Notification of forum rules' changes?
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:38 am
I recently had a re-read of the forum rules, and noticed that there has been an amendment stating that 'deleting-editing' posts will result in an automatic ban. I don't know when this change was made (there is no 'Last edited' at the bottom of the post), but as rdearman stated in May 2020 that deleting posts did not result in an automatic ban, I assume it occurred at some point after that. I believe other changes may have been made to the rules since I first read them at sign-up.
I have looked, but cannot find anything in the forum that indicates when the forum rules were amended in this (or any other) way. When they are amended, I think it is only fair that all members are notified of this, just as other sites notify about changes to 'Terms and Conditions'.
I don't know much about the software the forum is running on, and therefore whether the Notification system in the top panel could be used to do this. As a minimum, it is at least possible to create a forum thread which details the amendment(s) made and 'sticky' it for a reasonable period of time.
I have looked, but cannot find anything in the forum that indicates when the forum rules were amended in this (or any other) way. When they are amended, I think it is only fair that all members are notified of this, just as other sites notify about changes to 'Terms and Conditions'.
I don't know much about the software the forum is running on, and therefore whether the Notification system in the top panel could be used to do this. As a minimum, it is at least possible to create a forum thread which details the amendment(s) made and 'sticky' it for a reasonable period of time.