General Posting Rules:
1. Always treat fellow members with respect and courtesy.
2. No posting of vulgar or obscene material, or other inappropriate material.
3. Do not post any picture, comment, or link that could be considered offensive by normal standards of society.
4. A profanity checker is employed to reduce the volume of swearing on the board. Do not bypass the checker through the use of ‘coded’ profanity.
5. No derogatory or abusive comments against other posters, including slurs based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political affiliation.
6. No personal threats or harassment.
7. Sectarian or racist comments are not permitted. This does not exclude legitimate debate on current issues that may relate to sectarianism, but a careful monitor will be placed on such debates.
8. Flag debates are not permitted. If a debate on flags starts, do not post on the thread.
9. No irritating posting styles, such as use of all caps, text speak and excessive punctuation.
10. Football related topics should be posted in The Terrace. Non-football related topics should be posted in The Shed.
11. Responses within a thread must remain on topic to that thread.
12. Do not refer to another member in a post, unless that member has already posted on the thread.
13. To report a rule violation in a board post, click "Report this Post” to inform a moderator.
14. Do not encourage or condone criminal activity and do not encourage or condone violence.
15. Do not post the personal information of yourself or another user on the board. This includes phone numbers, Email addresses, and home or work addresses
16. No spamming. Spamming is multiple posts that say the same thing, or starting multiple threads about the same thing.
17. No trolling. Trolling is the act of posting with the explicit and sole intent of annoying other members.
Legal restrictions
1. No business offers or advertising of any kind, unless approved in advance with the Administrators.
2. No posting of copyrighted material, unless you own or have rights to the copyright.
3. Do not make any potentially libelous comments about anyone.
4. No impersonation of other users. You may not represent yourself as another person, company or entity.
5. Any member who threatens legal action against JambosKickBack will have his posting rights suspended until the threat is withdrawn or the legal action is concluded.
User names, avatars, signatures, Private Messages
1. You may be asked to change your username at the discretion of the Admin team
2. You may not register a name that is similar to an existing member
3. You may only register one user ID. Multiple IDs are not allowed.
4. User names must be 16 characters or less, which includes spaces and other punctuation.
5. The rules posted under ‘General Posting Rules’ also apply to user names, signatures, avatars, and Private Messages.
6. We do not allow the uploading of modified flags for use as avatars.
Administrative information
When you register you are required to provide an Email address, you must keep your Email address up to date (using My Controls) to prevent blocking the mailing system with returned and undeliverable mail.
In the event that your Email address is found to be invalid during our automatic (random) checks your posting rights may be suspended until you update your profile.
Try to avoid using Email addresses that are connected to Spam Filters (unless you permit @jamboskickback.co.uk addresses as a ‘friend’) or that you use an auto-responder with, as these both result in numerous Emails going back and forth and blocking the system for other users.
Your Email address is used to notify you of New PMs and also New Posts to topics you are subscribed to, the Administrator may also send an Email advising of important information, in all circumstances you can choose not to receive these Emails from My Controls when you are logged in.
Criminal Conduct
You may not post anything that is considered to be potentially criminal. The posting of computer viruses, child pornography, or links to computer viruses or child pornography is prohibited. Posts made under circumstances indicating a considered likelihood of inciting a violent or felonious act, or a subjective intention or knowledge that its content will be used for, or in furtherance of, any criminal purpose are also prohibited. Such posts will be moved offline and referred to proper legal channels.
Moderators
1. The moderators, Webmaster, and Administrator are members of the JKB Admin team who have volunteered their time to ensure that posting rules are followed. Moderators are necessary in order for members to receive maximum enjoyment from using this board, and to protect everyone from possible civil and criminal liability.
2. Do not abuse Moderators or any other member of the Admin Team. Posting criticism of members of the moderator/Admin team, or criticism of moderator actions, or debating the fairness of moderating actions could be considered as moderator abuse. Do not speculate on Moderators’ identities. Such actions by a member may result in a permanent ban.
3. Members who violate the posting rules are subject to sanction by the Moderators. Sanctions may comprise of one or more of the following:
a. a written warning
b. an infraction
c. a temporary suspension of posting rights
d. a permanent ban from JKB
4. When a member’s warning level reaches 40 %, a 7-day suspension is applied. When it reaches 50%, a 14-day suspension is applied.
5. If a member is suspended or banned, he has the right to appeal the decision. The appeal is sent to the Appeals Moderator who will make an impartial assessment. The decision of the Appeals Moderator is final.
6. The Moderating team reserves the right to remove any upload or contribution at any time and for whatever reason they see fit. This includes posts, threads, signatures, and avatars.
7. The Moderating team reserves the right to expand these rules as necessary to protect JKB from civil and criminal liability. Any such expansion will be clearly announced and will not serve as the justification for ex post facto administrative action.
