New Forum Rules ***READ BEFORE POSTING***

[Jason_Harvestdancer]

THE RULES

1. No threats.
2. No spam.
3. Proselytizing is allowed as long as intelligent discourse follows, and as long as it is not spam.
4. No sock puppets.
5. No chronic flaming.
6. No obstruction.

DEFINITIONS
Threat
When someone presents themselves as a real-life danger to others on the forum or in pm's.

Spam
Refers to the practice of posting commercial messages or advertisements more than once, outside of our Spam Forum or by a member with fewer than 25 posts. Spam also includes cut-and-paste proselytizing and hit-and-run proselytizing. Sending members unwanted or offensive pm's is also considered spam.

Proselytizing
The practice of attempting to convert people to a religion by means of preaching.

Sock Puppet
Another user account of an already established user on the site.

Flaming
The act of deliberately posting messages to the board or in pm's that are hostile, insulting or meant purely to evoke emotional responses.
Generally, chronic flaming on the board will be considered three consecutive flames in a single thread, or five flames in a 24-hour period.

Obstruction
The intentional hindering of moderators to do their job.


Note: The admins/mod team may have to make judgment calls from time to time as a result of ambiguity in the rules, definitions, or context of the alleged offense.

Since it is the job of the forum administrators and moderators to maintain general order, it is necessary that the mods and admins sometimes make judgment calls and take action even when a specific written rule does not seem to have been broken. This is especially true when some of the craftier posters among us artfully cause the same kinds of grief we're trying to prevent, while sidestepping the letter of the law as written in our posted rules. Instructions given by a mod or admin must be regarded as a posted rule until further notice or until rescinded by a mod or admin. Legitimate questions or concerns are given serious consideration by all mods and admins in Council, and we encourage you to send them to us via PM to any mod or admin.

[Moloth]

Y HELO THAR

i like them.

perhaps 'sock puppet' could also be expanded to include the making of a new account in order to bypass a ban.
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[stickhorse]

why change the rules? what was wrong with the old set?

[baddogma]

[josephpalazzo]

[Wickedtruth]

[josephpalazzo]

[Jason_Harvestdancer]

[Moloth]

the more i read these rules, the more i realize the few individuals here who's entire modus operandi will be fucked.

this is far from a bad thing.
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[Wickedtruth]

And you posted this thread in all capital letters to boot!

[Mr_C]

[CET]

[Knight_of_BAAWA]

Yes, I do think we need a precise, objective, specific, hard-and-fast definition of "obstruction", lest it be used merely for spite.

And it had better NOT be used for spite.
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