Charter (UPDATED 11/02/2015) Please read before posting!

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Welcome to the angling forum, Here are the rules and guidlines designed to make everyones life that bit easier.




ALWAYS READ THE CHARTER!

The charter contains all the rules and guidelines. The charter may be updated at any time. Make sure you are up to date.
This is a requirement, and ignorance is not an excuse. There are different charters for every forum on Boards.ie, and reading them will prevent any problems.

Rules

There is no free speech!
-This is a privately owned website. You do not have the right to say whatever you want on here. You are expected to obey the rules just like anyone else. Not following the rules will get you banned. It is very simple. You are allowed to discuss anything as long as it doesn't break the following rules.

Advertising
- Topics/posts that contain this will be both edited/locked or deleted. If you wish to buy add space, contact an admin.
- Regular angling forum users will be given some leeway to link to ads on adverts. Any abuse will lead to a ban.

Flaming
- Posts containing personal attacks on another user will be edited/deleted. Poster will be banned.


Spamming
- Posts that are just complete nonsense will be deleted. You do not need to post threads in multiple forums. You may ask a Moderator if you think the post is important.

Racism
- Topics/posts containing such will be edited/deleted accordingly. A ban will apply to the poster.

Porn
- Topics/posts containing such will be deleted on sight. This is a severe offence. The minimum ban handed out will be one month. Permanent bans will also be handed out for this. If you are linking to an external website that might contain "newspaper" nudity or contains sexual reference, please make sure you mark it "Not safe for work"

Off Topic
- Posts that stray off topic will be edited/deleted, depending on their relevance to the topic at hand. People who ignore a moderator's request to stay on topic will be banned for a week.

Phone numbers
- Posting other people phone numbers is a bannable offence. You should never post your own number on a thread as it is not guaranteed to be safe.

Posting in "rtrd"
- Using txtspk n ur psts is cnsdrd been rlly stpd cuz u hv qwert kbd n ur pc so xpct 2 b wrnd. Please don't do this, this is not a bannable offence but repeat offenders might be "asked" to take a break from posting.

Personal Abuse
- Posters who abuse others on here will be banned. Permanent bans will be handed out on a first offence if a moderator feels it is warranted. There is no argument on this one. Abuse someone and you will be banned. Calling someone an idiot is abuse. Don't attack the poster, attack the post.
- Attacks on public figures should have be based on actions and without swear words.
'Joe Bloggs is a ******' for example is not a valid contribution. Similar posts will likely result in at least
an infraction, possibly a ban for the poster

Pointless Threads and Polls
- Posting any pointless thread or poll will result in the thread being locked. You can be banned for this. Think before you post. If you don't have anything to say then don't bother posting a new thread. Please try to comment as much as you can on any threads you create. If you create a thread in which you ask people to contribute in, contribute first.

Arguing with a moderator
- Do not argue with a moderator in a thread after they have given a warning or a ban etc. If you have an issue with a moderator's action then PM the mod in question. They will discuss it with you. You can then, if unsatisfied with the PM route, take things to Feedback.

Giving cheek or attitude to a moderator will get you banned.

If you have a beef with a mod and want to have a rant do it either on PM or in Feedback.

Reporting Posts
Any thread or post that contravenes the charter should be reported. When reporting a post, make sure you have good reason. Someone disagreeing with you is not a troll, not all arguments are abusive etc. Abusing this feature is frowned upon.

Registering a New Account to Circumvent a Ban
- This will get all accounts site-banned.

General Posting Guidelines
Please navigate around the forums before starting a new thread. Use the search function if you think something may have been posted before.
Before you post a thread, consider the following:

- If you've a question about too-good-to-be-true deals from a Chinese website then yes, it is too good to be true.

- If people want to read larger or smaller fonts then let them control that with their own browser. Don't format your post in 'headache'.

- Is what I'm about to post relevant, coherent and funny or in any way interesting?

- Does it add to the forum or is it another thread which is taking up space?

- Has it been posted before?

-Is it suitable for this forum?

Do not encourage violence towards poachers
It is both Silly and dangerous.

No fish kill videos please.

We would ask that the correct term of "Fisheries Officer" / "Sea Fisheries Officer" be used to describe members of Inland Fisheries Ireland who patrol our rivers and lakes and seas and that the use of the term "bailiff" not be used.

Use the Summer mackerel thread for any queries, chat or reports, do not start a new thread. Infraction will apply

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