Event Forums Guidelines

[Mike]

Thanks for all the recent suggestions regarding the events forums. We have looked at them all over the last week or so along with the concerns that have been posted.

A main factor on some of the suggestions which sounded worthwhile was that either the moderation or member effort needed was too much or couldnt be done on the tech side.

Anything that involved bulk manually closing, bulk moving threads, or automatic date based things couldnt really at this point of time be taken on as its just not possible due to the amount of events per weekend or due to the forum itself

The way events are displayed were looked at and while some alternatives at first looked good, it was thought that they would still be open to the same sort of problems been having. The front page display will change to a "by date of first post" display but no changes will be made on the forum

Over all it was thought that the main issue was not so much the way events are displayed but the way members use this forum, and as such have looked at rewriting the guidelines to reflect this

Do ask that any discussion on this or the guidelines or event forums is posted via the members feedback forum where this will be posted shortly

thanks mike, baz joan

[Mike]

Guidelines

please note the term "guidelines" term, they are not a set of rigid rules that all are expected to slavishly follow, quote and check

they are aimed as a guide if needed for members, which with the "terms of use" will form the basis of moderation when needed

Events Talk Forum- A place for talking about individual events only - before the event

Lookback Forum - A place for talking about individual events only- after the event

1. Threads - Threads are for talking about the individual event only - if wish to discuss more general topics be it promoters, clashes, other events, areas etc then ask that members please start a new thread in the relevant forums

2. Bumping - Over the top bumping is not allowed.

Do rely on members assistance to try and keep the forums in a healthy, enjoyable worthwhile state , they can assist by avodiing unwanted and unneeded bumping style posts.

3. Offtopic posts - Treated as over the top bumping

4. Moderation _ -Due to the amount of posts and time available, Mods need to be made aware of any concerns, members do need to use the report posts feature.

Any questions or concerns on moderation should be addressed in the members feedback section.

5. Promoters - The forums are supposed to be about soul fans talking about soul events they are interested in. Promoters are asked to focus their posts on actual news/info about the event and leave the talking to the soul fans.

6. Actions by Mods - Hopefully if all members play the game there will be little need However if felt needed the mods will take actions to try and ensure that the forums stay worthwhile, actions can include advice, warnings, close/delete threads, suspend members from posting in events etc etc

The forums are about soul fans talking about soul events