enable you to ENJOY contributing to Planet Ajax and for others to ENJOY your contributions.
Its also worth pointing out that:
1. Mods may at times disagree on certain things. In these instance (which are rare anyway), its best to to let them work it out between themselves.
2. What is set out below is a framework, not an absolute set of rules and regulations. It will be necessary at times to moderate posts for reasons that are not outlined below.
BIG RULES: Things deemed to be totally unacceptable and may result in an immediate, permanent IP ban:
Pornographic material
Racism, homophobia, sexism
Spam/Commercial advertising
Overt personal abuse of other posters (unless its in jest of course!)
Posting addresses or phone numbers of private individuals anywhere on the site.
Ticket Touting
Registering and using duplicate accounts while banned.
All other breaches of the basic Forum T&C's in place at your time of registration or at any time during your membership of Planet Ajax.
Guidelines: Things we'd rather you did not do:
-Creating duplicate threads: Before starting a new thread use the search feature to check that the subject of your intended post is not already covered by an existing thread. Post to existing threads wherever possible. This particularly applies to post match comments.
-Starting threads in the wrong forum: We believe the board descriptions on the index page are fairly self explanatory, but feel to ask a mod if you are not sure.
-Starting 'one liner' threads in the Ajax main forum: Again, if starting a new thread in the main Ajax forum, refrain from short one liners. If you link to an article on another forum/website give a few short sentences of explanation about what the link is, why we should click it and what your impressions of the article are. This goes a long way to provoking discussion.
-Using 'Text Speak' in your posts: Please take the time to write replies in English. (Don't worry if English is not your first language! Just do your best!
)-Excessive/unnecessary swearing: We take a liberal attitude to this (after all, its something pretty much all of us do at the match!), but please do not go over the top. Keep it in context and do not use swear words on new thread titles on the main Ajax forum.
-Anonymous Sourcing: If you copy and paste an article, piece of news or rumour about AFC Ajax, Eredivisie or anything else to the forum, please include a link to the original website source or explain where and the context of how you heard the story. We discourage unsourced rumours and gossip.
Privacy Policy, Copyright and Libel
These are all pretty hazy areas in terms of the internet and as such the policies on these are liable to change with the circumstances. The over-riding principle here is that users remember that Planet Ajax is an open and public site. We want the site to remain an open community and would ask users not to jeopardize that by placing the site in danger of legal action. More specifically:
-We will not tolerate the unauthorized publication of the addresses of private individuals. Users who do so risk a permanent ban.
-Please refrain from posting information which is covered by reporting restrictions imposed by a court. If you feel compelled to share this information use Twitter.
-Remember that this is an open and visible forum. Remember also that what you write may be archived permanently. Do not publish anything here that was not intended for public viewing.
-Articles that are freely available on the web may be reproduced here but should always be attributed, preferably with a link to the original source.
Forum Signature
If you are going to use a forum signature, please keep it neat and within a reasonable size. Anything obnoxiously large, or a signature that changes the forum template will be removed.
Once again, thank you for joining our community. Invite your friends. Sit back, relax and have a great time!
Branthrax & the Planet Ajax moderating team.