Guidelines

General Terms and Conditions

Terms & Rules
This community is provided for the use of members of British Naturism. British Naturism offers you use of this website as a benefit of being a fully paid up member and to help you initiate, and engage in, discussion with its officers and other members.  This could be to find information about naturist and associated issues, to state your views or to contact other members. In so doing you are accountable for using it in a responsible fashion. By agreeing to these rules and seeking registration you accept that your membership of BN may be terminated if you violate them.

If you use this website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer so as to prevent unauthorised access to your account. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You should take all necessary steps to ensure that your password is kept confidential and secure and should inform us immediately if you have reason to believe that it has become known to some else, or that the password is being, or is likely to be, used by an unauthorised user.

Posting
You agree, through your use of this service, not to use this community to post any material which you know to be false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually orientated, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or which would otherwise violate any law.  All content posted on the site is available for subsequent review by British Naturism.  British Naturism is not responsible for content posted. We do not vouch for or warrant their accuracy, completeness or usefulness, and are not responsible for its contents. Content expresses the views of the author, and may not be the views of others. Any user who feels that any posted content is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email or by reporting the content to the site moderators. We are able to remove content, and will do so within a reasonable time, if it is found that removal is necessary.

One-to-one Chat, Chat Rooms and Personal Messages
The one-to-one Chat, Chat Room and personal messaging system are made available to members in order for you to engage with other members and BN Staff.  The normal rules for posting content (as above), and etiquette (see below) apply to these areas of the site.  In addition you agree, through your use of these services not to harass other users through repeated unsolicited contact.  For the avoidance of doubt all content within these areas is logged and is available for review by the site moderators and BN staff.  

Copyright
You agree not to post on the Forum any copyrighted material unless the copyright belongs to you or British Naturism. You further agree that you will not remove, copy, or redistribute any content held in this community. Failure to comply with these restrictions will result in your ejection from British Naturism.

Gallery Rules

Please see the Gallery rules posted at http://www.bn.org.uk/galleryrules/ which form part of the Terms and Conditions for your use of this site. The following is a partial extract for your convenience.

All images are subject to prior Moderator approval and the Moderator(s) decision is final.

Rules (extract):

• Please do not post any images which you know to be defamatory, misrepresentative, invasive of a person’s privacy, threatening or which amount to bullying or harassment.
• The following types of image are not acceptable:
  • Images which violate any law. Illegal images will be reported to the appropriate authorities and provided as evidence.
  • Images which focus on the genitalia, poses where the main aim appears to be to display the genitalia (e.g. full-frontal open legs shots), sex acts, erections.
  • Photos of people in bed or engaged in personal hygiene routines (e.g. shaving, showering, bathing, etc.).
  • Photos of performing trivial domestic chores (e.g. doing the washing up, emptying the tumble drier, etc.). Depictions of social events (e.g. hosting a dinner party, cooking a barbecue, etc) are fine.
  • Headless shots or pictures where the face is deliberately obscured. This does not preclude rear-view shots where the context demands it.
• The context and narrative make a dull image inspirational. Please take a few moments to give your photos a text title and description so that visitors know what the picture is and why you have posted it. Photos without a text title and an explanatory comment will not be accepted. (Official photos of events will be grouped under the event title but may not be individually named to expediate release).
• If you have lists of similar photos, then please post just one or two which best represent the whole. Repetitive images will not be accepted.
• Photos must be of good, but not necessarily professional, quality. Grainy or indistinct pictures will not be accepted. Selfies and mirror shots are acceptable but please do consider the backdrop to the picture.

Actions

• Individuals cannot create new albums except within the members' gallery area. If you have an idea for a new shared album then please send it to support@bn.org.uk.
• If you are concerned that an album or photo does not comply with these rules then please report it to the moderators using the report button below each image.
• Photos which do not comply with these rules will not be accepted.
• Any individual who repeatedly fails to comply with the rules may have their access to the community restricted and/or be subject to disciplinary procedures.

Questions?

If you have any comments or questions regarding the gallery please email general.secretary@bn.org.uk

Community Content Guidelines

Moderation

The primary role of a moderator is to help promote a lively community free of personal abuse, free of excessive profanity and free of spam. Moderation methods should not be portrayed or viewed as censorship or the presence of the "Thought Police".

When moderation is approached from a more proactive angle it becomes a valuable asset rather than a discouraging element. If this angle is taken then moderators themselves are viewed as an integral and positive part of the community, not an external negative force acting on it.

If the moderation team feels that a member's behaviour is unacceptable and warrants intervention, a private warning will typically be issued. Warnings will not be discussed on the forums by the moderation team. If the warning goes unheeded, further action will be taken. This may range from locking the offending user account, to deletion or banning of the user. Action would be on a case-by-case basis. If a user is apologetic, interested in a peaceful solution and wishes to have their account reinstated, a general consensus will be formed by the moderation team for, or against, such a request.

If you need to report a post to a moderator please use the report the post link that is available to the top right of each post. If you have an issue with a moderation decision please contact a moderator via PM and not on the open boards. The moderation team will discuss your problems with you in private and we will work on a solution together. The moderators will always attempt to implement universally peaceful solutions, but in the end, are charged with the responsibility of maintaining peaceful, civil order within our community. Therefore, they cannot always please everyone with the decisions made.

Please do your part to contribute to a healthy community and environment.

Some thoughts on etiquette

Remember making a post on a forum is like standing on top of a desk in your office and making an announcement to fellow employees, supervisors/management and the company owners. When considering whether a comment or remark is appropriate for a forum ask yourself "Is this something I would say standing on top of my desk, with my boss, co-workers, customers and company owner looking on?"

On a forum, there is an absence of indicators that help you to decipher tone and the poster's intention. In the absence of valuable voice tone, body language, facial expressions and other social cues, emoticons and symbols (smiley face, or "*smile*") can help make tone and intention clear to other forum participants. Use emoticons and other symbols to indicate tone but don’t overdo it.

If you are posting a link write a brief explanation of what the link is about, that will give more incentive to actually take a look. We all know swearing and profanity is a normal part of language but what some people object to is the use of such language as the primary form of expression and used in a forum really shows disrespect for other users.

Use of capital letters is generally interpreted as shouting and should be avoided. Try to place your posts in the correct forum for the topic. Our forums have been categorized so that most topics fit in one logical location.

Any post that is deemed to be in the wrong forum will be moved to the correct location without warning. When responding to an existing thread, always read the original post and through the replies and attempt to focus on the original topic.

Be kind to newcomers. They may ask the wrong questions, including ones that seem obvious (or whose answers seem easy to find), but we all started out this way, and treating newcomers kindly makes them more likely to turn into the valuable community members we all know and love. Point newcomers in the right direction as well as turning them away from the wrong ones.

Do not quote the entire content of a message to which you are replying. Include only as much as is necessary for context. Remember that if someone wants to read the original message, they can; it is easily accessible. A good rule of thumb is, don't include more quoted text than new text. There is always a need for some trimming - either a salutation, a signature, some blank lines or whatever. If you are doing no trimming whatsoever of the quoted text, then you aren't trimming enough.

If conversations get out of hand and others resort to personal insults or innuendo because of your comments, try not to take it too personally – they don’t know you. When you feel you need to defend yourself, do so politely based on your opinion not personal digs. Always take the high road and you will be respected by the other members of the forum.

Remember - Discussions can be productive, but arguments are always destructive.

Last updated: 4th February 2019