Post by scnoi1217 on Apr 29, 2009 1:33:29 GMT -5
As of now, which is exactly 1:38 AM EST on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, the following rules will be implemented and enforced:
Revised Thursday, April 25, 2013.
1. No personal attacks of any kind. Please be respectful. Any personal attack will result in suspension for a minimum of one full day or significant warning bar raise. No harassment of any kind will be tolerated. Any harassment of another board member will result in a suspension with the length determined based on severity. If the offense is severe enough, a permanent ban will be issued. A moderator will issue out the punishment.
2. No spamming, except inside the spam forum. This also includes flaming and trolling. Other examples include chain letters, two-word "I agree" or "me too" responses, merely posting an icon, one word replies, bumping old topics, +1, "didn't read" or "old", continually posting the same topic or post, posting the same question across several boards and using the Quote feature without contributing anything new to a thread.
2a: Bumping an old topic without adding anything new to the thread will result in a 2% warning for each month the thread was dead. If your post instigates a flame war your penalty is doubled. Post count may also be reduced for repeat offenders.
2b: Continuously making posts which contribute nothing to the board can result in post count reduction, as well as warnings and suspension for habitual offenders.
3. Spoilers outside of the designated spoiler forums will not be tolerated. At the same time, enter the spoiler forums at your own risk. If something gets spoiled because you entered the forum, that is your fault. Please follow the ground rules for spoilers, which are re-posted before every tournament. The latest rules can be found here:
sasukemaniac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=s25&action=display&thread=2138
4. No inappropriate material of any kind, keep it PG. Posts which contain vulgarity of any kind, including both pictures and words, will be deleted or modified on sight.
5. The forum chat has no rules, EXCEPT for one day of the week designated for actual, mature discussion without any of the complaints of the chat so far. The ones in charge of organizing the chat can pick the day.
6. Creating an alternate username/using an alternate IP address and logging into the boards to continue to post will result in added ban time to your original banned account and the new username will be permanently banned.
7. Off-topic posts are legal (and commonplace here), however, please try to keep the posts somewhat relevant and if the topic is starting to stray from the original post, please get the topic back on track and continue the off-topic conversation in a new topic. Warnings and suspensions may be handed out to repeat offenders.
8. Posting of copyrighted material (such as Sasuke videos) is not allowed on this forum. This includes links to this material on YouTube and other video hosting sites. Asking where or how to download will get your thread deleted and you will receive a 50% warning. Asking a second time will result in a temporary 7-day ban. Posting where or how to download will get your post (if not the whole thread) deleted, and you will receive a temporary 14 day ban. Circumventing the bans by making a new account will result in a permanent ban.
9. Sections for a new competition requires an official announcement from a production or broadcast company. Unconfirmed rumors or "he said this" do not count, we need official "press release" style announcements.
10. Signatures with images are limited to a single image, with a height no greater than 150 pixels. Width we will leave upto the community, but keep it reasonable and don't break the forum layouts. If your image goes above the 150px height, your image will be automatically resized by the forums. In addition, videos are not permitted in signatures.
11. Abusing the report post function by repeatedly reporting posts without a legitimate reason will result in a warning to the reporting user. Continued abuse will result in a suspension; repeated violations will result in a permanent ban. If a post needs to be legitimately reported for rule breaking, go ahead and report it. Opinionated ideas about what constitutes spam, off-topic, or other various reasons; are not reason enough to report a thread, the post in question must be very clearly breaking a forum rule.
12-a. Users under the age of 13 are prohibited from creating an account and/or participating in the Sasuke Maniac Forums. This is a United States federal law known as the "Children's Online Privacy Protection Act" (COPPA), and we cannot permit users under the age of 13 to register for this reason. Anyone found under the age of 13 to have an account, will be banned immediately, as will subsequent accounts.
12-b. What if I'm not an American citizen? Unfortunately, the Sasuke Maniac Forums are operated by ProBoards, which are in turn operated in the United States and are thus governed by United States law. This means that every member that registers for an account on these forums is subject to this rule.
**There will be a warning bar added onto the side of profiles representing a person's behavior. If you would like to report a violation of the rules, PM me or one of the other mods. Any other suggestions to these rules will be looked at, just PM me if you have a suggestion.
***Your warning level will be removed after two full months of good conduct. If after two full months since your last offense your warning is not changed, please PM a mod. Your warning level will be adjusted based on your conduct the past two months.
Revised Thursday, April 25, 2013.
1. No personal attacks of any kind. Please be respectful. Any personal attack will result in suspension for a minimum of one full day or significant warning bar raise. No harassment of any kind will be tolerated. Any harassment of another board member will result in a suspension with the length determined based on severity. If the offense is severe enough, a permanent ban will be issued. A moderator will issue out the punishment.
2. No spamming, except inside the spam forum. This also includes flaming and trolling. Other examples include chain letters, two-word "I agree" or "me too" responses, merely posting an icon, one word replies, bumping old topics, +1, "didn't read" or "old", continually posting the same topic or post, posting the same question across several boards and using the Quote feature without contributing anything new to a thread.
2a: Bumping an old topic without adding anything new to the thread will result in a 2% warning for each month the thread was dead. If your post instigates a flame war your penalty is doubled. Post count may also be reduced for repeat offenders.
2b: Continuously making posts which contribute nothing to the board can result in post count reduction, as well as warnings and suspension for habitual offenders.
3. Spoilers outside of the designated spoiler forums will not be tolerated. At the same time, enter the spoiler forums at your own risk. If something gets spoiled because you entered the forum, that is your fault. Please follow the ground rules for spoilers, which are re-posted before every tournament. The latest rules can be found here:
sasukemaniac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=s25&action=display&thread=2138
4. No inappropriate material of any kind, keep it PG. Posts which contain vulgarity of any kind, including both pictures and words, will be deleted or modified on sight.
5. The forum chat has no rules, EXCEPT for one day of the week designated for actual, mature discussion without any of the complaints of the chat so far. The ones in charge of organizing the chat can pick the day.
6. Creating an alternate username/using an alternate IP address and logging into the boards to continue to post will result in added ban time to your original banned account and the new username will be permanently banned.
7. Off-topic posts are legal (and commonplace here), however, please try to keep the posts somewhat relevant and if the topic is starting to stray from the original post, please get the topic back on track and continue the off-topic conversation in a new topic. Warnings and suspensions may be handed out to repeat offenders.
8. Posting of copyrighted material (such as Sasuke videos) is not allowed on this forum. This includes links to this material on YouTube and other video hosting sites. Asking where or how to download will get your thread deleted and you will receive a 50% warning. Asking a second time will result in a temporary 7-day ban. Posting where or how to download will get your post (if not the whole thread) deleted, and you will receive a temporary 14 day ban. Circumventing the bans by making a new account will result in a permanent ban.
9. Sections for a new competition requires an official announcement from a production or broadcast company. Unconfirmed rumors or "he said this" do not count, we need official "press release" style announcements.
10. Signatures with images are limited to a single image, with a height no greater than 150 pixels. Width we will leave upto the community, but keep it reasonable and don't break the forum layouts. If your image goes above the 150px height, your image will be automatically resized by the forums. In addition, videos are not permitted in signatures.
11. Abusing the report post function by repeatedly reporting posts without a legitimate reason will result in a warning to the reporting user. Continued abuse will result in a suspension; repeated violations will result in a permanent ban. If a post needs to be legitimately reported for rule breaking, go ahead and report it. Opinionated ideas about what constitutes spam, off-topic, or other various reasons; are not reason enough to report a thread, the post in question must be very clearly breaking a forum rule.
12-a. Users under the age of 13 are prohibited from creating an account and/or participating in the Sasuke Maniac Forums. This is a United States federal law known as the "Children's Online Privacy Protection Act" (COPPA), and we cannot permit users under the age of 13 to register for this reason. Anyone found under the age of 13 to have an account, will be banned immediately, as will subsequent accounts.
12-b. What if I'm not an American citizen? Unfortunately, the Sasuke Maniac Forums are operated by ProBoards, which are in turn operated in the United States and are thus governed by United States law. This means that every member that registers for an account on these forums is subject to this rule.
**There will be a warning bar added onto the side of profiles representing a person's behavior. If you would like to report a violation of the rules, PM me or one of the other mods. Any other suggestions to these rules will be looked at, just PM me if you have a suggestion.
***Your warning level will be removed after two full months of good conduct. If after two full months since your last offense your warning is not changed, please PM a mod. Your warning level will be adjusted based on your conduct the past two months.