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The original was posted on /r/arsenalwfc by /u/shelbyj on 2025-06-04 17:53:54+00:00.
Hi guys, now that the season has ended and the transfer window is starting we want to reiterate our post guidelines for 'Official' news. This is something we have been admittedly lax on over the years as the subreddit has grown but in the wake of our ban on X we felt it was time.
While news may break earlier than the official announcement via journalists, only news coming from an official source (the clubs, the league/comp, the players) can be tagged with our 'Official' post flair. This is to ensure clarity. We understand the desire to be the one to post the most breaking news on the subreddit, but this often leads to posts about the biggest news being hidden behind posts from journalists quoting the official source anyway, screenshots of the official post or links to teaser videos. The links to an official source with the pertinent information are often buried in the comments or not present at all. While many people get their news elsewhere and then come here solely to talk about it, others come here to get all of their links in one convenient location. None of these posts are convenient for users who have to search for the official post themselves instead of simply clicking on the link here.
Similarly while places like the BBC, Arseblog or Sky etc will have an article full of information, they are often just lifted from the official article itself with very little additional context or info added. These are preferable to the aforementioned screenshots/teasers/quotes but can still be misleading to someone wanting the official source when seeing that flair.
Going forward if there is a post from a non-official source and then (reasonably) later one from the official source we will remove the non-official one. Depending on if this solves the issue we may need to look into this further. This has been something we intended to do for a long time for the improvement of user experience, but we never wanted to stifle involvement.
In addition to this we want to reiterate our preference when a non-social media link is used. While links to X have been banned for a while, with seemingly no large-scale negatives, links to other places like Instagram are still frequent. This presents an accessibility issue and a privacy one. In terms of accessibility often these websites do not let non-logged in users see the posted content. This means it is essentially useless as a source for anyone without an account, or even just those on a different device/browser. For privacy concerns it is a little more serious. More and more social media platforms, such as instagram or tiktok (both of which the club operate on) will show your personal info to anyone who opens a link you have shared. Some people may not mind or find it a big deal but for many others they do not want their full name and profile picture shared to numerous people. There are usually ways to opt out of this and we encourage everyone to go through their privacy settings regularly as companies sneak policies in.
Thank you all for your cooperation in making this subreddit a more accessible and user friendly place. If you have any concerns or feedback on this, or anything else, now or going forward please feel free to drop a comment or modmail to us!
