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- | ====== Rules ====== | + | ====== |
- | Please carefully read all of these rules; they are designed to make Star Army enjoyable and consistent for all members. They are not meant to limit you unreasonably or to stifle anyone' | + | These are Star Army's community guidelines (not to be confused with the [[guide: |
- | //By entering or using this website, you agree that you are legally and socially obligated to comply with the rules. If you do not accept this agreement you may not access or use StarArmy.com or its services.// We reserve the right to update this policy at any time without notice; policies will be immediately effective upon upload. | + | ===== Basic Rules ===== |
- | The list is being continually refined but ignorance is no excuse to ignore | + | - Register only one account. |
+ | - Follow our [[guide: | ||
+ | - Respect | ||
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+ | - 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: | ||
- | ==== 4 Big Rules, The ==== | + | See [[chat]] |
- | - You will not use the website | + | |
- | - You will not use the website in any manner that harasses another member or could interfere with any other party' | + | |
- | - You will not attempt | + | |
- | - You will not encourage or instruct any other individual to do any of the above or to violate the StarArmy.com policies listed below. | + | |
- | ==== Characters | + | ===== Code of Conduct |
+ | We want the community to be enjoyable to its members and to be a fun place where members feel welcome. | ||
- | === Character Creation === | + | - We expect and require respectful behavior. |
- | * The [[guide:creating_a_character]] article is the official guide to creating a SARP character. | + | - Profanity is allowed in roleplay posts. It doesn' |
- | * All characters must be original. No characters from television, movies, or books. | + | - Personal attacks or insulting others (" |
- | | + | - Deliberately causing drama (" |
- | | + | - Racist, bigoted, or other hate speech is a violation of the [[guide:terms_of_service]]. |
- | | + | - 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. | ||
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+ | - No sexual content of any kind, including text, featuring minors. | ||
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+ | - 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 | ||
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+ | - Note: It's okay to share private conversations with site staff, or screenshots | ||
+ | - Members may not purchase, use, or share artwork that uses another members' | ||
- | === Limitations | + | ===== Consequences ===== |
- | * Unapproved characters cannot used used in the roleplay, except for in the Cluster Flux freeform RP area. | + | Violations of the above rules will typically result |
- | * The amount | + | |
- | * The amount of [[: | + | |
- | * [[: | + | |
- | ==== Intellectual Property ==== | + | See: [[guide:ban policy]] |
- | StarArmy.com prohibits the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials! | + | |
- | You will not use StarArmy.com or its services to transmit, store, or provide links to any material that infringes copyrighted works or violates the intellectual property rights. StarArmy.com will terminate members who infringe or are believed to be infringing the rights of copyright holders. | + | ===== Enforcement Guidelines ===== |
+ | Forum Moderators: | ||
- | === Infringement Remedy === | + | * Moderators should edit posts to remove the problem content, replacing it with a notice like: //" |
- | If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, | + | * 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, | ||
- | | + | ==== Mod Guidelines For Editing Posts ==== |
- | - Identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online website | + | |
- | - Identification of the material | + | - Posts with errors in spelling, grammar, or BBCoding |
- | - Information reasonably sufficient to permit StarArmy.com to contact the complaining party, including a name, email address, telephone number | + | - Character actions |
- | - A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief | + | - Some forums, like the announcements and the news forum, are exceptions |
- | Notice of claims of copyright infringement on or regarding this website can be sent to [[[email protected]|The Admin]] | ||
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- | === Members' | ||
- | Your original creations here are your own and will remain your own property, but once you add them to Star Army, they' | ||
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- | If you wish to use Star Army's content, or content derived from Star Army's intellectual property (such as a Nekovalkyrja character), you need to first obtain Star Army's permission. | ||
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- | ==== Membership ==== | ||
- | StarArmy.com wishes to provide proper credit to the authors of the works created in the RPG. Please post your contact information and online times in the contact info thread, so other people will know how and when they can get a hold of you. If you don't use your real name on the site, then you can't be credited for your work in Star Army publications. | ||
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- | === Forum Avatars and Signatures === | ||
- | * Maximum allowed width is 120 pixels. | ||
- | * Maximum allowed height is 135 pixels. | ||
- | * Pornographic avatars are not permitted. | ||
- | * Forum signatures are disabled and there are no plans to enable them unless the board suddenly gets wildly popular. | ||
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- | === Usernames and Passwords === | ||
- | * Usernames should be 15 characters or less and " | ||
- | * Only one account per person is authorized. Additional accounts will be deleted and the original may be banned. | ||
- | * You're allowed to change your username if you'd like. If you do, please post a message letting everyone know. | ||
- | * User locations should reflect either a player' | ||
- | * Don't share your password. | ||
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- | ==== Plot Participation ==== | ||
- | === Joining a Plot === | ||
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- | * Only approved [[: | ||
- | * Players and GM who already play in and/or run **4** or more plots are not allowed to join or create additional plots. | ||
- | * Game Masters have the right to request a list of plots a player is already participating in. | ||
- | * Game Masters have the right to refuse a player or player character for any reason, or for no reason at all. | ||
- | * You may join an adventure at any point in time, as long as it is okay the Plot GM; however, it is recommended that you wait until the beginning of an adventure before you join in IC. The most common ways of introducing a character are a transfer via shuttle, or catching a ride on another Star Army ship. | ||
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- | === Leaving a Plot === | ||
- | Don't just disappear in the middle of an adventure; it can create major problems. | ||
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- | See: [[guide: | ||
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- | * Players should tell their GM 3 days in advance if they' | ||
- | * Players leaving a plot have the right to take their [[: | ||
- | * [[: | ||
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- | If you have shown that you do not have the time necessary to take part in the RP, you may be asked to leave and open a spot for players who //do// have the time. | ||
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- | ==== Respect Others ==== | ||
- | Players must respect fellow players. Being deliberately hurtful to or harassing another player or Game Master will not be tolerated, including remarks made in private or without the victim’s knowledge. | ||
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- | * Do not harass, threaten, or libel the other players or other people. | ||
- | * Do not " | ||
- | * If someone harasses you, Save a copy of the offending material. Let the Site GM know immediately. | ||
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- | Do not cuss/swear, threaten, harass, or use derogatory racial terms in your posts; | ||
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- | ==== Respect the Community ==== | ||
- | We want the community to be enjoyable to its members and to be a fun place. New players need to feel welcome, respected, and should be shown Star Army’s best. | ||
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- | * No scaring away new players or potential new players. | ||
- | * No Posting idiotic or negative things, especially in a welcome thread. | ||
- | * Do not make hurtful remarks or whine about: | ||
- | * Star Army in general, on or off the site. | ||
- | * Members/ | ||
- | * Factions (keep the drama in-character, | ||
- | * Canon technology (such as bio-androids, | ||
- | * Do not make the chatroom look bad by: | ||
- | * Posting a non-worksafe link without an appropriate warning | ||
- | * Posting off-topic links, especially Youtube links, without a description (spamming) | ||
- | * Posting multiple lines of text that should have been in a single one (spamming) | ||
- | * Posting gibberish, large blobs of irrelevant text. (spamming) | ||
- | * Off-topic discussion while others are trying to discuss SARP. | ||
- | * Never describe the RP as being " | ||
- | * Do not drive away new people with "good old days" talk and whining. Doing so will result in being banned. | ||
- | * No participation in chatrooms or communities that promote harming our own. | ||
- | * No vandalizing or spamming the wiki, imageboard, or forums. People have worked hard on the content here. | ||
- | * Listen to administrators and moderators. | ||
- | * Do not un-do moderator changes if one edits something out of your post. | ||
- | * Do not pose as an administrator or moderator. | ||
- | * Stay on topic with the post title and the forum the post is in. | ||
- | * Do not post thoughtless one-line posts on the forums. This is considered spamming. | ||
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- | No illegal stuff. Star Army is a site that lets users add content and communicate with each other, but we need to keep it legal so it lasts and to protect ourselves. That means This includes but is not limited to fraud, underage porn, warez, copyright and/or trademark violations, and unauthorized access of private site materials. | ||
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- | Do not post commercial copyrighted or trademarked material on the site without citing and linking to the source. Do not plagiarize or copy others' | ||
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- | No advertising. Do not use the website to solicit members, promote any product, services, or games of chance (lottery, contests, etc.) | ||
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- | Anyone attempting to steal players (convince them to leave the community for another community) from Star Army will be immediately, | ||
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- | === Image Uploads === | ||
- | * Do not post images that are prohibited by law,. | ||
- | * Don't post images that are likely to be found disturbing (gore, toilet, violence against women). | ||
- | * Don't post images over 550 (forums) or 600 (wiki) pixels wide without permission. | ||
- | * We reserve the right to delete your images without notification when we see fit. | ||
- | * Don't post images which are primarily intended for advertising. | ||
- | * Don't post nudes/ | ||
- | * Don't post nudes/ | ||
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- | **Doing any of the above is basically begging for a ban.** | ||
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- | ==== Roleplaying ==== | ||
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- | === Communicate! === | ||
- | There are several available methods of Communication available to RP Members. Yahoo! Messenger, E-mail, private messages, and the forums themselves are some examples. Sub-plots, problems, questions, concerns, suggestions, | ||
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- | === Conflicts === | ||
- | Bad things can and will happen to your character. | ||
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- | Any major event, situation, condition, action, etc. which directly involves another Player' | ||
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- | In the case that someone has used your character in some way, or done something that went against one of your plots, sort it out politely and quickly. Attempt to work it out with the offending Player first. If this fails, take it to the Plot GM. In an RP as large as this one to become, it is nearly impossible to avoid all problems, but if we can sort them out smoothly, politely and quickly, there will be minimal difficulties. | ||
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- | Listen to the site owner and his appointed GMs. If he says something works one way, he would know, he did create the universe after all and a lot of the technology in it. (GM However has a responsibility to make the limits, uses and capabilities known to the entire site.) | ||
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- | === Format === | ||
- | * Parenthesis are used to signify OOC (Out Of Character) comments. Please don't make off-topic OOC comments during JPs, and keep the OOC to a minimum. | ||
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- | * Tag the post title with the setting(s) in brackets if required. Example: [YSS Empire, Kyoto] Birth of a Family | ||
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- | === Keeping Up === | ||
- | Try your hardest to read each and every new post. This cuts down on confusion and prevents conflicts in the storyline from arising. If you don’t have time, at least read the ones involving your ship. Print them if you need to. You are expected to post regularly (at least one RP post a week). If you can’t for some reason, let people know why and kindly excuse your character or arrange for someone else to play her in the meantime. | ||
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- | As a player, it is also partially your responsibility to keep the game moving. So long as what is happening isn't going to change the face of the world, or isn't combat, don't wait for the [[: | ||
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- | People don't appreciate a player who doesn' | ||
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- | === Posting a Joint Post === | ||
- | Once a JP is finished, it should immediately be posted in the appropriate roleplay forum. If editing is not possible (due to time constraints or software problems), post the unedited JP. | ||
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- | JP Posts with strong erotic content are required: (1) To be tagged with [18+] after the title. (2) Not to be relevant to the plot. That is, if someone doesn’t read the post, they shouldn’t miss anything important to the plot. | ||
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- | === Starting a Side Plot === | ||
- | In each adventure there are two types of plots: The Backbone Plot, and the various Sub-plots. The Backbone Plot takes precedence over sub-plots. Sub-plots must be worked in and around the Backbone Plot in order for the RP to function correctly. This is not to say that because a sub-plot goes against the Backbone Plot it can't be used. It simply means that you must either rework, or put off the sub plot until such a time as it can be used. | ||
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- | === Metagaming === | ||
- | Let's all remember to keep OOC knowledge separate from IC knowledge. Don't direct your character to stuff if he/she wouldn' | ||
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- | ==== Writing ==== | ||
- | Writing is the means with which we interact with one another. It is vital that you write well, so that others can understand you and so they aren't distracted from the RP by errors. Don't bother posting a sentence if you can't be bothered to capitalize it or put a period at the end. The clearer your post, the less the likelihood it will be overlooked or misunderstood. | ||
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- | * Sentence structure, and correct grammar and spelling are a must. | ||
- | * Double spacing between paragraphs is required. This means paragraphs should have a full blank line between them. | ||
- | * All posts should be written in third person past tense. The third person is mostly for clarity because there are many " | ||
- | * Please use your character' | ||
- | * Try to be detailed and descriptive. | ||
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- | ==== Additional Rules ==== | ||
- | * [[guide: | ||
- | * [[guide: | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * [[: | ||
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- | ====== Punishments ====== | ||
- | Violations of the above rules may result in administrative warnings or bans. | ||
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- | === Unbanning === | ||
- | If you're banned, a $10 fee will be charged for the service of removing your ban from the list. Bans from the IRC Chat channel (ONLY) will not be charged if they are warning bans left in place for 24 hours or less. | ||
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- | Use of StarArmy.com is at your own risk and we are not liable for damages. | ||
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- | StarArmy.com is not responsible for the content that is presented through member-controlled portions of the website or the forums. While the administration takes reasonable efforts to moderate user-posted content to appropriate topics, we cannot control what members post. StarArmy.com does not make any claims nor guarantee the truth, accuracy, completeness, | ||
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- | If you have a legal dispute with another member, or suffer any harm arising out of or connected with any StarArmy.com, | ||
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- | ====== Notice of Severability ====== | ||
- | If any provision of this policy is held to be invalid or unenforceable, | ||