Posting Guidelines
Nopesport has now been around for nearly two years and we are finally coming to terms with the fact that it has changed a lot since there were only eight of us on the forums. As you can see we have now nearly 700 members and a significant number who aren’t members but who read and take in what is written on the forums. It has been decided by the boys that it is time to tighten our belts and scribe some forum rules. These are guidelines only and there has never been any over zealous moderation of topics and we will attempt to refrain from overt censorship but if people stray outside the reasonable requests below then the moderators will remove their postings. If you would like to report a message or thread, then please email us at info@nopesport.com or private message any of the moderators. Remember Nopesport is here to make orienteering better!
Please don't use Nopesport to chat to your mate – Nopesport is for all visitors to the web site. Most of them are not interested in people exchanging personal email messages or supposedly funny one-liners that only a small, select bunch of users understand. Use the banter forum, private messages or email for this type of communication.
Please don't use rude, abusive or politically offensive language - Messages that contain excessive and pointless swearing, or insults aimed at other people, or politically offensive language will be removed. Sometimes we all say something in the heat of the moment we are all guilty of this. A good tip is to re read what you have written before you post.
Please don't write trivial rubbish - It takes up space on the screen and pushes the useful and interesting messages off the bottom of the stack. If you must post rubbish, keep it in The Banter Forum
Please don't impersonate other users - If someone is impersonating you then please get in touch and their post will be removed.
Please don't post adverts about your own web site - We don't allow any advertising within the normal posts. If you wish to post a commercial message or enquire about advertising then please email us at ads@nopesport.com.
Please don't use rude and offensive User Names - They lower the tone of the forum and put off first time visitors from posting. They are also remarkably unfunny.
Please don't be Anonymous - People like to know who they are talking to and it is polite to at least attach the same name to all your posts, even if you don't wish to register. If you feel the need to be anonymous then be aware that, in our experience, anonymous posters cause significantly more problems with offensive posts than registered users. The moderators will consistently home in on anonymous posts and will show little tolerance when removing posts and threads started anonymously. This includes even simple things like starting threads in the wrong forum.
Please don't write all in UPPERCASE - Topic titles and whole messages that are all in UPPERCASE are considered to be the written version of SHOUTING, and are harder to read than normally written text.
Please post to the most relevant forum – Nopesport has a number of different forums please make use of these by posting in the most relevant forums. The moderators may move topics in the ‘wrong’ forum to a different forum.
Please don't 'hijack' topics - Try to stay on a topic, and don't turn (for example) a light-hearted thread into a serious discussion, or spoil a good orienteering discussion with lots of light-hearted nonsense. If you want to discuss something different, then start a new topic yourself.
Please quote carefully - You can easily include a quoted copy of the previous message when you reply. Please don't over-use this feature - most replies won't need to quote anything, and you should never quote an entire message and add 'I agree' to the bottom! Lots of unnecessary quoting results in long pages that take ages to download and read. However, do use this function if you are replying to a post several pages higher in the thread.
Please don't post private information - These forums are read by thousands of people around the world every day. Please don't post private/personal information about people you know without asking their permission first. This includes posting the contents of emails without getting permission of the sender.
Please don't 'bump' your thread - Please don't post rubbish, just to push your thread up to the top of the list of recent topics. If you have an important thread please email us at info@nopesport.com
Please don't start complaint threads about the moderating - If you feel your message has been unreasonably deleted, or if you wish to complain about a post that you find offensive then please email us at info@nopesport.com. Don't just start another thread saying 'Why has my thread been deleted?' or complaining about censorship - try talking to us first! Threads complaining about disappearing posts will usually be deleted.
Thanks for reading and please continue to read and post on Nopesport and enjoy what we have to give back to the orienteering community.
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