GNATS IF THE REBUKE WAS JUST I WOULD SAY SORRY,THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS..

WELL HORWICHBENDER YOU SEEM TO LIKE FITTING THE SURFER UP,ONLY THE MODERATORS KNOW THE TRUTH..................YOU TAKE CARE NOW

Can I remind all that when you register , you agree to the following:

You agree not to post any abusive, vulgar, obscene, hateful, slanderous, threatening, sexually-oriented or any other material that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to you being permanently banned from this forum. Note that all IP address are logged and may aid in enforcing these conditions.

I would ask that if anyone considers postings to infringe these conditions, then would they use the 'Report Abusive' button to alert people.

The forum has taken a downward turn recently, with a small number of contributors responsible for most of it.

The situation is being monitored, and unless some restraint is shown and self moderation prevails, action will have to be taken.

Cheers

Jon.

Being a member of many forums for many different reasons I know you have to take the rough with the smooth.

But I must admit a forum where there are not many members and most of them relatively new, i.e. less than two years, like this one and where they snipe at each other so much I have not come across before. There are definitely people here with problems who use this forum as a way of venting their anger.

I find the postings of RSS funny and I can see he knows a lot about the area and is an asset  to the forum, how anyone can critisize him so much is unbelievable and they should step back for a minute or two and question why they do it. Then they should question if they are of any gain/use to this forum.

Totally agree with the person who starts a thread about history that turns into a large debate about a chip shop, methinks moderators should move/delete posts a bit more to stop that happening. I must admit I did find it funny about an earth shattering event such as a new chip shop should create such a large debate, I think there are people on here connected to that chip shop, and not the person that keeps being asked!

Still I find it an overall interesting forum, and I know I am new to it, and when some members either come to their senses or leave it will be even better.

I will now shut up and await a response, off to the chippy later today:)

Edited by user 23 September 2009 07:57:00(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Just a thought.

Could we have a new section where people can have games with other people about who they are and who they are not, and really anything else that is not to do with Whaley.

The idea being that we can have sections regarding Whaley itself so we don't have to wade through "fun" stuff to get to the meat.

Just a thought.

It's a good suggestion but it would be difficult to isolate the "fun and banter" as it usually arises from the original topic of the thread. Some fascinating and informative threads have recently included a comic element without detracting too much from the subject and have perhaps added a little enjoyment.  Surely all we can ask is that people try not to stray too far and stay within the guidelines of the forum.

I do agree that humour is a very important part of the forum, within a topic or even as an aside remark however funny is valid, its really only when things stray and stay strayed permanently that the topic could be re-stared under a different heading, subject or section. I wouldn't like to see houmour disappear from this forum but do feel perhaps its beginning, sometimes, to stray a little too far and is putting some contributors off making valid points.

Although I share the concerns of other forum members about the content of recent postings, I think we have to be very careful here. We could end up with the situation where administrators are making personal judgements about whether the content of a posting is suitable or not. We have already had instances of postings being removed at the request of local councillors because they consider them to be inconsiderate and impolite. Just ask R. Stephenson-Smythe or Fedup.

At the moment we live in a country where there is freedom of speech and as long as the post is not sexually-oriented, vulgar, obscene, threatening, hateful, abusive, or slanderous it should not be edited, deleted or moved by any moderator.

R.S-S has been the target of recent attacks but has risen above them and stated they do not offend him. I believe we should all take the lead from R. S-S and simply ignore certain comments which appear to be coming from one individual.

I've had a post removed on this forum without explanation. I still have no idea why it was deleted because in no way could it be described as offensive. Censorship is a very dangerous route to go down and is not something to be encouraged.

We are all adults and should act accordingly. If there is someone making unsavory comments just ignore them and eventually they will go away. We do not need moderators deciding what is, or is not appropriate. 

   J J