[DH]

On every other forum I look these days I see arguments and personal attacks.

I thought it would be a good idea to explain how we deal with these situations.

First some statistics.

We have a total of 8 members in the group.

Of those 8 members , 2 have registered 2 or 3 times under different names and have also been moved to the banned group.

So that leaves just about 4 people in that group. Not much is it ? And don't forget this is almost over a period of almost 1 year.

******* the text in yellow is from our rules of conduct *******

Members are asked to treat each other with respect. No personal attacks will be tolerated.Lets keep things friendly and civil. If there is a problem we will intervene.

- Abusive language will not be tolerated

If you visit the forums daily you quickly know the people to look out for , some undesireables you actually don't want on a forum. These are people that post pages and generally talk in such a way that arguments spring up around them. These are the people that we don't want here these are the people that break the above rule , a very important rule.

Another reason to get banned is ignoring pm's from Admin or mods. With this I refer to a situation I had with someone in the Market square. This person only used our forum to sell helmets. I repeatedly asked this person to add more info , or better pics of something specific. This went over a period of several months. He never once replied to any of my pm's or posted questions.
The rules of the Market square are updated because of that situation. The person was banned.

It's always for a small percentage of people that a forum (or even the real world) needs rules.

Finally we reserve the right to censure and delete posts which are deemed a breach of our rules. We reserve the right to lock or delete threads which we feel have gotten out of control. We reserve the right to ban members that do not adhere to our rules.

We actually never censure posts (despite of what you read somewhere else). Censuring means editing a post so that it looks different.
We do delete posts , posts that would escalate a discussion for the worse , personal attacks etc.
When we take that step you can rest assured it had something to do with a person about to get banned.
And yes the only ones complaining about it are the one or two persons now doing their thing on other forums.
I see no harm in removing posts from persons which obviously don't want to read or comply with our Rules of conduct.

These tools we use are called moderating tools , if you use them well you can create a great environment.
Once people know a forum is un-moderated chaos takes over quickly.

Our job is to make everyone feel at home here. To provide answers to your questions , to show things from our own collections and to share the passion we all have for collecting.

This is the only unsponsored forum out there. We are not affiliated with any dealers.

[LostDutchman]

[Bernhard]

[panzerlord]

:eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:

[swartzadler]

[nopoop]

Not to say there isn't a benifit in this policy to those that moderate. If you haven't moderated you'll won't understand

Us guys with those reeeel cool looking badge beneath our avatar are just collectors as everyone else. The "badge" doesn't equate to any great knowlege above anyone else here, or anywhere else. It's just a stinkin badge..

..that just comes with this wittle whistle around each of our necks.

How long we have to keep blowing it is determined by policy.

Policy works

[craig a. thomas jr]

nopoop, on Aug 25 2007, 03:19 PM, said:

Not to say there isn't a benifit in this policy to those that moderate. If you haven't moderated you'll won't understand

Us guys with those reeeel cool looking badge beneath our avatar are just collectors as everyone else. The "badge" doesn't equate to any great knowlege above anyone else here, or anywhere else. It's just a stinkin badge..

..that just comes with this wittle whistle around each of our necks.

How long we have to keep blowing it is determined by policy.

Policy works

[nopoop]

LOL Craig, I thought you would appreciate that

All the best,

[craig a. thomas jr]

Chris,

I do. And especially I really like the moderator censorship of my signature within the past 24hrs. I really don't care that you guys do it as it is your rules and sandbox. I will abide by your rules when I come to participate here <img src='http://www.walhalla.se/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P'

[DH]

craig a. thomas jr, on Aug 26 2007, 06:26 AM, said:

Chris,

I do. And especially I really like the moderator censorship of my signature within the past 24hrs. I really don't care that you guys do it as it is your rules and sandbox. I will abide by your rules when I come to participate here

The signature thing came up a few weeks ago Craig , some members started putting pics and large text in it and it makes reading posts difficult when the text below is bigger and brighter. You know what I mean when you read at MCF , it's finding the text between the pictures.

For the moment we have decided not to make a public announcement about it. Because we only had to adapt two or three signatures at most.

One of the rules however will be that the signature Font size should be smaller or equal to the regular posting Font size. So that's why I've changed your link size as well.

Again another example that shows we actually care about the forum and bring in new rules to make everything more enjoyable. The most important part of a forum are the posts.

[langemarck]

can only agree :eusa_clap:
Ivan

[DH]

Rules of conduct are updated with regards to the signatures

[DougB]

I will add my

[DH]

I have to thank all that have posted their

I regularly get nice pm's as well so it must mean we are doing something good here.
And yes it's nice to hear it from time to time ;)

[Nick H]

here is mine

[sgtdorango]

Im in too I love it here and you guys do a heck of a good job....mike

[Combat-Helmets]

nopoop, on Aug 25 2007, 11:19 PM, said:

"badge" doesn't equate to any great knowlege above anyone else here, or anywhere else. It's just a stinkin badge..............Policy works

Badches? We don't need no steenkin' Badches! LOL !!!

Policy does indeed work. My favorite forum to post and participate!

[Stahlhelm]

DH,

Your rules are well-stated and most appropriate. I'll add my thumbs up as well...

Thanks for providing such a great forum too!

Sincerely,

Chris

[Mr Slug]

I whole heartedly agree,

This particular site is like a 'flak home' for those that need a respite from the constant bitching that spoils other forums. Once here it soon becomes obvious that it is well run, well moderated, interesting informative
and above all, most importantly ..........friendly !

DH, and PL, thanks for recommending it to me.... ....

Regards Mr Slug.