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[Scott]

Right from the Army.ca Conduct Guidelines:

Army.ca is in no way connected to DND or the CF. Army.ca does not represent policy of the Canadian Forces in any way, and does not claim to do so. Opinions expressed on these pages are the sole responsibility of the individual posters, who may or may not be members of the Canadian Forces or other military or civilian organisations.

First and foremost, we're all representatives of the CF. We may not want to be, but ultimately, we don't have the luxury of choice. The truth is when you post a message even on an unofficial site like this, your comments reflect upon the CF. That's not to say we can't bemoan the current state of affairs - it's a soldier's age old right to complain. But let's keep it clean and dignified.

There's no way for a casual visitor to tell that you're "not in uniform, so these comments are mine." To a visitor, we are all a cross section of what the CF has to offer, which in many ways is a correct assumption. If all they see is a horde of posts rife with profanity and personal attacks, the CF gets a bad reputation. As we've witnessed many times in the past, the public relations fallout from problems with the CF can have consequences well beyond those involved. With so many hard working professionals in the CF, it would be a shame to have the name tarnished here.

You are responsible for everything that you post and the tone in which it is posted.

The forums are completely public, meaning anyone can come here at any time and review the comments we make. Among the over 6,000 visitors we get every day are members of the press, senior DND officials and a slew of civilians. Visitors to this site range in age, but it is not at all uncommon for 14 year olds to visit, looking for information on a possible career choice. Bear in mind that messages here are never pruned. What you say now will be available on-line for years to come, easily found via search engines all over the Internet.

So before you post, imagine you're in uniform, talking to a room full of the press, 14 year old kids, your CO, and your grandmother.

In a nutshell, the hard and fast rules are as follows:

You will not post sensitive or non-public information.
You will not post any information that is offensive, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.
You will not post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this site.
You will not post any material which is knowingly false.
You will not post advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or solicitations.
You will not post links to sites whose content is in violation of the above rules.
You will not attempt to bypass or subvert any of site controls or functions.
You will not spam the boards. This is usually described as making the same post over and over, or the same post to multiple forums or threads.
You will not become an administrative burden to the Staff by intentionally or unintentionally creating significant work for them through your actions.
Postings which are deemed inappropriate may be modified or removed.
You will not troll the boards or feed the trolls. This is making posts that intentionally create hostile arguments, or responding to such posts in the same hostile tone.
You will not have multiple forum accounts without prior permission.
You will not use excessive webspeak, or other shorthand styles of typing. Please use English or French to the best of your ability; this makes it easier for those who are not posting in their native language.
You will properly attribute any quotes to the appropriate author or speaker.
Users that ignore these rules or otherwise act inappropriately may be placed on warning or banned.
You should report any post that is in violation of any of these guidelines or common sense to the moderators. We occasionally miss things, and it can be vigilant site members that allow us to keep the site moving smoothly and even remove content that is not legally appropriate.

I hate to burn up so much space, but it's good that we all look at these "rules" as much as possible. Me, I view them about once a week to see if there have been any changes that I need be aware of or if there may be any parts of the guidelines themselves that need attention or revision.

As for the media, well I don't expect they'll start PMing the Staff with questions and requests for interviews, but they may keep skimming the posts here to gather informations. After all, you provide it by posting it....Remember these two lines from the above quotes:

The truth is when you post a message even on an unofficial site like this, your comments reflect upon the CF.

and

What you say now will be available on-line for years to come, easily found via search engines all over the Internet.

Just be careful and use your head, that's all we can ask. If you do this for us you'll make the job easier because it is very much full time every now and then.

 

[Guy. E]

"Loose lips sink ships" 

Over the past wile I was thinking about posting a topic regarding who actually comes here be they media or even MP's doing a little sneaky peekey...

 

[Sig_Des]

"Loose lips sink ships" 

Over the past wile I was thinking about posting a topic regarding who actually comes here be they media or even MP's doing a little sneaky peekey...

That could turn into quite the witch-hunt  >

Personally, I don't really see the use of a thread "outing" these members. They're ususally easy to figure out on our own, and sometimes they even identify themselves.

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

More to the point, it doesn't matter *who* they are, so long as we are aware that many quarters are represented here, including the media, SIU, etc. With a bit of effort, it's not hard to ensure that we don't post anything that will get us into hot water with these folks.

 

[X Royal]

As for the media, well I don't expect they'll start PMing the Staff with questions and requests for interviews, but they may keep skimming the posts here to gather informations. After all, you provide it by posting it...

My point exactly for starting this thread.
Also by using the "Title Selected" if they are lurking they most likely would not miss this thread.
Maybe if they understand the results of their improper actions things might change? ???

Note: "See me holding my breath".  "NOT"

Pro Patria

 

[Thompson_JM]

its definitely true that a lot of people do read this site. Ive had several mbrs of my unit come up and talk to me about how they've seen my posts on-line. that and the fact that I give practically everything BUT my local phone number as far as personal info goes, means that usually I can keep myself reeled in when it comes to posting. once in awhile I tend to forget that, and thats where the Mods and the Cooler heads on this site can come in and remind me to take a step back.

- cheers
   josh