Tom746 said:
Open a topic which had run it's course?
The topic was already open.....! Run it's course ?? Who decides that? I thought the intention of a forum was to invite comments good or bad. So if the topic had as you say run it's course why am I and others still able to post ?
I also thought that your role was of a moderator, not enforcer..........
And the reason for my question was simple, (for your benefit I will explain) had the answer been "no" then the comments made are justified, if the answer is "yes" then the comments not worth the paper they could have been written on.
It's that simple, as for other people jumping on the bandwagon to "flame bait" whatever that is, is the responsibi;ity of those who post not mine or certainly not yours.
Give people the right to express their opinions, if you or others don't agree don't make an issue out of it,
Before this all starts to get out of hand shall we have a look at the
Terms & Conditions that members of this forum agree to as a condition of membership. As you will see one of the terms states: ' to disseminate any material which is or may infringe the rights (including intellectual property rights) of any third party or be unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy, which may cause annoyance or inconvenience or may restrict or inhibit the use of the Website by any person or which constitutes or encourages conduct that may be considered a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability in any country in the world;'
This means that if a moderator considers a post to be abusive then the moderator will post a warning to those concerned. The other part of the T&C's which concerns us here states:
'to disseminate any material which does or may bring Haymarket or any of its brands or subsidiaries into dispute or in any way damage their reputation; '
The posting of comments 'good or bad' has to take into account the effects on other forum members and on the reputation of the forum as stated above.
We've had the forum where argument and bad mouthing others was the order of the day and we won't be going back to those ways.
'Flame Baiting' is the deliberate opening of contentious topics likely to lead to argument and ill feeling on the forum.
It is in fact the moderators responsibility to prevent flame baiting as far as is possible, nobody wants to stifle debate but when personal comments start to be levelled moderators will always take action.
The terms and conditions are available via the red text link at the foot of the forum page as are the simplified rules contained in forum etiquette.
Please read and understand these terms and conditions before attempting to take moderators to task for doing their job
The topic has definitely 'run it's course' now because it's locked.