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Hi, this is Ali, back from my holiday and a bit worried about the state of the forums. There's been a few bannings, of which a few of you are upset about, but a few ground rules need to be set.
Swearing, in any form is not allowed. This is a family forum (believe it or not) and we don't want young people coming on here reading foul language, or indeed, parents coming on here and seeing the kind of language that some of you post. The swear filter is there for a reason, and that's not for you to try and beat it with s p a c e s or 'quote marks'. If we find any swearing, of any kind, it'll be deleted, and you may be banned.
Being offensive to one another is something we will also not tolerate. As you all know, someone was banned last week (in my absence, I might add) for calling someone a dirty homo, or something like that. This just ain't acceptable I'm afraid. Just as bad is topics like the one saying things like 'so and so likes hairy men' - it might have been a joke, but some people don't have the same sense of humour as you, and din't find it funny. We're not saying stop having fun, but topics like that serve only to annoy.
Some people have accused us of favouritism in the past ie. certain people get away with saying stuff without a warning, and some don't. From now on, there'll be no swearing at all, BY ANYBODY on the site, whether you've been here a day or 3 years. Posts with swearing or offensive writing in them will be deleted, and depending on the severity of the post, will be warned/banned. This means everyone.
This shouldn't be hard to do, the vast majority of you are adults, or at least are mature enough to behave like civilised people. These are our forums, and you'll post on here by our rules, whether you like it or not. If anyone has any problems with this, let me know, but I'd like this to be a new start for these forums, with no stupid slanging matches between users, no *starring out* offensive posts and no deliberately getting people annoyed. If you've got something you wanna get out of your system, do it someplace else.
I hope you can all agree to these rules.
Swearing, in any form is not allowed. This is a family forum (believe it or not) and we don't want young people coming on here reading foul language, or indeed, parents coming on here and seeing the kind of language that some of you post. The swear filter is there for a reason, and that's not for you to try and beat it with s p a c e s or 'quote marks'. If we find any swearing, of any kind, it'll be deleted, and you may be banned.
Being offensive to one another is something we will also not tolerate. As you all know, someone was banned last week (in my absence, I might add) for calling someone a dirty homo, or something like that. This just ain't acceptable I'm afraid. Just as bad is topics like the one saying things like 'so and so likes hairy men' - it might have been a joke, but some people don't have the same sense of humour as you, and din't find it funny. We're not saying stop having fun, but topics like that serve only to annoy.
Some people have accused us of favouritism in the past ie. certain people get away with saying stuff without a warning, and some don't. From now on, there'll be no swearing at all, BY ANYBODY on the site, whether you've been here a day or 3 years. Posts with swearing or offensive writing in them will be deleted, and depending on the severity of the post, will be warned/banned. This means everyone.
This shouldn't be hard to do, the vast majority of you are adults, or at least are mature enough to behave like civilised people. These are our forums, and you'll post on here by our rules, whether you like it or not. If anyone has any problems with this, let me know, but I'd like this to be a new start for these forums, with no stupid slanging matches between users, no *starring out* offensive posts and no deliberately getting people annoyed. If you've got something you wanna get out of your system, do it someplace else.
I hope you can all agree to these rules.
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would you mind if i keep it?
I bet Ali is smacking his head against the desk right now.
*Pats Ali on the head*
Aww
*Pats Ali on the head*
Aww
HálloHowArtThou wrote:
> Rosalind wrote:
> Your Tag-line is offensive to women anyway
>
> surely its better to be called the first one than the latter.
better but not good
> Rosalind wrote:
> Your Tag-line is offensive to women anyway
>
> surely its better to be called the first one than the latter.
better but not good
er-yes wrote:
> For your own reference. No it wasn't aimed at you, it was aimed in
> general. I am sure it would be a lot better for you to just post and
> say 'Thanks Ali, I understand' than keep asking questions. After all.
> What he said is so damn easy to understand and straight forward...
>
> meh, just saying.
Well, it may be all well and good for you to go through life burying your head in the sand, but for others, it's nice to have to full story, and also have a hand in ensuring the rules are fully enforced.
You're helping no-one. Go back to sleep!
> For your own reference. No it wasn't aimed at you, it was aimed in
> general. I am sure it would be a lot better for you to just post and
> say 'Thanks Ali, I understand' than keep asking questions. After all.
> What he said is so damn easy to understand and straight forward...
>
> meh, just saying.
Well, it may be all well and good for you to go through life burying your head in the sand, but for others, it's nice to have to full story, and also have a hand in ensuring the rules are fully enforced.
You're helping no-one. Go back to sleep!
Oh.. come on Mystique.. You know I am always trying to have a go with you.
Not posting in this topic anymore.
Not posting in this topic anymore.
Mr Snuggly wrote:
>Some people have accused us of favouritism in the past ie. certain people >get away with saying stuff without a warning, and some don't. From now >on, there'll be no swearing at all, BY ANYBODY on the site, whether >you've been here a day or 3 years. Posts with swearing or offensive >writing in them will be deleted, and depending on the severity of the >post, will be warned/banned. This means everyone.
Except Scouse Tw@t?
>Some people have accused us of favouritism in the past ie. certain people >get away with saying stuff without a warning, and some don't. From now >on, there'll be no swearing at all, BY ANYBODY on the site, whether >you've been here a day or 3 years. Posts with swearing or offensive >writing in them will be deleted, and depending on the severity of the >post, will be warned/banned. This means everyone.
Except Scouse Tw@t?
Rosalind wrote:
> Your Tag-line is offensive to women anyway
surely its better to be called the first one than the latter.
> Your Tag-line is offensive to women anyway
surely its better to be called the first one than the latter.
Rosalind wrote:
> I ask you again was that aimed at me because I was not 'trying' to be
> funny.
*******
I think he was having a go at me.
I can't see how your posts were funny, you were asking a serious question.
You go girl!
> I ask you again was that aimed at me because I was not 'trying' to be
> funny.
*******
I think he was having a go at me.
I can't see how your posts were funny, you were asking a serious question.
You go girl!
Rosalind wrote:
> I ask you again was that aimed at me because I was not 'trying' to be
> funny.
For your own reference. No it wasn't aimed at you, it was aimed in general. I am sure it would be a lot better for you to just post and say 'Thanks Ali, I understand' than keep asking questions. After all. What he said is so damn easy to understand and straight forward...
meh, just saying.
> I ask you again was that aimed at me because I was not 'trying' to be
> funny.
For your own reference. No it wasn't aimed at you, it was aimed in general. I am sure it would be a lot better for you to just post and say 'Thanks Ali, I understand' than keep asking questions. After all. What he said is so damn easy to understand and straight forward...
meh, just saying.
er-yes wrote:
> The main reason I don't like creating topics anymore is that I know it > won't be met with any seriousness by 80% of the posters on here. The
> other 20% are the users I hold a lot of respect too.
*
Which percentage am I in? ;-)
> The main reason I don't like creating topics anymore is that I know it > won't be met with any seriousness by 80% of the posters on here. The
> other 20% are the users I hold a lot of respect too.
*
Which percentage am I in? ;-)
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