Post by Alb on Jul 13, 2006 4:11:44 GMT -5
(Please Note: These Rules are susceptible to change. More can be added/edited in the future.)
In order to maintain a work safe, friendly community, and environment it is both normal and necessary to set some ground rules.
Breaking of the rules may and will result in a Temporary Ban from Posting on the Forums and/or access to the Website.
How long these Temporary Bans will last depends on the severity of the problem.
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Forum Rules:
1. Do not post anything that is not "Work Safe" or in other words something that you would not feel comfortable viewing at school or work. This includes but is not limited to, things such as: pictures, links to inappropriate websites, or the use of "over the top" excessive crude language. (No one is telling you not to swear, but keep things somewhat decent.) This also includes in your signature pictures and/or avatars.
2. Do not direct any kind of hateful remark towards any user. These include Racial slurs and hateful name calling that can offend a user based on Race, Cultural background, Religion, Sexual orientation, or more.
This also, believe it or not, includes a user's preference to Video game systems or company. If a user disagrees with your preferences you may disagree with them and debate with them, but name calling or hateful remarks aren't allowed. Although Negativity towards Nintendo is generally not supposed to be here, We do not "flame" or speak hatefully to a user because they like have different preferences to Video game companies.
3. Avoid Spamming of any kind. Most of you are already smart enough to be aware of what the word means. But because of the nature of the Internet things like these can be hard to define exactly. But basically I want your posts to have content to them. if you post something like "lol orly?" It does not have enough content to post. at Wii Together we are not too strict on the whole spam rule. But keep in mind, users that spam with an obvious intent to cause chaos, disorder, or anything else that is negative, will be Temporally banned.
It also doesn't have to be mentioned that senseless and blind advertising to something else outside this community that has no real interest to the Nintendo community is frowned upon. If it's an advertisement to some sort or pornographic website it will result in a temporary ban.
Another thing I would love to emphasize is to please try to cut back on the Double posting. You will notice that on the top of your posts there is a button next to the "quote" button labeled "Modify".
Use this button to edit your posts if there is need to.
Some Minor things to keep in mind:
These Rules are not so strict to the point that if you break a rule you will be completely banned on sight. But likewise if you try to break a rule just by finding and using a technicality or loophole, you are not completely safe and in the clear. Keep in mind that the Moderators will still use their best judgment to see who is purposely trying to be a "rebel" or anything of that sort and act according to what they find proper.
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Please do not be scared off by these rules or feel overwhelmed. For the most part these are all just basic things that most online communities already enforce to keep a good, clean, and happy environment.
Happy posting! And remember when in doubt follow the actions of model posters and users that have been on this site for a while and are known to be "good" users.
In order to maintain a work safe, friendly community, and environment it is both normal and necessary to set some ground rules.
Breaking of the rules may and will result in a Temporary Ban from Posting on the Forums and/or access to the Website.
How long these Temporary Bans will last depends on the severity of the problem.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Forum Rules:
1. Do not post anything that is not "Work Safe" or in other words something that you would not feel comfortable viewing at school or work. This includes but is not limited to, things such as: pictures, links to inappropriate websites, or the use of "over the top" excessive crude language. (No one is telling you not to swear, but keep things somewhat decent.) This also includes in your signature pictures and/or avatars.
2. Do not direct any kind of hateful remark towards any user. These include Racial slurs and hateful name calling that can offend a user based on Race, Cultural background, Religion, Sexual orientation, or more.
This also, believe it or not, includes a user's preference to Video game systems or company. If a user disagrees with your preferences you may disagree with them and debate with them, but name calling or hateful remarks aren't allowed. Although Negativity towards Nintendo is generally not supposed to be here, We do not "flame" or speak hatefully to a user because they like have different preferences to Video game companies.
3. Avoid Spamming of any kind. Most of you are already smart enough to be aware of what the word means. But because of the nature of the Internet things like these can be hard to define exactly. But basically I want your posts to have content to them. if you post something like "lol orly?" It does not have enough content to post. at Wii Together we are not too strict on the whole spam rule. But keep in mind, users that spam with an obvious intent to cause chaos, disorder, or anything else that is negative, will be Temporally banned.
It also doesn't have to be mentioned that senseless and blind advertising to something else outside this community that has no real interest to the Nintendo community is frowned upon. If it's an advertisement to some sort or pornographic website it will result in a temporary ban.
Another thing I would love to emphasize is to please try to cut back on the Double posting. You will notice that on the top of your posts there is a button next to the "quote" button labeled "Modify".
Use this button to edit your posts if there is need to.
Some Minor things to keep in mind:
- Overuse/abuse of the Edit/Modify Post option will not be tolerated.
Same goes with deleting your own posts. Only use these options when actually necessary. - If you decide to make a Poll in one of the forums make sure it is for good purpose. Polls made poorly or with no real point to them will be locked/deleted. In cases where a poll is really poorly made or pointlessly made, these topics will be considered spam and a possible Ban will be in order.
- Go easy on some of the font options that are given to you such as the scrolling marque text option, text size option, and text color option. Try and use these sparingly or only when necessary to make a point as these can get annoying to see if overused.
- Do not make posts that are in ALL CAPS, or all capital letters. Generally it is perceived around the internet that ALL CAPS posts portrays screaming and can get really annoying to see all the time.
- Post topics in their correct category.
These Rules are not so strict to the point that if you break a rule you will be completely banned on sight. But likewise if you try to break a rule just by finding and using a technicality or loophole, you are not completely safe and in the clear. Keep in mind that the Moderators will still use their best judgment to see who is purposely trying to be a "rebel" or anything of that sort and act according to what they find proper.
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Please do not be scared off by these rules or feel overwhelmed. For the most part these are all just basic things that most online communities already enforce to keep a good, clean, and happy environment.
Happy posting! And remember when in doubt follow the actions of model posters and users that have been on this site for a while and are known to be "good" users.
