THE RULES
General Forum Rules
- Be Civil and Courteous: Treat other members with respect, even if you disagree with their opinions.
- Avoid Personal Attacks: Refrain from insults, harassment, or any language that could be considered abusive or offensive.
- Respect Diversity: Acknowledge and respect the diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of other members.
- No Spam or Advertising: Do not post promotional materials, advertisements, or spam links (outside of its designated thread).
- No Copyright Infringement: Do not post copyrighted material without permission.
Content & Posting Guidelines
- Keep it Clean: Avoid posting anything obscene, sexually explicit, or otherwise inappropriate.
- No Hate Speech or Discrimination: Do not post content that promotes hate, discrimination, or intolerance based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or disability.
- No Illegal Activities: Do not post content or engage in discussions that promote or facilitate illegal activities.
- No Cross-Posting Questions: Avoid posting the same question in multiple threads.
- No PM Users Asking for Help: Encourage users to seek help in the forum rather than through private messages.
- Constructive Criticism: When offering criticism, do so constructively and with the intention of helping and improving, rather than disparaging or belittling.
- Never post personal information about another forum participant. This includes identifying any individual by their real name if they have not already done so or providing personal contact information.
- Don't post or link to inappropriate, offensive or illegal material. Inappropriate content is anything that may offend or is not relevant to the forum.
- Don't complain about the moderation on the site; you may send a note to us if you are unhappy with a moderator’s decision.
Sanctions
Violation of the moderation rules may result in:
- Removal of comment — any comment that, in the view of the moderators, violates the rules will be removed.
- Temporary suspension — a participant who repeatedly violates the moderation rules may be suspended from access to the site for up to one week as determined by the moderators. The suspension period will reflect both the severity and consistency of the violation.
- Permanent blocking — a participant who continues to violate the moderation rules following reinstatement after a period of suspension may have their access to the site permanently blocked.
- Automatic blocking — a participant who posts or links to inappropriate, offensive or illegal material will be immediately blocked from the site.
Amended Rules
- The RED colored text belongs to the staff! It is off limits to regular members! Those caught using it will be thoroughly punished!
- Staff Abuse of power is not tolerated! Abuse is an INSTA-BAN!
- The Shoutbox is NOT for support! Post you support threads in the support channel!