Post by bobdat on May 15, 2010 17:14:51 GMT
RULES
Section 1: Rules that apply everywhere
1. Do not flame other members. That includes staff, normal members, newbies, experienced members, everyone. Do not flame someone even if they have flamed you. Just report it to a staff member, and they will deal with it appropriately. We don’t want flame wars. Flaming someone is calling them names, insulting them, telling lies about them, and generally being nasty to that member.
2. No spamming. That means short posts with no meaning, long posts with copy/pasted or repeating content, anything with no structure. If you're bored and want something to do that requires no effort, go here.
3. Topics. Try not to create pointless topics with no meaning, especially in the writing boards. If you have a question, ask it here.
4. We don’t like double posts anywhere. There is a button called ‘modify post’ which should be used in all situations.
5. Literacy is of utmost importance here. Your posts must be spelt correctly and have a good level of grammar, otherwise you may be asked to re-write it.
6. You MUST use proper English at all times on the forum, there is no excuses. No text talk, no 1337, proper English.
7. Do not blatantly advertise in your signature. You may link to your blog or other published works, but it must be writing-related and suitable.
8. If you PM a staff member asking to be promoted, you will not be promoted. You will probably then never be promoted.
9. You are only allowed two images in your signature to keep loading times down and stop the page becoming too long. This applies to all images above 100x100 - anything lower you can have multiple of. If it stretched the page horizontally it needs to be removed immediately - 500px width is about the most we can have.
10. Because of American Law, you are not allowed to sign up if you are under 13 years of age. I am forced to ban anyone who is under that age, so if I find out your account will be suspended until your thirteenth birthday.