KeeperEUSC wrote:
Hi there! Welcome to SportUnity, a community-based sports discussion site that is soon to be one of the best places to talk sports on the web! Before you start posting there are a few rules you'll need to follow. Here are our rules, and their definitions:
Flaming
• Flaming is any form of a direct attack at another person on this site (ad hominem attacks, etc.)
• Anything that offends another person can be considered flaming
• Offensive Signatures, Avatars and Custom Tags are all forms of flaming
• Instances of flaming will be dealt with first by the moderator of the forum where the flaming occured, then if necessary, by an administrator
• Those caught flaming will recieve a Flame Warning
Spamming
• Spamming is essentially any post that adds absolutely nothing to the givin topic
• One-Word posts or posts comprised entirely of Smilies can be considered spam
• Bumping and necroing are both forms of spam
• Excessive posting in a short time frame on a single thread can be considered spam
• Double posting is a form of spam
• Those caught spamming will recieve a Spam Warning
Gimmick Accounts:
• Gimmick accounts are allowed
• Any user that becomes suspended will lose all gimmick accounts
• Any user that becomed banned will lose all accounts
• Warnings are cumulative (i.e, 2 warnings on one account and 2 on another equals 4 warnings)
Suspension & Banning
• Three warnings (within a reasonably short time) will result in suspension
• Three warnings within a month's time after a suspension will result in banning
• Suspension length is one week, plus an addition week for every instance of suspension for the given user
• In extreme cases, the 3 Warning rule can be bypassed and immediate suspending, or banning if necessary, can be implemented
• Only the Administrators have the authority to actually suspend or ban a user
• All warnings can be found by asking a moderator at their helpdesk.
Advertising
• Advertising is not allowed outside of signatures
• Advertising is any form of promotion of other websites, especially those with spoets content
• Linking to other sites is allowed, so long as it adds to the topic
• Advertising can result in contact from a moderator or and administrator, followed by a warning if applicable
Profanity and Sexual Content
• Profanity is allowed to the extent of a PG-13 nature
• Excessive language and/or censor evasion will result in a Warning
• All posts and topics must be appropriate to that of a PG-13 audience
• Explicit images will be deleted, and their poster will recieve a Warning
• Both profanity and sexual references can be interpretted as flaming
• Foreign profanity is still profanity
• Images of an illegal nature (Snuff, Child Pornography, etc) will be deleted and will be reported to the FBI
• Content not written by yourself and not properly credited may credit a Warning, and will probably be deleted
Common Courtesy
• Signatures may have a non-animated image that does not exceed 600 x 100 pixels in dimension. Failure to comply will result in a deletion of the image. Continuous offenses may result in a Warning
• Users are not to use mod text or anything similar. Doing so constitutes a warning
• Avoid posting in ALL CAPS, as doing so may eventually lead to Warnings
• All posts must be made in a mannor so that they are easily understandable by all members of the site. Failure to comply will result in a warning.
• This is Mod text! Do not use it, or you WILL recieve a warning.
Some content about the Pornography and etc. is banned from our servers. Sorry.
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