- Application of Rules: what they cover and how to apply
- Note: Examples are here to give you an idea of where some common things you encounter fall on the spectrum. They do not encompass the whole of what you should and shouldn’t delete/warn/ban for.
- 1) respect all members
- a. includes flaming, trolling, insults, and all other forms of disrespect
- b. like raging at people, bot abuse, or sexual advances
- Note: possible exception when the two people are friends and no offence is meant or taken. If you’re not sure if two people are friends, consider pming the possible victim and asking if the action in question bothers them.
- **context is important!!**
- 2) No spoilers
- a. At the end of School Days, everyone dies!!! spoiler.
- b. In this week’s Naruto episode/manga, Sasuke killed a frog!!! spoiler. Or it would be if anyone cared that Sasuke killed a frog.
- c. OMG guys the end of School Days is freakin’ messed uuuuuup! not spoiler.
- 3) no offensive material
- a. covers indecent pics, porn, hentai, ecchi, cybering, and the like
- b. some forms of bot abuse also fall under this
- i. include making a bot say or call you indecent things or basically to make a bot do anything a user would get warned for under this rule
- ii. /gis is currently disabled, but if someone accidently pulls up an inappropriate picture or definition using botteh, give them an informal warning to be more careful with how they use him. If they continue pulling up inappropriate items, begin warning.
- 4) keep conflict to a minimum
- a. applies to anytime an argument gets out of hand for any reason. As soon as they stop being civil, warn both of them.
- i. if they do not bring it back to a polite discussion delete and ban
- b. keep in mind the difference between argument and discussion
- i. if people are discussing something politely it doesn’t apply
- ii. OMG YOU'RE STUPID ROMNEY SHOULD WIN NOW GO DIE IN A DITCH argument.
- iii. Obama is the better candidate because he likes puppies. discussion.
- iv. taunting and things like "What's the matter, you butthurt?" are also trolling/flaming.
- c. this also applies to mods who disagree with another mods call
- i. Disagreements between mods should be politely settled in mod chat.
- 5) no foul or offensive language
- a. covers basically anything rude, crude, perverted, or otherwise offensive
- i. Can include rape, loli, and pedo references as well as sexual advances or anything that offends people
- ii. context is king!!!!
- 1. look at the context of the conversation before deciding what to warn or delete, not just the one like. If you’re modding you should know what the convo is about.
- iii. Examples
- 1. *totally serious* I f***ed a dog yesterday. She liked it. offensive.
- 2. LOLZ guyz I keep dead babies in my closet pretty offensive even if it’s a joke
- 3. OMG my boobs are so big/small D: inoffensive
- 4. I’d tap that ;) inoffensive
- 5. Help, someone glomped me! It’s rape! Dx offensive because the word rape can trigger flashbacks. Discourage its use.
- 6. I wonder if (person) has tiling or carpeting down there. If you know what I mean. offensive.
- 7. *faps to a pic of (a person)* pretty borderline, allowable.
- 8. *jizzes all over (person)* pretty borderline, offensive.
- 6) no outside links & links to other chats
- a. applies to advertisements, links to porn sites, links to other anime sites, other chats, and anything which would break another rule (racist or hate pages)
- b. Does not apply to pics, mp3s, and youtube vids that don’t break any rules
- c. ads and links for other chats and anime sites are an exception to the 3 warning rule and only get one warning and immediate deletion.
- 7) no flooding/spamming
- a. this rule basically depends on how fast chat is going
- i. when chat is fast it gets annoying when
- [5:44:19 PM] Susanoo TheMighty: people
- [5:44:22 PM] Susanoo TheMighty: do
- [5:44:23 PM] Susanoo TheMighty: this
- ii. or spam random things
- b. when chat is slow its sometimes unavoidable to have many posts in a row
- c. this rule also applies to overly long posts that fill most of the (small) box
- i. considered flooding
- First offense Banning Time Spans
- Repeat offenses can and should be up to twice as long. Offenses not mentioned in the examples may fall on or between the max and min depending on their severity.
- To deal with multiple infractions add the times together.
- Spam:
- Min: 1 hour
- for spam that does not break any other rules
- Ex.
- [5:56:45 PM] Susanoo TheMighty: cheese
- [5:56:46 PM] Susanoo TheMighty: cheese
- [5:56:48 PM] Susanoo TheMighty: cheese
- Etc.
- Max: 1 week
- for spam advertising other websites or containing porn. Note: spam advertisements or porn only require 1 warning before ban
- respect all members:
- Min: 12 hours.
- Includes juvenile comments and talking down to someone
- Ex. “Oh, Gee, I’d love to understand what you’re saying but I don’t speak idiotnese.”
- Max: 48 hours
- Includes malicious attacks and threats.
- Ex. "You're a f***ing wh**!! Go die because if you have babies they'll be as stupid and ugly as you, I'm going to come kill you!!’
- Spoilers:
- Min: 1 hour
- Includes little spoilers.
- Max: 4 hours
- Includes huge game-changing spoilers.
- Note: If you’re not sure how big a spoiler it is, try gauging other people in the chat’s reaction.
- no offensive material:
- min: 1 day
- Pics showing minimal nudity, close ups of covered butts, etc.
- Max: 1 week
- Pictures showing gentiles or people engaging in intercourse or other sexual activities.
- Also includes inappropriate pictures of underage subjects.
- keep conflict to minimum:
- Min: 1 day
- Petty arguments and squabbles
- Max: 2 days
- Arguments that are extremely heated, verbal abuse is rampant on both sides
- offensive language:
- Min: 18 hours
- Objectionable jokes, sexual advances
- Max: 4 days
- Full on cybering in chat. Includes explicit and detailed explanation of what the person is doing to the other person.
- *humps random person* and the like do not fall under full on cybering.
- no other chat links: (mostly applies to people who haven’t been here before, you can be more lax with people who you know are here to talk)
- Min/Max: 1 week
- Note: Person gets 1 warning then ban. Second offence is permaban.
- Updates to mod code:
- Mods are expected to act professionally even in mod chat. If you will not be on to unban someone within a reasonable amount of time when they are supposed to be unbanned, please ask someone to unban for you. Do this in the mod chat so that if there are any disputes we have a record. Do not accept someone’s request to unban someone outside of modchat except under special circumstances (like one of you can’t get on skype.) In that case, do it in the main chat with a 3rd party willing to vouch that the request was made.
- Otherwise, do not unban anyone else’s ban.
- Thank you x3