CONSOLIDATED RULES FOR RELATIONSHIPS:
1.
Quote: New Rules
Mar 31st, 2008 at 7:43pm
Hello.
I'm your new Moderator.
Here, we have a simple Rule.
You are at my complete mercy.
Just here.
2.
Quote: Advice/Alert for all.
Aug 9th, 2016 at 9:21pm
While anyone who knows me will be aware that I will protect my patch.....said patch is not a place where the Forum Rules do not apply. Now that we have two additional GMods, I will not think twice about asking them to ban anyone who takes my latitude beyond what I am happy with.
It is a pain in the arse going through FD's process of implementing a ban here, so from now on, if I've had enough of abuse here, I'll go straight to Big Vic and Setanta asking them to cut through the red tape. They may well ignore me.
If said abuse is of me, I'll let them make the determination at first instance.
Stickied and locked.
3.
Quote: Rule on posting personal information.
Oct 6th, 2016 at 2:48pm
This is the Rule which applies to the entire Forum.
OzPolitic values the privacy of all members. Do not post personal information about other members without their explicit permission. This includes the contents of personal messages and emails, photos, names, IP addresses, phone numbers, locations etc. This includes information that can be found online and instructions on how to find information about specific members. Such behaviour is considered stalking.
I am clarifying that or extending it if you like and this bit applies just here in Relationships.
It will be entirely irrelevant to me that a person may have posted their personal details (names, address, telephone number, email addy) here at OzPol even in the last second if you repeat or do anything, as follows. Do not repeat that information or post a link to it or anything similar unless your doing so is accompanied by the express consent given and specifically addressed to you personally by the relevant person immediately prior to your repeating it or posting a link to it or anything similar. Your post which contains the repeat as aforesaid must contain a statement which identifies where and when that consent addressed to you personally was given to you by the relevant person.
For example....let's say I posted at 5.00 am this morning that my name is Joe Blow. You will not be entitled to repeat that or post a link to it unless you have contacted me after 5.00 am this morning and I give you consent to repeating that name or providing a link or similar to it immediately before you do so. Let's say you contact me at 5.30 am this morning seeking my consent. I send that consent back to you at 4.00 pm this afternoon. You read it at 4.01 pm. You may only post the said information immediately, not any later.
So, there are two new elements. (a) That consent must be addressed to you personally, not generally. (b) There is a time limit on how long that consent remains valid.
A breach of this Rule will have serious consequences.
4.
Quote: Proxy posts for perm. banned person.
Mar 11th, 2017 at 2:14pm
On another Thread, a member has been posting quotes made elsewhere by a person who is permanently banned at OzPol.
I've given that matter some thought over the last day, and have decided that in Relationships, no-one may relay messages or requests or quote posts on behalf of any such person. For example, if elsewhere, such a person asks that a Member post something on their behalf here, doing so, is not allowed.
Even if that person makes no such request, anything of that kind which is posted here breaches this, and it will be deleted. If there are repeats, then further action is likely.
The whole point of a permanent ban is that the banned person may not 'communicate' with this Board in any way. What I have termed, 'proxy posts' defeat that purpose, and are not permitted in Relationships.
5.
Quote: Member Names in Thread Titles.
Nov 20th, 2016 at 12:02pm
I'd prefer that a Member's name not appear in Tread Titles. If that does occur, it will be up to my discretion whether it remains as is, or I modify it, depending on the circumstances and Thread content.
6.
Asking/suggesting/promoting Bans:
From the 23rd July, 2017, I will be hiding/deleting any Thread commenced here or moved here if the purpose is to ask or suggest or promote that a person be banned. Same will apply to any posts of that kind that I see.