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All right guys, now that I've been made moderator of this forum, I thought I'd lay down some rules for it to go by.<NO SPAMMING!>
First of all, spam does nothing for this forum. It adds fluff, and fluff is not what the servers need. Therefore, posts that contain nothing except "LOL", "Yeah", "Me too", or "*chokes on drink*" will not be tolerated.
Secondly, spam does not raise a member's post count, and is usually tied to flooding, another offense. So that is not acceptable.
<NO FLOODING!>
In addition to what I stated above, flooding also scares new members and guests off who feel that one person is dominating all conversation. I will be forced to place post restrictions or worse on anyone who breaks this rule.
<NO MEMBRATING!>
To clear things up about this rule, this is what I do and do not define as membrating:
- Membrating:
- Posting comments such as "If I were a mod, I'd ban you..." or "If you don't shut up you're going to get your thread locked!"
- Telling members that certain things are against the rules without proof from these Forum Rules.
- PMing threats or warnings to members.
- Not Membrating:
- Informing the offender that their actions are wrong and QUOTING my Rules as proof. Politely, please.
- Kindly telling someone to calm down/stay on topic.
I will not have arguments over members acting like mods when they do something as simple as correct another member when that member is wrong. All in all, if you can't close threads or ban members, don't throw your weight around like you can.
<NO FLAMING!>
Seriously, guys, can't we solve an argument without insulting someone? Comments that degrade any one person, group or forum will not stand with me. If you really want to make them, consider yourself warned and/or banned from the forum.
<NO ADVERTISING!>
Normally, when people link to other sites in their messages they're up to no good. I don't care what you're linking to, if it's not to help someone out and you've made a whole new thread for it, it is advertising. It will not last long here.
<NO UNAUTHORIZED THREADS!>
An unauthorized thread is one of the following:
- A game thread that has not been cleared by me.
- A General Off-Topic Discussion that has not been cleared by me. I will only allow ONE AT A TIME, and a new one can't be made until the old one has reached 30 pages. PM me to tell me to delete the old one, otherwise I will close your new GD.
- Any Versus/Poll thread that has not been cleared by me. We don't need a hundred of these.
If I find these, they are locked. No, you cannot get them reopened - but you CAN start a new one, under my watch.
<NO DOUBLE POSTING!>
If you're a member, you have a perfectly functional 'Edit' button. Use it. Note that Guests do not have this function, and that members can post the same message twice by accident due to a slow connection. Go easy on them.
<NO BUMPING!>
Do not bump threads that are over three months old that have no further discussion value (i.e., the author asked a question that was already answered). You MAY bump threads discussing certain topics; however, have something useful to say. Otherwise it's closed off.
<NO FOUL LANGUAGE!>
I swear quite a bit. You probably do, too. However, chances are someone here is too young yet to swear much. This game is E-rated, folks. If you can't say it in front of Grandma or 5-year-old Susie, don't say it here. Enough said.
Most of all, I'm not here to play God. I'm just here to make sure you guys enjoy your time on this forum as much as possible. So don't think I'm going to chew your head off whenever I can. I'm not malicious. But if you try my kindness and patience, my whip will crack, and it cracks hard. So don't do it.
I look forward to working with you all!
Forumwide Rules of Conduct, Etiquette and Acceptable Behavior
[size=1][color=#666666]This message was edited by Narphinean on Feb 01 2009.
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