The Free Forum Rules and Regulations
These rules and regulations
shall be known as “the rules and regulations of the free forum” at Sudanese
online, which is a subsidiary of Bayan for
information.
The free forum at Sudaneseonline is a worldwide web
free forum for discussion and is open to all Sudanese without regard to their
political, religious, or ideological affiliations. All opinions and subjects
posted represent the point of view of the authors and do not necessarily
represent the point of view of the board management. Articles or opinions
expressed must not be in violation of the publishing regulations followed
internationally. Membership requirements can be found at the following link:
http://www.sudaneseonline.com/eregister.htm
The following are the rules and regulations that will be in effect as of
1. All members must submit to healthy dialog/discussion, differences, and
respect for others’ opinions. Insulting another member or accusing him/her with
infidelity due to his/her views or beliefs is prohibited. Penalty: first
offense is warning and the second offense is dismissal.
2. Insulting religions or religious beliefs or insulting prophets/messengers
(without violating religious and freedom of opinion and without jeopardizing
the freedom of scientific research or the right to adopt new religious views)
is prohibited. Penalty: first offense is warning and the second offense is
dismissal.
3. Offending or making fun of a person, a group of people, a sect, a tribe, or
an ethnic group because of color, gender, ethnic background, place of origin,
or religion is prohibited. Penalty: first offense is warning and the second
offense is dismissal.
4. Republishing previously withdrawn subjects, subjects that violate the rules
and regulations of the forum, or subjects that have been closed by the
management is prohibited. Penalty: first offense is warning and the second
offense is dismissal.
5. Advertising sites that are in violation of the board regulations is prohibited.
Penalty: first offense is warning and the second offense is dismissal.
6. Others’ articles or quotes from others’ work must be referenced by the name
of the author, if known. If the author is unknown, the reference must be
indicated by parentheses and dots as follows (...). Penalty: first offense is
warning and the second offense is dismissal.
7. The messenger shall not be used for any act that is in violation of the
board rules and regulations. Penalty: first offense is warning and the second
offense is dismissal.
8. A member shall inform the site director through e-mail should he/she
observes any violation of the board regulations by other member(s). It is
completely prohibited reporting such violations at other sites. Penalty: first
offense is warning and the second offense is dismissal.
9. Commercial advertisements are prohibited without advance permission or
agreement with the Sudanese online advertisement unit. Penalty: first offense
is warning and the second offense is dismissal.
10. Copying and submitting posts/responses to posts/ e-mails etc. from a
non-member or from a different forum that offends a member of this forum is
prohibited and such a person is subject to dismissal without warning.
11. Allowing someone who is not a member of this forum to post/participate
using the account of a member by his/her knowledge. Penalty: dismissal without
warning.
12. It is not allowed for a member to declare his/her resignation from the
forum in a way to affront the forum, the management or the members. In such a
case, the management has the right to dismiss the person immediately and to
withdraw the resignation request from the forum immediately. However, a member
may declare his/her resignation or lack of participation, for any reason, in a calm
and civil manner.
13-All managerial decisions
are sent from bakriabubakr@cox.net
to the members and we do
not use the messenger or any other means of communication for these purposes.
14. The management has the right to dismiss a person and without warning should
it become clear to the management that such a person threatens/conducts an act
that is meant to destroy, paralyze, cause harm to the site, or to sabotage
others rights and contributions.
15. It is prohibited to offend/insult a person or a group of people due to
color, ethnic background, gender, or religion. Penalty: first offense is
warning and the second offense is dismissal.
16. Should a member be a subject of an insult by another member, management
shall make available the address of the latter should the former takes the
matter to court. However, this information shall ONLY be handed over to the
judiciary authorities should they ask for it by means of a regular registered
mail and not an electronic mail. The management has the right to
freeze/withdraw the membership of the offender should he/she refuses to hand
over the address to the judiciary authorities if the member is a seasoned
member (having registered with a nickname).
17. First offense dismissal for anyone who deliberately offends someone by
his/her name or anything that distinguishes the person, should the offended
person files a formal complaint against the offender. The dismissal will be
final unless the offended person withdraws his/her complaint.
18. It is not allowed for a member to register in the free forum using more
than one name or nickname. Membership shall be withdrawn immediately from any
member who is proven to have registered with more than one name or nickname.
19. Any member who is registered with a phony name shall provide the management
his/her real name and the correct address upon request. Any member who refuses
to provide the correct information or it becomes clear that he/she provided
incorrect name and address; his/her membership shall be withdrawn immediately.
20. It is not allowed for a member to insult or threatens another member to
cause bodily, mind or emotional injuries or to accuse him/her with infidelity
because of his/her opinion, belief, or ideological or political affiliation.
Penalty: first offense is warning and the second offense is dismissal.
21. The free forum allows all members to enjoy freedom of expression and
opinion, scientific research, discussion of all matters related to religious,
philosophical, political, social, economic, and all other sorts of knowledge,
taking into consideration objective dialog and respect for the right of others
to disagree.
22. The management may, at its own discretion or based upon the simple majority
of the members, presents and discusses amendments of these regulations by
deletion or addition, and this should be no later than 6 months from the
effective date of these regulations or whenever need may arise. The management
has the right to add or delete any of these articles at anytime.
23. Matters personal in nature must be respected, and no reference shall be
made to the personal matters of others or their families for the sake of
touching their honor and reputation or the honor and reputation of their families.
Penalty: first offense is warning and the second offense is dismissal.
24. It is neither allowed to publish false news nor to pass baseless judgment
against a member or any other person. Such a person must correct the false news
immediately once they have known the news is inaccurate and must apologize
publicly to anyone who is hurt by the news. The management reserves the right
to issue any other kinds of punishment deemed necessary.
25. The management has the right to consult the members in case of matters of
disagreement.
All complaints, requests and managerial decisions shall be sent to/from the
following e-mail address: bakriabubakr@cox.net
and the management shall
not respond to messages it receives through the messenger, the telephone, or
any other means.
The management of Sudanese Online calls upon all nationals and nobles to help
her by informing her any violations that may arise by any member, through the
above e-mail since the management is not online on a continuous or daily basis
and because of the one individual management situation at the present time.
These rules and regulations will apply on all posts and responds that were
posted since
Sudanese online management