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RateTheRef - Message Board Rules
By: ben Date: August 3, 2018, 8:40 am
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RateTheRef - Message Board Rules
1. On registering, you are asked to provide a valid email
address. Please keep this updated, so that the site Admin can
keep you up to date with any important news about the forum. The
use of VPNs is not allowed however if you have a valid reason
for needing to use a vpn on here please speak with one of the
admin team.
2. Please do not post your contact information on the boards.
This is for your own safety. Please use the Private Message or
Email buttons to communicate this information to members that
require it privately.
3. Racist, Sexist, Homophobic, Xenophobic or any other insulting
or discriminatory comments will not be tolerated. Any such
comments will be deleted by the site Admin, and the poster dealt
with accordingly. The same goes for posts of a
libellous/defamatory nature. This is an all inclusive forum, we
welcome members regardless of their age, race, sex, sexual
orientation, religion, ability, disability and anything else
that some may find a 'reason' to bully or discriminate against
another.
4. Please refrain from posting pornographic material. Any such
material will be deleted. Linking to such material either in
posts or through your member profile is also forbidden. If you
feel the need to link to something of an "adult" nature (not
pornography), please make this clear at the time of posting.
5. RTR is not a place for personally abusing referees.
Discussion on performances is encouraged, but praise or
criticism should be reasoned. Similarly, abuse of other members
will not be tolerated, and offenders will be dealt with by the
Admin team accordingly. Please respect other members. Keep your
language clean - there is no need for swearing. Questioning the
integrity of any match official, official body, players,
managers or coaches is STRICTLY forbidden as is questioning the
integrity of the promotion process . Posts will be removed and
the user responsible dealt with accordingly.
6. There is an extensive RTR staff team in place, made up of
Admins and Moderators. If you have any issues, comments or
suggestions, please get in touch by emailing or Private
Messaging them. Please also bear in mind that they all have
lives to live, and may not be available immediately or at all
times. Please respect the staff, and the rule against personal
abuse applies to them also. The forum owners are Ben
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/>admin staff are Edy
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/>(currently on extended leave), aaa
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/>CharlieBoy
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/>HertsRef123
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/> Mackem Ref
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/>& Flipmode
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/> Please note that Ben is regularly unavailable due to the natu
re
of his work so all site owner related queries should be referred
to bmb in the first instance.
7. Please refrain from posting entirely in bold/italics/capital
letters. This looks untidy and takes away from the effect these
format options have. Also, please refrain from using text speak.
Should you require being able to post in all capitals for
example due to eyesight issues then please let one of the admin
team know.
8. Avatars and Signatures should comply to all these rules.
Similarly, any posted images should also be in keeping with the
rules. All signatures are limited to 400x80 pixels - allowing
for either three "userbars" or a larger image, but not both.
This is to keep the site tidy and means that the site dimensions
will not be changed.
9. Spam - the linking to an external website to advertise your
product or website to increase the number of "hits" to your
website is not allowed. Offending threads will be edited or
deleted as the moderators/admins feel is appropriate. Spam
Private Messages are also forbidden, and any reported acts of
such will result in action against the offender.
10. Continued pointless posting will see action taken against
the poster. Please consider whether you have anything new to
contribute to the thread, as one-liners that restate the obvious
only serve to clog up the message boards. You don't need to feel
compelled to respond to every new message posted, if you do not
have anything new to add to the thread. Your assent is implied
without having to respond. Hijacking threads is also
discouraged, and may lead to the closure of the thread or posts
being deleted.
11. FIFA & UEFA have very strict guidelines regarding the
release of information regarding appointments to FIFA/UEFA
sanctioned matches. No information is to be posted publicly
regarding appointments until it has been released by FIFA/UEFA
or a country FA. They have these rules in place partially to
protect referees so they do not receive threats/abuse/attempts
to bribe them pre-match but also as a measure in their fight
against match fixing in general. By posting the appointments
early (some of us know them 10-14 days before publication is
allowed) you can cause a referee to be taken off of a match,
they would not thank you for it and you could also see this
board heavily fined or closed down. This site is monitored by
the legal departments of both FIFA & UEFA as well as various
country FA's & we have agreements in place with them allowing us
to reproduce the postings, without having to pay a lot of money
to do so, as long as we ensure their guidelines are followed to
the full.
12. Please refrain from discussing decisions made by the Admin
Team regarding the editing, deleting, closing of threads, or
punishments handed out, on the forums. If you have any issues,
please PM one of the admins who will be happy to discuss your
issue with you.
13. Members who have been suspended or banned and who continue
to post on the forums under a different alias, will be severely
sanctioned.
14. Multiple user accounts are not allowed. Any accounts that
are found to be multiple user accounts will be banned, this
includes the ip address they post from. Should you require a
2nd account, or there is more than one of you living at an
address so will potentially show as the same ip address contact
bmb by pm to discuss the issue. If she agrees to the 2nd
account, she will mark your account in the admin area
accordingly to prevent any member of the admin team from
subsequently issuing a ban.
15. If you are placed on moderated posts the admin team will
review this on a regular basis and remove you from moderated
posts if you consistently follow the rules. Any further breach
of the rules and you will go onto moderated posts indefinitely.
If you have a problem with any other member, wish to report
something you feel needs looking into, or have any questions
about the boards, please PM one of the Administrators.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THESE RULES CAN BE UPDATED OR MODIFIED AT
ANY TIME. PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
We recently suspended use of the reactions emojis due to misuse
, we have reintroduced them but we’re unfortunately unable to
remove the dumb button which is rude , offensive and was being
used in an insulting way . The dumb emoji reaction must not be
used! If it is seen to be used the user will be warned and any
further use will see the user on moderated posts. Use of the
dumb button breaches rule 3. ADMIN.
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