Updated Forum Rules

[Leafs_Pam]

Board Rules

Mission:

To be the best Toronto Maple Leafs Discussion Board on the Internet, as measured by member satisfaction

Purpose:

Give Leafs fans the ability to communicate with each other on the Maple Leafs without fear of personal attacks

• Be friendly and courteous to all members. And above all, to have fun!!
  
  
• Not all of us share the same opinion. Treat all members and their opinions with respect. All opinions, by both Moderators and Members, should be expressed as if you were the one on the receiving end of the post. Treat all members opinions as you would wish yours to be treated
  
  
• Any member, regardless of whether they are a Member or Moderator, who does not respect another member's opinion, will have their post either edited or deleted, whichever is appropriate
  
  
• If you would like to post the URL for another Forum, please send your request along with the URL of forum to either [e-mail], or in a PM (admin, not Leafs_Pam) on LeafsChat. She will review the site and let you know if it is okay to post your URL
  
  
• Membership on LeafsChat is by invitation. To nominate someone for membership, send your nomination to either [e-mail], or in a PM on LeafsChat to Admin. Send the name of the nominee, along with a brief paragraph on how long you have known the person and a few of your personal observations on them, as well as links to 5 of their posts on other forums
  
  If you wish to remain anonymous, please let Pam know. After Pam receives all the information on the nominee, she will send the information on to the Senior Committee, which consists of Pam and the Moderators. We will review the paragraph and the posts of the nominee. After review, the Senior Committee will reach a decision on whether to extend an invitation to the nominee
  
  Pam will notify the nominating member of the Senior Committee's decision. If the nominee is voted in, Pam will post the information on LeafsChat for 24 hours, after which the post will be deleted. Once the the post has been deleted from LeafsChat, the nominating member will send an email to their nominee with the LeafsChat URL, and let them know we are an Invitation Only Forum. They will also ask the nominee to read the Rules of the Forum once they register
  
  If a nominee is not voted in, Pam will let the member know and give them the reasons why their nominee for LeafsChat was not approved
  
  A no vote doesn't necessarily mean that person will never be approved. They can be renominated at a later date, following the same nomination process
  
  At no time should a LeafsChat Member give the URL to a person before they have been approved as a new LeafsChat Member
  
  
  
• A ban of members is possible even on LeafsChat
  
  All Members
  
  Any member who makes posts to taunt other members will have their posts edited or deleted, whichever is appropriate. If the behavior continues, the member will be locked out of the forum for 1 week and then allowed to return. If they repeat the taunts, they will be banned from the forum for a month and then allowed to return. If the member repeats the behavior again, the Senior Staff will decide whether to give a 6 month suspension to the member or permanently ban the member
  
  The following are examples of what could bring about the ban of a Member:
  
  Temporary Ban Offenses - 3 strikes and you're possibly out
  
  You are really dumb and all your opinions are really stupid.
  
  Everything you ever post is really stupid. You don't know anything about hockey. You shouldn't even be posting here
  
  That is a really stupid question
  
  Immediate and Permanent Ban Offenses
  
  Wishing death and/or disease on any member or members
  

[jackskelington]

oh pam...i had to laugh when i read about the "punishments" handed out to violators...

i posted a number of posts on the minnesota wild boards with a few "woohoooo's" and "go canucks GOOO's" and said NOTHING mean to anyone...

got banned permanently without any warning...

[Leafs_Pam]

Jackskelington said:

oh pam...i had to laugh when i read about the "punishments" handed out to violators...

i posted a number of posts on the minnesota wild boards with a few "woohoooo's" and "go canucks GOOO's" and said NOTHING mean to anyone...

got banned permanently without any warning...

Sounds like they were pretty thin skinned if they did that to you. We don't like fans of other teams to harp on our 36 years, but we don't ban anyone for even saying that (although we do get sort of mad if they say it more than once). I think you would be better off here talking about the Canucks. That's why we have the "other" section. Don't be a stranger once the season starts. Since you like the Leafs too (as long as they don't play the Canucks) , I'm sure you could contribute on the Leafs too.

[Leafs_Pam]

People can't hear the inflection of words as they are spoken on the Internet. The electronic word can get people in trouble, even when they didn't mean it in such a way as to be taken that way.

The electronic word is very easy to misinterpret. Saying a Fellow Leafs fan sounds like a Leafs basher is usually taken the wrong way.

The same can be said for "Rose Coloured Glasses." That shouldn't be a generalized statement. That can also be taken the wrong way and offend someone.

I've seen wars break out on Forums (here and other forums as well) because something that was said in a post was misintrepreted. Also, at times we don't realize the way we are saying something comes out different than we thought we were saying it. To us, we know what we mean when we say it but on the other end the people reading it don't take it the way we meant to present it because they don't see it like we thought we were writing it.

This forum has always been a "Glass Half Empty/Glass Half Full" Forum. Everyone IS entitled to their opinion. I wouldn't want it any other way. But....we also have to realize that at times people reading what we wrote won't understand what we were trying to say.

We have optimists on this forum and we have pessimists on this forum. A better way of saying it is we have members who are negative (for good reason) and members who are positive (for good reason). Neither opinion is wrong. We all see it a different way.

The best way to get around this is to say "even though I can respect your opinion, I don't share your opinion" (or something to that effect).

You don't have to agree with each other ever if you don't want to, but at the same time you need to make sure you don't insult another member with your disagreement. All I ask is that you think before you hit the "Post" Button. Just look at your reply as if someone else wrote it and see how you might react to it if it was indeed written by another member. If you have any doubt about the reaction people will have to your post, just reword it slightly before you hit that "Post" button.

I have seen many "Rose Coloured Glasses" Leafs fans in the past 14 years on the Internet, so I know they do exist. In September they are planning the Parade in June even before the Season starts. That gets old year after year. They can never see the down side to the Leafs. The weaknesses in the team, etc.

But I also know there are many Leafs fans on the Internet who are optimistic without wearing "Rose Coloured Glasses." They can see the positive side of the Leafs while admitting the team does have weaknesses. The only time an opinion is wrong is when we bash one another with our opinions. All I ask of all of you is to think before you post.

[mokole]

I like this board. Lots o' variety, good talk, people getting up/down about the team, nobody really talking as if everything is wrong and blow this up, again and again.

[kazzie]

I’m with you mokole.   This is a great group of people and I love chatting about our beloved Leafs.  Grateful to share thoughts and ideas with all of you.