WELCOME TO THE TSA & BOWERS'
CORNER SHARED DISCUSSION BOARD "GUIDELINES OF BBS USAGE"
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this tsaorg.proboards31.org discussion board is
to promote the game of shuffleboard through sharing meaningful information on
the history of the game, conducting tournaments and league player events,
announcing upcoming tournament and league events, reporting results of table
shuffleboard events, announcing and discussion on player's ratings, etc.
This is a newly created discussion forum and we ask that you post on the most
relevant board to the subject matter you wish to share or post. If you do
not find an appropriate category, you can post in one of the "General"
board topics and send an email to the tsaorg.proboards31.org administrator if
you would like to see a new category on a board or a new board created for a
topic that does not yet exist. In the meantime, just post on one of the
"General" categories under the most relevant existing board.
There are items on this proboards31 board that are only able to
be read or posted by members that have registered such as the
"Calendar" icon. The "Calendar" is where upcoming
events are posted by year/month/date. We welcome you as a
"Guest" or "Registered Member". It is quite simple to
register from the login screen, write down your registration information and if
necessary later change your profile to an easy to remember login and password.
ADMINISTRATOR/MODERATOR "DELETION" CRITERIA
and "CONTENT" & "DISCIPLINARY" GUIDELINES OVERVIEW:
(includes, but not limited to below Guidelines
Summary & is within the scope of general proboards.com guidelines)
Deletions. The moderator may delete any post that meets the below criteria:
A) Posts that mock other users without any true content to them.
B) Posts that are continuations of another topic, currently in a thread that was posted within a day or two (using discretion). Numerous posts within the same 24 hour period about the same specific topic should be posted in the original
thread rather than create multiple threads when one exists.
C) Posts with any extreme profanity other than more commonly used less offensive
words -- especially in the subject/topic line of any new threads within a category.
D) Clear troll posts; that is, posts containing inflammatory remarks about ethnic groups, threats of harm,
misplaced subjects such as political issue, etc. or any other posts containing another BBS member's personal contact
information without their posting it directly, or any other egregious posts as the
admin/moderator(s) determines based on the common community standards and table
shuffleboard subject matter guidelines and intended use of this BBS.
Posting content policies:
A) Please do not include any offensive or extreme foul language (especially in a
new thread topic). Any potential offensive language will be reviewed by
the admin/moderator and evaluated as to whether it warrants removal or not (sole
discretion of admin/moderator which includes evaluation of any complaints from
board members that are received).
B) Please refrain from jumping on new users if they slightly violate these rules/guidelines. Inform them of their mistake and move on.
C) Please refrain from slandering or libeling other users, or engaging in intensely disrespectful communication. If someone posts an opinion that you disagree with, please feel free to say so. Users are expected to do so in a manner that contains the same courtesy and respect of face-to-face
communication - use pure every day common sense and post meaningful content in a
professional manner.
D) Posts deliberately inflammatory or disrespectful toward another member in an antagonistic manner such that they are reasonably expected to encourage subsequent replies that are equally inflammatory, disrespectful and without substance will be deleted at moderator's discretion, and action may be taken against the poster as described below. What posts meet these criteria is entirely up to determination
of the tsaorg.proboards31 admin/moderator but can be generally understood as antagonistic attacks on other members.
Please take personal issues up directly in a private manner rather than post
publically on this forum (which only purpose served is to clutter the intended
subject matter of these BBS threads).
E) No commercial posts except table shuffleboard related items in the
appropriate "Classified/Free Ads" . Posting links to auctions or other sites are permitted if accompanied by a valid, substantive post. However, posts that only are meant to advertise will be removed to avoid annoying
this board's member community. All posts are subject to the discretion of the
admin/moderator(s). For effective advertising (individuals and commercial ads) to BBS readers, please check
the "Classified/Free Ads" section on this board and the Bowers' Corner
website: http://www.shuffleboardcorner.com/freeads.html.
Please do not post advertisements elsewhere on this board, as there is a thread
established where members can read advertisements relevant to table shuffleboard
in the appropriate established section on this board. This board is for table
shuffleboard related free ads. Any commercial or individual ads posted
that appear to be non-related spam here will be deleted.
Moderation and disciplinary procedures:
An anonymous moderator or moderator(s) may be assigned by the admin to routinely check the BBS for compliance with these policies. Moderators may move threads at their discretion or take disciplinary action against offending users as follows:
A) Severe violation, in the discretion of the admin and/or moderator(s), will result in a temporary suspension of a user's account for 14, 30, 60, or 90 days depending on the severity of the violation and community disturbance. During this time, suspended users
may not be able to post, edit, or alter their account settings. E-mail notifications of suspensions and/or
re-activations will be sent to the offending user. A notification of a suspension will be
sent by the moderator to the specific user and if this should ever become a
problem on this BBS (not an issue, as yet), a
"Ready Room" board may be created and used by admin/moderators only for posting
such severe violation so that all members will be aware of any actions taken on
severe violation actions and decided remedies.
B) Repeated severe violation may result in a user's complete ban from posting, editing, or altering their account settings. Suspensions and bans
can be enforced on an account, email, and/or IP address basis.
C) IP tracking. The BBS can track and log the IP address of every member when accessing the forums. This
assists in maintaining disciplinary action against offending users. We
have high hopes there will never be a problem in this arena, but procedures are
available for such action in the remote chance it is needed now or in the
future.
D) Blocking. Admin/Modertor(s) may block a user until complaints, lock threads,
etc. until such time resolutions
have been decided as to whether any deletions or more permanent
disciplinary action may need to be taken.
E) Report violating posts. Please report any potential violations that you might
observer to: Admin on this BBS or send a private email to Admin at lynda@tableshuffleboard.org
directly giving a direct link to the post which has potential violations posted
on the proboards31.org board.
These guidelines are intended to help the tsaorg.proboards31.com BBS run smoother and provide an expectation of behavior norms.
For additional table shuffleboard information not included on the BBS, visit the websites at:
Table Shuffleboard Association (TSA): https://www.tableshuffleboard.org
Bowers' Corner & Player's Ratings: http://www.shuffleboardcorner.com
Bowers' Corner & TSA Websites Joint BBS: http://tsaorg.proboards31.com
WELCOME TO THE TSAORG.PROBOARDS31.ORG
BBS BOARD! HAVE FUN & SHARE INFORMATION!
Email tsaorg.proboards31.com
Admininstrator with any questions or guideline post review requests: lynda@tableshuffleboard.org
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