Talk Hockey Returns

[Admin]

The "Talk Hockey" board is back up and running as of now following the recent suspension.

The Admin team have taken the opportunity of the closure to do a great deal of tidying up - Talk Hockey has effectively been given a fresh start.

The moderation policy on the Cage has generally been relaxed - the forum should be fun for those posting and for those running it.

However, of late much of the fun has gone out of the Cage - too much antagonistic and argumentative posting. It deters people from reading/posting on the Cage and becomes a problem for the Admin team.

The Mods do actually have lives outside of hockey and there is a limit to how much time and effort they are prepared to put in to the Cage. Ill considered and personal arguments are the last thing the Mods want to be dealing with - especially in the wee small hours.

Perhaps some of the fault lies with the Mods - maybe we've been too easy going on some posters.

So, as Talk Hockey returns, expect to see a heavier hand from the Admin team. Deletion of inappropriate posts, warnings and suspensions are likely to be more in evidence.

It's been said on here a number of times but freedom of speech necessitates responsibility from the individual if anarchy is to be avoided.

Personal attacks, personal grudges, undue aggression and repetitive arguments will be clamped down on.
Young or old, new fan or grizzled veteran, home or away fan - the same rules apply to all.

Let's make Talk Hockey fun again.


Thanks in anticipation of you co-operation - Cage Admin.

[Stoopy]

I love the rivalry between the Panthers and Steelers, and find reading the Cage very informative.
But the mods are absolutely spot on. We need the good natured banter, disagreements, opposite opinions and "eating of humble pie", we did plenty of that last year.

I find some of the posters on here, as in every forum, very knowledgable and interesting, sometimes controversial. What does turn my lights out is the personalisation of the argument. If in the past I have transgressed then apologies.

One thing for certain it will not occur again. Top job Mods.

[Big T]

here here!!! thank's cage admin

[nana]

i agree with everything said. I for one only occasionally read the cage out of season because of the content of some posts. Good natured banter can be fun but when it goes too far and almost becomes insulting I don't want to know. Thanks for all you do admin we do appreciate it and I hope some people will take note of your advice and we can revert to information and acceptable comments.

[Optic]

nice work guys, so glad this forum got a good sorting out