Question

Joseph Reilly

Hi all,

I just registered on to boards.ie.

I just wanted to clarify some do's and don'ts on the Christian forum.

For example are there rules against posting links in your posts or anything else that I need to be aware of when discussing topics with everyone?

Many Thanks,

Joe

Zombrex

Joseph Reilly wrote: »

Hi all,

I just registered on to boards.ie.

I just wanted to clarify some do's and don'ts on the Christian forum.

For example are there rules against posting links in your posts or anything else that I need to be aware of when discussing topics with everyone?

Many Thanks,

Joe

Most of the forums on Boards.ie have a Forum Charter as a sticky post on the forum page, near the top. The purpose of the Charter is to lay out the ground rules for posting in each forum. If there is something that isn't covered in the Charter and you are unsure about, sending a Private Message to one of the moderators of the forum can help clarify is something is unacceptable.

Christianity Charter

Joseph Reilly

Thanks for that. I have read it and have no problem with the rules.

However, I once opened an account on these forums before and shortly after joining I was banned with a reason saying: pimp.

I have no idea what that means. I emailed the administrators of boards.ie and never got a response back. To the best of my knowledge I didn't post anything that could have been misconstrued as offensive.

I did however post a link to another ministry's website to help answer another post. Could that be the reason?

Thanks,

Joe

Ciaran500

Joseph Reilly wrote: »

I did however post a link to another ministry's website to help answer another post. Could that be the reason?

Depends on the context, we do get alot of people registering on boards just to advertise and "pimp" their site. If your first post was a link to another site it may have been taken that you were here for no reason other to get more people to go to that site.

Zombrex

Joseph Reilly wrote: »

Thanks for that. I have read it and have no problem with the rules.

However, I once opened an account on these forums before and shortly after joining I was banned with a reason saying: pimp.

I have no idea what that means. I emailed the administrators of boards.ie and never got a response back. To the best of my knowledge I didn't post anything that could have been misconstrued as offensive.

I did however post a link to another ministry's website to help answer another post. Could that be the reason?

Thanks,

Joe

I seriously doubt you were site banned from Boards.ie without good reason.

Also creating a new account when you have an old banned one is not good and will likely result in you getting in more trouble.

seamus

You were banned because you were seen to be working in conjunction with another user in an attempt to promote your ministry through discussion of same on the christianity forum.

That is, instead of attempting to discuss particular issues pertaining to christianity, you appeared to simply be saying, "This is what my ministry believes, end of". Otherwise known as "pimping". Best definition of "pimping" taken from urbandictionary.com is "To strongly promote and support a certain thing."
On boards, such promotion is disallowed, unless you are otherwise providing valid contributions to the thread.

As a general rule, if you are going to post a link then do so to back up a point. Your link should be relevant to the topic of your post and should back up whatever opinion you are giving. A link shouldn't be a link to your opinion nor a link to random stories or sermons.

That you were good enough to post here asking for clarification means that I won't ban you again. However, PM Asiaprod and BrianCalgary to ask them if they are OK with you contributing on their forums.

BrianCalgary

I'm Ok with you rbeing here Joseph, you are part of the family until you break the rules.

Welcome:)

Joseph Reilly

Thank you. I have sent a PM to Asiaprod.

I am sorry for the misunderstanding. I had no idea that what I did was an infringement, but it was well intentioned as I was trying refer a person to a site which would help them as a response to their post.

Apologies,

Joe