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    Default Proposed: Amended Rules

    The following is a draft of an updated and simplified set of rules. Please provide input on the rules before they go into effect:

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    The following RULES and GUIDELINES are being set forth in order to present and maintain Broncos Forums as a board which can be enjoyed by all members.

    This is a community. That means that we are many different people making up a single entity. Respect other members of the community and don’t belittle, make fun off, or insult another member. If you feel a post violates a rule, don’t retaliate, report the post.

    Moderators are volunteers that help out the forum for FREE. Please treat all moderators with respect in both public forums and in any private messages. Moderators also are expected to treat the members with respect in both public forums and in any private messages.

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    3. No threats, name calling, ethnic or racist remarks, gender harassment or other type of posts that attack another poster or posters.

    4. Sexually explicit language – Each person defines it differently, so the 'benchmark' used will be Primetime network TV. If the FCC does not allow it on Prime Time Network TV, it is not allowed on BroncosForums.com.

    5. If a word is censored, meaning if you type a word that the message board automatically replaces with ****, it is NOT allowed to use characters like *, !, @, etc. to get around the profanity filter, nor can you add a smiley or punctuation to the end of a censored word or use any other trick to get around the profanity filter.

    It is allowed for a member to type a censored word and let the profanity filter substitute **** for it. This will be seen as the equivalent of beeping or bleeping out bad words on TV/radio. It is not allowed for you to type part of the word and replace part of it with ***. This is considered circumventing the profanity filter and violates the rules.

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    It is acceptable, and encouraged, to create a thread in the Town Hall discussing the rules, and within the context of existing rules, moderator actions, but they should be limited to questions about rules and moderator actions in general, not thinly veiled questions or criticisms of individual moderators or specific actions.

    10. While BroncosForums has a P&R (political and religion) forum, any member that wishes to participate must agree to not resort to flaming. It is important to understand that it is unlikely you will ever change the mind of a stranger on these types of subjects. If they become heated, or result in complaints, then they may be edited, closed or removed by a Moderator. If a particular user's posts constantly results in moderator edits or deletions, it may be cause for disciplinary action, which could include the poster losing the right to participate in the P&R forums or an account suspension or ban.

    This cannot be stressed enough. If you are going to participate in P&R, you must have thick skin and NOT resort to personal attacks when others disagree with you.

    While staying on topic is always important, it is ‘essential’ in P&R. Many posters participating in P&R consider the discussions and debates very serious, do not make jokes or derail the threads with off topic remarks.

    12. Stay on topic. With the exception of “Say Anything/Café” type threads typically located in the “What’s on your mind” forum, posters should be very careful about creating off topic posts. It is very easy for a thread to get derailed by a joke or two and then the responses that follow. It is important to respect the thread starter and stay on topic in the threads that aren’t designed to be long lasting, wandering threads.

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    Looking good.

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    Wait a second. This is BS...Can we at least talk about this first? How come this was never brought up in the Town Hall Forum?

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    Quote Originally Posted by beefstew25 View Post
    Wait a second. This is BS...Can we at least talk about this first? How come this was never brought up in the Town Hall Forum?
    this is a town hall discussion..

    that is why it is called Proposed: Amended Rules

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jrwiz View Post
    this is a town hall discussion..

    that is why it is called Proposed: Amended Rules
    Gotcha...I was kidding.

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    Quote Originally Posted by beefstew25 View Post
    Gotcha...I was kidding.
    Ok.

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    Quote Originally Posted by beefstew25 View Post
    Gotcha...I was kidding.
    please use a in the future





















    or risk being banned for life..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jrwiz View Post
    please use a in the future





















    or risk being banned for life..
    But then it wouldn't be flame-baiting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by beefstew25 View Post
    Gotcha...I was kidding.
    And here I thought you were only gaining a little weight . . .

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    8. No advertising – No links (including in signatures) intended to advertise or posts intended to advertise are permitted. If in doubt, request approval first.
    In my signature, I have links that redirects to a non-profit parody site that I write in for fun. Is that Ok or not Ok under the new rules?

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    Quote Originally Posted by beefstew25 View Post
    Wait a second. This is BS...Can we at least talk about this first? How come this was never brought up in the Town Hall Forum?
    Ummm, I thought that's what we were doing?

    Quote Originally Posted by tnedator View Post
    The following is a draft of an updated and simplified set of rules. Please provide input on the rules before they go into effect:

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    Quote Originally Posted by tnedator View Post
    Ummm, I thought that's what we were doing?
    I was kidding. Looks good to me, Ned. You da man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by beefstew25 View Post
    Wait a second. This is BS...Can we at least talk about this first? How come this was never brought up in the Town Hall Forum?
    *coughs*

    *looks around*


    *walks away*


    lol...

    So let me see if I understand the 'moderation discussion' rules as they stand. Even in a productive town hall discussion, it would still be against the rules to cite specific examples?
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    Quote Originally Posted by LordTrychon View Post
    So let me see if I understand the 'moderation discussion' rules as they stand. Even in a productive town hall discussion, it would still be against the rules to cite specific examples?
    IMO, that rule needs more work. What we don't want is people using the Town Hall to complain or as a thinly veiled slam on a specific mod's action, but we do want to discuss rules that might need to be changed, or how the mods interpret existing rules. In doing the latter, citing specific examples can be useful.

    So, as I say, the rule still needs some work IMO, and that's what this thread is about, getting comments and input to create a better set of rules.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LordTrychon View Post
    *coughs*

    *looks around*


    *walks away*


    lol...

    So let me see if I understand the 'moderation discussion' rules as they stand. Even in a productive town hall discussion, it would still be against the rules to cite specific examples?

    I just re-read that part too. I understand the no "flaming" threads of decisions and I think I understand starting a thread in Town Hall discussing a rule/decision but I honestly feel that eventually that thread is going to turn into a bash thread.

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