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The moderators and administrators of this forum will do their best to delete or edit any reprehensible messages that may be posted on the forum. You acknowledge that all messages posted on this forum express the opinion of their respective authors, and do not necessarily reflect the position of the moderators and administrators.

In order to ensure the moderation of this forum, any message violating the preceding provisions may be edited or deleted without notice by the moderators and administrators of the forum. Any abuse may also be sanctioned by banning or deleting the user account. We reserve the right to inform your access provider and/or the judicial authorities of any malicious behaviour.

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AVATARS AND SIGNATURES MUST BE PG RATED AND CANNOT ADVERTISE OFFENSIVE, OR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL.  You will be asked to remove such material ONCE and possibly banned for non compliance. People who browse this site at work should not have to beheld accountable for content in YOUR avatar or signature. If you have to think twice about it or ask, its probably not appropriate.

No harassment.  Repeatedly posting personal or offensive comments that are abusive, threatening, offensive, obscene, harassing, harmful, inflammatory, racist or otherwise objectionable about individual members of the public or people who moderate the Forum may be considered harassment. We reserve the right to remove such messages and take action against those responsible.

You may not post any defamatory or illegal material of any nature. Posting a message with the intention of committing an illegal act is strictly prohibited.

Any contribution that breaks the rules may be removed, and offenders risk being placed in pre-moderation or being banned from the site.

Please don't abuse the complaints system.The Report button exists so that users can alert us to content that breaks the rules.  i.e. offensive material, not typos and spelling mistakes. If a user repeatedly abuses the complaints button we may suspend their account.

We reserve the right to change the fourm rules from time to time by publishing any amendments on the site. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the house rules. By submitting a post you confirm your acceptance of any changes.

We reserve the right to remove messages which
Are considered likely to disrupt, provoke, attack or offend others.
Are racist, sexist, homophobic, sexually explicit, abusive or otherwise objectionable.
Contain swear words or other language likely to offend.
Break the law or condone or encourage unlawful activity. This includes breach of copyright, defamation and contempt of court.
Advertise products or services for profit or gain.
Are seen to impersonate someone else.
Include contact details such as phone numbers, postal or email addresses
Are written in anything other than English - Welsh and Gaelic may be used where marked.
Describe or encourage activities which could endanger the safety or well-being of others.
Are considered to be 'spam', that is posts containing the same. or similar, message posted multiple times.

WARNING: Posts within the Club Forum may contain offensive language and/or views.Information and opinions contained herein is the sole responsibility of the respective authors. Edinburgh Stingers Ice Hockey Club assumes no accountability for any offensive posts made by its members.