Rules and procedure for banning a member on WildFact

[peter]

ANNOUNCEMENT

The owners of Wildfact want a quality forum. Most of our members deliver good information. They also play by the book, meaning they respect forum rules and those applying them (moderators). But most is not all. 

In the last months, we've experienced a number of problems. Some members do not seem very interested in rules. They also often ignore messages from mods. As the policy to communicate in a respectful way didn't have the intended effect, we decided for a change.

Members unable to deliver the quality we want and those ignoring rules and mods will be banned without further notice. Some of them will receive a pm, but most will not. This means that the character of the forum will change in the near future. 

It is a fact that most of those out for trouble are lion posters. For some reason, they often cause problems. Not seldom, it results in a bad climate. The effect is considerable in that potential members will think twice about joining the forum. It also is a fact that topics of interest for many can't be discussed because the owners want to avoid trouble.  

One could say that those out for trouble determine what will be discussed and what not, meaning they, and not the owners, are running the business. 

The problem was discussed and a decision was reached in that those out for trouble will be removed in the near future. It's not debatable. 

We repeat that the situation will not change for members communicating in a respectful way. If anything, it will improve considerably. We also want to underline that we're interested in all animals. This forum is about them and the world they live in. Not us,

Peter and Sanjay. Reply