Post by Demented Sin on Jul 2, 2007 0:36:53 GMT -5
This is a general layout of how I run this joint. You should notice the rules are rather simple, common sense, and should come naturally. But You must read them anyway, just to say you have. 
1)Do unto others as you would have do unto You.
This means if someone is being nasty to you, don't fight fire with fire. It doesn't get any better that way. Be nice about it and if all else fails come to me or another moderator. No one should be nasty to anyone. I doubt any of you would enjoy someone calling you names or being short with you. So please, don't do it to anyone else.
Very easy.2)Do Not Give out your information!
Whether it be your first, last, or middle name. Don't do it! Don't even exchange phone numbers! Not your sex, sexual preference, eye color, what you're wearing, not even your age for gods sake! Nothing. Nada. Zip. Messengers, I could care less, thats fine. But on this board, there should be nothing more than a screen name that passes through. Once it leaves my board and is in your messenger, it's your business. But please, be ever so careful. This goes for your passwords too. Don't leave your pass word out in the open where someone may take it. Don't give it out to anyone either. I don't want to have to ban anyone for something so trivial.
3)Spam is UNWANTED
Please, don't spam other members message boxes. Chain mails, advertisements, the like such forth are not wanted here. I have a section for Favorite links on here somewhere and if your that ecstatic about your site, friends site, or whatever, you can post it there. But no where else! Signatures are fine but please don't Mislead! If it says it's going to such and such site, it better damn well be such and such and nothing else or a Moderator Will remove it with a messaged warning.
4)Please do not Double Post.
This is a big No No. You make ONE post, wait for your reply, then post again. If make a boo boo and realize you double posted, delete the second post! If you want to add something to your post, don't post again, EDIT your original Post!
5)Don't pester me for trivial things.
I'm not a bad person. But. If you're going to message me 23957345 times begging for something or another and I've been away for the most of 24 hours, You will not get what ever it is your asking for! Instead you'll get a warning. One message is sufficient enough, I got the point the first time and I assure you, unless I'm on vacation (rarely) I will get back to you the moment I log on. This goes for all the moderators too. So don't be a bug and bug us out.
6)Don't Beg for Privileges.
I and Shattered will select our moderators either by conduct or application. If you made an application and follow up with a bunch of begging posts/messages, I can assure you, you won't be a moderator, you'll be warned via private message.
7)Don't try to be the middle man.
If there's a feud between members and you're not sure what to do or your the other member being feud with, don't make things worse by pitching in. Contact a moderator before things get scary hairy. We don't bite, and I don't tolerate petty arguments. Just send one us a message on by, give us the link to the thread the argument is taking place in or a couple of messages which were exchanged and we will handle it as discreetly as possible so that everyone wins.
8)Signatures shouldn't be obscenely large.
Much less take years to go through before we find the next post. I don't have a size limit to your images, I really could care less. But please don't make it 500 pixels by 500 pixels huge. I'd have to mangle someone if that ever happens. Signatures should be just what the word means. a signature. Small, sweet, simple.
9)Excessive accounts, nah.
One is dandy enough. You should have One screen name for your One character, but I'll allow two to slip by silently. Any more than two and all your accounts will deleted, with of course, a warning prior and the deletion of the following after the second account.
10)Hot Linking and Harassment.
don't hot link, if you don't know what that is, here's the short: When you right click on a picture on a site other than your own and post it here you're then Hot Linking. It steals bandwidth which makes sites go-go-go. Don't do it for their sake and mine. Upload it to your own server and then you can do whatever with it. ALSO. Don't harass my members, our members. If someone tells you no, then its a No. Don't try to sway them other wise. If I get a report back that says you're being pushy, I will have a chat with you. If you refuse to respond to me or my moderators, as we all will message you if you ignore us, you will be removed from the board. Sorry, but it's fair warning.
There you go. That's my top Ten Rules for this board. Any questions, message me at any time.
