Rule Breaches
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Rule Breaches
Moderators will normally warn a user first if they have done something which is against our rules. That should give the member a clear indication of what is and isn't acceptable behavior, so that it doesn't happen again.

However, if a member steps way over the line, or ignores a warning, then a Moderator can issue points against that members account. Repeated abuse of the forum (20 active points) will see a member’s account temporarily suspended (“On Warning”) and the member will not have posting privileges during this “On Warning” period (explained below).

After Points have expired, posting rights will be restored, however the forum retains a record of a members past points and if any time in the future a member over-steps the line again, moderators will either issue further points (this time non-expiring permanent points), or will place the members account into “On Warning” (equal to 20 points) where it will remain pending a review by a Forum Advisor who depending on the nature of the abuse, may decide to permanently ban this member.

The following is a list of reasons for which you may receive a Warning or Guideline Breach:

Insulted Other Member(s)
Provocative Trolling
Disruptive Spamming
Posting Copyrighted Material
Posting Pornography
Trivial One Word Post
Advertisements Not Allowed
Hijacking Threads
Racism
Criticising Moderation on the Forum
Threatening another member
Threatening a Moderator
Overtly Aggressive/Argumentative behavior
Custom Notices (Moderator discretion)

If a member ignores a moderator warning they will be given points as follows:

First time rule breaches are worth 3 points and the points expire in 3 days.
Subsequent breaches are worth 5 points and expire in 5 days.
Repeated abuse breaches are worth 10 points and expire in 10 days.

Account Restrictions and Banning:
Once a member has accumulated 20 active points, their account will be placed into “On Warning” and the member will be restricted from posting on the forum for a period of time to be decided by a Forum Advisor or the Forum Manager. The posting restriction period will last for a period of no less than 10 days and no more than 30 days - depending on the nature of the abuse - and the member will be notified of this decision.

In the case of gross misconduct, repeated and/or offensive abuses, a Forum Advisor has the right to permanently ban a user at his/her discretion, or issue non-expiring permanent points. Once 20 permanent points have been issued the member will be permanently banned.

The Administrators of this site reserve the right to issue custom rule breaches. In extreme circumstances we reserve the right to permanently ban anybody at our discretion and without notice. This may happen for a number of reasons, including; the member is a known spammer, a previously banned user, posts or PMs hostile threats, posts another persons personal details on the threads, abuse of the forum using multiple user accounts, using other members IDs to abusing the forum, or if the member has a known posting history of abuse on this or other forums.

We also reserve the right without warning to mark an account as “Inactive” in order to temporarily prevent posting should such a need arise. This may happen in the case of drunk and disorderly behavior or any other unforeseen circumstance whereby a Moderator may see the need to take preventative action in order to avert a permanent banning. Members will stay “Inactive” pending a review of the circumstance that necessitated such action. This review will take place within 48 hours.

Please read the Forum and Communication Guidelines, Terms and Conditions and Rules and Etiquette CAREFULLY, as we do not like giving out points. If you do not feel you can agree to comply with our Terms and Conditions then it may not be worth your while applying for membership.


Sean Adl
Webmaster & Producer
Davidicke.com / David Icke Books

A bit off topic but has anyone ever seen the rules page for the Dick Gaughan forum?

https://www.dickgaughan.co.uk/forum/rules.html

This is not a democracy.

I put in a lot of work and destroyed many braincells setting it up and road-testing it, I pay rent for the server it lives on, I pay the bandwidth costs, and I spend some of what little spare time I get on forum maintenance. All of which means it's my ball and I get to pick the game. So it's not a democracy, it's a benign dictatorship. You want a democracy, it's ridiculously simple to get one - go and set one up.

No prejudices.

It should go without saying, but absolutely no sexism, racism, ethnophobia, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, or any other kind of phobias will be tolerated in here, thank you very much. Diversity is the norm here, all will be treated in exactly the same way as everyone else and any perceived difference will get you neither prejudiced nor preferential treatment.

(Unless you're a 107 year old gay purple-haired green-skinned Transylvanian omnivorous wheelchair-using Conservative transgendered Taoist and you play guitar better than me, in which case you get to buy the next round.)

Daniel's Law

On Usenet, there is something called Godwin's Law. This states that if one participant in a discussion calls another a Nazi or compares them to Hitler, the thread has degenerated into personal abuse and there is no possibility of further rational discussion.

Our equivalent of that is Daniel's Law.

Once someone mentions Daniel O'Donnell, the discussion has deteriorated to the point where no further rational debate is possible and so it should be left to die a dignified death.

Sharing articles is posting copyrighted material. I frequently did it there and have here, though I provide the corresponding link and note the author. I suppose that's still reproducing copyrighted material.

They don't use the black Suburbans anymore!?

Well, I guess if copyrighted material is presented as the poster's work (when it is not) that is wrong and just unethical.

What's with this one - "if the member has a known posting history of abuse on this or other forums"?

I mean,I trolled a troll on Facebook earlier,are they gonna ban me??? >_<

myshoono wrote:

DIF is gettin all retroactive and Patriot Act-ish up in this piece!!

When it comes to trying to dictate to me what I can or can't say off-forum, that's when they can take their phemohilia membership account and drive it to the darkside of their spaceship mooned asses!! Fuck 'em, I'll stay active there for as long as the reality will hold but if it comes to getting banned I won't sweat it, there's just better forums out there!! *cough* this one!! *cough*

phemohilia wrote:
Haha I've only been there a little while,but have noticed people getting banned for...???? Well,I can't figure it out. The lady that ended her posts with "rainbows" (and I think Jane) - how on earth did she manage to get banned? It's like the twilight zone.

It seems the cardinal sin is talking about the moderators and,strangely,David Icke himself (and the latter doesn't even have to be in a derogatory manner).

Haha I've only been there a little while,but have noticed people getting banned for...???? Well,I can't figure it out. The lady that ended her posts with "rainbows" (and I think Jane) - how on earth did she manage to get banned? It's like the twilight zone.

It seems the cardinal sin is talking about the moderators and,strangely,David Icke himself (and the latter doesn't even have to be in a derogatory manner).

Rainbows

Jane

What's even more fucked up still is that the moderators (and I use that term very, very loosely!) went into all 1500 posts of Jane's (username angelchemuel) and edited her sign-off out of the posts!! She'd sign off like this:

And those sad fucks went in and changed the Jane to her username angelchemuel!! How's THAT for insecure?? WTF are they trying to hide??

myshoono wrote:
What's even more fucked up still is that the moderators (and I use that term very, very loosely!) went into all 1500 posts of Jane's (username angelchemuel) and edited her sign-off out of the posts!! She'd sign off like this:

And those sad fucks went in and changed the Jane to her username angelchemuel!! How's THAT for insecure?? WTF are they trying to hide??