Greetings to all Pompey and Saints fans here on not606. Before I start, I would like to point out that I have liaised with The Saints mods, Qwerty, channonfodder SecondStain and st_brendy as well as my colleagues pompeymeowth and Pompey_London, a.k.a Stweie, who have agreed to release this thread as a joint statement from the six of us. As expected the forum has become busier since the closure of 606 by the BBC so this is meant as an informative welcome to newcomers, as well as a timely reminder for older hands. With [thankfully] only a few exceptions the banter between our two sets of fans on here has been on a good natured and civilized level, which is testament to the decent quality of members we have on here. However, as with any open forum, we will inevitably experience the prose of posters whose sole intention is to wind up or aggravate supporters of the other side – WUMs, as we have coined them. Now the vast majority of us get pee’d off with WUMs when they make constant attempts to rock the boat, so here are some valuable tips to deal with them. 1. Do NOT post a reply to the thread – that’s exactly what they WANT you to do. 2. Do NOT confront the poster in person as it is likely to end in a bun-fight 3. DO send one or all of us a Private Message (PM) if you see content that you consider unacceptable (racist, libelous, homophobic, inciting religious hatred etc) 4. If a particular member is really getting on your Bristols, DO go to their profile and add them to your ignore list. Their posts will no longer appear on the screen when you are logged in – as far as you are concerned they will no longer exist. Whilst this forum does promote freedom of speech, which means that posting a WUM thread doesn’t necessarily constitute a reason for deleting said thread, I would urge all users to heed the advice above. If we all do so, then the WUMs will soon find themselves ‘talking to themselves’ as their drivel will be falling upon deaf ears (blind eyes?) As far as moderation goes, we believe in self-moderation; these boards run in the manner the majority of users want them to run on each site, not how we think it should be. At the end of the day we are just ordinary fans, using the site for enjoyment, the same as every-one else. You will therefore find us far less conspicuous than the BBC mods and the Gestapo that appear to be modding sites such as ja606. To avoid the risk of rambling, I’ll end there, but just finish in saying: Post freely Speak frankly But try to avoid getting people’s backs up, as it will probably leave you with an ever depreciating audience. Thanks for reading
I think this is a bit 'dated'. Please refer to http://www.not606.com/threads/new-site-rules-please-read-chaps.280728/
