Speakout B.C. - Forum Moderator rules

A Forum for Current Issues
Affecting Residents of the Province of British Columbia

Rules and Regulations for Members Acting as Moderators on Speakout B.C.:

1. You must show frequent activity in moderating your given topic area. Logging in and viewing activity shows us you are indeed watching over the messages that are posted on the forum.

2. You are only to delete messages that fall into the category of hate statements, threats, swearing or defamatory statements. You cannot delete any statements simply because you personally disagree with them. Any messages that fit the banned profile above must be sent to abuse@speakoutbc.com.

3. You must move messages that do not pertain to the topic you are moderating into the correct forum.

4. Any serious problems with individuals posting messages on any of the forums on the Speakout B.C. website must be brought to the administrators' attention so that immediate action can take place.

5. Failure to follow these simple rules and regulations may cause your moderator status to be revoked.

These rules and regulations may be subject to change and all moderators will be notified of such change(s) as they occur.

In short, you cannot delete any message solely on the basis that does not agree with "your" viewpoint on any subject you moderate. Doing so will mean immediate removal of your moderator rights. We wish to allow all visitors to voice their opinion on any topic open for discussion, and violating any visitor's chance to do so greatly reduces the whole concept of this site. Your main objective is to keep your forums clean for all ages to read, and equally important, to keep visitor postings within the topic open for discussion.

Speakout B.C. wishes to thank you for your interest in your status, and it is our hope that moderating your topic not only gives you chance to be involved with the issues that people want to talk about, but also that involvement with this site might lead to positive changes, depending upon the subjects featured.