Message Board Etiquette

Its only fair that we have some guidelines for using our Message Board. We are trying to be a family web site for all ages of Pars fans all around the world. We are also aiming to provide a link between Dunfermline fans and the football club itself. Please note the following basic rules of membership of the message board on DAFC.net.

The List Charter:
A friendly discussion mailing list for DAFC fans around the world wishing to offer or seek advise, share experiences, exchange information or contact other Pars fans. Before subscribing (or after!) please read and agree to abide by the following rules.

The BIG print: (simple, important basics)
Always check the subject line is correct for what you are talking about!
Don`t start individual flame wars!
Don`t self promote or promote yourself into sudden notoriety!
Don`t be rude or abusive!
Don`t post in capital letters, it is rude netiquette!
Don`t call anyone naughty names... etc, etc!
Use your common sense BEFORE you hit post!

Now the small print..........
Please do not use the list as a forum for personal correspondence with any one member. Posts should try to be relevant to the entire community. Personal mail should be between relevant individuals only. A small amount of "chit chat" is allowed providing the general conversation is in keeping with the overall membership of the list. If this gets out of hand, posts will be removed to bring some form of order to the board. Please do not start threads marked FAO someone! These will be removed or renamed if you do.

Due to the volume of messages posted, please be sensitive about the subject/topic heading of your message. If you are replying to post, you should be able to change the subject heading as necessary. Careful attention to subject headings will allow our members to selectively scan the messages they want to read.

Posts that are abusive or insulting towards DAFC players or staff help no one. Any such posts will be deleted.

Idiotic, pointless posts offering nothing, or other abusive posts that serve no purpose may be deleted.

Rumours that could harm the business of the club and/or players will be deleted.

You will be held responsible for any message you post and should any complaints be received we will help the authorities trace the offending user. We attempt to remove offending posts as best we can given time, but we can`t be held responsible for any posts. Please email us if you have a problem with any message and we will deal with it as quick as we can.

The quoting of private e-mail in a public forum without the consent of all the quoted author(s) is considered a gross breach of netiquette.

Short or prolonged flame wars are not acceptable and the perpetrators will be dealt with!

Repeated posting of imagary/pictures slows down loading speeds, please do not do this.

By posting a message you agree that it may be deleted by admin if it is deemed unsuitable(for a wide variety of reasons). Please do not get into a flame war with admin regarding this issue on the forum, it will likely lead to potential yellow or red card.

Yellow cards will be issued to anyone continually breaking the rules, for a period of a week. A second Yellow during this period means you get a Red card for a week during which time you will not be able to post any more messages. Occasionally it is necessary to issue a straight Red card when someone gets completely out of hand.

A Black card indicates that someone has been banned. When this happens all previous posts will be deleted.

Where it is suspected that a “banned” or "red carded" user has simply regained access to the Forums under another name the new account will also be closed. It is therefore not very clever to announce yourself to be a "red carded" poster back in disguise.

Do not use "text talk" in posts. Generally considered to be rude, continued use will result in a yellow card appearing for a week.

Intimidating or offensive messages, sexism, racism, commercial advertising, chain letters and mail spams are NOT permitted and the posters may be permanently banned from the list.

Do not use excessively long signatures. No more than a couple of lines are the generally accepted rule.

File attachments of any kind are NOT permitted on the list.

The overall majority of the list is English speaking, so posts to the list should be in English language only.

You must be a member of the list in order to post messages to it, and you may only post from the email address that you are subscribed with. This restriction is necessary in order to prevent junk mail and spam from hitting the list distribution.

If you want to change your username, email any of the admin team saying what name you want.

The list maintainers reserve the right to ban an individual from the list at any time if the subscriber has been in breach of any of the above rules governing membership, and at his/her own discretion. This has the effect of permanently removing their ability to post messages and all previous posts will be deleted.

The sending of abusive email to any of the DAFC.net Admin staff will result in the sender being immediately banned form the site and all previous posts will be deleted.

By subscribing to this list, it is assumed that you have read and agree to abide by all the terms and conditions listed above.

Happy posting!