IMP UPDATE ||| Sports/Cricket Rules and Guidelines|||

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Posted: 9 years ago

Hi, Everyone


Given that this forum is usually quiet much of the time, but erupts during major sports tournaments, we have decided to put together a set of rules that ought to be followed.  All of this is in addition to the IF Code of Conduct and IF rules concerning  any forum.


National & Racial sensibilities:  Unlike in the rest of the forum, since a lot of these events are based on international or inter-regional contests, there is a much higher potential for people to wear their national or regional pride on their sleeves.  Which is fine, but it is even more important to draw the line b/w that, vs sledging people on the basis of their nationalities or race.  In the case of the latter, we do have plenty of White, Black, Colored and Asian sportspeople, and it's very important not to let any race based prejudices get the better of one.


In the case of national loyalties, we plan to allow Fan Clubs, similar to the lines in the rest of the forum of ATs and FCs, of different countries and/or teams.  This will allow members to celebrate the achievements of those teams, but will have the usual restriction on not allowing bashing of other teams or opponents.


Note that fan clubs will only be allowed for nations and teams.  For starters, we'll do that only for cricketing nations and IPL teams, and can consider other teams for other sports later.  However, Fan Clubs or ATs will not be allowed for individual sportsmen, such as Dhoni, Kohli, Messi, Federer, et al


Slander of sportspeople: We understand that you are not going to be a fan of all sportspeople but that does not allow anyone to resort to name calling .We do not want anyone riling up fans of particular sportspeople and hence making the section a warzone.  Don't mock fans as it's not a crime to love a sportsperson and do not be sarcastic and pass it off as humor.  


Having said that, it's legitimate to criticize sportspeople for both on the field and off the field activities.  However, recognize the differences b/w a constructive debate on any subject, vs dragging it on w/ weighing in just one's opinions



Criticism :  We repeat this time and again that we allow Criticism . You are free to show displeasure, contradict, disagree and criticize sportspeople and officials. However there is a fine line between these actions and bashing. Direct hurls or targeting people/show with the intention to humiliate and disgrace is what is not allowed. 


Attacks against Fellow Member(s):  Any thread/ post that targets fellow members/ groups of members will be trashed without further question and the respective members who are involved in such activity will be subjected to immediate raise in warning level. Everyone is entitled to their opinion as long as it is done in a constructive manner but that by no means grants anyone the permission to attack others for sharing a different view.  Any member who is seen to hurl curses / ridicules / threatens / wishing unfortunate events for other members or their family members will be dealt with severity!  Any offensive personal remarks concerning a fellow member will lead to an immediate raise in their warning level. If members continue to break rules despite repeated warnings then they will face a temporary or permanent ban, which will be dependent on the severity of the incident.  


Explicit Content:  India Forums is a family friendly forum and we do not allow any explicit content and abusive / offensive slang. Discussions can be had in a civil manner without stooping down to cheap levels and cuss words. Any post found to be abusive / vulgur will simply be deleted. Members using crass and vulgarity in their topics will be warned or banned as per the situation. 


Moral Policing:  Moral policing by members in any forum will NOT be tolerated. It only leads to unnecessary instigation/arguments.  The section Dev Team Members will do the needful when a situation arises.  Members are to simply abide by the rules and not preach others. If you should come across an abusive topic please contact the development team, rather than taking matters in your own hands. You can contact the Development team by either reporting the post in question and filling out what the issue is, or by sending a PM with a link to the thread containing a few sentences of what the issue.  When reporting the issues make sure you use the hierarchy. Viewbies are to be contacted first and then then up the ladder to Global Moderator and the Admin.


Spamming to Increase Posts: Lately, we have come across way too many game threads that simply promote spamming with an intention of raising member's number of posts.  All such threads will be trashed without notice. There is a specific forum dedicated to games:  Forum Games.  Similarly posting one liner comments in multiple posts to spam & increase the posts or posting just TFS or just emoticons are not allowed.


Multiple IDs: MIDs are strictly prohibited and anyone who engages in making MIDs will receive a raise in warning level, even if no posts were made ever with the MID. 


Personal and Morphed Pictures: Posting morphed pictures of any sportsman or member is not allowed on India-forums.com and will NOT BE TOLERATED. If members are seen to leak private/ personal details/ photos of fellow members they may face an immediate ban, as everyone's privacy is to be respected! 


Reporting an Issue: Please do not report the same post more than once. Member reporting the same post multiple times will receive PM warning and if it continues there will be raise in Warning Level too. This rule certainly does not intend to discourage the members from reporting but often same post is reported multiple times from the same member. Please do understand that DT needs at least 24 hrs to work on the reported post and simply pressing the report button multiple times will only delay the process. Some  situations demand the time and consultation of people and hence take time to get back.


Social Media Fights : Please do not bring in fights that happen outside India-forums into INDIA-FORUMS. There is nothing we can do with those issues and its best to report those issues through the external website's reporting mechanism.


Signature wars: Ideally, your signature is something personal which you have the full freedom to have as you like.  However, please avoid the temptation to make signatures mocking another team/nation/players.  If we see that, we'll be at liberty to take it down, and raise your warning level


Discussing the Dev Team: We realize that it's because you are not sure how things are handled or upset at the way things are handled. You may disagree with the way the issue was taken care and that's fair. However we want you to not create such topics that question or criticize the DT in the forum.  The feeling arises that we want to keep things under cover. However that is not the case. We do want to hear your complaint but we also want to be fair to the people in question. All sides need to be heard objectively and bringing this in the forum just adds more fuel to the fire. By the time the whole story is heard in the forum the atmosphere becomes ugly and negative and we want to avoid that. If you have a complaint PM the DT person and if you are not satisfied follow the hierarchy and PM the next in command. When you are contacting us with your concern be civil and explain your point in detail so we completely understand your standpoint. 

Warning Levels (WL) and User Restrictions:

Any member who are found to be in violation of our Forum Rules and Code Of Conduct may be given a Warning Level increase as accessed by the Dev Team. Please note with each Warning Levels increase it will also restrict/limit the access to the forum features as given below:

  • 20% - First warning, so members are given a chance, without any other restrictions
  • 40% - Only 15 posts (replies in topics) can be made in a day
  • 60% - No new topics can be created in addition to restrictions of 40% warning level
  • 80% - Restricted PM access whereby PMs can ONLY be sent to Dev Team to resolve issues, in addition to restrictions of 60% warning level
  • 100% - Automatically bans the member

Warning levels can only be reduced after 3 months if the member has been active with no new warning increase and has not violated any of our forum rules. Its not an automated feature and requires the member to send a request PM to lower the Warning Level to the Dev Team member who raised their warning level and in the event the PM goes unanswered for more then a week please contact the Global Moderator.


BASIC GUIDELINES FOR POSTING

When posting please remember to respect and tolerate different thoughts and do not turn any post against your opinion into a unnecessary flame-wars. Try to be composed and collective when posting as this will stop feeding the instigators.There is going to be a Zero tolerance policy for those who just come to the forum to disrupt the activities and discussions . We don't enjoy raising warning levels or giving out bans but we do want this place to be fun for all

Try to remember this simple mantra to make your time at India-Forums enjoyable

BE THOUGHTFUL-> RESPECT EVERYONE -> DISCUSS CALMLY -> HAVE LOADS OF FUN


Edited by .Vrish. - 8 years ago
Posted: 9 years ago
Okay, following the controversy in the India vs Bangladesh match, there has been a plethora of comments in this forum, much reflecting the trends elsewhere in social media.  And in the midst of all that, the top 3 rules listed above have been all but forgotten.

Regardless of where one stands on the results of that match, it's no justification to indulge in mud-slinging at each other's countries.  Yet, that's precisely what's happened over the last few days.  Recognize that people from different countries are gonna support their home teams, and mocking them is not the appropriate response.  And to make things worse, things have even gone personal b/w posters.

From this point on, no more discussions about that match - that's done & dusted!  Focus on the remaining matches in question.   Also, we've left past threads  open following your requests, but from now on, after a match is over and a thread is unglued, it'll be locked as well.  For the finals, a separate celebratory thread  will be made where one  can congratulate the eventual winners.

Some other more minor points - a lot of you still indulge in excessive nesting.  For people viewing over mobile connections, it slows down pages.  Also, a new chat club ||| Sports/Cricket Chat Club||| has been opened, so please DO NOT chat in mainstream threads, like match threads & so on.

If any of you have any concerns regarding this, feel free to PM me: I'll be happy to address them.

Regards

Edited by .Vrish. - 8 years ago
Posted: 1 years ago

Hello,

Welcome to Sports and Cricket Forum


Here are the recently Modified  IF COC Rules & Guidelines by IF Administrator!


Please keep these forum Rules & Guidelines in mind, while contributing and/or participating here.

No Bashing: India-forums.com Code of Conduct (CoC) strictly forbids members from bashing fellow members, Development Team (Dev. Team or DT) members and sports personalities.  This includes the use of foul language, as well as any personal remarks, i.e. how the sports person looks like, as they have no control over it! We welcome members to share their constructive criticism on the playing techniques of a sports person or to discuss their talents, however, please refrain from engaging in any kind of bashing, which may have severe consequences

 What some of you are doing is breaking the COC.

  • Bashing Dev. Team Members is strictly against IF Rules.  Warning Levels will be raised of members found bashing the Dev. Team. If you have any issues contact the  Global Moderators. 
  • Any personal attack direct / indirect, abusive / sarcastic,  within or outside Sports and Cricket forum will not be tolerated.

Personal attack: Each and every one are entitled to having their own point of view, likes and dislikes. Differences in opinions are bound to exist in a forum like India-forums.com. However, this does not permit one to attack their fellow members for not sharing the same point of view. Let us respect our fellow members and refrain from making any provocative statements, which may only lead to unnecessary quarrels.

Members come here to relax and unwind. Quoting some one's post and making a harsh comment begets displeasure. You have no right to post any abusive, derogatory, insulting or sarcastic comments which is enough to hurt the sentiments of your fellow member. 

Indirectly Mocking Opinions and Pinpointing: You all know exactly what we DT mean. It's been happening and will not be entertained. You are free to express your opinion and have a healthy debate with one another. However, mocking and posting instigating remarks on one's opinion will not be tolerated. That means that you cannot mock/mention other member's opinions in your topics. If members want to speak they can do it themselves. You cannot be like - How mature or immature fans thinks, or how their opinion says a lot about them, how stupid and what not. All these shall not be entertained any more. You want to express your opinion, please do so in a civil way and do not bring in Freedom of Speech as Human Rights when the whole meaning are simply misinterpreted according to one's benefit. We DT respect Freedom of Speech but one should also be well enough to judge on if they have used their Rights of Freedom of Speech responsibly. Any individual and topic seen mocking opinions and pinpointing will see a direct warning level increase of 20% and the topic shall be closed.

Name Calling: While criticizing something, there are times when members tend to go overboard and use certain derogatory and downright offensive words which shouldn't be used for any Sports person/member/DT member. Please remember that any derogatory references, comparing sports person/member to animal or name calling any person [sports person/member/DT member] is against forum rules, and strict action will be taken against those who indulge in it.  Any abusive names are not allowed and will be edited or removed at the DT's discretion.

No Slangs/Swear words/Curses/ Profanity in PostsThe use of foul language is STRICTLY PROHIBITED on the forum. Whether the word is written in its complete format or abbreviated, it is still not allowed under any circumstances.  This is a family friendly forum. Hence, anyone found using swear words, curses, slang's or profanity will have to face serious action. If members do come across such language please do report the post.  Use of such language will lead to warnings and warning level raised for repeat offenders.

No Moral Policing: Everyone is welcome to express their opinions within the forum rules and IF CoC. We would prefer members to stop preaching on the forum telling members what to do what not. Let the moderators decide what is needed on this forum and what is not or what one member is allowed to do or not. You cannot stop someone from posting in any topic or making new topics. Do not become a moral police on the forum. If you find anyone breaching rules, please Report the topic and or contact the forum moderator.  We will deal with the issue at the earliest possible.  India-Forums is a platform to allow everyone to express their opinions freely within the CoC and respectable limitations. Members have the freedom to express their own perspective, which may disagree and or contradict someone else's point of view. 

Editing Posts: As you all must be aware by the forum as well as IF rules, please abide to them while making comments. Sometimes certain thread reaches many pages before coming to DT attention. On such threads MODS are not liable to edit each and every comment which is against the rules. Members should be accountable themselves on what they post and NOT hold the DT responsible for not editing such comments and closing the topic. Additionally, any post made with a sole intention for mocking and instigation which leads to ruckus in the forum will be trashed without a note. Additionally, when a title has been amended by a Dev Team or a note has been put into a members posts, please refrain from editing such posts, this will be seen as going against the code of conduct and the members will be reprimanded.

Before posting: Before starting a topic please check the first 3 page of the forum. If a similar topic is already opened, comment there. All the similar topics opened later will be merged with the one opened first!

Morphed Pictures and SignaturesPlease refrain from posting fake or morphed images intended to defame/ ridicule /abuse any player &/member. This includes posting animal images with the intent to be sarcastic and bash any member/player. Any morphing OR merging faces of celebrities onto existing (original) pictures from other sources are STRICTLY prohibited on India-forums.com. It highly violates the copyrights of the original picture and such activity will not be tolerated! If anyone is seen to engage in such activity will receive raise in W/L without any further question. Furthermore, those morphed creations will be removed from the posts, immediately once it comes into the development team's attention.  Signatures attacking taking dig at any fandom will not be tolerated. At all times *ATTN.- Guidelines/Rules/Specifications/etc* rules will apply towards any creations.

Use of Caps: Avoid using caps and big font for an entire sentence or post as it represents shouting on a public forum. You can use caps to emphasize a word or two. But Using CAPS in the whole post and/or in all your post is not allowed.

Quoting: Please refrain from quoting long posts and/or multiple posts at once, as it lengthens the posts and may also alter the codes, making it difficult for the readers. If you wish to reply to a post by someone else, simply quote the member's post and delete the parts other than the ones you wish to address. You may also use @ followed by the member's name (for example: @Username: your point).

Multiple ID (MID)India-forums.com Code of Conduct strictly prohibits members from having multiple IDs. Please refrain from making MIDs, especially to bash players, characters and/ or member. If ever convicted with having MIDs, all except the most active ID will be inactivated, followed by a raise in W/L to the active ID. And not every newbie is an MID - some are genuine members so do NOT attack members who belongs to newbie ladder by generalize them as MIDs. If Members suspect MID they are requested to contact DT. We DT will look into the matter but under no circumstances are members allowed to bully newbies or groupbies claiming them as  MIDs in the Forum. In addition, we kindly request members to refrain from creating MIDs purposely to cause chaos and fights between the members. If anyone is seen to engage in such activities, the original ID will get a warning level raise and MIDs will be banned, without further question.  IDs found trolling, creating unrest in the forum, will get banned & their topics, posts will be trashed.

Bringing physical attributes into discussion Such negative posts are strict NO as far as IF rules go. Anyone now on wards found making negative posts on physical appearances of a character/actor/fellow member will face strict action, even indirect mention of the matter will not be entertained.

Personal lives:  Any topics or posts judging or commenting on the personal life of a player will not be allowed. Players' personal life can be discussed ONLY if its published in media and members do have a source to verify it. Any other baseless speculations about the players'  private life will not be TOLERATED.

Accounts, email addresses and personal pictures/information of players are not allowed to be posted or revealed unless they themselves give it. Remember it is their personal life and they would not feel comfortable. Also, posting your email address on open forum is not allowed - it really isn't safe as it gives an open invitation to spam attacks on your Email ID.

Issues on External Sites: We understand that social networking sites are an integral part of communication in the cyber world. And therefore we understand that Twitter/Facebook /Instagram accounts of players are religiously followed by fans for news/updates.  Any personal discussions/issues occurring between members on external sites will NOT be allowed on IF. 

Please refer here for further clarifications: External Content from Social Networking Sites.           

Sharing Personal Information and Privacy: Additionally, Do not share your personal information with others on the net. If you are sharing any information with an unknown person you are doing that at your own risk. The conversation that takes place in private messages, face book, messenger between two people is between them and not to be shared in the open forum. Privacy and safety of members is of the prime importance in IF. If anyone is found sharing members private and personal content from other social networking site on IF, they will be held responsible for breaching privacy and should be prepared for the consequences.

Forum and Development Team related Issues:  Do not bring forum issues into the threads under any circumstances. If you have any problems with any of the threads on the forum either report them or PM the Development team members of the forum. DO NOT create posts to discuss forum issues and DO NOT start discussing forum issues in threads already open.

The DT is not allowed to disclose what we are doing with certain threads or what action we are taking so please don't try to make judgments on our decisions because we just don't go through the topics you guys report but through EVERYTHING in that particular thread. Just because we don't highlight step by step as to which action was taken against which member, it doesn't mean action wasn't taken. If you have a problem, PM the Dev. Team members. Also once a DT member has posted a note on a thread regarding rule breaking, please refrain from further dragging the matter in the thread.

Reporting an Issue: Please do not report the same post more than once. Member reporting the same post multiple times will receive PM warning and if it continues there will be raise in Warning Level too. This rule certainly does not intend to discourage the members from reporting but often same post is reported multiple times from the same member. Please do understand that DT needs at least 24-48 hrs to work on the reported post and simply pressing the report button multiple times will only delay the process. Some situations demand the time and consultation of people and hence take time to get back.

Report Button/Response Time: Please keep in mind that the Moderators are also members like yourself. We would also want to have the time to make posts like yourself and discuss with our friends; and we also have a personal life. Meaning, we cannot be around to babysit the forum 24/7. Please allow a reasonable time frame of 48 hours. We try to address issues and respond to PMs and Reports as soon as we can get to them, but we request you to grant us some leverage as well. Instead of mass PMing it would appreciated if one person PM's the concerned DT with regards to the issue.

When reporting the issues, make sure you use the hierarchy. First it is Viewbies  Viswasruti.Vrish.and Savera84, then Global Moderator shruti  and then Admin Vijay.

Chatting: Members seem to be more into chatting so please reduce the personal chatting because we do have a chat club for that purpose so keep that in mind. 

Avatar/Signature rules: India-forums has got many great talents and their creations tempt us to adorn our signature boxes. We want every members to take a look at the following new rules and abide by it:

*ATTN.- Guidelines/Rules/Specifications/etc*

Anyone who doesn't abide by the rules, will be asked to take down their signatures and may face consequences by the Development Team!

Refrain from posting fake or morphed images intended to defame/ ridicule /abuse any player &/member. This includes posting animal images with the intent to be sarcastic and bash any member/player. Signatures attacking taking dig at any fandom will not be tolerated. At all times Avatar & Signature Shop Rules rules will apply towards any creations.

No Provocative Signatures or DP Wars Allowed: Signature/DP war is NOT allowed among members. So please ensure that your signature or DP is directly or indirectly not pointing to any member on the forum, fan base or player.  While posting signatures/videos ensure that none of the content carries any hate speech towards any Nationality/religion/region/ethnicity/race/community. No one is allowed advertising external blogs, sites using their signatures on IF, as that breaches forum rules. Similarly, using offensive signatures, in a manner to rile fan bases and start a signature war of sorts, is strictly prohibited. Any signature or DP which is derogatory or meant to create chaos in the forum will be removed immediately and if the member continues to display it then the offender will receive an increase in the Warning Level.

Regarding Abusive/Threatening PMs: Abusive and/or threatening PMs should be taken up directly with the DT or higher admins. Please do not make PM's public knowledge or use the forum as a way to target another member. It will not be tolerated and you will be held equally responsible as the other member.

In addition to the above mentioned section guidelines, at all times India-Forums.com- Participation Guidelines & Rules  will be in effect. We hereby hope that all of you will abide by these rules. 

Warning Levels (WL) and User Restrictions:

Any member who is found to be in violation of our Forum Rules and Code Of Conduct may be given a Warning Level increase as accessed by the Dev Team. Please note with each Warning Levels increase it will also restrict/limit the access to the forum features as given below:

20% - First warning, so members are given a chance, without any other restrictions

40% - Only 15 posts (replies in topics) can be made in a day

60% - No new topics can be created in addition to restrictions of 40% warning level

80% - Restricted PM access whereby PMs can ONLY be sent to Dev Team to resolve issues, in addition to restrictions of 60% warning level

100% - Automatically bans the member

Warning levels can only be reduced after 3 months if the member has been active with no new warning increase and has not violated any of our forum rules. Its not an automated feature and requires the member to send a request PM to lower the Warning Level to the Dev Team member who raised their warning level and in the event the PM goes unanswered for more then a week please contact the Global Moderator.

We hope to have everyone's understanding.

BE THOUGHTFUL-> RESPECT EVERYONE -> DISCUSS CALMLY -> HAVE LOADS OF FUN

Cheers, 

Sports and Cricket Forum DT

Edited by Savera84 - 1 years ago
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