Post by Rascarin on Mar 27, 2011 12:17:44 GMT 1
Ok, I've just got back off my holiday, and I've been informed of some unpleasantness going around the forums while I've been away. Mr Buch has given me the rundown, and I've done my own looking around at the aftermath.
From what I can gather, this all started in a thread that had comments from two parties, one joking about pedophilia and the other trivialising child abuse. Offense was taken by one of these parties at their comment being moderated, and a whole lot of childishness erupted from there.
My first point is this - Any joke about pedophilia, abuse, rape or anything along those lines is completely unaccpetable. Suggesting a person is a pedophile or that they have been abused is completely unacceptable. I agree entirely with the action taken by Mr Buch in removing the offending comments from the site, and the remainder of the comments will be removed shortly.
Similarly, posts calling into the question the validity of a persons lifestyle choices are not acceptable. We accept people from ALL walks of life, and do not judge them.
As well as messages in the public forum, messages sent by PM are also bound by the same rule system. Offensive PM's should be sent to a moderator for us to take action.
This is a friendly forum - we all tend to get along pretty well, and some of you may think that the rules are more lax because of that. This is not the case. I don't care who you are, how long you've been posting here, how nice you seem, or anything - if you break my rules, I will take action. As you know, Mr Buch is a moderator - this means that when he makes a judgement, it is as good as coming from me. He has the power to give warnings, delete offensive content and even ban members. I trust his judgement, and I expect all of you to do so as well.
Mr Buch is an official arm of the law here. Members are not. If you find another user posting offensive content, do not take the law into your own hands. If you do not like an avatar or signature, inform a moderator and WE will decide the relevant action. There is no room here for vigilantes. Watchguarding and rule-reminding are of course encouraged, but do not assume yourself to be the enforcer of rules.
Another important point to re-iterate; multiple accounts are a very good way to piss me off. Multiple posts are another good way of doing this. Do not think that a warning will not transfer from one account to another - we are vigilant, and we will notice.
There is NO room on this forum for any internet tough-guys. Spamming the forum is childish and pathetic, and none of us are impressed. We will ban you, and get on with our lives.
Right. That's pretty much everything I wanted to say. If I seem harsh, it's because I'm very disappointed that this had to happen at all. I expected better. The offending parties have been issued Final Warnings - this is your last chance. Do not test me.
To the rest of you - sorry this had to happen. Thanks for dealing with it well.
From what I can gather, this all started in a thread that had comments from two parties, one joking about pedophilia and the other trivialising child abuse. Offense was taken by one of these parties at their comment being moderated, and a whole lot of childishness erupted from there.
My first point is this - Any joke about pedophilia, abuse, rape or anything along those lines is completely unaccpetable. Suggesting a person is a pedophile or that they have been abused is completely unacceptable. I agree entirely with the action taken by Mr Buch in removing the offending comments from the site, and the remainder of the comments will be removed shortly.
Similarly, posts calling into the question the validity of a persons lifestyle choices are not acceptable. We accept people from ALL walks of life, and do not judge them.
As well as messages in the public forum, messages sent by PM are also bound by the same rule system. Offensive PM's should be sent to a moderator for us to take action.
This is a friendly forum - we all tend to get along pretty well, and some of you may think that the rules are more lax because of that. This is not the case. I don't care who you are, how long you've been posting here, how nice you seem, or anything - if you break my rules, I will take action. As you know, Mr Buch is a moderator - this means that when he makes a judgement, it is as good as coming from me. He has the power to give warnings, delete offensive content and even ban members. I trust his judgement, and I expect all of you to do so as well.
Mr Buch is an official arm of the law here. Members are not. If you find another user posting offensive content, do not take the law into your own hands. If you do not like an avatar or signature, inform a moderator and WE will decide the relevant action. There is no room here for vigilantes. Watchguarding and rule-reminding are of course encouraged, but do not assume yourself to be the enforcer of rules.
Another important point to re-iterate; multiple accounts are a very good way to piss me off. Multiple posts are another good way of doing this. Do not think that a warning will not transfer from one account to another - we are vigilant, and we will notice.
There is NO room on this forum for any internet tough-guys. Spamming the forum is childish and pathetic, and none of us are impressed. We will ban you, and get on with our lives.
Right. That's pretty much everything I wanted to say. If I seem harsh, it's because I'm very disappointed that this had to happen at all. I expected better. The offending parties have been issued Final Warnings - this is your last chance. Do not test me.
To the rest of you - sorry this had to happen. Thanks for dealing with it well.