Here is a first draft of some forum rules.
GENERAL FORUM RULES
# No Profanity.
# No racist comments.
# Do not flame, troll or spam.
# Do not distribute any offensive or adult content.
# No offensive words and/or pictures; in any type.
# Do not call anyone names if they find it offensive.
# No providing or linking to viruses or harmful programs.
# No pornographic material is allowed to be posted/linked.
# Do not go out of the topic, changing the topic belongs to another discussion.
# Do not resurrect threads where the last post is any more than 2 months before hand.
# Creating accounts to spam the forums will result in an immediate IP ban from the forums.
# No repetitive topics posted by the same user. If you created a new account from the same IP solely to post duplicate topics, we will block both
Consequences to not follow these rules may be as followed:
If you keep violating these rules you will be given:
* You will be "watched"
* Last Warning before "5 Day Forum Mute/Ban/Post-Moderated"
* 5 Day Forum Mute/Ban/Post-Moderated
* 10 Days Forum Mute/Ban/Post-Moderated
* 15 Days Forum Mute/Ban/Post-Moderated
* Last Warning before Permanent Ban
* Permanent Forum Ban
* Permanent I.P. Address Ban
if more is to be added. Post below or admin may edit.
