Hello, minna-san, this is A.Kosygin, your board admin!
It has come to my attention that the guidelines of conduct of this message forums needs to be enumerated (written out clearly) and so here is a preliminary set of rules/guidelines. Any addtions, modifications, edits you wish to see, please feel free to post ideas, comments, and suggestions here.
1. We're all here to have fun and share information. The most basic of the rules, this one is arguably the most important. Be considerate of others, and if you're in a bad mood, and feel it might affect your post, then just take a breather and chill. Come back when you can discuss the post responsibly.
2. Be respectful of the other members of this board.
3. Try to keep on topic. I break this rule alot, so I understand when others do it.
4. Keep the criticisms constructive. If you have problems or feel that there are weaknesses in someone else's posts, tell them in a constructive mannerism. Don't harshly reply to them and say, "You suck!" or "Your post is so stupid!". This is not the way criticism should be handled, and I don't want to see this.
5. And above all else, treat each other as you'd want to be treated. In addition to this being a good rule for the board, it's all a good rule for life.
6. SPAM stands for Senseless Pointless Annoying Messages. Please ensure that your posts are on topic of the forum indicated. Massive amounts of messages that do not pertain to the subject and are designed to annoy other board visitors maliciously, with intent to disrupt activites on the board, shall be grounds for immediate ban from these boards without warning. Warnings are given as a courtesy and are not required for any moderators or administrators to ban a member for SPAM. We have been spammed way too many times, and it has caused endless trouble, so we have to be quite firm and "Nazi" about it.
7. Image sizes used in the personal photo or signature area must be kept small! Please keep the images below 30 Kilobytes and no larger than 550 pixels wide and no taller than 350 pixels tall. Any images in the signature or personal photo area going over 50 Kilobytes may be subject to being edited out. These limits apply to ONLY signatures, personal icons, and personal photos of the ezBoard system under personal profile in your control center. 50K is A LOT for signuatures and personal photos, remember these images repeat over and over. So 50K picture X 10 posts in thread = 500K! And soon it can reach several megs! (Especially when your browser is stupid about caching the files.)
If you want to show someone your fan art or an image of something you are talking about on a thread, those limits do not apply. (But please be courtious and keep the image sizes reasonable; or if it is very big, provide a link to it.) No one wants to sit there all day for your image to load just to read a post past yours. Severe violations will result in a warning followed by banning for repeated offenses. If too many people abuse the signature or personal photo function, it will be turned off.
8. Please ensure the topic of your posts is appropriate to the forum. Try to put your posts in forums most appropriate to the subject.
9. Any moderator has permission to edit or remove a members post if it is found to be in violation of the rules. Warnings will usually be given, however, such warnings are only provided as a courtesy. Any administrator can put a temporary or permenant ban on members whom have severely violated the rules.
10. APPEALS: You may appeal any actions or decisions (bans, deletes, etc.), made by a moderator or administrator, first to the moderator or administrator that made the action or decision. If you are unsatisfied with their decision, you may appeal to another administrator (except AKosygin). If you are still unsatisfied with their decision, you may further your appeal to either Dark Nadir or Ghost (provided they were not already appealed to.). If you are yet still unsatisfied with their decision, your final appeal rests upon the decision of AKosygin, whom's decision is FINAL.
However, if you are banned and are unable to contact any admin, you may directly contact AKosygin at
admin@outlawstar.net. (Please note, jumping directly to AKosygin for an appeal will result in your last appeal.)
Once again, I don't think we will have any problems with this, but I felt it would be good to post it any way and keep things clearly defined. Please post with good intentions, and if anyone would like to discuss this post, feel free to do so in this section.
Official Board Rules (Updated: July 6, 2009)
AKosygin
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