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WhynotGuernsey Forum Terms & Rules

Please take a moment to review these rules detailed below. If you agree with them and wish to proceed with the registration, simply click the "Register" button below. To cancel this registration, simply hit the 'back' button on your browser.

Please remember that we are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message.

The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of this bulletin board. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this bulletin board to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.

You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this bulletin board.

WhynotGuernsey is a forum for all ages, where people can meet to discuss anything Guernsey related. There are certain areas of the forum available for global discussion, but primarily this forum aims to provide a good representation of what the island has to offer. WhynotGuernsey requests that members consider the content of their posts before they make them and in particular, pay attention to the following terms of use:


Terms of Use - for WhynotGuernsey forum and additional components (chatroom, personal messaging, email etc. (“the forum”)

Members shall not:

1. Transmit any information, data, text, files, links, software, chat communication or other materials that are unlawful, harming, threatening, abusive, invasive of another's privacy, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, or racially or otherwise objectionable.
2. Harass, undertake personal attacks, profanity or excessive vulgarity anywhere on the forum. Contact in any form with members of the forum for sexual purposes will not be tolerated. If you are found to have broken the above rules you will be banned from the forum.
3. Post pornographic material and/or references to it including those of a violent nature are not allowed in posts, member profiles or signatures. Any such material or references will be removed. The member will receive notification of such removal.
4. Banning of a member from anywhere within the forum by any of the admin or moderator team is binding and the decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into nor will the admin / moderator team be obliged to explain the reasons behind the ban. It is noted that the deletion of a member is not something that is taken lightly and is discussed by all admin / moderators before a decision is made.
5. Post threads that cause a distraction to the purpose and mission of the forum. Such posts will be removed or closed. These include but are not limited to - rudeness, personal attacks or purposeless inflammatory posts, one line posts of the 'I agree' category and posts which are off topic.
6. Add business postings without the prior permission of the admin team. Unauthorised business posts and website links will be deleted. Should a member wish to advertise on the forum on a continual basis, they are requested to contact an admin team who will provide them with terms and information on payment for advertising which is given at preferential rates.
7. The forum uses warning points. Warning points are given when a member consistently abuses the rules of the forum. When a maximum of 100% has been gained by a member they will have restricted posting privileges. No negotiation will be entered into by the admin / moderator team with regards to the distribution of warning points. The removal of warning points is undertaken following a suitable period of time whereby that member has ceased to abuse the rules of the forum. Moderators are not obliged to remove warning points. It is solely at their discretion.
8. Attempt to set up multiple registrations unless they have a commercial or acceptable reason for doing so. Whilst the forum does not bar members from setting up multiple registrations, should a member come across or become suspicious of other members using a number of member id's they should report to the admin / moderators who will delete / suspend those member logins until such times at the member involved is able to provide suitable rationale for having such logins
9. should not impersonate someone else or register under multiple user names for the purpose of appearing to be a different person.
10. The 'outing' of members on the board is forbidden and can lead to removal of membership. Any requests by outside authorities, companies or persons for personal details, email addresses or IPs of members will be strongly resisted with the exception of the Courts and the Police.
    [*} Spamming will not be tolerated, should a member be found spamming by any means, they will be banned from the forum