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Rules of the Board
By: ecasadoSBU Date: June 6, 2012, 9:41 pm
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Introduction & General Agreement:
User Agreement for Posting:
By posting a message on this site, you agree to abide by these
rules and policies and to risk a temporary or permanent
suspension (ban) of privileges to post for violating them.
Ignorance is not an acceptable excuse for violations. Posts that
attempt to get around a rule, or are suspected as such by board
monintors, are also considered to be violations.
Forum Purpose & General Guidelines
The purpose of the SBUFan Forum is to provide a place for fans,
followers, and anyone else interested in Stony Brook Athletics
to post information, share ideas, ask questions, and have
discussions about the programs. For anyone who decides to post
messages that are of a controversial in nature, and for those
people who may reply in response to those posts, please show
your respect for others who may have a difference in opinion by
not using derogatory, belittling, and profane language when you
post. It is our intent to both provide a reasonably free and
open forum for all and to protect the real-world identity and
privacy of those who wish to maintain online anonymity.
With these rules and guidelines, our intent is to reduce or
eliminate abusive, inflammatory, obscene, libelous, illegal, and
otherwise problematic posts and to enhance the experience for
site visitors by maximizing amount of worthwhile material made
available for viewing.
Visitors and fans from other teams in the NCAA are welcomed to
post, as long as the abide by the same rules
Forum Rules & Policies
Abusive or Obscene Language
Language that is abusive or obscene will result in editing of
the message or removal of the post. If the message is flagrantly
abusive, contains obscene language, or is otherwise blatantly
unacceptable, the user may be also have posting privileges
temporarily (in the Brig) or permanently suspended (Ban).
Posts that contain or evidence the following types of
content are specifically prohibited:
Racism
Hatred
Harassment
'Adult' content
Obscene material
Nudity or por*nography
Material that infringes others' intellectual property or
other proprietary rights
Piracy, hacking, viruses, worms, or ware*Z
Commercial banner advertisements or revenue-generating
links
Any otherwise illegal content
Links to, or images from, a site containing material
outlined anywhere in these restrictions
Any material deemed offensive or inappropriate by the SBUFan
moderators, in its sole discretion, after you have been informed
that SBUFan deems the material unacceptable. This might include
posting of confidential information not released to the general
public.
Flaming (Attacking) Other Users
Try not to personalize. Debate is certainly encouraged, but
flaming (i.e., attacking someone personally) is not allowed. For
example, saying "any idiot knows that isn't true" is flaming
(because the person was just called an idiot), while saying "I
passionately disagree" is not, even though it is rather
emotionally charged.
Material from Other Web Sites
Assume that anything appearing on another web site is
copyrighted (which is generally the case). As a rule, do not
copy and paste/post this material. However, copyrighted
information can be referenced with a summary, brief quoted
excerpts, and/or links. Messages or parts of messages written by
someone else should not be posted without permission of the
original author unless you are "quoting" what they posted. In
any case, messages that includes the work of others should be
posted such that the author and his/her information can be
identified.
A specific case of interest to many is the press release (or
what appears to be one). Items such as a game story, an
announcement of new coach's hiring, and the like appearing on a
team web site must be treated as copyrighted material. You can
handle them as described above.
Sports Wagering/Gambling References
References to legal or illegal sports wagering are not
permitted. The NCAA states that sports wagering has "the
potential to undermine the integrity of sports contests and
jeopardizes the welfare of student-athletes and the
intercollegiate athletics community." All such references on the
Forums will not be tolerated. They include, but are not limited
to, printing, listing, linking, and/or creating of
“point-spread” or “line” information or solicitation or
acceptance of sports bets. Posts containing such items will be
edited or deleted. Repeated violations will result in the
banning of the offender from the Forums. Visitors, and
especially student-athletes, are encouraged to read the NCAA's
page on sports wagering, from which the quote above was taken.
This page has many useful links and resources on the subject.
Advertising Products or Other Sites
Do not post commercial material on the Forum or use posts to
advertise your or your friend's web site or product. This
includes using your "signature" line as an ad. Particularly
annoying are posts about a "great web site" that are made (with
no acknowledgement, of course) by someone associated with that
web site. Also do not post questions about a camp, clinic,
tournament, etc. with which you are associated in the hope of
generating free advertising for it. "Guerrilla marketing" is not
permitted.
Management Decisions Are Final
This is our house. When you use these forums, you are the
guest and we serve as host, and you are to act accordingly. Do
not insult your host or you are toast. If there is a dispute
between participants on the boards, the Forum
administrators/moderators will arbitrate. In all cases, the
administrators reserve the right to make the final call, and
those decisions are not open to further discussion.
Protection of Privacy
No personal information about other people that could be
considered private should be posted on the site without
permission of the person whom the information is about. This
will often apply to coaching job openings before they are
announced publicly. People's e-mail addresses and telephone
numbers should almost never be posted.
Your Legal Liability
There are laws, both civil and criminal, against certain
forms of speech, if proved in court, such as libel, defamation
of character, harassment, and threats. Accusations of this sort,
however, are legal allegations that are best decided by a court
of law; we do not arbitrarily make that determination. It is, of
course, the prerogative of any poster who feels any laws have
been violated to pursue legal action. Posters are responsible
for what they post and should realize there may be potentially
serious consequences for illegal behavior.
Guidelines & Good Practices
Stay on Topic
All of the forums (except for the "The Red Zone" and "Around
Stony Brook") are topic specific. Please post only on the
appropriate forum. Off-topic items appearing on any of the
forums may, without warning or explanation, be moved to a
different forum, merged into a more appropriate thread, or
simply deleted.
Exercise Good Judgment
Avoid posting what might be called private, personal
information. Just because you know something doesn't mean you
have the right to tell the world. Recognize that some
information should be communicated only by the source or someone
close to him/her/it.
Make Your Subject Line Clear
The subject line of a post, particularly one that starts a
new thread (topic), should clearly reflect its content. This is
extremely helpful to visitors browsing the forums. If you are
asking a question in the post, there should be a question mark
in the subject line. If the content of the message IS the
subject line and the message is blank, add (nm) for "no message"
at the end of subject.
Avoid Starting New Threads Unnecessarily
Do not start a new thread (i.e., a top-level post or new
topic) when one on that subject already exists on first page of
a forum. If, for example, people have posted scores and
commentary about an upcoming game, don't jump the gun at the end
of the game by starting a new topic that only reports the final
score. When possible, try to reply to an existing post. Help
maximize the content available to visitors by introducing new
topics judiciously.
Avoid Commercials for Yourself or Others
Avoid making disguised posts about yourself or your friends or
your children, especially those promoting what a wonderful
player you or they are. People see through these posts, and you
generally end up looking rather foolish. Let the actions on the
field speak for themselves.
Heed Warnings from Moderators
Follow the rules. This is not a democracy, and, if you
violate the approved use policy, your posts will be deleted.
Serious or repeated violations of forum policy are even more
likely to result temporary or permanent suspension of posting
privileges. Actions taken by forum administrators, such as the
removal of the post, should be taken as a warning even if an
official warning is not issued.
[center]Thank You,
SBUFan Mods[/center]
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Re: Rules of the Board
By: Campi47 Date: November 30, 2018, 1:31 pm
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I just put a post up and I don't see it
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Re: Rules of the Board
By: Chairman of the Board Date: March 8, 2023, 5:59 pm
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A reminder on forum rules that all members have agreed to.
Thanks all.
-Chair
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Re: Rules of the Board
By: sbupatriots Date: March 11, 2023, 9:09 pm
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Think we may need an update to the sports gambling rule given
today's legal gambling climate.
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Re: Rules of the Board
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 1, 2023, 11:04 am
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Reminder on forum rules below.
Also- for those who have asked- freedoms of speech do not apply
to private enterprise.
HTML https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/
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Re: Rules of the Board
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 2, 2023, 6:57 am
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Another reminder- personal attacks are a violation of forum
rules.
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Re: Rules of the Board
By: Chairman of the Board Date: December 23, 2023, 7:17 am
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For those that need to reread- forum rules are above.
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