Post by Indiana on Jun 19, 2008 9:09:48 GMT -8
Welcome to Summer Forever. Here we have set up some Rules/Guidelines to keep this a safe and happy environment. If you break any of these Rules ANYWHERE on our site immediate action will be taken against you. If it is bad enough legal action will be taken. So please remember to abide by these Rules at all times.
Flaming
This is the personal attack on another member and can be very harmful. Your account will be banned immediately once we get conformation about this.
Ranting/Venting
Here everyone is entitled to an occasional rant but frequently doing it on here will result in account suspension. Venting your feelings can be harmful to other members emotionally. Eventually this venting can be focused on a member then turns into flaming, then a big fight that we have to fix. So please do not rant or vent about your feelings here.
No Plagiarism[/u]
This is the taking of someone else's work and claiming it as your own. If you take information from outside areas and post it here please provide a link, or name.
Signature Size[/u]
May not extend the size of: 500x250. All text, and images must fit within this size. Here is an example:
Multiple Accounts
Each person is entitled to one account per person per household. One member May Not have more than one account for them selfs. If we find multiple accounts per person a warning will be issued to the main account and the other accounts will be deleted.
No Spamming[/u]
This is the unneeded use of smilies, sounds, words, and signs. All spam posts will be deleted.
No Sexual Content[/u]
This is very disturbing to other members/guests and your account will be deleted for breaking this rule.
Swearing[/u]
There is a censor set up, but it cannot catch everything. Please speak in a civilized manner.
G and PG Rated content only
Please keep all content (words/posts) G or PG-rated this means no bloody, death and gruesome conversation. This is extremely disturbing to other members and immediate action will be taken.
Backseat Moderating
If you see anyone doing something wrong please don't try to fix it. This can egg them on and make them misbehave more. Please report their behavior immediately to a Cast Member.
Cast Members (Staff)
Cast Members may not be adults, but are to be respected. If one warns you are to not not back talk them, or anything related to that matter. If you feel that you have been warned wrongfully please send a message to an Administrator. Any Cast Member can close, modify, or remove any post/thread without giving a reason to the creator of the thread/post.
Religious Conversations[/u]
This can cause flaming and spamming, turn into a big fight and a bunch of people could be hurt. We really don't want this to happen and we would like to maintain the happiness of the members of SFO. During the holidays, you may wish other members Happy X Celebration only with intentions that aren't meant to hurt. You may not specify a certain religious celebration when doing this.
Advertisements[/u]
Summer Forever is not a place to advertise, so do not use this site to advertise.
Impersonate[/u]
Do not impersonate another member. If you get someone's password, do not use it, help them out by saying it is easy to guess or figure out. Impersonating someone else makes it confusing when trying to ban someone from breaking the rules.
Personal information[/u]
Here at Summer Forever, we try our best to keep every member safe from others, therefore any personal information is not allowed. Personal Information that is not allowed consists of, personal pictures, names, age, etc. All posts consisting of any of this are not allowed and are strictly prohibited. You are as well not supposed to create meeting points at some real life place with other players, it's dangerous and we wouldn't like anyone to be harmed. All thread/posts will be changed/deleted.
No Personal Pictures[/u]
Depending on how showy the picture is can result in account deletion.
No Chain Letters[/u]
No, you will not die in the next 10 minutes if you don't pass it on. This is considered spam and it is rude and it hurts some people's feelings and some people may believe it and get scared.
Double Posting[/u]
This creates unneeded spam and we don't like cleaning it up.
Post in the correct place[/u]
If you want to post something about T.V. post in the Television board. If we find that you post in the wrong area your thread will be moved and you will receive a warning.
Post's[/u]
Posts must be 3 words or more.
No Linking to other sites that can't be controlled by SFO[/u]
The only exceptions to this rule is discussing Twilight Readers Online Community, Summer Forever Online Community, VMKFans Online Community, VMKSeasons, _Whispers of Night_ Online Community, and Whispers of the Angels Online Community(House of Night Online Community). Any other site that you wish to talk about MUST be approved by a Cast Member.
This one really isn't a rule but...Summer Forever Online Community will ALWAYS be a free website. If anyone asks you for money, tell a Cast Member immediately even if its a Cast Member that asked your for money report them to a Trusted cast member. The only exception to this rule is at the very bottom of the site it says: Click here to make this board Ad-free. That is not us asking you for money--it is ProBoards asking you. ProBoards is the company that owns the server that our site runs off of. This is a very trusted company, and if you need anymore information about ProBoards go to www.proboards.com.
Consequences
1st offense: 50% warning and all user points deleted.
2nd offense: 99% warning all user points deleted, all clubs made by you closed.
3rd offense: 1 week ban, all user points deleted, and any user points gained by you will be deleted every day, no access to the SFO shopping center.
4th offense: 2 week ban, Loss of privilege to join and create clubs, all previous losses apply till the 6th offense.
5th offense: 3 month, User points deleted, threads created by you locked, loss of all privileges upon your return.
6th offense: No more warning or privileges, no questions asked, your account will be permabanned (banned forever, and we mean it).
Note: Summer Forever Online Community does have the right to refuse membership to any person(s) without giving a reason. We also hold the right to change or add Rules/Guidelines at anytime Without notice so please check back often.
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Last Update: 5/30/09
Reason: Modifying Signature Size Rule