THE RULES
1) This is the most important rule for these forums. Remember that your dialogue here corresponds to a real life interaction with the community of people who post here, and that you will likely see them in real life at some point, perhaps soon. Post accordingly.
2) Do not discuss specific questions and answers from tournaments that will be running at other sites at later dates in any thread. To clarify, "discussing" questions involves posting anything on this board that will give players at future iterations of the tournament an unfair advantage over someone who has not read your post. It is the responsibility of each individual poster to make sure that a set is clear before discussing it. If you aren't sure, don't post.
3) Your posts must follow the basic rules of logical argumentation. This notably prevents you from posting "you're wrong" without providing a reason for your claim.
4) Your posts must follow the basic rules of polite conversation. Especially, do not utilize ad hominem attacks in your posts. When you're posting to disagree with someone, make sure someone hasn't already made the same post that you're intending to post.
5) Moderating decisions are not up for public discussion on this message board. However, you're more than welcome to e-mail me about them, and I'll attempt to respond punctually.
6) Post using reasonable spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
7) Don't post any personal information (in this context, that means phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and the like) about other people that they have not already made public.
8) Don’t be an idiot and use these forums in a way that will cause me to ban you out of necessity. Especially, do not discuss doing anything illegal. Similarly, don't threaten spurious lawsuits.
9) If you are not a moderator or an administrator, do not tell anyone how to post on these message boards. Do not publicly call them out on breaking the rules and do not tell them not to disagree with you. If you do not like someone's tone, it's permissible to tell them that you don't like it, but you cannot tell them not to post that way in the future.
10) Edits are currently enabled on the board, but they may not always be enabled. Do not under any circumstances edit your post to change its meaning or the meaning of a subsequent post that responds to it.
11) You must enable a signature which contains at least your first name and relevant affiliation.
12) This rule does not apply in the college section. No profanity is allowed.