Charter & Rules - READ BEFORE POSTING (*UPDATED July 4th 2014*)

Stargal

Welcome to the Celebrity and Showbiz forum. The Rules:

• Keep it respectful. The fact that Celebrities are discussed here is not an excuse to post innuendo or sexist comments. Posts that are deemed over the mark in this respect will be removed, and further
  action taken if deemed appropriate. Any posts referring to a celeb/public figure by way of profanity may be moderated if language is deemed excessive.
  
  
• Replies along the lines of 'Who?' in an attempt to show contempt/disregard for a public figure are not funny. A certain level of computer aptitude is presumed if you're posting on a forum.
  If you genuinely don't know who the person under discussion is, use Google. If you can't or wont use a search engine, that's an issue outside of Boards.ie.
  
  
• This forum is to discuss Celebrities and Showbiz – irrelevant, off-topic, overly insulting and/or nonsense posts or threads will be locked or deleted.
  
  
• No posting anything that could be construed as libelous and could put Boards at risk of being sued. This means no unfounded allegations about, for example drug/alcohol abuse, sexuality or the personal life or celebrities. Any posts containing major allegations (e.g.: “xxx has just been arrested for drug possession! I always knew that this would happen….”) must be backed up with a link to the news story.
  
• No name-calling or insulting other users. If you disagree with something then attack the post, not the poster.
  
  
• Threads which are started to simply post random paparazzi photos of celebs will be locked as they don’t contribute anything to the forum. If you want to post them then you need to make a comment about them.
  
  
• No posting links to illegal stuff (including porn, or requesting links to porn/celeb tapes)
  
• If you see a post that goes against the charter rules or that you think is inappropriate then click on the Report Post button and a message will automatically be sent to the Mods of this forum
  
  
• No advertising. Threads or posts that contain advertising will be locked or deleted.
  
  
• Arguing with a mod decision on thread will result in an infraction, followed by a ban if it's continued. Take any issues with moderating decisions to PM or to the Helpdesk.
  
  
• Posts along the lines of 'Who is X' don't add anything to discussion, and aren't funny.
  If you're genuinely unsure, use Google.
  
  

Breaking any of these rules will result in a ban from the forum.

If you have any queries about any of this then PM one of the Mods.

Thanks for reading and happy posting

Stargal

Users who post in the forum to ask why issues relating to celeb/showbiz are being discussed will be banned for trolling. Seriously, how dumb can you be?

Stargal

From now on, all threads must follow these guidelines:

- The original post must contain a discussion-provoking question and preferably also a relevant opinion. A copy and paste job with one sentence after it does not count.
- The thread must be about a relatively well-known celebrity. Yes, this is subjective but be sensible about it. A randomer who appeared in an American reality show probably won't cut the mustard.
- Provide a source for all information you're providing

Any threads or posts that break the charter will be locked or deleted as appropriate, and users will be warned, infracted and/or banned depending on the case.

Remember folks - this is a discussion forum, not a news feed!

Faith

There are several posters who only troll this forum and fail to ever contribute anything constructive. From now on, if you recieve a second infraction in this forum, it will be accompanied by a one-month ban. A third infraction will result in a 3-month ban, and any subsequent infraction will result in a permanent ban.