I have updated the forum guidelines. For a short while, I'll keep this topic open to allow people to suggest amendments or additions...

General Guidelines
1. You are here with our permission. You do not have a god-given right to post on this forum. So please follow these guidelines – there’s not a lot, and it’s a small amount to ask for the relative freedom you have to post on here.
2. Debate is encouraged and welcome. Please do not let it turn into a flame war. If someone posts something against the rules, report the post. If they are just getting on your nerves, but sticking within our (rather permissive) guidelines, add them as a foe and you will never need to hear from them again.
3. All posts are the opinion of the poster. However, we may remove content that we think could get us into trouble.
4. Please do not claim to represent the site. You represent yourself only.
5. For avatars and signatures, please remember that people browse these forums at work, so do not make them too risqué.

Registration Guidelines
1. There are no guest accounts. Users must register in order to post.
2. All registrations require moderator approval, in order to reduce spam registrations. In addition, certain email domains are not accepted. Please try to use an alternative email address if yours is not accepted.
3. Occasionally, I may accidentally think you're a spammer and not approve your account. If this happens, try and re-register by putting some info in your registration details that will put it beyond all doubt.

Posting Guidelines
We try to minimise any interference in what people are allowed to post. However, please bear the following in mind:
1. There are no censored words. However, please try to keep bad language to a minimum, and preferably not in giant text (people do like to browse these forums at work)
2. Posting pornography or encouraging illegal acts is not permitted.
3. Spamming or advertising is not permitted. You can, of course, promote your own websites where relevant to the discussion.
4. Please bear in mind any legal issues regarding the content you post. We will remove content that we think could get us into trouble.
5. Do not insult other users. It's not kind, it doesn't make you a big internet tough guy, and it only causes arguments.
6. You should try to avoid derailing threads. Sometimes, discussions naturally progress away from the original topic, and that's fine. Do not post unrelated content to try and stop other members having a discussion.
7. Try to avoid deliberately causing offence. While certain jokes or retorts might not be against the rules, consider that they may be offensive to certain people.
8. The majority of people here share similar views on politics, economics, the media, etc. This is not news to us, we know...there's no need to post purely to tell us. If you have views that are different from many people here, expect many arguments against your views. If you can't handle that, try not to get into much of a debate. If you can, be ready with statistics and news sources to back up your assertions (this goes for both sides!)

Forum Staff
The forum staff are on hand to keep the board running smoothly, and can answer your questions. They are:
Esqui
Daley Mayle
Paul
Lord_Kobel

Merk is the site owner, but is a very busy man, so isn't always here to look over the forum. Most questions can be dealt with by the rest of the staff, and can be passed on to him by us, if neccessary.

Can we post pictures of kittens?

Ooo, I'm all in red!

Thanks for doing this, Esqui. Lessons clearly learned from Bittygate.

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I'm a nasty, violent lefty. You cunt.

I took a look at the old rules (last updated May 2008). I think a lot has happened since then! In any case, they were a mixture of additions, old rules with some taken out - a mess, in other words.

Kobel - for some reason, you were an admin, had all the admin permissions, but your default group was set as global mods, so you didn't get the shiny red name. Sorted now.

Malcolm - I have added in an extra guideline about posting unrelated things. Cats are of course fine when relevant to the discussion - posting them to stop others contributing is not. Please use kittens responsibly, for more details visit www.kittenaware.co.uk.

I can't believe I actually clicked that

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Soppy anti-British, pro-crime, anti-education, pro-immigration, anti-family nonentity

I'm disappointed it doesn't exist! Did the PC brigade ban it?

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"Stop making up quotes and attributing them to me" - Voltaire

i cant believe i missed bittygate

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Blog...http://itsjustahobby.wordpress.com/

Soon, if we are not prudent, millions of people will be watching each other starve to death through expensive television sets. Nye Bevan

Don't worry, it wasn't that exciting.
It's quite tedious trying to argue with a Troll who has no argument.

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That subtle admixture of the absurd and the surreally plausible...

Am I allowed to fart in here?

Only if you tell us what type of stool it was introducing