New forum rules will be PM'd to everybody this evening. Any new members will have to agree to these as part of the end user licence agreement. They are also posted below. Many thanks to UEA_Hornet for the hard work involved in these. Welcome to WFC Forums! An unofficial Watford FC fans forum Forum Rules Posts containing the following are not permitted: - Threatening, abusive, racist, vulgar or violent language; - Swearing - Pornographic content (linking to or directly posting any media containing nudity or sex); - Promotion of drugs - Libellous accusations (as a very basic rule of thumb, if you can’t prove it in court don’t post it). - Users must respect the other members privacy. Publishing of members or non members private contact details without express permission is a breach of trust and will likely be subject to an instant life ban. Also not permitted: - Harassment of other users or moderators; - Multiple accounts; - Impersonation of other users, moderators or outside individuals; - Abuse of the live shoutbox feature. If you break these rules: - You can at first expect to be warned both publicly and privately; - If you continue in your conduct you can expect to be banned for a length of time to be decided wholly at the discretion of the moderators. - Actions bad enough to warrant an instant ban will not necessarily get a warning, and could also lead to a life ban If while banned: - You attempt to post on WFC Forums using an alternative account you can expect your ban to be increased in length. WFC Forums and its moderators: - Reserve the right to edit/delete any post or thread at any time without explanation; - Reserve the right to decide the length of any ban wholly at their own discretion; - Reserve the right to ban users for life; - Reserve the right to alter these Forum Rules at any time; - Are not liable in any way for the postings of members. A Reminder WFC Forums are a free service provided to you for the benefit of Watford supporters everywhere, however we welcome supporters from other clubs, for good natured comment and banter. All members who abide by the rules are very welcome. Like all forums there is a certain level of etiquette expected from all users. Therefore the following would be best avoided: - Posting in ‘txt spk’ as it is not understandable to all users; - Spamming the boards with advertising or threads with entirely off topic posts; - Supporting Luton; - ‘Bumping’ of random old threads back to the top of the forums for no good reason - Posting threads in the incorrect forums. WFC Forums has a forum for pretty much everything, football related or not. We welcome non-football chat but please try to keep it to the non-football forums provided; - Posting in Capitals is considered shouting and can be annoying if over used - Entirely personal conversations. If you’re making match meeting arrangements try to stick to the appropriate forum – otherwise we have a wonderful Private Messaging (PM) system available to all members. This can be found in the top right-hand corner of any page. Obviously this is primarily a football forum and as such you can expect the language used at times to be passionate and to the point, while debates can often get heated. By all means be controversial – we like a good debate as much as anywhere else – however please be aware that threads that are too controversial will be moved from public view at the discretion of the moderators. Try not to take anything too personally however if you feel you are being unnecessarily abused you can click the ‘Report Post’ button at any time (the small ‘!’ in a triangle). Reported posts are seen by all moderators and are often discussed before action is taken. Please remember the search function which can be found in the menu bar across the top of every page on WFC Forums. Try to do a search before starting a thread on a topic – particularly if your topic is likely to have been discussed in the near past. By doing this you’ll be saving the moderators from having to constantly merge threads. Finally, if you’re unsure about anything you’re about to post feel free to contact a WFC Forums moderator first for guidance. Suggestions for further forum improvements are also welcomed – already we have seen several popular innovations suggested by members which have later been made into a reality. Once again, welcome to WFC Forums! [July 2007]
A Warning I've had to edit / delete several threads today already. If you can't prove it in a court of law DON'T POST IT. I would rather take the forum off line for good than be sued by my own club. Persistent offenders will face bans if necessary.
Insulting Other Forum Users On a football related forum there will be banter. Usually here this has been done with good humour, and there has been give and take from both sides. Recently this has begun to go too far, and in the last few weeks has overstepped the line considerably. Being an Admin for this place means I don't always keep up with the daily comings and goings, as much of the time is spent updating, fixing, tweaking etc. The same can be said of the mods. Sometimes I don't see the wood from the trees. So when I took time last night and today to study recent threads I was pretty shocked by the level of abuse dished out to certain forum users on here. This has got to stop and will stop from today. This forum will not be going down the same path as the old officials and other Watford related sites. Therefore any personal abuse from this point forward that I or the mods feel is over the line WILL result in an infraction or a ban. Continued abuse will result in a permanent ban. A line in the sand has been drawn and will not be crossed anymore. People have the right to post anything they like here without being abused for their thoughts. To all Forum Users, use the "report post" icon against any post you feel is over the line and I'll deal with it personally. Any report made is totally anonymous to everyone except myself and the mods.
