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  • 4 years later...

With the start of the footy season just round the corner the moderating team thought we'd outline the approach we will take this season.

Demonland is a footy discussion forum designed for the enjoyment of its members who want to discuss all things Demon and all things footy. It provides us with an opportunity to express our opinions, vent our feelings and chat with others of similar interest. The site has been created in support of the club and the players. That doesn't preclude criticism if valid and warranted but does mean that we will not accept posts that go beyond the bounds of fair comment about the club or the players.

Whilst we know that footy is a game that evokes passion and that passion on occasions moves some of us to express our views inappropriately it is imperative that common sense prevail and respect for our Football Club, our players and the people that post here be maintained.

Please keep in mind that Demonland membership is available to everyone and that ANY member of the public can view its contents. People who read this forum can range from law enforcement agencies checking on the legality of comments to very young children wanting to find information on the Demons. You MUST post remembering this and post accordingly or your rights to post will be removed. If you see a post that frustrates you remember:

1. Everyone is entitled to express an opinion but with that entitlement goes responsibility to observe the code of conduct and use common sense.

2. That the person whose post you think is "outrageously stupid" can be anyone from the law enforcement agency to the youngest of supporters.

3. That there is no place on this forum for personal abuse of other posters. This is a zero tolerance requirement.

4. Player abuse is the most difficult area to moderate. Whilst we do not want to stifle player comment and criticism player abuse is NOT acceptable. Comments should be constructive and not destructive. Comments such as "player X is useless" or "player X is crap" are NOT acceptable. Comments such as "player X would need to improve to stay on our list" or "player X was poor today because ...." are acceptable. Common sense will be your best guide here but if you think something is marginal don't say it.

5. Abuse on racial, political or religious grounds will not be tolerated.

6. As moderators we do our best to moderate fairly and maintain the posting environment of the forum but we are volunteers and provide our time as and when we are able to. No moderator will read every post, moderators will view situations differently and some will have more time than others to explain their moderating decisions to members.

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I've been reading a number of threads in the past couple of days where topics degenerate as a result of personal abuse by posters towards others.

I ask posters to note the following:-

Code Of Conduct

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With regard to posts on the Demonland Forums, the Demonland Administrators and Moderators reserve the right to edit and/or remove posts that are considered to be:

Acts of personal abuse

That's the first item ... and I'll be asking the moderators to take a stricter position on personal abuse from now on.

Thanks

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Hey guys, the concept that "this is a public forum so I can say what I like" is not correct. This is a privately owned forum, hosted and run by sine very generous individuals on a voluntary basis. It's it is "public" because anyone can see it, however it is up to the owner(s) to decide what you can and can't post about on this forum.

If they say be nice, be nice. It's their house.

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I've been reading a number of threads in the past couple of days where topics degenerate as a result of personal abuse by posters towards others.

I ask posters to note the following:-Code Of Conduct

...

With regard to posts on the Demonland Forums, the Demonland Administrators and Moderators reserve the right to edit and/or remove posts that are considered to be:

Acts of personal abuse

That's the first item ... and I'll be asking the moderators to take a stricter position on personal abuse from now on.

Thanks

There seems to be a belief that if a thread is opened under a particular heading this gives the poster licence to post anything they want about that subject.

Not true around here (see above).

Here's the second item ...

Acts of racial, political or religious abuse

Stereotyping particular aspects of a person's appearance or behaviour comes clearly under the definition of such abuse. You should be aware of this especially when making comment on sensitive subjects.

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News travels fast.

The action taken was vindicated and we will not tolerate abuse of mods either in direct discussion on boards or by PMs - in this case, the banning was as a result of both.

Posters should be aware that they should respond to PMs by answering the person they are conversing with and not by email which results in my becoming involved as the moderator receiving the emails.

This is not the first time we have had to take action over abuse which was partly due to the contents of a PM.

 Like umpires, it's very easy for those who are not moderators to criticise decisions we have to make - a lot more difficult being a moderator

I won't be taking any further correspondence on this matter but I am happy to take applications for moderator positions.

Thank you.

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