Site Guidelines Update | Vital Football

Site Guidelines Update

Tino

Tino

Vital Reserves Team
This board, as per our terms and conditions, is an unmoderated board.

You acknowledge that Vital Network Ltd has no obligation to actively monitor any User Generated Content (UGC) however we retain full discretion to delete such UGC, without dialogue, at any time as granted within these terms and conditions. However, a user is solely responsible for any legal risk associated with the UGC they create, worldwide.

You may however alert us to any UGC you believe is against our terms and conditions and needs to be removed. You can do this via the alert button on all posts.

1 - Excessive swearing WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. This board is open to anyone with internet access. It's one thing swearing after a match whilst having a blowout - it's another having it in every post regardless of the subject.

2 - If you have a problem with the site or any member of the forum that you want to try to sort out, you can use the pm function. This is the correct way to address a grievance, not starting multiple threads on the various boards or by having digs within topics. If you have a complaint to make, alert the post or pm the site editor. ARGUMENTS IN THREADS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

3 - This is a forum for discussion. That means most of the time, most of you won't agree. Most people will debate the issue in hand as befits a discussion forum don't make your threads personal. If you are unable to reply without making a personal comment about somebody's belief then don't reply and save us all the favour of having to read it. You can ‘attack’ a fellow members' point of view, you cannot attack them for having that view.

4 - On every post submitted to the forum you will see an alert button (top right). Use this function to bring a particular submission to the attention of the Alerts Team. Please do not abuse the function, and please set out your reasons for believing the submission is contrary to Vital Network's terms and conditions

Alerts Team: DaveTheYid, Spursgirl4life, Real Deal, Spurstop2, Spursex, Oxfordspur
5 - Our Alerts Team help us respond to alerted submissions as promptly as we can, as obviously they receive notifications when I'm not online. I will not tolerate them being abused (unless they pay for the service!). We execute all alerts based on the terms and conditions of Vital Network Ltd. If you disagree with their response to a particular alert, you are free to raise the matter with me directly.

6 - Can people remember as well as quoting the source to copy and paste the article LINK into the thread please and don't cut and paste the WHOLE of someone else's article on Vital, it is a copyright infringement.

7 - Multiple LOL's, yeah's etc etc are not a suitable answer to a persons comment, either say something or don't post.

8 - To Dare Is To Do is for all Spurs fans to talk about all things football. Off Topic for all subjects other than football. PLEASE, keep the random threads and chat threads to one thread at a time, and do try to stay within the realms of the topic of the thread eg, if the topic is about films, then discuss films. It isn't that difficult a concept honest! The Open Terrace is to discuss football with away fans.

9 - Enjoy. Don't abuse others, if you don't like a poster, just don't read/reply. This is meant to be fun and we are all adults (allegedly!). You can also add them to the 'ignore' list (click on their username, then you'll see the option to add to ignore list)

10 - No porn site links, pictures added or illegal streams please.

11 - Please don't use cap locks in replying to threads or in the subject headings.

12 - NO TEXT TALK at all please.

13 – Vital Spurs Email address - spurs@vitalfootball.co.uk

14 – We should all sing from the same song sheet. If you prefer to post via the front page comments section or, via the forum boards make no difference. Why not post on both?

15 - Please don’t not dig up old arguments for the sake of it – be civil.

16 - We want to build a great environment for Spurs fans to discuss this great team we support.
 
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This is a good read. We have had some months of excellent discussion that has been heated at times but, for the most part, civil.

If you haven't noticed we are rebuilding our participant base as a direct result.

Please help us rebuild this site into what it once was and what it could be.

Thank you.
 
We have received complaints.

Just a note to let everyone know we will be cracking down on thread hijacking. If you wish to repeat your opinion on something, specifically Mauricio Pochettino and Daniel Levy, please confine your posts to the threads specific to those individuals.

Game threads are for game related comments.
 
One of the reasons that VS is growing again is that there has been a level of respect shown in everyone's posting. A big part of that has been the adherence to the play the ball, not the man policy. Everyone's opinion matters.

I think we are all intelligent and mature enough to form responses to opinions that do not include comments about the individual poster that is being responded too. It is not a grey area.
 
80deg16minW said:
One of the reasons that VS is growing again is that there has been a level of respect shown in everyone's posting. A big part of that has been the adherence to the play the ball, not the man policy. Everyone's opinion matters.

I think we are all intelligent and mature enough to form responses to opinions that do not include comments about the individual poster that is being responded too. It is not a grey area.
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I assume this comes back up for a reason 80...?
 
Well clearly it's not as black and white as you would like to have us believe. For a start I'd contend with your own understanding of what constitutes a personal attack(and I'm not alone). Finding the high handed tone both wearisome and off putting 80, may start effecting that growth your so proud of. Feel free to delete that by the way.
 
It's about what works. There aren't any personal issues here. The trolls were banned and a return to civility was pushed via play the ball not the man and the content improved dramatically.
 
80deg16minW said:
One of the reasons that VS is growing again is that there has been a level of respect shown in everyone's posting. A big part of that has been the adherence to the play the ball, not the man policy. Everyone's opinion matters.

I think we are all intelligent and mature enough to form responses to opinions that do not include comments about the individual poster that is being responded too. It is not a grey area.
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For those of us not from English speaking countries I believe that 80 is referring to ad hominem attacks.
(see what I did there)
 
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