Feedback on today's announcement

I'm glad they banned that obvious troll lafemmefatal, there always seems to be a random female member of male dominated forums causing drama, it's usually just a troll
 
Nodiggidy123 said:
Because it stops something escalating in its tracks which it obviously has
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Escalate to what and from what?

Who do you think would have escalated it?

Do you not think the drama created provoked and escalated the situation more than anything else would have?

If you think that the drama was caused by the use of the word rather than the offended party, you are just kidding yourself.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Escalate to what and from what?

Who do you think would have escalated it?

Do you not think the drama created provoked and escalated the situation more than anything else would have?

If you think that the drama was caused by the use of the word rather than the offended party, you are just kidding yourself.
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So its basically reverted to she said this, he said that? Come on guys. Someone's got to be the bigger person.

Nodiggidy123 said:
So instead just carry on arguing the toss over some stupid argument over the internet....
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I'm done.
 
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Out of curiosity, where has this announcement disappeared to?

And for the record, I was never banned. Suspended under suspicion of something that wasn't true, thus reinstated.
 
Meep, I don't know about being back.

I don't know about being a controversial contributor either. More a 'doesn't follow the OcUK zeitgeist and doesn't give a ****' contributor.

There's a difference between having actual progressive leanings and opinions and those becoming controversial when surrounded by people whose opinions and leanings are less progressive and inclusive.
 
lafemmefatale said:
Out of curiosity, where has this announcement disappeared to?

And for the record, I was never banned. Suspended under suspicion of something that wasn't true, thus reinstated.
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I thought you quit in a huff because the mods didn't agree with your complaint re: the word 'tranny'

though like people who claim to have others on 'ignore' etc.. it turns out to not be true... else no need for the grandstanding statement about either quitting the forums or putting people on ignore in the first place
 
The whys and wherefores are dealt with and the facts established.

I'm not interested in any of that stuff, but I am interested to know what happened to this announcement and the charter that it contained. Is it still in force, and being enforced? Or was it withdrawn?
 
lafemmefatale said:
Meep, I don't know about being back.

I don't know about being a controversial contributor either. More a 'doesn't follow the OcUK zeitgeist and doesn't give a ****' contributor.

There's a difference between having actual progressive leanings and opinions and those becoming controversial when surrounded by people whose opinions and leanings are less progressive and inclusive.
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Well, in any case I hope you stick around. Don't get yourself banned too fast though ;)
 
lafemmefatale said:
The whys and wherefores are dealt with and the facts established.

I'm not interested in any of that stuff, but I am interested to know what happened to this announcement and the charter that it contained. Is it still in force, and being enforced? Or was it withdrawn?
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Why wouldn't it be? Because the single complaint that caused you to throw your toys out of the pram and not return for several months wasn't upheld by the mods? You're not always going to get people to accept your personal view but that doesn't mean this charter isn't being adhered to - I've posted about things in the forum feedback forum and not had agreement or had some agreement and no change... and sometimes comments in support... it is swings and roundabouts.
 
Please don't argue. I don't want to have to clean up another thread.

@LFF

The Membership Charter is still very much valid and being enforced. The original announcement has expired but you can find a copy of the charter below:


Member Charter:
  • We will treat each other with respect
  • We will not post anything with the intent to offend or attack any individual or member group of these forums
  • In treating each other with respect we will not intentionally post trolling, spamming or deliberately harmful posts
  • We will not sabotage threads by intentionally taking them off topic
  • We will not, financially or otherwise, seek personal gain from the existence of this forum and it's member base
  • We will respect each others boundaries where apparent and not intentionally encroach on the privacy of other members
  • We will respect and abide by the policies of the forums, raising open and honest constructive concerns via the Forum Content Discussion forum or by contacting a member of the mod team via the details held within the FAQ
  • We will take responsibility for alerting the moderating team to issues on the forums, and where appropriate actively discourage attacks or disrespectful posting when it is seen
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Moderating team Mission Statement:
Our aim is to be facilitators and not hardline . We believe in allowing you, the member base of the Overclockers forums, free reign in sharing your opinions even where we do not agree with them. This is the core of healthy debate.

When opinions are being shared what we will not allow is the personal attack of any of the rest of the member base. We expect that you will treat each other with respect and in return we will endeavour to treat you with the same. It is any individual's right to be offended at something they see or read. That, in itself, should not change anything. What we do not expect is for anything to be posted here with the express aim of offending your fellow forum members.

There may be a time in which an individual poster has been excessive in posting inflammatory, explicit, spam or other unacceptable content. When this is the case we will always attempt to work with these individuals before taking permanent action. This may take the form of a short suspension if the behavior warrants it, though this is not a resort we wish to take. This may also take the form of putting that individual on the 'moderated' list, which means the posts from that individual requires review by a moderator before it will be published to the forum. This is also not a desirable result as it adds to the workload of the moderating team; but is preferable to us to handing down bans and suspensions.

Another option available to us is to remove access to specific areas that are an issue. Sometimes it becomes apparent that an individual responds badly to certain types of discussion or questioning on particular subjects, but they conduct themselves as expected elsewhere on the forums. Removal of access to particular sub-fora is not a decision taken lightly and is unlikely to be reversed.

Issues with any individual members of the moderation team will be taken seriously and, in the event that your issue is with an Underboss, should be raised with a moderator (Don) in the first instance and with a Commissario (Admin) if you do not receive a satisfactory response. If your issue is with a Don then you should contact another Don in the first instance and again an Admin if you do not receive a satisfactory response. All queries should be responded to.

We keep in regular communication with each other as regarding best practice and approaches to moderation. Any concerns or queries regarding the team or individuals within it should be discussed between the moderating team as a matter of course. If you have anything that you wish to remain confidential then please specify this at the initial point of contact and we will respect this wherever possible.

Our aim is not to ban individuals. Our aim is to work with you all for the better of this community. In this we are your servants. It should be noted that all members of the team that are not in the employ of the shop provide their time and efforts free of charge for the benefit of the community as a whole. Due to this the word of a moderator should be taken as the word of that individual, or perhaps that of the team when discussion on a particular subject within the team has already been had, and is not representative of the shop.

Ultimately the moderating team are members of the forum first, and attempt to define and then uphold the policies that we feel best serve the community as a whole. We have made changes in the approach taken and have a much lighter hand when dealing with forum issues now than ever before (except in the Member's Market where we have no option but to provide strict moderation). We are open to suggestions as to how we can improve and have set an entire forum up dedicated to this very purpose here.

Simply put, please respect us and each other and we will do all we can to ensure that these forums are a pleasant place to be.
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This could certainly be made more prominent so I'll raise this with the rest of the mod team.
 
Thank you for the clarification.

There was no arguing on my part, I chose not to respond to the thinly-veiled incitement and baiting into an argument from Dowie, no doubt caused by the fact that individual has an issue with myself and my views.
 
Claiming you are not arguing and then immediately making a comment about another poster is stepping close to the line in my opinion so I would ask that you both simply step away from this thread for now.
 
lafemmefatale said:
Thank you for the clarification.

There was no arguing on my part, I chose not to respond to the thinly-veiled incitement and baiting into an argument from Dowie, no doubt caused by the fact that individual has an issue with myself and my views.
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Since you've accused me of something me I'll reply - I've no issue with you personally, but I did indeed disagree with your previous bunch of posts about the members charter several months as did many others. I'm not 'baiting' you into anything, I'm (seemingly) posting an opinion that you don't like, a fairly common occurrence between posters on an internet forum given that people tend to have a range of opinions on different matters. :)

(No arguments/ or supposed 'incitement' from my side)
 
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