Forum Rules

[Steve_Lockhart]

The forum is intended to be a friendly place where all Walkers Cycling Club members (and guests / potential members) can visit and chat, joke, debate, ask questions and generally hang out.

Generally the visitors to the forum are adults (physically if not mentally at least) but minors may be viewing the public section of the forum.

That freedom demands a level of self-moderation from its users. Please remember that bad language and discussion of certain topics can and will cause offence. In short, think twice about posting anything that you wouldn't be prepared to say face to face.

NB - abuse is permitted if both parties know that it is an 'in joke' and have a dig at each other without being nasty about it. Eg - having a laugh at somebody who fell off in an amusing manner (but didn't hurt themselves too badly) is OK and to be encouraged.

If you think a post is a deliberate troll, abusive, offensive or otherwise a bit too naughty then don't hesitate to contact us and we'll have a look. We can't guarantee we'll agree with you but at least we'll be aware of any infringements to other members' sensibilities.

If you notice that a post has been moderated and after reading this page you are still unclear as to why, then please email us directly and we will try to explain our decision. DO NOT post your request for a reason on the forum as we have found that this just provokes needless argument.

RULES

In addition to the above guidelines we have a limited number of hard and fast rules that you should familiarise yourself with before posting on any of our forums.

No posts of a sexual nature, including images of a sexual nature or intended to provoke a sexual response.

No posts which, in the Moderators opinion, are likely to cause offence to either an individual, or group, whatever their sexual inclination, ethnicity, geographical origin or riding ability.

No posts, including links to other sites that are deemed to be of a sexual or distasteful nature, incite racial or sexist behaviour or are in any way discriminatory and/or offensive towards individuals or minority groups (This includes singlespeeders!)

No abusive or foul language - There is a swear filter on the site that will capture what we consider to be the most offensive vocabulary but any attempt to evade this swear filter will result in that post or thread being deleted.

No posts which in the opinion of the moderators are solely intended to, or are likely to provoke or abuse any individual or group.

No impersonation of any other poster, or use of another poster's identity.

The consequences of infringing these rules and guidelines are entirely at our discretion but will generally start with a 48 hour ban from posting on the forum for which we may or may not give warnings or notify the user of their ban.

It is our aim that the forum should have an overall positive effect on the club members that use it.