The Global Forum Rules

[Mark]

Global Forum Rules
Last Updated on the 14th March 2010 by Mark and Rose

My Notepad, as a law and ToS abiding forum, must set out some basic rules that apply to both posts and Private Messages.

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A: You must be 13 years of age to join the forum as or under 13 and have been approved to register by your parent/guardian who must email the administrator the COPPA registration forum that is available for download. If we discover that you are violating what is set out here, you will be permanently banned.

B: Terms of Service must be adhered to at all times. Anything violating this is a serious matter that will be dealt with severely.
This includes, but it not limited to:

• Spam and advertising in any boards excluding the boards that are for advertising.
• Racist or offensive remarks or slurs, or remarks/slurs directed at a certain member or group of members.
• Adult-orientated images, defined as not suitable for the younger generation of members.
• Images or text that are unsuitable for the forum.
• Posts solely in a language other than English, If you post in a different language please provide the translation failure to do so will get your post removed and a warning issued.
• Posts that promote illegal activities, mlm and/or pyramid schemes.
• Posts in violation of copyright.

C:
i. Swearing, insulting and cursing of any kind towards other members/staff is banned, and will not be tolerated.
ii. The word censor is in place for a reason, and you must not attempt to bypass it. This includes using spaces, other characters or any other methods that bypass the censor.
iii. Members must not deliberately start 'flame wars' or similar arguments or fights between members. This will be dealt with seriously.

D: Your attitude must be kept calm and friendly. No offensive remarks, or disrespect towards staff or other members will be tolerated.

E: You must keep to the rules that are explained in each board in addition to these basic rules which are in place forum wide.

F:
i. Your common sense must be remembered and used at all times when you are using the forum.
ii. This will not be accepted as an excuse for rule violations in any circumstances.

G: If these rules are broken in any way, please PM a member of higher staff (administrator or super moderator) with a link to the post, a quote of the post, and the member's user name. Under no account should these reports be posted, and under no account should you post to say that you have reported them.

H: All signatures must remain within 500 pixels in width and 300 pixels in height, for both members and staff. Those who violate this rule will first be sent a Private Message asking to keep to this limit. If this is ignored, the entire signature will be removed. Persistent offenders will receive warnings.

J: Private Messages (PMs) must keep to the rules set out above. Also, PMs sent to staff members must be for a good reason and must not be spam, We do accept friendly PM’s for instance if you want to chat we are here to help you and are not evil fire breathing dragons. Offenders will be warned and/or banned from using the system.

Warnings

A: By coming within the confines of My Notepad, you agree to abide by the rules set out above. Violations of the rules carry punishments.

B:
i. The forum is making use of the warning meters. Administrators and Super Moderators can update these depending on the severity of the rule violation. With each warning, we will PM you to explain the warning, if you do not receive a PM but want information regarding it please PM Mark.

ii. 25% on the warning meter will result in a warning being sent via PM.
50% on the warning meter will result in a one week ban.
75% on the warning meter will result in a one month ban.
100% on the warning meter will result in an immediate, permanent ban.

C: Once banned, members must not create new accounts without permission. These accounts will also be banned from the forum.

D: Warning meter percentages will be reduced by 10% every month as long as they have not been increased that month. Please PM a Super Moderator or Administrator for this to be carried out.

E: Warning levels are given at the member of staff's discretion. Arguing with a warning will result in the warning level rising.
ii. Warning levels are not to be discussed in threads under any circumstances, discussing your warning level can cause it to be increased.

F: Warning levels can be reduced at an administrator's discretion. Please do not PM an administrator asking for it to be reduced other than a reduction as set out in Section D.

G: Advertising through Personal Message (PM) is not allowed if we receive complaints about members advertising via PM you will receive a warning.

H: Please direct any queries towards an administrator of the forum. All reports of violations of these rules must be sent to an administrator or Super Moderator. Under no account may they be posted.

Staff Rules

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Moderators should not unlock a thread locked by a Super Moderator without consulting the Super Moderator 1st. If you disagree with the Super Moderator, only then can it be taken higher. All Staff that lock threads must provide a reason for locking a thread if the reason is not obvious.

If a thread is locked and the reason for locking is not obvious or no reason is provided the thread may then be unlocked by a moderator or administrator

Thank you for reading these global forum rules. Please ensure that they are adhered to at all times when browsing the forum.
My Notepad Staff

Section M+

*All threads made by the owner of the forum must be liked by all members of staff, failure to like the admins threads will result in instant dismissal.

Closing Statement : Enjoy MyNotepad!!!

*Playful rule not to be taken seriously.

A Copy of the rules is available for download in .docx format if you require them in any other format please PM Mark.

[Arinae]

Quote:*All threads made by the owner of the forum must me liked by all members of staff, failure to like the admins threads will result in instant dismissal

They must me liked? .

[Mark]

There is another * that states its a playful rule

[Arinae]

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I think you mean "must be liked," not "must me liked." I saw the star saying it was a playful rule.

[Mark]

Thats becoming a common problem for me now