Post by ! maija.amazing ! on Jan 13, 2007 23:00:23 GMT -5
Okay, these are my rules. Or, the updated rules for the forum. I needed to do this, I just feel like being creative. o.O You don't need to follow these, but some of them are needed, so...
{|} No double posting for no reason. If a thread hasn't been replied to for awhile, it's okay. But don't post two posts in a row in 5 minutes, please, THERE IS AN EDIT BUTTON! Take advantage of it!
NOTE: Guests cannot edit their posts, so this rule does not apply to them, however, don't repost an entire paragraph just to fix or add one thing.
{||} No bad language. Words that would apply are already blocked, but please try not to round around them, we have young children who browse this forum.
{|||} Please be friendly! It's okay to rant at others, but that's just disagreeing with opinions. Please do NOT make fun of any users, and don't start any rumors! We're trying to bring eachother closer, not hate eachother's guts!
{||||} Don't sexually harrass anybody. Even though 97% of us are all female, we still don't want any same-sex harrasment because one, it's against the rules, and two, it's just gross.
{|||||} IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY, DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL! We are having a lot of problems with this, and it's really upsetting a lot of people! Plenty of things happen on this forum, so think before you speak! If you're not sure if it'll offend anybody, don't take the risk, because chances are if it doesn't offend the person, it'll offend somebody else!
{||||||} If you have to spam or do anything related to 'stgsgbstbosghjdsgbs', please don't do it. We have a 'Let it off' board, but it's not nessiccarilly meant for spamming because it influences to spam on other boards. And pppllleeeaaassseee don't spam for higher post count.
{|||||||} Avatars are to be a maximum of 100 by 100 pixels. Please avoid anything bigger, because it automatically shrinks it to the maximum size and it may blur or otherwhys 'deform' the avvie.
{||||||||} Don't post personal information. If you live in Armada or personally know the owner or me, you may go onto the Town board. If you do not, please regard from posting information that could give away your privacy (like your phone number, address, etc.)
{|||||||||} Roleplaying. It has it's own section on the forum, so don't perform roleplay anywhere else. If you need help with roleplaying, go to that section and look it over to learn, or contact somebody who you know for sure roleplays.
{1.} Try not to use bitmap files on the forum, because they take a long time to load, especially for dial-up users (which there are a lot on this forum). Other file types are okay. (.jpg, .gif, etc.)
{1.|} As for any guests, it is okay to post or advertise something like your site, but if you begin to post regularly, we ask that you register to keep things simple and easier so you may recieve personal messages privatly and to keep track of you as a member, otherwhys it becomes confusing. Registering is free, just click the 'register' button on the top toolbar.
{1.||} If you want to show a video, instead just give a link to it to prevent slow loading times for dial-up users.
{1.|||} Don't give out anybody else's personal information! If you have somebody's phone number, don't post it for anybody else! If somebody wants to know it, get permission from the person whom the phone number it belongs to, and then private message the person who wants the number.
{1.||||} Don't create pointless threads, make sure they have a reason for being posted. Don't post 'hi' or 'talk to me' or anything.
{1.|||||} Please post threads in a reasonable board. Don't post about your day at school in the 'cats' thread. If you miscorrectly post it in the wrong place, it will be moved by an admin or moderator.
{1.||||||} Sometimes people at school go on the school computers and chat back and forth. This is perfectly fine, but please say in your post that you are at school and you're just chatting, otherwhys people may think you're spamming.
{1.|||||||} FORUMS ARE NOT INSTANT MESSENGERS! Don't repeatedly ask if anybody is 'online'!
{1.||||||||} If you have any suggestions for the forum, post them in the 'idea' board.
{1.|||||||||} If need any help, feel free to contact an admin or moderator via private message or post in the 'help' board.
{2.} To announce birthdays, post them in the birthday board, not the general board please.
{2.|} If you think a thread you create should be a sticky thread (always appears at top of board), speak up and an admin or mod will determine if it's 'worthy'.
{2.||} Please make sense. Re-read what you've typed or click the preview button before posting. If you are a poor speller, please use 'spell check'.
{2.|||} If you want a thread deleted, change the thread title to 'DELETE THIS THREAD' and and admin or mod will get to it.
{2.||||} If you want a thread locked (nobody can post excluding admin and mods), simply add to the title '[lock this thread]' in brackets or parenthesis. You do not need to alter the title otherwhys. (example: 'My day at school' is the title before it's locked. If you want to lock it, the title should be 'My day at school [lock this thread]'
{2.|||||} If you are posting a code, you should put it in quotes and check the 'disable smilies' box after the message body box.
{2.||||||} If any rules should be added, make a thread on the rules board and an admin or moderator will determine if it's "worthy".
{2.|||||||} When posting links to other sites, please make sure there is not violent, sexual, or otherwhys harmful content on it. If there is, please give a warning because there are children on this forum.
{2.||||||||} Don't post over-sized images. If you do not know how to shrink them, contact somebody who knows. (for example, I know, you could message me)
{2.|||||||||} Don't post innapropriate images - they will be removed. This includes avatars and siggy images.
{3.} Whew. 30th rule. I'm strict, eh?
{3.|} Don't copy people. This includes copying artwork and claiming it as your own.
{3.||} You will be banned if you are found breaking any rules. If it is a small offense (for example, one little spam post), you will just be told not to straight on the forum, since everybody needs a reminder. If you do it repeatedly (for example, post 7 spam messages on one thread), you will be temporarily banned (3-4 days, a week depending on the severity). If you do it badly (for example, spam on every thread of the forum), you will be perminatly banned.
{3.|||} Perminatly banned members may not re-join.
{3.||||}Have fun! Be creative! Make MikaRules's forum a fun place to be!
Wow, that was more then I expected. A lot of these are common sense, but I needed to be creative. xD
NOTE TO ALEX!!: If you disagree with any of my 34 rules, please let me know. xD
- Maija <3
{|} No double posting for no reason. If a thread hasn't been replied to for awhile, it's okay. But don't post two posts in a row in 5 minutes, please, THERE IS AN EDIT BUTTON! Take advantage of it!
NOTE: Guests cannot edit their posts, so this rule does not apply to them, however, don't repost an entire paragraph just to fix or add one thing.
{||} No bad language. Words that would apply are already blocked, but please try not to round around them, we have young children who browse this forum.
{|||} Please be friendly! It's okay to rant at others, but that's just disagreeing with opinions. Please do NOT make fun of any users, and don't start any rumors! We're trying to bring eachother closer, not hate eachother's guts!
{||||} Don't sexually harrass anybody. Even though 97% of us are all female, we still don't want any same-sex harrasment because one, it's against the rules, and two, it's just gross.
{|||||} IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY, DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL! We are having a lot of problems with this, and it's really upsetting a lot of people! Plenty of things happen on this forum, so think before you speak! If you're not sure if it'll offend anybody, don't take the risk, because chances are if it doesn't offend the person, it'll offend somebody else!
{||||||} If you have to spam or do anything related to 'stgsgbstbosghjdsgbs', please don't do it. We have a 'Let it off' board, but it's not nessiccarilly meant for spamming because it influences to spam on other boards. And pppllleeeaaassseee don't spam for higher post count.
{|||||||} Avatars are to be a maximum of 100 by 100 pixels. Please avoid anything bigger, because it automatically shrinks it to the maximum size and it may blur or otherwhys 'deform' the avvie.
{||||||||} Don't post personal information. If you live in Armada or personally know the owner or me, you may go onto the Town board. If you do not, please regard from posting information that could give away your privacy (like your phone number, address, etc.)
{|||||||||} Roleplaying. It has it's own section on the forum, so don't perform roleplay anywhere else. If you need help with roleplaying, go to that section and look it over to learn, or contact somebody who you know for sure roleplays.
{1.} Try not to use bitmap files on the forum, because they take a long time to load, especially for dial-up users (which there are a lot on this forum). Other file types are okay. (.jpg, .gif, etc.)
{1.|} As for any guests, it is okay to post or advertise something like your site, but if you begin to post regularly, we ask that you register to keep things simple and easier so you may recieve personal messages privatly and to keep track of you as a member, otherwhys it becomes confusing. Registering is free, just click the 'register' button on the top toolbar.
{1.||} If you want to show a video, instead just give a link to it to prevent slow loading times for dial-up users.
{1.|||} Don't give out anybody else's personal information! If you have somebody's phone number, don't post it for anybody else! If somebody wants to know it, get permission from the person whom the phone number it belongs to, and then private message the person who wants the number.
{1.||||} Don't create pointless threads, make sure they have a reason for being posted. Don't post 'hi' or 'talk to me' or anything.
{1.|||||} Please post threads in a reasonable board. Don't post about your day at school in the 'cats' thread. If you miscorrectly post it in the wrong place, it will be moved by an admin or moderator.
{1.||||||} Sometimes people at school go on the school computers and chat back and forth. This is perfectly fine, but please say in your post that you are at school and you're just chatting, otherwhys people may think you're spamming.
{1.|||||||} FORUMS ARE NOT INSTANT MESSENGERS! Don't repeatedly ask if anybody is 'online'!
{1.||||||||} If you have any suggestions for the forum, post them in the 'idea' board.
{1.|||||||||} If need any help, feel free to contact an admin or moderator via private message or post in the 'help' board.
{2.} To announce birthdays, post them in the birthday board, not the general board please.
{2.|} If you think a thread you create should be a sticky thread (always appears at top of board), speak up and an admin or mod will determine if it's 'worthy'.
{2.||} Please make sense. Re-read what you've typed or click the preview button before posting. If you are a poor speller, please use 'spell check'.
{2.|||} If you want a thread deleted, change the thread title to 'DELETE THIS THREAD' and and admin or mod will get to it.
{2.||||} If you want a thread locked (nobody can post excluding admin and mods), simply add to the title '[lock this thread]' in brackets or parenthesis. You do not need to alter the title otherwhys. (example: 'My day at school' is the title before it's locked. If you want to lock it, the title should be 'My day at school [lock this thread]'
{2.|||||} If you are posting a code, you should put it in quotes and check the 'disable smilies' box after the message body box.
{2.||||||} If any rules should be added, make a thread on the rules board and an admin or moderator will determine if it's "worthy".
{2.|||||||} When posting links to other sites, please make sure there is not violent, sexual, or otherwhys harmful content on it. If there is, please give a warning because there are children on this forum.
{2.||||||||} Don't post over-sized images. If you do not know how to shrink them, contact somebody who knows. (for example, I know, you could message me)
{2.|||||||||} Don't post innapropriate images - they will be removed. This includes avatars and siggy images.
{3.} Whew. 30th rule. I'm strict, eh?
{3.|} Don't copy people. This includes copying artwork and claiming it as your own.
{3.||} You will be banned if you are found breaking any rules. If it is a small offense (for example, one little spam post), you will just be told not to straight on the forum, since everybody needs a reminder. If you do it repeatedly (for example, post 7 spam messages on one thread), you will be temporarily banned (3-4 days, a week depending on the severity). If you do it badly (for example, spam on every thread of the forum), you will be perminatly banned.
{3.|||} Perminatly banned members may not re-join.
{3.||||}Have fun! Be creative! Make MikaRules's forum a fun place to be!
Wow, that was more then I expected. A lot of these are common sense, but I needed to be creative. xD
NOTE TO ALEX!!: If you disagree with any of my 34 rules, please let me know. xD
- Maija <3