Post by MarlandS on Jul 10, 2011 14:37:31 GMT -5
#1 Spamming and Commercial interests in the general forums will not be tolerated. It is the intent of the board to be a place for free exchange of information, not for selling. Leave your business cards at the door and offer free advice in the forums without mention of your commercial interest.
#1a. Links to commercial interests will be allowed in your Signature line. And in the "Business Card " forum in the Classified section .
(2) Refrain from personal attacks . "that statement is stupid" works a lot better than "you are stupid"
(3) excessive profanity or vulgarity . This software has a pretty good word censor and we have worked on a few words and phrases that most all would agree can be offensive in more circles of people than not . But , shit, we're human and we're gonna type like we talk for the most part . Grawlixes are #*&^% encouraged .
(4) general disrespect to others . While sometimes it's hard to not choke someone being ignorant, we can't always do it. So show everyone the respect you'd like to recieve . Choking is reserved for the mods , they get so little joy in life .
(5) administrator's or moderator's discretion . This isn't meant to sound God like , but if you are being just a general PITA all the time and you haven't got a decent explanation of why, we , as a group , may ask you to leave . It's understood that everyone can get into a funk but, if it's your way of life you might consider counseling.
(6) emailing an admin or mod to complain about a warning or suspension . You will recieve a warning , we owe our members that much . However , don't bother sending an email saying "but so and so was doing the same thing" He probably got one too. We're not going to tolerate Mods playing favorites . And our decision on punishment , if warranted , will be made by no less than 3 mods so no personal vendetta against you can happen . If you manage to piss off 3 mods at once, it sucks to be you .
While we're going to make every effort to not be too overbearing with rules , as the board grows and diversifies , we may have to to keep the general peace . We will make you, the members , who are the heart and soul of any forum , aware of them as they come .
#1a. Links to commercial interests will be allowed in your Signature line. And in the "Business Card " forum in the Classified section .
(2) Refrain from personal attacks . "that statement is stupid" works a lot better than "you are stupid"
(3) excessive profanity or vulgarity . This software has a pretty good word censor and we have worked on a few words and phrases that most all would agree can be offensive in more circles of people than not . But , shit, we're human and we're gonna type like we talk for the most part . Grawlixes are #*&^% encouraged .
(4) general disrespect to others . While sometimes it's hard to not choke someone being ignorant, we can't always do it. So show everyone the respect you'd like to recieve . Choking is reserved for the mods , they get so little joy in life .
(5) administrator's or moderator's discretion . This isn't meant to sound God like , but if you are being just a general PITA all the time and you haven't got a decent explanation of why, we , as a group , may ask you to leave . It's understood that everyone can get into a funk but, if it's your way of life you might consider counseling.
(6) emailing an admin or mod to complain about a warning or suspension . You will recieve a warning , we owe our members that much . However , don't bother sending an email saying "but so and so was doing the same thing" He probably got one too. We're not going to tolerate Mods playing favorites . And our decision on punishment , if warranted , will be made by no less than 3 mods so no personal vendetta against you can happen . If you manage to piss off 3 mods at once, it sucks to be you .
While we're going to make every effort to not be too overbearing with rules , as the board grows and diversifies , we may have to to keep the general peace . We will make you, the members , who are the heart and soul of any forum , aware of them as they come .