The General Section Rules

[Napoléon]

:: General ::
-General Rules-

Section 0::

I- All site rules apply in this forum and will be dealt with accordingly.

Section 1::

I- Advertising websites is forbidden.
-Posting a link to another site with the purpose of drawing membership or views to the site, and not for discussion, debate, or any form of thoughtful conversation on the subject of that site.
II- Posting inappropriate and mature content is forbidden.
III- Plagiarism is forbidden.
IV- No Hotlinking.

Section 2::

I- Flaming and Harassing is not permitted and there will be consequences.
II- Impersonating another member especially staff is entirely prohibited and will result in you being banned permanently.
III- Trolling will no longer be tolerated at all. Consequences will be severe, and multiple repeaters will be banned.
-Creating a thread or post designed with the intent of inciting reactions from other members that violate the site rules.
-Creating a thread about religion, or faith, for the sole purpose to invoke a reaction from religious-believers, is restricted.
-Posting in such a way to purposely upset others in a thread.
-Posting pictures that are not directly on topic or are posted for the sake of upsetting or disturbing other members.
IV- Spam will be locked or deleted on sight.
-Posting saying something is reported, is spam.
-Posting saying something is spam, is spam.
-Duplicate Threads should be reported.
V- Staff discussions are acceptable, as long as it doesn't result in direct flaming and immaturity.
-If you have a problem with a moderator directly, send that moderator a Private Message about your issue, before making a topic discussing it or posting it in a thread. This will result in a warning.

Section 3::

I- The releasing of another's personal information is forbidden and will be deleted on sight.
II- Egocentric threads will be locked.
III- Attention-Seaking threads will be locked on sight.
IV- Begging and whining won't be put up with.
V- Creating topics discussing banned users is no longer allowed. PM a moderator if you have questions.

Section 4::

I- Repeated offenders of the rules will be banned.

Notes:
-Staff can edit this thread as they please.
-Any questions? Contact Napoléon, Icyblue, Flame Dragon, or Hobbes.
-"Trolling" is subject to change and is ultimately up to the discretion of the moderator.

~Napoléon

[Napoléon]

Defined "trolling" a little bit more.

[Icyblue]

(10-08-2009 11:16 PM)Prince Hunter Wrote:  Defined "trolling" a little bit more.

You might wanna add that it can be subject to change, based on the moderator with the situation. So there aren't any loopholes.

[Napoléon]

Thanks. Added that and some rules on making discussions about the staff team.

[Napoléon]

Added a rule.

V- Creating topics discussing banned users is no longer allowed. PM a moderator if you have questions.