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+ | ====== Site Rules ====== | ||
+ | These are Star Army's community guidelines (not to be confused with the [[guide: | ||
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+ | ===== Basic Rules ===== | ||
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+ | - Register only one account. | ||
+ | - Follow our [[guide: | ||
+ | - Respect the rights of other players (See: [[[guide: | ||
+ | - It's not permissible to control other people' | ||
+ | - Art for your characters should be original, commissioned, | ||
+ | - Content guidelines for language, violence and sexuality are on the site as a whole are 2-1-2 in public areas and 3-3-3 in the non-public forums marked as 18+. Posting guidelines can also be set by individual GMs. | ||
+ | - It's a sci-fi setting; no magic please (see [[guide: | ||
+ | - Work-in-progress wiki articles go in the WIP: namespace. Keep your hands off other people' | ||
+ | - Exception: It's //always// okay to fix typos or broken links on the wiki. | ||
+ | - Do not hotlink images (such as imgur) from other sites on the wiki. All wiki images should be locally hosted. This does not apply to the forums. | ||
+ | - If you need to leave the RP, see [[guide: | ||
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+ | See [[chat]] for chat rules. There are also some additional rules for making and operating [[: | ||
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+ | ===== Code of Conduct ===== | ||
+ | We want the community to be enjoyable to its members and to be a fun place where members feel welcome. | ||
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+ | - We expect and require respectful behavior. | ||
+ | - Profanity is allowed in roleplay posts. It doesn' | ||
+ | - Personal attacks or insulting others (" | ||
+ | - Deliberately causing drama (" | ||
+ | - Racist, bigoted, or other hate speech is a violation of the [[guide: | ||
+ | - Harassment will not be tolerated. | ||
+ | - Respect user privacy and don't post other people' | ||
+ | - Deceptive member behavior such as false ages, sock puppeting, and impersonating other members is not permitted. | ||
+ | - Copyrighted content is not permitted on the wiki unless you have rights to put it there. On the forums copyrighted content such as news articles should be presented as part of a discussion about it. Do not post full articles (use excerpts only, preferably 1/6th or less of the article) and always provide credit and link to the source. Promoting piracy and warez is forbidden. See [[guide: | ||
+ | - Adult content is not permitted except in designated areas (18+ forums and the NSFW wiki namespace) | ||
+ | - No sexual content of any kind, including text, featuring minors. | ||
+ | - Spam advertising is prohibited, and will be reported to blacklisting services | ||
+ | - Do not quote or repost content that violates the rules. | ||
+ | - Do not get into "edit wars" with admins or mods on the forums or wiki, or vandalize the wiki. | ||
+ | - Do not share private conversations without the permission of those involved. | ||
+ | - Note: It's okay to share private conversations with site staff, or screenshots of them, if it's part of a report. | ||
+ | - Members may not purchase, use, or share artwork that uses another members' | ||
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+ | ===== Consequences ===== | ||
+ | Violations of the above rules will typically result in a forum warning. Your content may be edited to remove content that violates the community guidelines. Multiple warnings, or severe violations, at discretion of the admins or staff, will result in a ban. | ||
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+ | See: [[guide:ban policy]] | ||
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+ | ===== Enforcement Guidelines ===== | ||
+ | Forum Moderators: | ||
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+ | * Moderators should edit posts to remove the problem content, replacing it with a notice like: //" | ||
+ | * When a user commits a violation, they should receive a notice that explains why they were in the wrong and what action we took. This can be automated or via conversation. | ||
+ | * Discussions of specific rule violations should occur in private conversations, | ||
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+ | ==== Mod Guidelines For Editing Posts ==== | ||
+ | - Posts with rule violations will be generally edited to remove the violating content and leave the rest. If the whole post is an issue, the whole post will be removed. | ||
+ | - Posts with errors in spelling, grammar, or BBCoding are sometimes edited to fix those errors when spotted. If a moderator edits a post, there is usually an automated notice at the bottom right that will say that a moderator edited it. Sometimes an admin may " | ||
+ | - Character actions and dialogue should not changed without prior discussion except for the error correction noted above. | ||
+ | - Some forums, like the announcements and the news forum, are exceptions that are moderated to review or improve content before it is visible to the public, because they are the "voice of the site." | ||
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