07-23-2008, 05:35 PM
Messenger Stuff Forums - Rules/Guidelines
When you join the "Messenger Stuff Forums", you agree to obey by the rules set out by the management team. Below is a copy of the rules.
Spam: Spam is not allowed, except for in the "Testing & Trashing" area.
Spam includes:
User Accounts: You may only have one forum user account. If you want, we can always merge another of your accounts, provided you can give sufficient proof of ownership.
Content Type: Due to this forum being open to anyone above the age of 13, content must be suitable for them. Therefore discussion of "Adult Material" and swearing is not allowed.
Copyrighted Material: Any copyrighted material that you do have the right to distribute is strictly forbidden. This includes linking to it, uploading it as an attachment or transmitting it in any other way. (i.e. Warez).
Member Abuse: Threatening, harassing or using any other form to bully members is strictly forbidden. This also includes using crude language.
Avatar / Signature: You may use an avatar and signature provided they aren't too big and don't take long to load. The maximum avatar size is 100x100 pixels. The maximum signature height is 124 pixels. Staff can remove any of these at their discretion for excess size, and for images that break any above or below rules.
Warnings
If any of the rules mentioned above are broken a warning will be placed on your account. The warning types are set out below.
You can read our privacy policy at http://msgstuff.com/privacy.
Last Updated: 3/8/08
When you join the "Messenger Stuff Forums", you agree to obey by the rules set out by the management team. Below is a copy of the rules.
Spam: Spam is not allowed, except for in the "Testing & Trashing" area.
Spam includes:
- Posting one word, like "Helloz"
- Going off-topic
- Posting multiply replys/threads at once
- Advertising - such as posting links to "referral" schemes or to websites that have no relevance to the topic in question
User Accounts: You may only have one forum user account. If you want, we can always merge another of your accounts, provided you can give sufficient proof of ownership.
Content Type: Due to this forum being open to anyone above the age of 13, content must be suitable for them. Therefore discussion of "Adult Material" and swearing is not allowed.
Copyrighted Material: Any copyrighted material that you do have the right to distribute is strictly forbidden. This includes linking to it, uploading it as an attachment or transmitting it in any other way. (i.e. Warez).
Member Abuse: Threatening, harassing or using any other form to bully members is strictly forbidden. This also includes using crude language.
Avatar / Signature: You may use an avatar and signature provided they aren't too big and don't take long to load. The maximum avatar size is 100x100 pixels. The maximum signature height is 124 pixels. Staff can remove any of these at their discretion for excess size, and for images that break any above or below rules.
Warnings
If any of the rules mentioned above are broken a warning will be placed on your account. The warning types are set out below.
- Minor offence - 2 points, which counts towards 20% of your overall warning level. The warning will last for a month.
Total: 40% - Major offence - 5 points, which counts towards 50% of your overall warning warning level. This warning will last for 3 months.
Total: 50% - If you receive more than two minor offence warnings (total: 40%), your account will be upgraded to one major offence.
- If you receive more than one (total: 100%) major offence warning, your account will be banned for how long the administrator sees fit. However, in most cases, it will be permanent.
- When your account is warned, you will receive a private message from the staff member that warned you saying why they have done-so. You will be given the chance to appeal the warning.
- When your account is banned, the reason why will be displayed when you try and access the forums.
You can read our privacy policy at http://msgstuff.com/privacy.
Last Updated: 3/8/08