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[C. Flower]

Rules

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[C. Flower]

bump :)

[Mod2]

bump

[Derelict]

okay

[C. Flower]

okay

You're welcome. :)

[C. Flower]

bump

[Ah Well]

Instead of having to bump it, would it be possible to make it a "sticky" so it stays at the top of the list of Threads at all times ... then folk can't say I never saw it and all that ;)

Or maybe as a highlighted banner to a link at the top or something ....

[5intheface]

Instead of having to bump it, would it be possible to make it a "sticky" so it stays at the top of the list of Threads at all times ... then folk can't say I never saw it and all that ;)

Or maybe as a highlighted banner to a link at the top or something ....

Seemed reasonable, done.

[Mick Tully]

Rules

These Site Rules are a brief summary of some key points to remember when posting here. All members will be asked to contribute to developing Forum Rules and to stick to them. If you need any help in using the site, ask a moderator, administrator or experienced poster, by pm or on the thread.

This is a community driven forum, the more you put in, the more we all get out. Rules will be amended and added to as needed to cater for new issues. Give your feedback if you think changes are needed.

All members are responsible for their own posts and should not use anonymity to post anything they would not be prepared to stand over under their own name.

The purpose of the Site Rules is to allow good quality, constructive debate, in which political views are freely expressed with a consistent focus on "the ball, not the man".

When posting, please observe the rules below.

1) Think before you post. Experienced posters should help new posters with technical and general advice on posting. All members should contribute to developing the site.

2) No Libelous Posting: people commented on are entitled to their good name unless proven otherwise – check your facts and back up your views with reliable linked sources.

3) No "outing" of poster identities, whether on this or other sites: outing is a banning offence.

4) No Muppetry, Puppetry, Flaming, Picture Spam,Trolling, Abuse, Misogeny or Racism. We can all express opinions with out resorting to any of them. Please be civil, even in heated debate. This site does not allow pms to be used for abuse. Any offending posters will be barred from pmming.

5) No Advertising, Spamming or Shilling. Contact the admins if you want to arrange advertising space. Spammers will be site-banned, hunted down and used as test subjects.

6) No "recruitment" drives by direct contact with Site Members. Official sites can be linked and public meetings publicised, but permission of the Admin is needed before "recruitment" threads/posts.

7) No Porn, Rick Rollin or abuse or illegal posting of any kind.

8) No Posting of Copyrighted Material. Please do not post copyrighted material in this forum – if available on line, link it instead. By all means suggest an article is someone asks, but don't post an article. Also, please source or reference anything you do post.

9) We’re Here Because We’re Here -
Other forums are interesting too, but prolonged discussion of other forums should be taken to those sites or to an Indymedia report.

10) The Moderator and Administrator’s Decision is final. Don’t argue at length with the mod. Take general points to "Feedback and Questions" forum and open them up for discussion.

Rules will be updated from time to time, please watch for updates.

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We will take reasonable care of your details, but you are advised that if your anonymity is important to you, you should register using an identity- neutral email address and user name and protect your IP. No site can give 100% guarantee against hacking or accidental leakage.

You are advised to consider carefully before posting or otherwise sharing any personal information on the site.

Please take time to read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy as well.
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[C. Flower]

Thanks for reposting that Mick Tully :)

[C. Flower]

I'm just putting these up for a look, as the anger levels are high, and a reminder is needed that no matter how we're feeling there are some types of posts that are not legal and or/ contrary to site rules.

Constructive outlets for the rage are needed :)

[C. Flower]

Bump.

Just a reminder - it may be quite a while since some have read these.

On copyright - please do not post whole copyrighted articles. A link, and up to 10% of the article is sufficient and a summary in your own words of why it is relevant is enough for the purposes of discussion. Creative commons, government info sites, press releases, and wikipedia etc. are free to use, but not at such length, preferably, as to break the flow of discussion.

Please also, out of consideration for the busy or frantic, if you post a link, would you say what it is and why you are posting it.

Any suggestions for rule changes can be discussed here.

[People Korps]

Having not been banned I demand two things one
that i not receive this message
To be able to post links or images your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 2 posts.

Please remove links from your message, then you will be able to submit your pos


and two that my status as Founding Member be restored or even added to

I think Senior and Glorious Inspirational Founding Member might be appropriate so mods know their proper place .....of menial subservience to senior cadres whims

it would be nice if my history was added to my profile also

PS Happy New Year to You all
:) :) :)

[C. Flower]

[QUOTE]...that my status as Founding Member be restored

Fixed.


it would be nice if my history was added to my profile also

I haven't a clue how to do that. Investigations are under way.
May have to experiment on Kev Bar.


PS Happy New Year to You all
:) :) :)

And the same to you.

[People Korps]

NO "Senior and Glorious Inspirational" ? I may decide to move to North Korea where such titles are more extant

[PaddyJoe]

NO "Senior and Glorious Inspirational" ? I may decide to move to North Korea where such titles are more extant
Sounds like a tag line for a Glamorous Granny competition:D

[People Korps]

sounds like a tag line for a glamorous granny competition:d

lol :d

[ang]

In light of recent developments now would seem to be a good time to review and update site rules. It is essential that we protect the site and ourselves as posters on this forum, from any possible legal actions. Please take time to review the current site rules and comment on any updates you feel may be necessary.

Site Rules can be found here http://www.politicalworld.org/showpost.php?p=69&postcount=1 which is a link to the OP on this thread.

We would also appreciate if you would again look at our Privacy Statement and Terms of Use -

Privacy Statement
http://www.politicalworld.org/showthread.php?t=1557

Terms of Use -
http://www.politicalworld.org/showthread.php?t=266

This thread is strictly for reviewing and commenting on the above.

[C. Flower]

Thanks for bumping ang. High time we have a good look over the Site Rules and put our collective heads together to see if they are fully fit for purpose ( and that we know what is in them )

:)

[riposte]

Thanks ang........ I've read it.

[C. Flower]

Questions and suggestions welcome

[fluffybiscuits]

http://irishbarrister.com/defamation.html

Just an overview of the Defamation Act which came in 2009. Whereby the old definition changed it was replaced by


a defamatory statement is one which tends to injure a person’s reputation in the eyes of reasonable members of society


The plaintiff must also prove that the statement was untrue, was published maliciously and referred to the plaintiff, his property or office, profession, calling, trade or business.

Some other points are irrelevant as they show that its not defamation if it is said to one other person etc but those points above and the link may provide something with which we could add rules regarding defamation. There is another point there where sites may be vicariously liable for the words of others if written which could be taken to mean the site if we knew could land us in some sort of trouble.

Hope was ok to post this but its just a little research being done and a few points might be worth addressing. :)

[C. Flower]

Useful fluffy, thanks.

[C. Flower]

bump

[Greengoddess]

I was told that during an election the rules for defamation or libel become stricter when applied or public reps. Not sure it's true though
What does " bump" mean?

[fluffybiscuits]

I was told that during an election the rules for defamation or libel become stricter when applied or public reps. Not sure it's true though
What does " bump" mean?

Move a thread to the top of the page :)

[C. Flower]

I was told that during an election the rules for defamation or libel become stricter when applied or public reps. Not sure it's true though
What does " bump" mean?

Bump is internet-eze for "I'm going to post a random word to put this thread at the top of the forum" :)

Do you mean defamation by public reps., or of them ?

The law, so far as I know doesn't change during the period of an election.

Politicians have a certain amount of protection from defamation law if speaking in the public interest, but it is limited.

A politician once gave me a very profuse formal public apology for remarks made. Not in an election period though.

:)

[Greengoddess]

Bump is internet-eze for "I'm going to post a random word to put this thread at the top of the forum" :)

Do you mean defamation by public reps., or of them ?

The law, so far as I know doesn't change during the period of an election.

Politicians have a certain amount of protection from defamation law if speaking in the public interest, but it is limited.

A politician once gave me a very profuse formal public apology for remarks made. Not in an election period though.

:)
Of them.

[C. Flower]

Of them.

Really?

If anything, I think, the contrary. The normal "cut and thrust" of politics and vigorous political debate is a requirement for democracy in an election campaign. Were they suggesting that heckling be banned ?

Of course, the police were called in Buswells when someone had the temerity to address questions face to face with a politician. And, reportedly, they took away the wrong man :)

But mere defamation, non political, particularly if malicious, is always against the law.

Would you be able to mention who said this to you ?

[C. Flower]

http://irishbarrister.com/defamation.html

Just an overview of the Defamation Act which came in 2009. Whereby the old definition changed it was replaced by...

Some other points are irrelevant as they show that its not defamation if it is said to one other person etc but those points above and the link may provide something with which we could add rules regarding defamation. There is another point there where sites may be vicariously liable for the words of others if written which could be taken to mean the site if we knew could land us in some sort of trouble.

Hope was ok to post this but its just a little research being done and a few points might be worth addressing. :)

Article on online defamation in the IT.

http://t.co/AOCUQWn5

[random new yorker]

does anyone know if our posts here are searchable on google??

[C. Flower]

does anyone know if our posts here are searchable on google??

Try searching your name ? :)

[random new yorker]

Try searching your name ? :)


i did, nothing much comes up (only the PW facepage if i have some post up)... but i dont quite trust this thing... maybe i should keep digging down into the last pages of the search

[C. Flower]

i did, nothing much comes up (only the PW facepage if i have some post up)... but i dont quite trust this thing... maybe i should keep digging down into the last pages of the search

Found you on page 2, but you have a lot of competition.

[random new yorker]

Found you on page 2, but you have a lot of competition.

competition is very good, funny that in my email you say "try searching your last post" and here i see "try searching your name".... or some msg got lost in btw...lovit!!

...what you can search in Ireland is different than what i can search here in the US...that's why i'm asking...i'll try cpl different browsers too

[fluffybiscuits]

If you search for politicalworld.org in inverted commas and then your user name again in inverted commas you might be able to find it . Eg

https://www.google.com/search?q=google&rlz=1C1ASUT_enIE444IE444&aq=f&oq=goo&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1ASUT_enIE444IE444&biw=1366&bih=681&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22fluffybiscuits%22+%22politicalworld.org%22&oq=%22fluffybiscuits%22+%22politicalworld.org%22&gs_l=serp.3...1898.13065.0.13321.43.37.4.0.0.1.232 .3781.27j9j1.37.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.5.psy-ab.PCecacJAjiQ&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43148975,d.ZG4&fp=da001449dc65d96

Sometimes its quicker to use google to search for a particular post on the site :)

[random new yorker]

If you search for politicalworld.org in inverted commas and then your user name again in inverted commas you might be able to find it . Eg

https://www.google.com/search?q=google&rlz=1C1ASUT_enIE444IE444&aq=f&oq=goo&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1ASUT_enIE444IE444&biw=1366&bih=681&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22fluffybiscuits%22+%22politicalworld.org%22&oq=%22fluffybiscuits%22+%22politicalworld.org%22&gs_l=serp.3...1898.13065.0.13321.43.37.4.0.0.1.232 .3781.27j9j1.37.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.5.psy-ab.PCecacJAjiQ&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43148975,d.ZG4&fp=da001449dc65d96

Sometimes its quicker to use google to search for a particular post on the site :)

what would i do without you fluffy? (and you too CF...)

i'll work on it later, does this stuff ever go away?

BTW i wish some of the stuff i say sometimes would simply puff disappear into thin air just like after a conversation a little while later you forget what was said (WHAT WHAT did i say that??)...not searchable...here, no! there's a permanent record (hopefully not too permanent..) gotta work now :)

[fluffybiscuits]

what would i do without you fluffy? (and you too CF...)

i'll work on it later, does this stuff ever go away?

BTW i wish some of the stuff i say sometimes would simply puff disappear into thin air just like after a conversation a little while later you forget what was said (WHAT WHAT did i say that??)...not searchable...here, no! there's a permanent record (hopefully not too permanent..) gotta work now :)


Its all on whats known as cache on google. Cache is like a record of pages that may have disappeared (jmcc you know it better than I!!).

I wouldnt worry bud, dont think anyone can link you to the real world!

[random new yorker]

Its all on whats known as cache on google. Cache is like a record of pages that may have disappeared (jmcc you know it better than I!!).

I wouldnt worry bud, dont think anyone can link you to the real world!

according to jmcc they could....and i do have a reputation to defend i am afraid ...and although i know you will NOT believe this i have just found out there are some RNY haters out there..ya cant please everyone it seems.

anyway, I dont think i posted anything here i would regret but i will search and clean it up.
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