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Hi guys, girls and non binary folks
We'd like to welcome you all back for another year and with the season starting shortly, we'd like to reiterate a few rules for the board. As a subforum of the main board, please note that all rules applicable to the main forum apply here. You can see these in full here.
General Rules
Play the ball, not the man. Don't attack the team of a poster that posts something you don't like or agree with. This is one of the biggest reasons why topics are derailed. If a thread has started to go off-topic, don't add to the problem. Using the excuse 'It was already off-topic' when you receive an infraction won't work. Thread titles should give a clear indication of the topic. Apart from not wasting users’ time it make searching titles more accurate.
No name-calling or abuse of posters is tolerated and this also applies to the nicknames given to clubs. Terms like "rape" and "butt-hurt" are also not wanted when discussing topics to describe something. Don't use them.
Do not start a thread about posters under any circumstances.
Trolling
Quite simply: don’t do it. Trolling other teams or posters is not sensible football discussion and having the sentence "This is not a troll but..." doesn't exempt it from being a troll.
Quoting from team boards on the main board
Do not quote a post from a team board and post it here. Ever. Team boards are primarily intended as sanctuaries for supporters of those teams, and it is not appropriate to quote comments from them out of context on other boards. Just don't do it. A sneaky copy/paste from a team board post wont avoid a sanction either. This also includes quoting team board posts but removing the poster's name from the quote.
Who you going to call?
If you see a post that breaches the rules report it, don't quote it and respond. If you think a thread doesn't belong on the womens board, report it. Don't post in the thread saying it should be on x board. Report it and we’ll deal with it.
Spam and links.
We welcome all contributions on Big Footy. We do not welcome, however, spam of any sort.
Swear Filter.
Let it do its work. Don't self-censor stuff. Or try to get around it either by using pictures or other tricks
Other Stuff.
Do it and you will receive a sanction., the same applies to trolling any mental health illnesses
There are some very specific rules we wish to point out below.
We'd like to welcome you all back for another year and with the season starting shortly, we'd like to reiterate a few rules for the board. As a subforum of the main board, please note that all rules applicable to the main forum apply here. You can see these in full here.
General Rules
Play the ball, not the man. Don't attack the team of a poster that posts something you don't like or agree with. This is one of the biggest reasons why topics are derailed. If a thread has started to go off-topic, don't add to the problem. Using the excuse 'It was already off-topic' when you receive an infraction won't work. Thread titles should give a clear indication of the topic. Apart from not wasting users’ time it make searching titles more accurate.
No name-calling or abuse of posters is tolerated and this also applies to the nicknames given to clubs. Terms like "rape" and "butt-hurt" are also not wanted when discussing topics to describe something. Don't use them.
Do not start a thread about posters under any circumstances.
Trolling
Quite simply: don’t do it. Trolling other teams or posters is not sensible football discussion and having the sentence "This is not a troll but..." doesn't exempt it from being a troll.
Quoting from team boards on the main board
Do not quote a post from a team board and post it here. Ever. Team boards are primarily intended as sanctuaries for supporters of those teams, and it is not appropriate to quote comments from them out of context on other boards. Just don't do it. A sneaky copy/paste from a team board post wont avoid a sanction either. This also includes quoting team board posts but removing the poster's name from the quote.
Who you going to call?
If you see a post that breaches the rules report it, don't quote it and respond. If you think a thread doesn't belong on the womens board, report it. Don't post in the thread saying it should be on x board. Report it and we’ll deal with it.
Spam and links.
We welcome all contributions on Big Footy. We do not welcome, however, spam of any sort.
Swear Filter.
Let it do its work. Don't self-censor stuff. Or try to get around it either by using pictures or other tricks
Other Stuff.
- Don't quote an entire post if you are responding to a part of it. Edit out the irrelevant parts.
- We don't need grammar teachers, so leave out comments about spelling, sentence construction
- No comments about mods or moderation, whether it's this board or another. Take it up with admin
Do it and you will receive a sanction., the same applies to trolling any mental health illnesses
There are some very specific rules we wish to point out below.
- The Bigfooty Womens Football board is not the place to conduct your personal vendetta against womens football. We welcome constructive and civil criticism, but here on Bigfooty we arent going to tolerate anything excessive. Are we as mods likely to be take the side of the women playing the game in a discussion? yes we are. So, please consider what you write before posting.
- Intimidating and bullying other users because you don’t agree with their opinions is not on, please use the report button and don’t quote or reply to abuse and make it worse. Light banter between clubs is one thing, aggressive behaviour towards others is another, be aware of the difference and take responsibility for your own posting. This forum is for everyone
- Transphobia is strictly against BF rules and policy as is racism, misogyny and homophobia. If you want to rant and mock other people please go elsewhere, BF is a diverse community and again we want everyone to feel comfortable posting here. Use the report button to alert mods and admin, we take this seriously.
