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Rules

Welcome to the new We Are The Rangers Boys QPR Messageboard.

We have a passionate interest in what is happening with Queens Park Rangers Football Club and we hope in time the forums will become a great source of information and a valuable resource for those interested in our footballing community.

In order to keep the forums running well and to prevent problems, please follow these simple rules. If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to contact an administrator or moderator.

Your Profile Page - Homepage must remain blank, if you post anything in this section it will be removed.

General Rules

1a. We will not tolerate racism, sexism, homophobia or other forms of hate-speech, or contributions that could be interpreted as such. We recognise the difference between criticising a particular government, organisation, community or belief, and attacking people on the basis of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age.

1b. While debating and discussion is fine, we will not tolerate rudeness, insulting posts, personal attacks, publishing of other members' personal details or purposeless inflammatory posts. Our decision is final in these matters.

2. Please refrain from posting meaningless threads, one word (or short) non-sense posts.

3. Please refrain from using text talk in the main forums (Plain English only)

4. Multiple or repeated posting in order to increase your post count is not allowed.

5. We do not allow or support copy & pasting to and from other external websites, however if you have been granted permission then you may do so.

6. No longer active.

7. Advertising, spamming and trolling is not allowed on any part of this board. This includes using the forum email, website address in your profile and Private message system to spam other members.

8. We also do not allow posts that are sexual in nature or violate community standards.
We also do not allow posts however worded relating to Football Violence.

9. The Administration team shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate community standards.

10. Other intellectual property violations are not allowed.

11. Each member is allowed one login account. Registering with multiple accounts is not allowed.

12. We reserve the right to remove offensive posts without notice.

13. We also reserve the right to ban anyone who willfully violates the forum rules.

14. Also while these rules cover most common situations, they cannot anticipate everything. Consequently we reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure these forums are not disrupted or abused in any way.

15. Any threads/posts of these types will be deleted.

16. When blocking members do not broadcast it, block someone if you don't wish to see them and leave it at that.

17. Please use the test thread for all your testing.

18. On game day there will be an Official Match Thread that is used for everything regarding that game, if any new threads are created they will be removed/deleted.

Advertising Services

19. We do not allow people to post threads or to send private messages or emails to users here that advertise or solicit any products or services. Explicit advertising in sigs is also prohibited.

20. Feel free to voice any comments you have relating to Queens Park Rangers Football Club or this website, but please be aware that messages of an abusive or offensive nature will be removed, as will any threads that appear to be of a potentially libellous nature.

21. If you find anything on this website that you'd like to highlight to a member of staff, you may private message, or you may press the 'Report Button' which is situated below on the post/thread you'd like reported.


Please enjoy your stay with us at the We Are The Rangers Boys QPR Messageboard.

'the moderators and administrators do not accept responsibility for the credibility of rumours posted on this messageboard'.

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User Infraction Warnings

Should anyone post something that is either against the rules or the spirit of this site, then they will get a warning. Just the one though, as the next infringement will result in a 24 hour ban, as the points system is no longer in place.

If they do it again, they will get one more warning before a 1 week ban will kick in. For those that persist, this will be followed by bans of 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months etc., although one additional warning will be given prior to any ban.

We can issue a permanent ban at anytime providing the moderation team agree on highest votes and the the owners decision is final.

WATRB Team.

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Complaints about WATRB moderation decisions

If you wish to complain about/appeal a decision, then you must write to a member of the moderating team using the private messaging system.

IMPORTANT: threads/posts on the public forum which complain about moderation policy or particular moderators/administrators will be deleted from now on. If you want to appeal a decision or ask a question about moderating policy then this must be done THROUGH PM - you will receive an answer from a staff member promptly.

Administrators

MYU
The Godfather
Kirill
Stanley76
BrightonR

Moderators

Stainrodisalegend
Fraggy
Will M

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If you have a problem you can contact us via the private messaging system or at support@wearetherangersboys.com

WATRB Team

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Announcement

During the last month or so, there have been a few discussions "behind the scenes" so to speak, as to what we want to achieve with this forum and how we should incorporate the moderation of this site, in order to help achieve those goals. These came about primarily from one question about how the forum has changed over the last few years and, believe it or not, our continued dissatisfaction with the current system of infraction points. Not only, but mainly due to the confusing nature of it.

In terms of what we want the forum to offer, that is quite simple. We just want a site where our members can come, obviously with the emphasis on discussions about the fortunes and misfortunes of the club that we all care deeply about, but with a general section in which pretty much any subject can be debated, subject to the usual parameters of legality and decency.

We want every member to see this as a fun place to visit as well as being informative. We want them to be able to discuss serious football issues, but to also be able to indulge in good natured banter and have a laugh and a joke along the way. A place to air our opinions whilst being able to consider the viewpoints of other fans too, without the need to necessarily agree with them. No problems with a bit of ribbing and teasing, as long as things don't get nasty or over the top.

A place to help out fellow fans where possible in terms of tickets and travel etc., and where lasting friendships can be formed, regardless of where you live or how often you can get to a game.

Where fans are welcome to advertise their own businesses if they run them, for a very low annual fee.

We want to start up an extra, more interesting competition with better prizes. Needless to say, these will be dictated by the amount of revenue that can be attracted by various advertising, bearing in mind that this site is completely independent and also has it's own running costs to maintain.

And finally, what will no doubt go unnoticed by the majority of posters, we want to continue to make our monthly donations to the QPR related charities on behalf of our forum and it's members. Not because we have to, but because we want to.

And if all that can be achieved, all that is expected in return, is that you don't swear at, insult or abuse your fellow members. Your fellow Rangers fans, who you may just happen to disagree with on certain points. And let's face it, pretty much the only thing that could spoil the enjoyment of such a site for others, would be if a small minority of people, those who have an over exaggerated sense of self importance, constantly and deliberately break the rules. We all know the type. Those that have previously driven and continue to drive people away, due to their repetitive boring threads and pointless whining about moderation issues. Those whose input consists mainly of causing friction, resulting in endless bickering and therefore simply ruining the forum as a whole for the vast majority of us who have no interest in such stupidity.

This type of thing needs to stop for the benefit of everybody in the long term. As does excessive posting of subjects of a sexual or perverse nature. If you really cannot refrain from posting such content on here, then it is probably not the best forum for you. We do not want it, the vast majority of members don't want to see it and therefore, stricter measures will now be taken to eradicate it.

Many members have commented on the confusing nature of the current system of infractions and the points that go with them. As a moderation team, we too find it can be difficult to both implement and explain.

Therefore, it will now be replaced with something far simpler to understand:

Should anyone post something that is either against the rules or the spirit of this site, then they will get a warning. Just the one though, as the next infringement will result in a 24 hour ban, as the points system is no longer in place.

If they do it again, they will get one more warning before a 1 week ban will kick in. For those that persist, this will be followed by bans of 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months etc., although one additional warning will be given prior to any ban.

We feel that this method should now be very clear to all and easy to understand. Furthermore, any public complaining about moderation decisions, or the starting of pointless threads coming out in support of somebody who has brought sanctions upon themselves, will be treated in exactly the same way, ie. warning / ban. If you genuinely want to ask a question as to why certain action has been taken, then simply PM one of us and you receive a reply in due course.

Quite obviously, just as is the case now, only a tiny percentage of regular posters will be affected by these sanctions. And just as obviously, it is not something any of us want to be spending our time implementing. It is just a sad fact that in order for the forum not to be ruined for the majority, then measures such as those above are required to prevent it from happening.

[MYU]

Threatening members on the forum or via PM

Just to make you all aware that we will not put up with this kind of behaver on this site and will result in an instant ban without warning.

We are all fans and support the same club!

[MYU]

Guidelines (You may not do any of the following)

Content which you wouldn't be comfortable viewing at work or with family members around, then it probably isn't an appropriate for our website.

Pornography, adult or mature content
Violent content
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Any other content that is illegal, promotes illegal activity or infringes on the legal rights of others