Forum Rules Loophole?

Just a thought from something mentioned in another thread.

Whilst I appreciate that our forum rules don't need to be exactly legally watertight since interventions and disciplinary actions such as suspensions or bannings are largely at the discretion of the admin, there appears to be a slight loophole available.

Whilst it is against the rules to create more than one account, it doesn't appear to be against the rules to allowed other members (Including banned ones) to post using an existing member's account, such as in the example that prompted me wondering and checking on this if Will Hardage were to post on here using Kreigspfarrer's account.

Whilst there are exceptional occasions where this might be allowed (Such as Roel posting a message from Danyel a while back), on the whole I think this should be actively proscribed in the Forum rules.

Something along the lines of "It is against the Forum rules to allow other individuals to post using your account", or similar.

 

It is pretty difficult to determine if this being done most of the time, albeit still quite possible.

 

True but it does mean that if you find out it has been contravened then the offending user(s) can be dealt with as having broken a rule (Banned/Suspended/Warned/Whatever) leaving no defense along the lines of "Well you never actually said I couldn't let someone else use my account".

 

But then SturmTiger & Boba Nette would be the first on the list to be banned...

I'd say more that people can only post from your account if they clearly state that they are themselves in the post, and that banned users may not do this.

Statments from banned users may be quoted after consultation with the Admin (as we did with Danyel a couple of times)

 

Besides, I will ban anyone who purposely circumvent the rules, simply because I can.

 

Not really since Boba Nette has her own account. In any case an individual not logging themselves out and their partner posting under their username by mistake is clearly a different matter from deliberately allowing someone else to use your account.

That said your wording would close the loophole pretty nicely, just needs an ammendment to the Forum Rules sticky now...

 

rules

If Account holder 'A' allows banned member 'B' to use his/her account with account holders knowledge then the account holder 'A' should be considered responsible and punished accordingly ie banned/suspended,warned/whatever.(Alles klar?? :-? )

 

its not about specific and rigid rules, it's about what is happening

If a banned person posts an innocent comment uses someone elses account then so what, no harm has been done.

if a banned user resigns up and acts sensibly so what, no harm done

as long as peeps act ok then I don't see what the problem

BTW, I share user names on other forums with the misses and as such you get two different users posting from the same IP. Also a lot of aol accounts have the ip I believe

FNG

 

The problem is, that it is not up to the punished to determine when their punishment is over. That is the task of the administration. We usually give people quite a long leach, and have been known to give second chances, but such decisions is up to us.

 

I wouldn't worry all that much about it.Wait til someone is actually becoming a pain in the arse.We rarely have problems with members on this forum.
BTW,when computer hopping,I always said it was me while posting on Boba's account.I think Boba posted under mine once by mistake.Other than that,guilty as charged.