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Post by Excellent Bulletproof Vest on Feb 5, 2017 10:47:48 GMT
1) Prohibit Guests from posting 2) Maximum size for signature images/Ban signature images altogether 3 Prohibit anything that might get the forum taken down, i.e. links to pirated content or illegal streams 4) Designate an official backup forum on some other host so that if this place goes up in smoke we know where to reorganise. My own forum is here, if selected I can add a few more forums to it, although it won't be anywhere near as comprehensive as this one.
You will need moderators to enforce these so appoint some on a temporary basis before elections can be held. Other than stuff that threatens the site or makes it hard to read at work light touch moderation is very much the way to go.
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Post by Lucas on Feb 5, 2017 11:11:38 GMT
I agree about everything you bring up. The rules should stick to making sure the site can remain up and running and also be somewhat structured.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2017 12:22:53 GMT
Of we follow these, this forum won't get shut down like IMDb's did.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2017 14:01:15 GMT
I agree with those suggestions and I have seen many rule sets over the years and most include some basic stuff, I will add them here as a suggestion too. - No other language than English (unless it is a thread dedicated to another language)
- No aggressive behavior, flaming or defamation
- No systematic foul language (and none at all in the titles)
- No pictures with racism/nudity/sexism/religion are to be posted in the forum
- No links towards nor posting of any money-making sites
- No advertising
- We advise you not to write any contact details e.g. address, email address or IP on the forum or in your profile for your own privacy.
- Whenever you have something to add and there hasnt been made a new post, use the edit function. This means no bumping as well.
- Posting in CAPS LOCK is very often taken as screaming and is therefore not appreciated. Nor is posting entire posts in a very huge size.
Rules are only in place to keep everyone in check and to cover all basics so no one can abuse them in any way like saying it isn't in the rules so I can do whatever I want.
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Post by Lucas on Feb 5, 2017 14:47:58 GMT
I agree with those suggestions and I have seen many rule sets over the years and most include some basic stuff, I will add them here as a suggestion too. - No other language than English (unless it is a thread dedicated to another language)
- No aggressive behavior, flaming or defamation
- No systematic foul language (and none at all in the titles)
- No pictures with racism/nudity/sexism/religion are to be posted in the forum
- No links towards nor posting of any money-making sites
- No advertising
- We advise you not to write any contact details e.g. address, email address or IP on the forum or in your profile for your own privacy.
- Whenever you have something to add and there hasnt been made a new post, use the edit function. This means no bumping as well.
- Posting in CAPS LOCK is very often taken as screaming and is therefore not appreciated. Nor is posting entire posts in a very huge size.
Rules are only in place to keep everyone in check and to cover all basics so no one can abuse them in any way like saying it isn't in the rules so I can do whatever I want.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2017 14:58:11 GMT
This is no problem at all as long as it's not personal or directed to someone (aka flaming), you can say things like fck that or what the fck did I do, but nothing like a fck you or using fck with foul language towards anyone.  Here are a few more General ones that I forgot and could be added: - One account per member. If you mess up your account, come talk to us. Do not start a new one. It will be banned.
- No account sharing! Keep your account private at all times. Shared accounts will be banned.
- No aggressive behavior, flaming, defamation, advertising, requesting, pictures and text which include racism/nudity/sexism/religion or foul language in Personal Messages
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Post by Excellent Bulletproof Vest on Feb 5, 2017 16:21:06 GMT
I agree with those suggestions and I have seen many rule sets over the years and most include some basic stuff, I will add them here as a suggestion too. - No other language than English (unless it is a thread dedicated to another language)
- No aggressive behavior, flaming or defamation
- No systematic foul language (and none at all in the titles)
- No pictures with racism/nudity/sexism/religion are to be posted in the forum
- No links towards nor posting of any money-making sites
- No advertising
- We advise you not to write any contact details e.g. address, email address or IP on the forum or in your profile for your own privacy.
- Whenever you have something to add and there hasnt been made a new post, use the edit function. This means no bumping as well.
- Posting in CAPS LOCK is very often taken as screaming and is therefore not appreciated. Nor is posting entire posts in a very huge size.
Rules are only in place to keep everyone in check and to cover all basics so no one can abuse them in any way like saying it isn't in the rules so I can do whatever I want.
I'm fine with foul language and rude behaviour, rules against those are too flexible, they came easily be abused to get rid of people moderators don't like. I'd have a no doxing rule |
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Post by artcurus on Feb 5, 2017 19:00:41 GMT
Agreed on the maximum size, but banning them altogether? I disagree, signatures can be a lot of fun if done right.
I imposed a "three strike" rule on my posters, mine were mostly preteen/teen (and this board was busy, 400+ posts a day) so I usually gave them a little leeway. I would sometimes warn them "unofficially" in PM telling them to cool it.
The rest of the rules in the other post here, were pretty much what we followed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2017 20:10:35 GMT
^ I believe the person meant banning images only in the signature, not text. Being here on this website brought back many memories (mostly good) from 15 or so years ago, when a bunch of us learned about proboards. We left the groups where most of the members had images (sometimes several) in their signature, many of them gifs. I don't mind a small pic but if given a choice, I'd just vote for text only. AND keep it down to only a couple of lines and limit the number of characters. blu-ray.com has the correct idea.
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Post by vandyvch on Feb 5, 2017 20:25:02 GMT
Aside from basic site-preservation rules like were initially posted, I'll agree with absolutely no nudity, or EXTREME racism and sexism.
Let's not, however, make this an extreme PC forum where people are walking on eggshells.
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 2:18:56 GMT
1) Prohibit Guests from posting 2) Maximum size for signature images/Ban signature images altogether
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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2017 2:29:28 GMT
1. Already done. 2. Signature images disabled completely.Can I ask why? I had a pic in my sig. I'm not really happy with this change. And I liked that pic, but I agree with those who say signature pics tend to needlessly clutter. Sorry, man.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2017 6:38:33 GMT
I completely disagree with the decision to ban signature images. IMO, banning large signature images makes sense, but outright banning them seems censorship.
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Post by Excellent Bulletproof Vest on Feb 10, 2017 11:07:38 GMT
I completely disagree with the decision to ban signature images. IMO, banning large signature images makes sense, but outright banning them seems censorship. Don't talk shit. It's not censorship, it's banning something which is annoying. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2017 1:21:48 GMT
I completely disagree with the decision to ban signature images. IMO, banning large signature images makes sense, but outright banning them seems censorship. Don't talk shit. It's not censorship, it's banning something which is annoying. Take several seats. |
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