OnlyAnExcuse.com is a Scottish Football fan’s network. When registering for OnlyAnExcuse must agree to follow our rules and guidelines which are listed below. They may be updated at any time and are not exhaustive, so please ensure you check periodically for any updates.
Moderation
Our site is moderated by volunteers. They act on reports by other users to ensure the site isn’t spoiled by idiots. If there’s something you feel is unacceptable on our site, hit the report button or send a personal message to a moderator.
Please remember OnlyAnExcuse.com may feature some ‘not safe for work’ content.
Site Rules
General guidelines
- Please respect other people’s views on the network.
- Please do not abuse or threaten anyone verbally as this will be deemed enough to have your posts pre moderated and/or your account being suspended.
- Discrimination on grounds of race, religion, beliefs or gender will not be tolerated in any shape or form.
- The above includes sectarianism and bigotry of any shape or form. If you believe posts are offensive please use the report button to let moderators know.
- Anything illegal will be removed and the IP address reported to the user’s ISP.
- Do not abuse the report system. Anyone continually doing so will have the option removed and issued a warning.
- Please don’t post multiple topics of the same subject in our forums or groups. They will be merged into one.
- Please avoid excessive text speak on the forums.
- Please do enjoy the network and feel free to offer suggestions to the administrators should you have any.
Sectarianism
Sadly, sectarian bigotry occurs in our national sport. OnlyAnExcuse.com will co-operate with the police and relevant authorities should any acts of sectarian hatred be reported to them on our website. You can discuss bigotry on OnlyAnExcuse.com, but any acts of bigotry against another user will result in an instant ban.
Copyrighted content
If you choose to reproduce any copyrighted content on the network, please ensure you add a link back or reference to the original article (where found on another website, or other medium). Please respect the licenses of copyrighted content. You are solely responsible for any legal action which may be taken when reproducing content on OnlyAnExcuse.com without the owner’s permission. OnlyAnExcuse.com can only remove content if alerted to it, if your content has been reproduced on our website please contact us and we will happily remove it.
Images, video and other media.
OnlyAnExcuse.com allows images, videos and other media to be uploaded to the network by users. Please only do so if you have permission to use them in this manner. If you are posting an image from an external website on our forums, do so from an image upload site and do not hotlink from other websites.
Our content
Any content produced by OnlyAnExcuse.com can only be used with express permission from the site owners. Contact us if you wish to use our images or banners and we will provide high-quality images to use.
Our blog posts can be shared freely on condition they are posted with a reciprocal link.
Content posted by users of OnlyAnExcuse.com remains their copyright and responsibility.
External Content
We are not responsible for any external content featured on our website either posted by members or our partners. All links to external content should be used at your own risk.
Newsletters
We issue a weekly newsletter with updates from the site. You can opt-out of these on your profile, or when you initially sign up. Or just reply with “stop” in the topic of the email.
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For example, never post your email address, home address or telephone number. And certainly not your bank details to Nigerians who claim you’ve won millions!
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