1. This forum is for the planning of any projects of members of this forum. Members should PM an Administrator if they want to plan their projects here, or alternatively ask in the Off-topic subforum.
2. Do not be evil.
This includes deliberately sending members PMs with pictures of things they are afraid of.3. Do
NOT post NSFW stuff. NSFW stuff are things that are
not suitable for work. If you do post NSFW stuff, you
will be punished with a month-long ban.
4. Members should help out where they can.5. No alt accounts are allowed. Having one will result in a fortnight-long ban. (That's two weeks.) If you evade a ban using an alt account, you will be banned for four months.
6. If a glitch allows a member to edit other people's posts, they are only allowed to edit posts in the boards they moderate. (See the next post for information regarding one incident).
As of recently, though, it has been fixed; this rule remains in effect just in case this glitch is made again.7. You are not allowed to put tip jars in your signature.8. Have fun! (Yeah, okay, that's just a massive suggestion. )9. As of 24 November 2013, the first three characters in display names has to be numbers or letters. Almost all symbols are forbidden as the first three characters in a display name. The reason for this is because the forums don't allow those characters when assigning moderatorship to specific boards. Underscores _ and full stops . are allowed, however. 10. As of November 2013, members are to make their own introduction threads. That way, they can rename the introduction threads if they want. (This is technically a massive suggestion though.)11. Bait-and-switch prank videos (such as the "rick roll") are allowed, but if the post is reported by three different members, the video is removed and the the member given 5 warning points.
12. Making several posts in a row
is allowed.
13. Abusing memes is not allowed if they relate to politics, religion or contain swear words. Members who post such memes will be given 10 warning points.14. Discussions about politics and religion in public are banned from the forums, due to the tendency that they have to cause flame wars. Using PMs to discuss those are okay, however, but if things escalate to a flame war and one member is reported, this rule will be made MUCH more stricter.15. Regarding redirect boards, you can't ask an admin to create it and just expect them to do so. Oh no no no no. You will need at least +25 Reputation if you want one redirect board, +50 Rep for another, +75 for a third, and so on.16. You may not have a signature that's bigger than the admin with the biggest signature.Any questions should be asked here.
Things not in color are rules that predate 2 September or are agreed on by the staff.
Things that are in red are added by Taylor.Things that are in blue are added by KarjamP.Things in green were added by the real Shane.Any other rules that are suggested are to be approved of by the administrators.
In the event that one agrees but the other disagrees, all other members who can access the Staff HQ board will make their votes.
Global Moderators may edit any post as they see fit. They have the following rank icon:
They may not, however, edit posts in Announcements unless it is their own posts.
However, Moderators are not allowed to edit any post as they see fit. They have standard rank icons in most boards. In boards they moderate, they have the following rank icon:
In boards where Moderators have such an icon, they may edit posts in that board. In other locations, they are prohibited from doing so.
Oh, and don't try to edit this post. We will find you, since admins can always see who edits posts when.
Also, we've a back-up of this thread. Several, in fact.
Probably more than four. We're not certain yet.
WARNING POINTS:Warning points to decrease from users every 24 hours: 2
Warning level after user watch is put in place: 25
Warning level after user has all posts moderated: 50
Warning level after users can't post any further: 90
Maximum warning points that can be given to users: 10
If a member reaches 100 warning points, they will be given a week-long ban.