Basic rules of posting on the message boards

1. No profanity, racist or sexist comments. Keep signature files to under 400 pix tall and no more than 600 pixels wide. If your sig is banned, fix those issues, and then email us. This includes using abbreviations or changing one letter of a swear word such that the word(s) are still interpreted by most as profane.
2. No pornographic or obscene material of any kind. Any user posting pornographic pictures, or links to such material will be blacklisted. This includes materials within a signature file or avatar.
3. No attacking other posters. If you feel the need to harass another poster, don't do it. What is considered attacking other posters?
   • Bringing up their name in posts that they did not start or were not involved in, just to get a reaction from them.
   • Consistently responding to their posts and responding with no merit other than to belittle them.
   • In short, making a poster a target.
4. No repetitive negative posting. What makes a repetitive post? If you come to the forum and consistently say the exact same thing about the exact same topic day in and day out, that is being repetitive. Be sure to understand that no one is saying that you can not be critical. But this site will not be overrun by the same people coming on the site day after day saying the same negative things.
5. No flaming: If a poster come onto the board with the intent only to flame, and continues to post nothing but flames or engages in no substantive discussion, the poster's posts will be deleted and the poster will be banned at the monitor's discretion.
6. No attacks on players. Criticism is allowed, and encouraged if the shoe fits. But that does NOT mean you have free range to bash or alienate a player with your comments. If you disagree with how they played or the effort they put forward, please voice your opinion and state why you hold that opinion.
7. No posting of commercial offers, links to competing websites or spamming of the board will be permitted.: All threads will be deleted at the discretion of the board monitor. If you are linking to a UGA fan blog, the blog must have a link back to UGASports.com on the page you link to, or the post will be deleted.
8. No posting or or distribution any material that infringes and/or violates any right of a third party or any law. Post will be deleted and member can be banned at the monitors discretion. This means no posting of premium information from other web sites.

My post was removed and I don't know why!

You broke one of the rules on this page. You can email the site staff to plead your case for reinstatement.

What is the difference between being "nuked" and "blacklisted"?

• Nuked: having one's post deleted from the message boards due to violation of the basic rules.

• Blacklisted: having one's positing privilege restricted due to violation of the basic rules, being a repeat offender of the basic rules, or just if we feel like it ;-).

How do I report a post that I feel is not suitable for the message boards?
Email the site staff.

It is a free country, why can't I say whatever I want on the message boards?

True, it is a free country, but the the UGASports.com message boards are privately owned. Big brother is in fact watching you, and we own those black helicopters too... In all seriousness, the message board custodians let a lot get by. We do that for a combination of reasons, the most important one being that this is a sports website and sports fans, particularly SEC football fans, are passionate about their teams. Heated discussion is a regular feature, but posts, no matter how strong the language, must remain good natured and relatively free of rules violations.

What do I do if I get blacklisted?

First, you must recognize and admit there was a problem with something you posted. Then, if you want to get your handle cleared from the blacklist, you must email the site staff and tell us your side of the story. It might be as simple as: "the 12-ouncers won", "I had just failed a test and was not in the best mood", or, complex like: "my uncle was visiting from out of town and he used my computer to post those nasty messages". Either way, if you email us about the situation, nine times out of ten you will be let back in. If you do not want to contact us and instead chose to go underground and register for a new account, have at it, but some of our custodians are pretty good at figuring all of that out, and yes, they do have that much time on their hands. Also, the worse thing that can happen to your chances of getting back in is to have a bunch of people march in your behalf by posting a bunch of "Free BadDawg" posts. Tell your loyal following that they too can email the site staff as a character witness.

Who is in charge of the message boards?

Members of the UGASports.com staff and several custodians monitor the message boards at various times throughout the day.

What is the policy on Eyecandy?

What are some rules not enforced all the time?

Simple: there are no full time message board moderators for every board. The premium boards are tended too by site staff members on a regular basis, but the free boards are less often visited and monitored largely by volunteers.