By St Marlowe
July 27 2005

After many requests, we have produced a list of "do's and don'ts for the site.This not something we have felt the need to do, as we are dealing with a (mostly) adult reader/postership, but events of the last few months lead us to believe that it would be useful for some people to know where the boundaries are.

These are not prescriptive, exhaustive, nor even mandatory, but the site does need to protect itself from any legal action. So imagine the following to be like a good contract. Read it once, then file it away, with hopefully no need to ever to return to it! Many thanks to Smurf for his input.

The (un)written COYSDC rules

1. There is such a thing as free speech, but only if you're prepared to pay the legal bills. Postings of a libellous or inflammatory nature will be removed. This applies to messages about players, opposition, referees, other posters, etc. It's best to say "I think Player Y is better than Player X because..." rather than just "Player X is useless."

2. Good humoured banter can be expected from all quarters. If you feel something is offensive, or have any complaints, report it to an adminsitrator at once.

3. Please keep any pictures in messages (including signatures) to a reasonable size - just because a lot of people now have broadband doesn't mean everyone has. When submitting photos to editors@comeonyou saints.com ,please try and put a label on each one, describing the action.

4. For legibility reasons, we much prefer messages in English as opposed to "text speak". Bad language, even using ***'s, is not allowed - there are many youngsters read this site.

5. Posting under multiple names to put weight behind your own ideas ("sockpuppeting") is frowned upon, this is excluding when done in an overtly comic manner.

6. Golden rule - don't say anything on the messageboard you wouldn't say to someone's face. Especially when some posters are bigger than others! If in doubt, best to leave it.

7. Saints and Sinners Board is for Rugby Related items BUT FRIDAY IS ANYTHING GOES DAY when this rule does not apply 

8. NO SPAM. All spam messages will be deleted.

9. Non-Saints or rugby-related messages should be on Planet LOM. Threads that start on topic and veer away (as many often do) are OK.

10. Just because you disagree with someone's views, this is no reason to attack them. This site encourages reasoned debate, and indeed delights in rambling waffle. As long as it's within reason.

11. Don't think we're cliquey or "closed shop" because we've put these rules down, we have to draw certain lines or we'll be in deep trouble.

12. Errr.............tha's it