What kind of forum

[Barbel Seeker]

Like I said in point 3, if you can prove that a poacher has been fishing private waters and submitting photos on here we will ban and keep the photos as proof they have been poaching.

We have IP's and emails of all users so traking them will not be a problem for the police.

Go get em!

A Barbel Hunters member recieved a PM from stigman confirming he was fishing that stretch and it was forwarded to you today. He has personally admitted he is not a member on the open forum. Case closed. British justice has prevailed. Or has it? Come on barbel hunters - you've been stalling a bit - ban the poacher and make an example of him - you would do it if the pics were of a poacher caught on one of your stretches claiming to have broken Jerry's Goyt record. Help us to do the same on our rivers - we have provided more than enough evidence to proove our case.

Thanks

[JayZS]

jayzs

i saw one post that accused him of poaching , why not just pull that single post rather than the entire thread ?

It is probably a fair point to make. I was asked by three members to pull the entire thread. I knew something had to be done, and acted on their request, considering that the thread had become highly overheated, and somewhat unpleasant. The thread still exists, out of sight, and I would suggest that if you can make a case to Glenn, then he may resurrect parts of it. I was concerned not only with the poaching accusation but also the intimations that Stigman may have been lying (rather than just mistaken) about fish sizes. I don't know the truth of this, but I believe I was protecting those making the accusations. I don't feel that as a moderator I should be asked to make a judgement of whether someone is guilty of doing something untoward. And I have not done so. I feel I should remove posts that may be libellous though, if only to protect the author.
Never been a moderator before, so I don't claim to be perfect, and accept that I either may, or may not, have made an error in pulling the whole thread. Some obviously thought it was the correct action to take, Others, yourself included did not.

i bailiff one of the waters in question so know what the score is regarding that group . i know the details behind what happened lets put it this way , these bright sparks thought the lancs police helicopter was watching them
to bring up the legal side of things , its a bit of a presumption , these guys cant even string a sentence together nevermind action a group of lawyers over one mans allegation !?

A presumption maybe, but still a possibility? And as it would be the lawyers who would do the clever bits with words.....

moderation is fine in moderation , but to pull the entire thread over 1 allegation ?? a bit heavy handed me thinks.
this forum is in its infancy , you want people to contribute and feel free to talk about all things fishing within reason . your contributors dont want to feel the heavy hand of moderation at the slightest thing , well i know i dont

Heavy handed may be the case, but as above, there are differing opinions. I'll leave arbitration on that one to Glenn, the site owner.
If Glenn, or a majority of site members, should rule that I was heavy handed, then you have my unreserved apology.

[thesaint999]

this web site is at sixes and sevens at the moment and needs sorting out, may I suggest you recruit someone who fishes the ribble regulary and knows the water well , who can scutinise the photos for you, as its 90% private this will only happen again.

[korumkid]

this web site is at sixes and sevens at the moment and needs sorting out, may I suggest you recruit someone who fishes the ribble regulary and knows the water well , who can scutinise the photos for you, as its 90% private this will only happen again.

DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY ?

i can go on any section of the ribble as i want while everybody sleeps during the week as i only work nights,now mainly weekends,how is it members tell you it's ok to fish paas water ? because you have your name down .i wouldn't even dream of going any length of the river getting blacked before your in .might try radac 's lenghts might be dead by time i get membership .

[wiganstu]

this web site is at sixes and sevens at the moment and needs sorting out, may I suggest you recruit someone who fishes the ribble regulary and knows the water well , who can scutinise the photos for you,(

people that fish the stretches , myself included , have allready stated that it is PA controlled water and the clown that posted the pics has admitted to NOT being a member here to admin

maybe the admin should start a hall of shame gallery , showing the poachers face ??

going off what barbel seeker is saying , it looks like if its not fished by the admin team it doesnt really matter

[jerry]

maybe if we had a policy where members have to post in there own name rather than a nickname, should somebody post a picture with a fish caught poaching it will be much easier for the police to track them rather than have to use ip addresses etc
just a thought for the future
cheers
jerry

[JayZS]

But how would you know that the names were genuine?

[wiganstu]

Its kind of a new rule that we dont allow the pin point descriptions of pegs and photos that clearly show pegs in the background.


taken from http://www.barbelhunters.co.uk/serio...ver-seven.html

[thesaint999]

only one way , thats what bfw did and loads left !!!

[jerry]

i,ll be honest i dont personally have a clue, but there must be a simple honest way of doing it, surely members would be less likely to post pictures of poached fish in there own names or even make shitty posts etc its very easy to say nasty things or post pictures of illegally caught fish when you can hide behind a false name and avatar, not only that if a person posts in there own name its easier to ban them should a situation arise wheras at the moment a person could open up 3 or 4 differant accounts in differant false names.
myself personally i really enjoy using the forum and would love to see it grow, what i would hate to see are people posting in false names perposely causing arguments/making slanderous comments/posting pics of poached fish etc etc who will bring down the site,s reputation.
cheers
jerry