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Offensive bloggs

Aisha-Firdaus — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:53:42 +0000

I would like to report who ever this is. Satisfydude. We shouldnt have such things on the site its not useful or apopriate.

Message Content Rules

creativeastro — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:04:56 +0000

Please keep this site "PG" rated. This site is aimed at Muslim Women (young and old alike) of all ages so material which is not suitable for children should not be posted. Obscene or sexual references will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to remove materials we consider to be offensive. Any posts that contain pornographic or generally offensive content (text, images, links, etc.) will be deleted and may result in a warning.
Any posts that contain pornographic or generally offensive content (text, images, links, etc.) will be deleted and may result in a warning.
Our forum uses a word censor to edit out swear words & other offensive words or phrases. Obviously, some words are alot worse than others, but generally speaking, if a word is in the swear filter, it is deemed to be unacceptable for use on these forums, blogs, groups, website. Please do not post swear words or any other offensive words or phrases in any way such a way as to bypass our word censor.
Any member who is suspected of joining our forum, blogs, groups, website intending to criticise, harass or cause trouble for another member may be subject to a formal warning or a temporary/permanent ban.
Any member joining our forum, blogs, groups, website (whether from another website, forum, online community or anywhere else) should not post messages about other members they believe they may know. This includes posting messages on our boards about that person or replying to that member's posts directly on the boards with the intention of "enlightening" other members about them, or continuing discussions or disagreements from elsewhere which should not be brought onto our boards. Members are asked to offer their advice and support on the actual facts as the original poster has presented them here on our forum.
Please do not reveal any personal details on threads e.g, email addresses, phone numbers, home address, that could lead to other people identifying you or your family in the street. If you put specific personal information onto threads, there is always a chance you may receive unwelcome attention from someone. Keep it friendly and anonymous. If someone asks you where you live or what school your kids attend, don't give specifics unless you are sure that person is trustworthy and ONLY THEN BY PM (private message).
Please do not post personal information about other people/members on our forums. This includes a person/member’s full name and/or other personal details, which could be used to identify them. You may not post anyone's private information without their consent.
Please consider the feelings of friends or family members before posting messages that could cause offence to that person.
Please be aware that just because you consider a post to be offensive or inappropriate does not mean that it is against the rules.
Please be aware when posting messages that just because you are posting something that you personally do not find offensive or inappropriate, other members may not share your opinion. If a message is considered offensive or inappropriate by other members and/or by members of the moderating team, it may be removed from our boards.

General Rules

creativeastro — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:55:44 +0000

All members are reminded that they may be held legally accountable for what they say or do online. This may include any advice however well-intentioned, which could result in harm or injury to another person. In particular, members may be held liable for any defamatory comments, threats and untrue statements or other illegal and fraudulent claims made by them.
We do not believe that freedom of speech gives any member the right to personally attack another member or members. Personal opinions are welcome but personal criticism/comments/attacks are not. We believe that everyone should be entitled to voice his or her own opinion but this does not necessarily mean it is always appropriate to do so, on our forum, blogs or the website.
When posting messages, please be aware of the feelings of other members. We appreciate that all members will have varying views on certain subjects but please note that we will close any thread if the discussion gets out of hand.
Personal feuds or arguments will not be tolerated. They are not of any interest to other members and just spoil the friendly atmosphere on our forums, blogs or the website. Offending posts will simply be deleted.
Bullying on the forums will not be tolerated. If you believe that a member is behaving in an inappropriate manner please report it or contact a member of the moderating team via private message.
Swearing at other members is not classed as acceptable behaviour on our forums and members who do so will have their messages deleted and may receive a formal warning from the moderating team.
Members should not discuss any thread which has been edited, deleted or removed by moderators.
Members should not start any threads specifically about another member. This includes, but is not exclusive to, threads which might seem to be commenting on or aiming criticism at that member, theads which could lead to unpleasantness when other members decide to join in the conversation, or threads singling out any member for them to be talked about.
Members should not post messages which are an unprovoked attack on any individual regardless of whether they are a member of our site or not.
Messages that are confrontational, rude, threatening, hateful or abusive will be removed or edited and the person responsible may be given an official warning or ultimately be banned from using this forum.
Members should not post messages which generalize about groups of people as generalizing about people is often inappropriate and can cause upset and bad feeling on our boards.
Members should not post topics that arouse suspicion against any other sisterszone member, regardless of whether they name that member or post a generalised post, discussing or asking for advice about another member. If you need advice on a situation and another member is involved, you must either post for advice without mentioning that the person you are discussing is a sisterszone member or you should contact a member of the moderating team.
Members should not post messages that arouse suspicion against new members; eg by insinuating that because someone is new, they are a troll or troublemaker. An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion.
Members should not talk negatively about another member in a thread where they are not participating. Do not post messages with the purpose of provoking other members.
Members should not post messages referring to or discussing other threads or discussing what another member has supposedly said in that thread. This includes posting new threads which moan about other existing threads or which may criticise another member's threads.
Members should not publicly accuse another member of being a troll, or otherwise imply they are not welcome on Netmums. If you think someone is a troll, click the "Report this user" link below their post to let the moderators know.
Members should not say that they are going to report another member.
Our website may have a buddy & ignore system, however this is for each member's personal use and issues relating to a member's use of the ignore lists should be considered confidential and should not be discussed on the general boards. In particular, members should not discuss who they (or other members) have added to their ignore list or the reasons why they have done so.
Members should not threaten to put other members on their ignore list for any reason or suggest that another member should add someone to their ignore list. If any member decides they wish to add another member to their ignore list, they should not inform any other member that they have done so.
Members should not follow another member from one discussion thread to another with the intention of trying to continue a disagreement they had elsewhere.
Members should not post duplicate topics that have already been posted .
Members should not spam the message board by posting the same message repeatedly, or by posting a flood of similar messages. .
Members should not post "flame bait" discussion topics. Flame bait in Internet language is a deliberately provocative posting intended to start a flame war.
Members should not start a new topic in order to continue a flame war from another discussion thread.
Any member who is thought to be deliberately being argumentative, abusive or generally causing trouble (for other members or any member of sisterszone staff) will find their posts removed from the main forums without explanation and stored indefinitely by the moderating team.
Any messages that are confrontational, rude, threatening, hateful or abusive may be stored indefinitely by sisterszone and referred back to at a later date by sisterszone as proof of that member's conduct within the forums.
Members should not start threads stating that they (or any other member of our forum) are leaving our forum and why. Members should not post any messages discussing if (or why) a member has left our forum. If you wish to leave and would like your friends to know, please send a private message to them before you leave.

Terms and Conditions

creativeastro — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:51:22 +0000

The Following are not allowed on the Forums or Groups, and in some cases an instant ban on a user may be put in place:

-Writing Messages with No Evidence from the Quran or the Sunnah, or any opinions that Contravene the True Teachings of Islam. This is not a free-speech website!

-This website is not a matchmaking or dating website so please do not post any marriage proposals for any male relative/s, friend/s or aquaintance/s.

- Insults, racial slurs and swearing.

- Being disrespectful of Islam or any other Faith.

- Promoting Lies and Untruthful Links

- Any kind of unsolicited messaging and stalking.

- Any Threads made merely to Promote A Website. - Spamming not allowed. i.e. Just coming here to promote a website.

- Speaking in favor of killing Civilians. - Any topics written supporting the death of any civilian or bombing any country will not be allowed.

- Interfaith Debates not allowed. These forums are not made for people to try and debate Muslims over any issues. Rather, this site is for Muslim Women

- Avatar pictures must be of sensible nature in conformity of Islamic rules.

- Avoid Typing in Capital Letters

- Please do not go off-topic.

- Avoid Re-posting topics. Please use search function to avoid starting a topic that already exists.

- Learn to forgive and overlook any members. Do not follow up any posts with cynical replies.

- Administrators/Moderators decisions are final in ALL cases without the need for any explanations.

Advertising on the Forum.

creativeastro — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:50:02 +0000

Commercial advertising in any shape or form is not allowed on the forum boards. This includes, but is not limited to:

Members posting unsolicited commercial or personal web site advertisements;

Members posting messages (either on the boards or via pm) advertising items, products or services which they are selling/hiring out;

Members posting links (either on the boards or via pm) to websites advertising items, products or services which are for sale/hire;

Members posting messages (either on the boards or via pm) advertising or promoting chain letters (of any sort);

Members posting messages (either on the boards or via pm) advertising or promoting "Make Money Fast" scams or pyramid schemes;

Members posting mesages (either on the boards or via pm) advertising or promoting any referrer-ID based sites (this includes nappy referral sites and any other free-item marketing sites);

Any unauthorized posts which advertise or promote anything including personal or commercial websites, products or services will be deleted.

The Self Employed section is the only place on our forum boards where advertising of any kind is allowed(Administrator may delete some posts following her descretion and is not obliged to give any explanations.) The Self Employed section has specific boards where members can place ads (subject to these rules and Self Employed forum rules) and discuss self employed issues and ideas. Please note that we reserve the right to delete any posts advertising a member's business, website etc should that member be found to have been breaking our forum rules or our terms and conditions.

Advertising in signatures, avatars etc ic not allowed.