New Charter Q & A -

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Hi folks,

The new charter is now posted and is immediately applicable.

Please take the time to read and familiarise yourself with it, as there are some new and important aspects to it.

If you have any questions, or require any clarifications then use this thread to do so.

This is not a thread for bitching and moaning, however.

Any of that and we'll issue bans, and close this thread.

Des, on behalf of the Rugby Moderator Team.

castie

When you say for example 2 two week bans = 6 month ban,
Do you mean after serving the 2 two week bans you get a 6 month on the third offense warranting 2 weeks? or on the second offense?.

i.e in most sports 2 yellows = red mean second yellow and its a red.

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If, in any twelve month period, you rack up enough warnings, infractions or bans to warrant a second Two-Week Forum ban, that will turn into a six month ban.

A second six month ban, in any time frame, will be a permanent forum ban.

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I should add at this point, that if any aspect of the charter is unclear to a lot of people, I will do my best to amend the wording to it's clearer.

Aidric

There are no loopholes in this charter, you cannot get around a deserved warning/infraction/ban by asking where, specifically, a certain indiscretion is listed as being explicitly against the charter.

This appears to be an ambiguous point and raises a grey area. If someone feels they have been unfairly treated on a point of charter then they have no right to clarification?

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Aidric wrote: »

This appears to be an ambiguous point and raises a grey area. If someone feels they have been unfairly treated on a point of charter then they have no right to clarification?

The Dispute Resolution Procedure is clearly outlined in the charter. It is open to every Boards.ie user.

That line, the "Don't be a dick" Boardswide rule and the "Stupidity is a bannable offence" rule are certainly there as "catch all". Low level trolling (people getting close to the line on multiple occasions) is/has been a major problem on this forum for about 2 years now, and this new charter is setting a line to combat that, to make the forum a nicer place for those who want to post constructively and not just needle others constantly.

We want to weed out the problems, and this new charter will allow us to do that.

So, in answer to your question, everyone on Boards.ie has a right to clarification, but the new system will allow us to keep an eye on those who are the constant trouble makers, they will be forced to change their ways, or they will not be allowed to post here.

Spiritoftheseventies

what problems are there?

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Fake Locke wrote: »

what problems are there?

Interprovincial needling, which we will now be able to clamp down on properly, keeping a track of any constant offenders, and weeding them out.

Low-level trolling, where people constantly post just short of breaking the charter.

People using loopholes to wriggle out of bans.