Post by Tinculin on Dec 2, 2022 16:42:09 GMT
This is posted in bright red on the admin panel to all moderators and administrators.
Until a time Proboards remove this notice, this is something all posts discussing COVID need to abide by.
support.proboards.com/thread/661355/covid-19-global-health-emergency
Expectations:
Until a time Proboards remove their warning / post in their support section, the below will need to be followed.
As a poster on this subject, you are responsible for ensuring your content is accurate and is supported by quoting or citing official/authoratitive sources.
What is considered an Authoratitive source? Initially proboards recommended government sources only, however there is likely a chance peer reviewed research has been published and therefore, we'll consider Authoratitive sources to include:
Things which are not considered Authoratitive sources (not limited to, but as examples):
Until a time Proboards remove this notice, this is something all posts discussing COVID need to abide by.
support.proboards.com/thread/661355/covid-19-global-health-emergency
Expectations:
Until a time Proboards remove their warning / post in their support section, the below will need to be followed.
As a poster on this subject, you are responsible for ensuring your content is accurate and is supported by quoting or citing official/authoratitive sources.
What is considered an Authoratitive source? Initially proboards recommended government sources only, however there is likely a chance peer reviewed research has been published and therefore, we'll consider Authoratitive sources to include:
- Any Government site.
- Statements made by a government official (not taken out of context).
- Institutions such as the WHO.
- Research articles (that have been peer reviewed).
- Statements from phamacutical companies.
- Medical institutions such as the NHS.
Things which are not considered Authoratitive sources (not limited to, but as examples):
- Conspiracy websites.
- Youtube/social media opinions.
- Video's aimed at getting a quick laugh.
- Non peer reviewed research.
- Anyone who is not speaking as an agent of one of the institutions listed in the above section.