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These are Star Army's community guidelines (not to be confused with the [[guide: | These are Star Army's community guidelines (not to be confused with the [[guide: | ||
- | ==== Code of Conduct ==== | + | ===== 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. | We want the community to be enjoyable to its members and to be a fun place where members feel welcome. | ||
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- Profanity is allowed in roleplay posts. It doesn' | - Profanity is allowed in roleplay posts. It doesn' | ||
- Personal attacks or insulting others (" | - Personal attacks or insulting others (" | ||
- | - Deliberating | + | - Deliberately |
- Racist, bigoted, or other hate speech is a violation of the [[guide: | - Racist, bigoted, or other hate speech is a violation of the [[guide: | ||
- Harassment will not be tolerated. | - Harassment will not be tolerated. | ||
- | - Respect user privacy and don't post personal information. (See also: [[guide: | + | - Respect user privacy and don't post other people' |
- | - Deceptive member behavior such as false ages and impersonating other members is not permitted. | + | - Deceptive member behavior such as false ages, sock puppeting, |
- | - Don't sign up for more than one (normal) forum or wiki account. If you have multiple accounts, they will be merged. Note that you're allowed to change your username; to do this, post a request in the technical support forum. | + | - Copyrighted content is not permitted on the wiki unless you have rights to put it there. |
- | - We've recently implemented a "sub accounts" | + | - Adult content is not permitted |
- | - Copyrighted content is not permitted on the wiki unless you have rights to put it there. | + | - No sexual content of any kind, including text, featuring minors. |
- | - Promoting piracy and warez is forbidden. | + | - Spam advertising is prohibited, and will be reported to blacklisting services |
- | - Adult content is not permitted | + | |
- | - Do not upload pornographic images anywhere on the site. | + | |
- | - Spam advertising is prohibited, and will result in you being reported to blacklists such as StopForumSpam. | + | |
- Do not quote or repost content that violates the rules. | - Do not quote or repost content that violates the rules. | ||
- | - Do not undo admin or moderator edits to your posts. | + | - Do not get into "edit wars" with admins |
- | - Do not vandalize | + | - Do not share private conversations without |
+ | - 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' | ||
+ | ===== 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. | 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. | ||
- | === Enforcement Guidelines === | + | See: [[guide:ban policy]] |
- | Moderators: | + | |
- | * Moderators | + | ===== Enforcement Guidelines ===== |
- | * 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. | + | Forum Moderators: |
- | * Discussions of rule violations should occur in conversations, | + | |
- | ==== Character Rules ===== | + | * Moderators should edit posts to remove the problem content, replacing it with a notice like: //" |
- | - Be original. No characters from other media such as movie, books, and games. | + | |
- | - Put your character on the wiki. Use the provided template. Keep the page up to date. | + | |
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- | ==== Roleplaying Rules ===== | + | ==== Mod Guidelines For Editing Posts ==== |
- | See: [[guide: | + | - 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 | ||
- | Don't just disappear in the middle of things; it can create major problems. See: [[guide: | ||
- | ==== Additional Rules ==== | ||
- | * For rules on groups and organizations, | ||
- | * For rules on adding articles to the setting canon, see [[guide: | ||