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How to tell if you got a 'Strike'

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bootyinblue Newbie

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If you are like me, and have been told 3rd hand that you received a strike in the latest round of member culls then here is how you can find out for yourself.

You can email the Admins like I did on 14th December and then again on the 20th December, but I am yet to receive a reply.

OR.... you can go to your profile and next to your picture there might be 3 little dots on the right hand side. If you have received a strike then there will be 1 or 2 or if extremely lucky/unfortunate 3 little yellow exclamation marks covering the dots.

Just a heads up for anyone concerned as I have not changed my email address in 5 years on here and didnt receive an 'automatically generated' email advising me, which incidently would not have answered the question/s I posed in the PM that has gone unanswered.

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bootyinblue Newbie

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Just spoke to another member who not only inputs into the forum but has donated prizes in the past for events and they have a strike too.

Its one thing to get a strike, but another to not have any feedback as to how or when that strike was applied and on what grounds.

It appears like it could just be a scatter gun approach to appease the masses, in a titt for tatt session to be able to say 'yes they got a strike too'

This may well get me another strike, but I am only saying what others are thinking and just thought I would throw it up under Site Rule 2(d)

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ellicat Grand Master

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Have a read of the following. If you still need to know why, you can PM Admin for clarification. If it's obvious you may not get a reply as it will likely be ignored.


/>http://www.australianfishing.com.au/site-rules

Site Rules

Category: About Us

Published on Sunday, 18 June 2006 05:02

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1. Values

AFO is a family-orientated fishing community open to people of all ages, genders, races, and sexualities and encourages sharing, helping and supporting others

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If you are between age 13 and 18, you must get your parent's consent to join as a member. If you are below the age of 13, you may not use the AFO website unless explicit approval by the legal parent or guardian is provided

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If a member fails to comply with the Site Rules they may be given a warning (or if necessary their account may be banned without warning)

If a member receives 3 warnings they are automatically banned

Arguing or making derogatory remarks about AFO or moderators is not allowed

If you disagree with a decision of a moderator, you may contact AFO for further information

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ellicat Grand Master

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Brian.... I have read and reread the site rules. I just find it bewildering that a) I have breached them somewhere, somehow and B) noone has the fortitude to address my concerns?

Going back to March 2012 you have had 37 posts deleted. I have just reread them and taking them in context you have breached rules -

1b, 2c (this thread too ?), 3b and 5j.

Whilst in most cases you have not been the instigator, the responses that perpetuate rubbish must still be subject to the Site Rules.

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Brian.... I have read and reread the site rules. I just find it bewildering that a) I have breached them somewhere, somehow and B) noone has the fortitude to address my concerns?

Going back to March 2012 you have had 37 posts deleted. I have just reread them and taking them in context you have breached rules -

1b, 2c (this thread too ?), 3b and 5j.

Whilst in most cases you have not been the instigator, the responses that perpetuate rubbish must still be subject to the Site Rules.

:)

Seeing as I know I have never made a derogatory comment about a moderator or admin, and as it takes 2 to argue and I have only had silence, I cannot see how you could raise 2c even with a question mark.

As for the others, well I guess its in how the receiver interprets the message sent, and stand by my understanding it was based somewhat on a unpopularity contest so that's life I guess.

No biggy for me....

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where I work the company tried to backdate warnings for minor stuff and the union came in hard and the Comission ruled that if it was serious enough to warrant a warning then the company should have dealt with it in a timely fashion and dismissed the warnings as a load of poo-poo because obviously it was so un-serious a breach it took 6 months to get around to mentioning it.

And I think Greg has the right to question it on open forum if he has had no response from repeated contact.

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We are all guests on here. Where does all the intitlement come from? We are here at the pleasure of the owners and admins. All this conjecture makes more work for these people. We do not have any right to be here. Why doesn't everybody take it on the chin and move on. I can only imagine how the owners feel with all the demands on them from something that is essentially a free service to memebers.

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bootyinblue Newbie

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We are all guests on here. Where does all the intitlement come from? We are here at the pleasure of the owners and admins. All this conjecture makes more work for these people. We do not have any right to be here. Why doesn't everybody take it on the chin and move on. I can only imagine how the owners feel with all the demands on them from something that is essentially a free service to memebers.

Ted, no one is making demands at all.

Look at it as this analogy if you will. Treat AFO as a shop, and in many ways it is. It provides a product and service for a fee as in shop products and competitions.

If you walked in to a shop and was just met with silence would you part with your cash and reattend this 'shop' over and over again?

I guess it just comes down to decency, politeness and courtesy.

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Not trying to argue here... but it's a free service and product? Buying from the shop and entering a competition is completely up to you. In no way is attending comps or buying from the store a per-requisite to being able to participate or watch from the sidelines.

I also I don't quite agree with the "it's based on unpopularity contest". Someone who hasn't posted more than 10 times might not be popular. Someone who has posted things that stir things up a little may also no be popular.

Personally.. I don't agree with the backdating that far either. But - it's not my website and I'm here to help the guys control the herd.

Here's a simple thing moving forwards. If your post has to be moderated by any of the mods for any comments that may incite hostility - you can consider yourself in the running for a warning. If you can abide by the simple rules - you have nothing to worry about. Hell - I'll even give myself a single warning so I'm on the same playing field as you if you like.

Just keep it friendly and amicable and you have nothing to worry about :D Let's all group hug. Not you though ellicat - I've seen you looking at me with those wonton eyes... :P

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Whilst this site is for the enjoyment of all our members, members need to remember that this is a free community to join and the admins have the right to govern and administer the site in the best interest of the site and the business. With such a large community and many conflicting opinions and backgrounds, not every decision is going to agree with everyone.

We get lots of emails demanding us to do this or that, or take action against someone because they did or said something offline. We cannot monitor and moderate the lives of 10,000 people but we administer the community online as best as we can to keep the community friendly and happy. Not all our actions will satisfy all members. Members should be aware that it is a privilege and not a right to be a member and should read the Site Rules and ensure they abide by these when conducting themselves on the site.

The new warning system was being developed over the last few months, and so during this time member moderating/warnings were postponed until the warning system was deployed. We then assessed the period which we had been taking notes of members not abiding by the Site Rules and issued warnings accordingly. If you are issued a warning take it as a reminder to participate by the Site Rules. If you think you didn't deserve the warning, just ensure you keep it friendly going forward and there won't be any problems.

A warning will automatically send you an email advising of the warning and also usually the reason. It is an obligation as a member to keep your email up to date. If you are issued a warning, a small icon will be visible to the member only and admins in your profile and also under your forum avatar to help you keep track of your warnings. We have no obligation to provide reasoning for warnings or banning. We still may ban a user immediately if it is warranted. Generally, if you make a comment that you think is inappropriate, we advise you not to make it. Generally, if you have a post deleted, then you probably have not adhered to the Site Rules and may be issued a warning.

Whilst we do our best to provide communication to all our members, we do have limited resources and as you can imagine it can be difficult with over 10,000 members.

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