Notice for All Contributors

[Admin]

In short: Keep it clean, keep it fair, keep it accurate, keep it honest!

In more detail:
The purpose of this forum is to promote Kerry GAA when possible, and we will accept constructive criticism, but there is no place for rumours, slander, abuse, pointless criticism, personal comments etc. Clean, Fair, Honest, Accurate, Constructive criticism is welcome.

And ideally, we would ask that EVERY contributor post their full name and contact details – but the mask of anonymity is far more appealing it seems! This influences the level of censorship also.

We have the facilities to include only valid constructive criticism and content that promotes Kerry GAA, so this control will generally be implemented – at least to some degree.

Have a look at some of the other GAA forums – a lot which has fallen in anarchy – read some of the posts - and honestly ask yourself if it fair to players and management (and their families) to have to read criticise to such a hateful degree from these sites.

By enforcing some level of censorship over the years on this site, we now have a core group of outstanding contributors on the Kerry forum that know to keep it fair and honest.

But at the same time, we have lost some fine contributors over the years because we deemed their posts unsuitable and they disagreed with the slap on the wrist. It is a shame. But sometimes passion becomes anger, and anger is released in severe criticism/abuse and there becomes a need to modify/delete/ban.

More than once, a club representative, a family member or a player themselves have actually contacted us and asked that content be removed.
- People DO read the forum, the posts can do harm, and we have to be constantly aware of how a simple criticism might seriously upset someone. Understandable?

Finally, a question that has been put to many members of this forum... What right do we have to (anonymously) criticise so publicly and so vehemently the county players and management who put in far more that we can imagine?

These guys bust a gut for the jersey all year round, give nothing less that 100% in every game, and yet we saunter onto the forum on a Monday morning and nit-pick at every dropped ball or mis-kick or unfashionable selection – sometimes to an unreasonable degree.

As another exciting season throws in, please think before you post.
Thank you.

[Mickmack]

The main problem seems to be that some stuff was posted up that upset a player or players.

Teddy Roosevelt put it best;

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

[North Cowrea @Ballythefireside]

We are now answering a question put to us long ago by control re ID. So how about it being compulsory for us to fill in the Location box in our profiles. I wonder if ProBoards can set this as Compulsory to the system doesn't require Control monitoring? And being the goody boy I had already answered this question, even if my location is a virtual one. Ah maybe new joiners should be advised that the more the tell us about them the less their posts will be waiting for approval and that will put off spammers.

[Jigz84]

I saw recently that the representatives of a well-known GAA pundit requested that another well-known GAA Facebook page, linked to a certain county, remove non-flattering comments made towards him.

So it appears that pundits are also monitoring forums and the like, not just players, etc.

[MrRasherstoyou]

I think there has to be (and appears to be) a 'guideline' for what constitutes 'wind-up' material, by anyone. If a post(er) is clearly just looking for a reaction, and is not posting something in a genuine attempt to debate, they should be 'advised'. And they could defend themselves, and other posters could decide more or less if they felt the warning was fair or not.

The difficulty is in applying this fairly, across the board. I think any poster who is not a Kerry supporter here needs to be a bit mindful of what they say. So it's not easy for everyone to be 'equal', but you know, it's give and take, and I think non-Kerry posters here get looked after too, swings and roundabouts. It's a position of privilege to be able to comment here and receive feedback/response. That has to be respected, not taken for granted.

[sullyschoice]

I think it is the manner of interactions that raises the hackles. There are many outside contributors who post here and they are very welcome. I have no issue with people holding contrary views to the general membership. God knows we have plenty on here that dont agree with each other, and they are not outsiders. But deliberately inflamatory posts and snide comments to other posters just lead to conversations degenerating into farce.

[Seoirse Ui Duic]

You can never be friends with everyone. You can only debate with someone if you have different views on a subject. However, I do feel that some are here to antagonise and draw reactions to comments.
I have been guilty in the past of getting too passionate and falling for such ploys and have learned from that.
We don't all have to agree, but we also shouldn't write anything we wouldn't say in real life.

[Jigz84]

The problem with forums, social media, even texting, is that people interpret words differently. This may be stemmed from a particular experience or bias.