Posted By Nick Higginson Geoff As a wild guess, I'd say it has been removed for breaching the acceptable use guidelines. Regards Nick

Posted By Freddy Nick, Your voice or no voice I guess! Hoping that things can only get better! Freddy

Posted By Geoff Burt Hi Freddy, I suspect you are not entirely innocent in all this!! However, I'm not wasting my time discussing copyright (and there were a number of valid points on this thread) if it is to be arbitrarily removed and without the courtesy of even the briefest communication to explain why. I do now know that a training establishment that prides itself on very quick grades is taking legal action against some transgressors. And I am still waiting a response from Ian reference sarcastic remarks. Geoff

Posted By Bill Fisher Gentlemen You are right to question the removal of a Thread without those posting being made aware of the action. The Moderators had been watching the original thread and were becoming concerned that it was moving towards an unacceptable situation; IOSH cannot accept threads that imply a breach of copyright. However the circumstances changed when some of the postings began to be directed towards some individuals who were expressing a personal view on the subject. At that time the Moderators decided that the Acceptable Use Guidelines were being breached. The AUGs state: "1. Users must not antagonise other users of this service or post any information that could be considered defamatory, obscene, abusive or unlawful. You may be held liable for the content you post." By agreement one of the Moderators removed the Thread and having prepared an e-mail to all those who had posted on the original thread thought it had been sent. Later on when others saw this posting the original Moderator did some checks to find his system had crashed around the time he had sent the e-mail. The Moderators apologise for this glitch and perceived rudeness in dealing with the original posting. As for this current posting the Thread is once again straying into personal comments against individuals and as this unacceptable on a professional Institution's Forum the Moderators have locked the Thread. Those posting on these Forums must remember "These discussion forums are intended for professional discussion and debate on a variety of issues relating to health and safety in the workplace. By using the discussion forums, users are deemed to have agreed to the acceptable use guidelines. IOSH members are reminded that they must comply with the Code of Professional Conduct." and personal attacks devalue the benefits of the Forum. Bill Fisher (Moderator)