Post by Ceci on Apr 15, 2007 23:24:19 GMT -5
These are the board rules and guidelines to help ensure that this remains a welcoming environment for all. If there are any questions or comments about the rules, please do not hesitate to ask in the Board Business category.
Otherwise, these rules will stand to ensure that all members are provided with the basics in order to participate fully.
Board Rules
1. No hate speech, overt sexual content or attributions to drug use whatsoever on the forum.
2. No boycotting, soliciting or recruitment of members or staff on the board. Any attempt to do so will result in an immediate banning.
3. No commercial advertising or spam-related posts on the board. Please do not link to malware. Any attempt to do so will result in immediate banning and a report to the Proboards staff.
4. No harassment, threats, personal attacks or intimidation of any member or staff on the board.
5. Any attempts of trolling or baiting members into a flame war will not be tolerated. Members, please try not to engage with trolls who instigate this type of behavior.
6. Please respect the privacy of other members on the forum. Do not post personal information of any kind about any member or staff on the forum. Any attempt to do so will result in having the posts deleted and the member of the said offense banned.
7. Please try to be considerate about the words used in your posts. Use words appropriately for the continued enjoyment and thoughtful reading by the staff and membership of the forum. Excessive foul language will be re-edited and subject to censoring and warnings by the staff.
8. Please do not post obscene material. Any attempt to do so will result in immediate removal by the staff.
9. Please respect the judgment of the moderators. Moderators have a tough job to do when making their decisions. As a result, their decisions are not taken lightly. The decision of the moderators and the administrator is final. However, there will be room for appeal if there has been any errors made.
10. Please do not fill a post entirely in CAPS. Putting a sentence in CAPS is the same as shouting. Instead, use this sparingly in your posts and not too often.
11. Please do not sign up as multiple members. Any attempt to do so will result in immediate banning by the staff.
12. Please treat your fellow members and staff respectfully. Think before you post. It is understandable that some topics can elicit passionate responses between members.
When things get a little heated on a thread, count to ten and step away. The time away will do yourself good. When you return, you can thoughtfully reply instead of saying something in the heat of the moment.
Make yourself clear when indicating a joke, irony and sarcasm. In Internet life, sometimes other posters take what you say in the wrong way. Try to be considerate and meticulous when you post.
13. Separate personality from a "discussion". Sometimes when members say things in a thread, it is usually taken by some on a "personal level". It would be helpful just to consider the conversations here as mainly talks in an informational sense. Usually when someone personalizes a topic a bit too much, that leads to board drama. Please try to criticize ideas and not people.
14. "Ceci's News and Views" does not take any responsibility for anyone's comments or opinions on the forum. The member and staff are responsible for their own messages and content on the board. Please remember that your posts reflect on you. So think once or twice about what you might say.
15. Do not double post or cross post on the board.
16. In disputes between members, the continuation of arguments or conflicts on other boards in the forum will not be tolerated and will result in punitive action by the staff. Instead, PM the administrator or staff to intervene before this happens.
17. Spelling and grammar mean different things to various persons. Please be considerate of the posting style of others. Do not resort to using the tactic of flaming a member because of their spelling and grammar. If you have objections, please PM the staff or Administrator in a discreet manner.
18. Please mark any spoilers. In the subject line of the post, briefly state the topic and then put "spoiler" after it. That alerts other members of this fact regarding a certain topic.
Another way to do this is to use the spoiler tag in BB code:
19. Posts with inaccurate or false information will not be tolerated. Any attempts to do so will result in immediate censure of the post and punitive measures by the staff.
20. Any hidden messages or "invisible" (i.e. the colors of the forum windows) text is strictly prohibited and subject to punitive measures by the staff.
21. When making topics, please err on the side of being descriptive.
Board Guidelines
1. Avatar Guidelines
Until further notification, all avatars must be at least 100 x 100 pixels big.
For specialized avatars, you can link them from your personal album on free sites hosting images such as Photobucket or Image Shack. Otherwise, unauthorized hotlinking is prohibited because it is stealing bandwidth from other sites.
2. Quoting Guidelines
Plagarism and the use of copyrighted material is an important and hot topic on the Internet. Sources from other places are very welcome, but to ensure proper attribution, please try to follow these guidelines when posting such material:
a)quoting from the Internet
i)Please cite such sources as follows using the url tag in BB code:
Example::
ii) Then post at least several paragraphs from the source using the quote tag in BB code which is:
Here is an example below:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
In highlighting key facts for other members to notice, use the bold, underline or italic BB code markers sparingly.
Please do not quote the entire article because it makes tedious reading for other members.
Whenever referencing anything, please link back to the original source so that others may read it also.
b)Quoting from printed sources.
In the same way that links are used to identify sources, printed source materials should be treated in the same manner. Check the MLA, APA or Chicago Manual of Style to help properly quote written materials for their full attribution. However, here are a few examples below of common citiation references.
The MLA citing method will be used for a brief example of a citation regarding a printed source:
A Book By One Author:
West, Cornel. Democracy Matters. New York: Penguin Books, 2004.
(Note: it is especially helpful if you can include page numbers of the source as well.)
3. BB Code Help
For new and experienced posters alike on forums, the use of BB code is essential for expressing messages in threads. Some of us learn this code by the "seat of our pants" when being involved on the boards. Others of us do not know where to begin.
To ensure proper enjoyment of engaging in the subject matter, it is always helpful to include some sites where the BB Code is extensively explained so that the tags used within the forum can be employed properly.
Here are some sites in which you can learn about BB Code and how to use them within a forum setting:
BBCode.org has an extensive explaination of how to use BB code within the forum setting. However, for our purposes here, there is a standard tag page explaining the key tags used in most posts.
Dave Taylor has a brief and precise explaination of how to use BB Code. It is, "What is BBCode and How do I use it?"[/u][/url].
Wikipedia has a nice explaination about BBcode and its uses.
4. What's that doing in my mini-profile?
It is an ignore/un-ignore button. It is there for members if they want to "ignore" another member. Simply click on it to "ignore" another member. Then, the button changes into . And if you want to "un-ignore" the same member, click on it again. The will return.
However, before it ever gets to that point, feel free to ask the staff for help to resolve the matter.
Take care and have fun!
The Ceci's News and Views Staff
Otherwise, these rules will stand to ensure that all members are provided with the basics in order to participate fully.
Board Rules
1. No hate speech, overt sexual content or attributions to drug use whatsoever on the forum.
2. No boycotting, soliciting or recruitment of members or staff on the board. Any attempt to do so will result in an immediate banning.
3. No commercial advertising or spam-related posts on the board. Please do not link to malware. Any attempt to do so will result in immediate banning and a report to the Proboards staff.
4. No harassment, threats, personal attacks or intimidation of any member or staff on the board.
5. Any attempts of trolling or baiting members into a flame war will not be tolerated. Members, please try not to engage with trolls who instigate this type of behavior.
6. Please respect the privacy of other members on the forum. Do not post personal information of any kind about any member or staff on the forum. Any attempt to do so will result in having the posts deleted and the member of the said offense banned.
7. Please try to be considerate about the words used in your posts. Use words appropriately for the continued enjoyment and thoughtful reading by the staff and membership of the forum. Excessive foul language will be re-edited and subject to censoring and warnings by the staff.
8. Please do not post obscene material. Any attempt to do so will result in immediate removal by the staff.
9. Please respect the judgment of the moderators. Moderators have a tough job to do when making their decisions. As a result, their decisions are not taken lightly. The decision of the moderators and the administrator is final. However, there will be room for appeal if there has been any errors made.
10. Please do not fill a post entirely in CAPS. Putting a sentence in CAPS is the same as shouting. Instead, use this sparingly in your posts and not too often.
11. Please do not sign up as multiple members. Any attempt to do so will result in immediate banning by the staff.
12. Please treat your fellow members and staff respectfully. Think before you post. It is understandable that some topics can elicit passionate responses between members.
When things get a little heated on a thread, count to ten and step away. The time away will do yourself good. When you return, you can thoughtfully reply instead of saying something in the heat of the moment.
Make yourself clear when indicating a joke, irony and sarcasm. In Internet life, sometimes other posters take what you say in the wrong way. Try to be considerate and meticulous when you post.
13. Separate personality from a "discussion". Sometimes when members say things in a thread, it is usually taken by some on a "personal level". It would be helpful just to consider the conversations here as mainly talks in an informational sense. Usually when someone personalizes a topic a bit too much, that leads to board drama. Please try to criticize ideas and not people.
14. "Ceci's News and Views" does not take any responsibility for anyone's comments or opinions on the forum. The member and staff are responsible for their own messages and content on the board. Please remember that your posts reflect on you. So think once or twice about what you might say.
15. Do not double post or cross post on the board.
16. In disputes between members, the continuation of arguments or conflicts on other boards in the forum will not be tolerated and will result in punitive action by the staff. Instead, PM the administrator or staff to intervene before this happens.
17. Spelling and grammar mean different things to various persons. Please be considerate of the posting style of others. Do not resort to using the tactic of flaming a member because of their spelling and grammar. If you have objections, please PM the staff or Administrator in a discreet manner.
18. Please mark any spoilers. In the subject line of the post, briefly state the topic and then put "spoiler" after it. That alerts other members of this fact regarding a certain topic.
Another way to do this is to use the spoiler tag in BB code:
[spoiler][/spoiler]
19. Posts with inaccurate or false information will not be tolerated. Any attempts to do so will result in immediate censure of the post and punitive measures by the staff.
20. Any hidden messages or "invisible" (i.e. the colors of the forum windows) text is strictly prohibited and subject to punitive measures by the staff.
21. When making topics, please err on the side of being descriptive.
Board Guidelines
1. Avatar Guidelines
Until further notification, all avatars must be at least 100 x 100 pixels big.
For specialized avatars, you can link them from your personal album on free sites hosting images such as Photobucket or Image Shack. Otherwise, unauthorized hotlinking is prohibited because it is stealing bandwidth from other sites.
2. Quoting Guidelines
Plagarism and the use of copyrighted material is an important and hot topic on the Internet. Sources from other places are very welcome, but to ensure proper attribution, please try to follow these guidelines when posting such material:
a)quoting from the Internet
i)Please cite such sources as follows using the url tag in BB code:
Example::
The article comes from [url=Insert URL of source site here]Insert title of source here[/url]:
ii) Then post at least several paragraphs from the source using the quote tag in BB code which is:
[quote]The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.[/quote]
Here is an example below:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
In highlighting key facts for other members to notice, use the bold, underline or italic BB code markers sparingly.
Please do not quote the entire article because it makes tedious reading for other members.
Whenever referencing anything, please link back to the original source so that others may read it also.
b)Quoting from printed sources.
In the same way that links are used to identify sources, printed source materials should be treated in the same manner. Check the MLA, APA or Chicago Manual of Style to help properly quote written materials for their full attribution. However, here are a few examples below of common citiation references.
The MLA citing method will be used for a brief example of a citation regarding a printed source:
A Book By One Author:
West, Cornel. Democracy Matters. New York: Penguin Books, 2004.
(Note: it is especially helpful if you can include page numbers of the source as well.)
3. BB Code Help
For new and experienced posters alike on forums, the use of BB code is essential for expressing messages in threads. Some of us learn this code by the "seat of our pants" when being involved on the boards. Others of us do not know where to begin.
To ensure proper enjoyment of engaging in the subject matter, it is always helpful to include some sites where the BB Code is extensively explained so that the tags used within the forum can be employed properly.
Here are some sites in which you can learn about BB Code and how to use them within a forum setting:
BBCode.org has an extensive explaination of how to use BB code within the forum setting. However, for our purposes here, there is a standard tag page explaining the key tags used in most posts.
Dave Taylor has a brief and precise explaination of how to use BB Code. It is, "What is BBCode and How do I use it?"[/u][/url].
Wikipedia has a nice explaination about BBcode and its uses.
4. What's that doing in my mini-profile?
It is an ignore/un-ignore button. It is there for members if they want to "ignore" another member. Simply click on it to "ignore" another member. Then, the button changes into . And if you want to "un-ignore" the same member, click on it again. The will return.
However, before it ever gets to that point, feel free to ask the staff for help to resolve the matter.
Take care and have fun!
The Ceci's News and Views Staff