Post by Nixennacht on May 5, 2010 11:18:50 GMT -5
Welcome to Caritas, to keep this place enjoyable for everyone posting here, I put up a set of core boards rules to spare this Caritas the fate of Lorne’s bar.
Keep the peace
This is designed as a place where people with very different opinions can get together and have debates without having a bad taste in the mouth afterwards. The centerpiece of this is that we interact with mutual respect.
So no insults to any real people, be it other posters, cast and crew of the shows/comics or groups of fans. Criticize someone’s work, attack someone’s arguments, but don’t attack the person behind it.
The no insults policy also includes a firm stand against discrimination of any kind. Neither racism, sexism nor homophobia are welcome here.
No advertising
Hello Spambot, in case you’re reading this, please go away.
Posting links to other places like lj or other boards in the course of discussions is naturally completely ok and even encouraged.
No unmarked spoilers please
Self explainatory. If a whole thread is marked as a spoiler thread you can go right ahead.
No linking to illegal downloads
To keep the board on the save side legally.
Keep the spam at bay
I'd like to keep the spam within boundaries, especially in the discussion area, so that the threads are interesting to read and don't need to be scanned for content (there’ll be spam threads in the misc area, where everythings game).
Some pointers:
-) No duplicate threads. Always look if there’s already an active thread for your topic.
-) No excessive chat-speak please
-) Each posting should have to add something to the discussion. Very short posts are ok as long as they contribute something to the discussion.
-) Posts should always have a connection to the topic of the thread, please open a new thread if a tangent discussion takes over.
-) on double posting. If you find you forgot something or want to add a thought to your post, please use the edit functiont. If there’s at least 5 hours in between and you have some news to add to a thread double posting is fine.
-) Try to keep your posts readable for the other users, by being nice to the language as well as by using paragraphs and bolding, if your posts get very long.
The glitz
Signature pictures are fine, but please don’t make them too big and absolutely no blinking or sparkling.
Consequences:
Because I was told it's best to lay them out before any trouble occurs:
Professional spam bot advertising will lead to immideate ban.
Unmarked spoilering or linking to illegal downloads will lead to deletion of post, wrath of the people spoilered and result in a warning if it becomes a repeat offense.
Spamming will lead to a mod stepping into the thread and asking to stop it, open a separate thread for the OT and so on. If the mod is ignored it will get cranky and issue warnings.
Insults are the part I’m most picky about, they’ll lead to a warning (that stick around for a month), three warnings will lead to a ban.
Have fun. If any of these things is unclear get back to me per PM or post in the board rules area of the construction site (where eventually a FAQ will grow).
Keep the peace
This is designed as a place where people with very different opinions can get together and have debates without having a bad taste in the mouth afterwards. The centerpiece of this is that we interact with mutual respect.
So no insults to any real people, be it other posters, cast and crew of the shows/comics or groups of fans. Criticize someone’s work, attack someone’s arguments, but don’t attack the person behind it.
The no insults policy also includes a firm stand against discrimination of any kind. Neither racism, sexism nor homophobia are welcome here.
No advertising
Hello Spambot, in case you’re reading this, please go away.
Posting links to other places like lj or other boards in the course of discussions is naturally completely ok and even encouraged.
No unmarked spoilers please
Self explainatory. If a whole thread is marked as a spoiler thread you can go right ahead.
No linking to illegal downloads
To keep the board on the save side legally.
Keep the spam at bay
I'd like to keep the spam within boundaries, especially in the discussion area, so that the threads are interesting to read and don't need to be scanned for content (there’ll be spam threads in the misc area, where everythings game).
Some pointers:
-) No duplicate threads. Always look if there’s already an active thread for your topic.
-) No excessive chat-speak please
-) Each posting should have to add something to the discussion. Very short posts are ok as long as they contribute something to the discussion.
-) Posts should always have a connection to the topic of the thread, please open a new thread if a tangent discussion takes over.
-) on double posting. If you find you forgot something or want to add a thought to your post, please use the edit functiont. If there’s at least 5 hours in between and you have some news to add to a thread double posting is fine.
-) Try to keep your posts readable for the other users, by being nice to the language as well as by using paragraphs and bolding, if your posts get very long.
The glitz
Signature pictures are fine, but please don’t make them too big and absolutely no blinking or sparkling.
Consequences:
Because I was told it's best to lay them out before any trouble occurs:
Professional spam bot advertising will lead to immideate ban.
Unmarked spoilering or linking to illegal downloads will lead to deletion of post, wrath of the people spoilered and result in a warning if it becomes a repeat offense.
Spamming will lead to a mod stepping into the thread and asking to stop it, open a separate thread for the OT and so on. If the mod is ignored it will get cranky and issue warnings.
Insults are the part I’m most picky about, they’ll lead to a warning (that stick around for a month), three warnings will lead to a ban.
Have fun. If any of these things is unclear get back to me per PM or post in the board rules area of the construction site (where eventually a FAQ will grow).
