Notification - Additional Rules for the Wales Forum

[Marengo]

A few years ago we have introduced additional rules in the forum of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. This was a decision forced upon us by the fact that a group of posters was unable to discuss the Duke and Duchess in a normal way. Fan -or anti-fan- hooliganism was the result. This led to many reported posts, clean ups and eventually to suspensions and bans.

Earlier this week we sadly noticed that some of the toxidity of the Sussex forum has started to spill over to the Wales forum. To praise the Sussexes one needs to insult the Waleses. And the other way around. At least that is what some posters seem to think.

To ensure that threads in the Wales forum can stay open we have therefore decided to implement the exact same additional Rules there, as were implemented in the Sussex forum some years ago. These are:


1. News-links from reliable sources can be posted freely. Links to support factual information [f.e. to a wikipedia article] can be posted freely.

2. Articles and news from semi-reliable sources will run a higher risk of deletion if it is deemed questionable by the moderating team.

3. Opinion articles, columns and videos can not be posted at all.

4. The following aspects are considered off-topic:

• Rehashing any Sussex-related stories, unless DIRECTLY relevant to the new information
• Unsubstantiated gossip, rumour, speculation, hearsay and innuendo. Social media is not a source. All new information must be accompanied by a link to a media outlet. An exception is made for the accounts of established royalty reporters.
• Aggressive, sarcastic or disruptive tones
• Agenda-driven posts or posts deemed to have intent to disrupt the thread
• Bickering, arguing or back-and-forth discussions to the exclusion of others
• Post that otherwise add nothing of merit, interest or benefit to the discussion