Soccer Board - The way forward.

gandalf

Right here is the new charter for the soccer board.

Soccer Board Charter - Read This First!

The Soccer Board is now a restricted access board. Your access here is a privilege and can be withdrawn if you do not adhere to the rules.

This board is for talking about anything even vaguely related to Soccer. It’s as simple as that really.

• Outbursts of personal abuse/racism etc, be it directed at other board members or at Sports people will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to edit/move/delete such posts as we see fit. Occasions of personal abuse against another board member will result in a one week ban and if persistent a permanent ban. If a permanent ban occurs and if the user banned was sponsored by existing soccer board members they will be banned for a month. If they have a second recommended member banned then they will be banned permanently as well.
The basic rule is keeping it civil; you can have friendly banter without resorting to personal abuse.

• Posts relating to other sports should be directed to the specific relevant board or if one doesn’t exist, the Sport board.

• No posting of any scores in the subject line. Such posts will be deleted as soon as they are seen. Remember some people still record matches to watch later. Also please user a spoiler tag to indicate the thread contains scores

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• Off topic posts will be edited, closed or moved to the Recycle Bin without warning.
• No commercial posts unless they are sanctioned by the admins. Posts will be removed and users banned if these occur.
• If you are considered a disruptive influence by the moderators or the admins your access to this board will be removed.

If you have any questions on these rules please Private Message the moderators.

New Users
New users will have to apply to gain access to the board in a sub forum under the soccer forum. They will have to be members of boards.ie for 1 month and have 2 existing soccer board members who have been registered members of boards.ie for at least 6 months vouch for them.
Please be careful in whom you vouch for, if they cause trouble and are banned then you will be banned as well. This restriction lasts for the first 3 months of their membership of the board.

gandalf

Here is the mechanism for new applications to access the soccer board.

Soccer Access Application

Due to issues in the past in the Soccer forum new users have to apply for access to post on the forum.

• Please post your application to the soccer board on the New Users Sub forum in Soccer.

• Have your sponsors, who must be members of boards.ie for 6 months and already have access to the soccer forum post endorsements of your application.

• This forum will be reviewed on a regular basis and successful applicants will be given access to the Soccer forum.

This forum should only contain requests for access to the soccer board. All other posts will be moved to the recycle bin and action maybe taken against the members who post these threads.

Please Note:
For existing Soccer Board members who are sponsoring someone bear in mind if that person is banned permanently within 3 months of being granted membership you will be banned for a month. If a second user you nominated is banned then you will be banned permanently. Be sure of the person you nominate.

If someone who has nominated users is banned, the nominated users will not lose their membership.

The final decision on access to the soccer board lies with the Moderators and Admistrators.

gandalf

Here is the list of users who will have immediate access to soccer when it reopens. We know that we have missed some people off this list and we will be reviewing it over the next couple of days.

AngelofFire
Asok
AthAnRi
Axel
Big Chief
Big Ears
bizmark
B-K-DzR
ButcherOfNog
Caesar_Bojangle
celticfc
crash_000
dahamsta
damnyanks
Dappergent
darthmise
daveg
deadduck
Demeant0r
Dempsey
DerekD Goldfish
DRakE
Earthman
eirebhoy
elbow316
ella minnow pea
Exit
Gillie
Helix
Hyzepher
Iago
irish1
irishgeo
jesus_thats_gre
Johnny_the_fox
johnor
jonno
kaids
Kaimera
kdjaC
kida
Killah_B
Kingp35
kleefarr
kmart6
Kold
L5
lafortezza
Makaveli
mike65
MisterAnarchy
Mossy Monk
mr_angry
Muck
NekkidBibleMan
Nike_Dude
PHB
pickarooney
PiE
plastic_membrane
PORNAPSTER
Raskolnikov
redspider
robbie1876
Ronan|Raven
sayireland
seansouth
ShriekingSheet
sleepwalker
smemon
smiaras
smuckers
Space Coyote
Stekelly
syke
talla
Tellox
therecklessone
Third_Echelon
Trojan
TwoShedsJackson
Victor
Waylander
Xterminator
zaph

List updated 18/04/2004 - 1am

gandalf

The following users will not be granted access to the soccer forum because in the opinion of the mods and 2 of the admins they are a disruptive influence.

Draupnir
jank
lad12
markomac316
The Muppet
thesecret7
tinky
50Cent
Ubahone
Pigman II

Ronaldo7 and all alias's seemed to have been banned from boards in total.

gandalf

The Soccer forum is due to open again tomorrow afternoon providing everything runs smoothly. I will post here once I get the nod that it is back from the admins.

I would like to thank Dev & ecksor for all the help they have given me and the other soccer mods in sorting this out. At the next boards beer we should all ensure that their hands don't go near their pockets for drinks. Hell maybe we should all take them out for some Thai food

Gandalf.

jesus_thats_gre

Eh, I am not on the list....

GuanYin

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ShriekingSheet
skye
sleepwalker

if the middle username is referring to me, I think you'll find that its syke

if not, ignore this message, you didn't see anything.


p.pete is one of the older valuable members, I'd include him too (and/or will vouch if needs be..assuming I'm on the original list.

Paddy20

jesus_thats_gre,

Lucky you

P.

Kold

Add me foo's! I mean... sexy

PiE

You're already there.

I, however... ain't

bizmark

Good stuff

DEmeant0r

YAY! now I can talk about football again

Makaveli

Originally posted by PiE
I, however... ain't

Originally posted by gandalf
We know that we have missed some people off this list and we will be reviewing it over the next couple of days.

No need to worry.

mr_angry

What time does it re-open?

Originally posted by jesus_thats_gre
Eh, I am not on the list....

I'll happily nominate you if you can find somebody else. Means you can't slag Arsenal EVER again though.

mike65

Suddenly I feel a bit bad about those who are on the excluded list..(only a little bit mind).

Mike.

Thanx 4 The Fish

As has already been said, we can and will be updating that list as the days go on and we notice that we have missed some peeps. Worry not if you are not on the original list, more importantly is that you are not on the Muplist.

BTW gandalf should be included on the list of those that will not have to reach into his pockets at the next beers. He has worked v hard and taken alot of crap over the last while and this last week especially he has been Trojan-Like (not you Al) in his work on getting the board back together.

As for what time it will re-open, you will know it's open when you have a new asterisk in your subbed list for soccer. IF you do not have soccer subbed, well then you should

Tellox

Im loved
And thank you so very much for banning the muppet.
I look forward to conversation in the new forum

irishgeo

thats some tight control on it and should keep it under control.Just goes to show what a great place Boards is.

It will be glad to go back once its back to talking football.

I see i aint on the list but i will gladly apply as i already see two boards friends who will i am sure will vouch for me.I dont post that much really only the odd liverpool post and keane posts.

I hope the vouch system doesnt lead to a bunch of newbie mass pming poeple to vouch for them.

gandalf

btw anyone who is not on the initial list and feels they should be please post on this thread. The list is mainly made up of people who have contributed to soccer recently or we know have made contributions in the past. Obviously we have missed people who have contributed to soccer in the past. So reply to this thread if you feel you should have access from the off and we'll do our best to make sure you have.

Gandalf.

kaimera

if a current member vouches for somebody, can they take that back if said poster is being a dick?

or are you stuck with them?

Makaveli

Tinky has changed his name to Zenner now or something.

DEmeant0r

Originally posted by Thanx 4 The Fish
As has already been said, we can and will be updating that list as the days go on and we notice that we have missed some peeps. Worry not if you are not on the original list, more importantly is that you are not on the Muplist.

BTW gandalf should be included on the list of those that will not have to reach into his pockets at the next beers. He has worked v hard and taken alot of crap over the last while and this last week especially he has been Trojan-Like (not you Al) in his work on getting the board back together.

As for what time it will re-open, you will know it's open when you have a new asterisk in your subbed list for soccer. IF you do not have soccer subbed, well then you should

How do I sub to the soccer forum when there isn't an option to?!

gandalf

Originally posted by Kaimera
if a current member vouches for somebody, can they take that back if said poster is being a dick?

or are you stuck with them?

Well you should vouch for someone unless you are sure that they will not cause trouble. I will discuss this with the other mods but I really don't want people to take vouching for someone else lightly.

On another note, any person thats found to be mass pming people to gain access to this board will not be given access and I am sure the admins will not be pleased with such actions either.

Gandalf.

Ste-

What about people who want to merely have a read of it ?
I wouldn't even mind just getting read-only access.

phreak

Originally posted by Ste-
What about people who want to merely have a read of it ?
I wouldn't even mind just getting read-only access.

everyone can read it.

ecksor

I've been working on the basis that everyone will have read access.

irishgeo

Originally posted by Demeant0r
How do I sub to the soccer forum when there isn't an option to?!

perhaps you should wait until the forum reopens before trying to subscribe.

You can't subscribe to a closed forum.

kaimera

yea, I get that Gandalf. It's not a game etc.

I mean, if you vouch for someone who at the time seems fine and unlikely to be any hassle but once in soccer acts the prick.

It's still our own problem?

gandalf

As I said I will discuss it with the other mods.

Also the access list has been updated with the couple of names that have come up here. All on the list are enabled to post once the forum is unlocked tomorrow.

Again post on this thread if you feel you should have access. No point in PMing me as my PM box is nearly full already.

Gandalf.

GuanYin

cool!

Thanks, I'd suggest adding p.pete aswell then. He's been quiet on soccer of late but thats mainly cos soccer is a touchy subject for him

zAbbo

i`ll have access please