Rules & principles to guide participation on this forum

[ian neal]

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE NUMBER 1
DON'T MAKE FORUM CRITICISM OR ABUSIVE PERSONAL REMARKS ON THE FORUM If you have a grievance of some sort about a post here first try to sort things out with whoever you have the problem with using Private Messages (PMs) or Email.

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE NUMBER 2
Always have a good look around using the search facility to see if there are old topics you can add to before posting a new one.


If you find yourself getting nowhere get in touch with the site moderators, using PMs, who, if they deem it important enough, will share and discuss your concerns with other moderators.

I post here the suggestions of Justin on how we should communicate with each other to prompt a discussion about how these boards should be managed/moderated.
* These principles have since been added to by me (TonyG).

Forum Rules - designed to achieve real teamwork amongst 9/11 Truth activists:

1. Always treat people as you wish to be treated yourself.
2. Respect for moderators and the website, abslolutely no abuse of or mind games with moderators.
3. Always be polite with your e-mails and PMs - even if you disagree vehemently.
4. If making a 'new post' take the time to make sure it hasn't already been posted using the site's search facility and be sure to put it in the correct section.
5. A degree of humility is not a bad thing – leave your egos at home.
6. Always keep a sense of humour – a shared laugh defuses all sorts of situations.
7. Embrace the philosophy of non-violence and peaceful protest.
8. Don't post PMs or other private communications on the public forum without the permission of the originator.
9. Do your utmost not to go public with personal issues and then only after making attempts to resolve issues one-to-one.
10. Pervade a Spirit of Goodwill at all times – always try to be positive in the face of adversity.
11. React and respond quickly to approaches made by people as well as events and don't be put off by failure.
12. Look out for one another – a 'well done' goes a long way.
13. No unkind comments directed at terror attack survivors or victims' families, or their representatives.
14. No consistent posting of inappropriate trivia and questions which can easily be answered using a search engine.
15. No discussion Denying the Holocaust or pushing the Protocols of Zion.
16. No public requests for private information... by PM only.
17. No aggressively sarcastic PMs (see no 2 above)
18. No legal threats

Any contravention of these rules may lead to your immediate suspension or banning by any of the moderators depending on the severity of the rule break.

Always post in the appropriate section and use the search facility to add to existing topics wherever possible.

Special note on the discussion of violence:

[Andrew Johnson]

Sorry - isn't this post better in the "Suggestions" list?

Other than that, I think it's a great list of guidelines, which I wholeheartedly agree with.

[xmasdale]

I think each section of the forum needs a moderator to delete but archive posts which are out of date and no longer relevant. This particularly applies to the Events section

Noel

[TonyGosling]

Attachments are generally only viewable and downloadable if you are a registered user.

Here is the text everybody has signed up to when they register here - please bear it in mind.