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Forum Rules
DIR By: Joe
Date: August 31, 2012, 2:09 am
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[center]Deep Forums Community Rules
GENERAL BOARD-WIDE
1.1 Deep-Forums website is aimed toward a general audience.
Explicit and vulgar language, drug talk, nudity, pornography and
so forth is not allowed.
1.2 Do not mini-mod. We would like to encourage and thank our
members to use the Report button, without adding their own
criticism. Examples of this include - "Lock this thread!", "warn
this user", "ban this user", etc...
1.3 All publicly displayed messages are only limited to English.
This includes posts, titles, signatures, profiles, and other
forms of public display unless told otherwise by a staff member.
1.4 When posting a new topic; please do not name the topic title
as something similar to "HELP ME" - Instead, a better topic
would be "Help me with Modding My Gamertag" - It looks better,
and more people will respond to it that way.
1.5 Signatures must not contain anything illegal, explicit,
contain nudity, or contain porn. The same rule applies for
avatars and banners.
1.6 Do not create a new thread on a topic that is currently
already in discussion. Regardless of if you "feel" you deserve
to have your own thread, the existing thread should be used
unless an Admin or Mod instructs otherwise.
1.7 The Deep Forums website's Staff reserve the right to lock
and/or delete any posts or threads which they deem irrelevant or
frivolous at their own discretion.
1.8 Please use the SEARCH feature of the forums before posting
threads that address errors, problems, questions, and almost
ANYTHING. Chances are someone has already asked the same
question and received an answer. Please search before starting a
new thread.
1.9 Impersonating Staff members is not allowed and you will be
perma-banned from the site immediately. This includes telling
others you are staff or having staff badges as your
avatar/signature.
1.10 Do not ask for/sell/trade reputation or thanks. Do not
ask/beg for reputation or thanks for any reason. Doing so will
result in a warning and possibly a few day ban. Griping about
reputation or thanks will not be tolerated, and will result in a
warning/ban as well.
1.11 Do NOT ask for YouTube subscriptions, there is a
Sub-for-Sub topic in Youtube Famous, or just click here
1.12 Posting of Private Messages will not be tolerated. It
violates the rights of the user in question. Private messages
are to remain just that, private. This rule applies board-wide
unless stated otherwise by a staff member.
1.13 Providing a download for any file which is designed to harm
or disrupt a computer, network, or any other electronic entity
will result in an instant ban from the site. Examples of these
malicious files include, but are not limited to: Viruses,
Network stressing tools (host booters, botnets, etc), worms, and
IP grabbers.
1.14 Posting of information related to warnings you have
received will not be tolerated. They are for you only and no one
else to see. This rule applies site-wide unless stated otherwise
by a staff member.
1.15 Referral sites - Any referral site is to not be discussed
on Deep. Failure to abide to this rules will result in a
warning, and a ban.
1.16 Multiple Accounts - A single person is allowed ONE account,
there is no need for someone to have more one account for this
website. If we find you have multiple accounts and IF none are
banned we will ban all but the main account for you. If we find
you have multiple accounts and any of them are banned then all
accounts related to the main user will be permanently banned
from this website.
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SPAM AND ADVERTISING
2.1 We do not tolerate spam. In short, do not post small or
useless posts that are not relevant to the topic being
discussed.
2.2 Do not PM a moderator or admin numerous times saying the
same thing to try and speed up an answer/problem. We receive the
PM's you get. There is no need to keep sending it.
2.3 Forum sigs are to be used respectfully, Deep Forums already
has to display ads to cover the running costs, so don't annoy
our members by making your sig into your personal ad revenue
opportunity. (ie: advertising and/or reference/affiliate codes
in your sig is prohibited).
2.4 Advertising on Deep Forums is strictly prohibited.
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OFFENSIVE POSTS
3.1 Do not post offensive, abusive, obscene, hateful,
discriminating, or harmful posts.
3.2 ABSOLUTELY NO Cursing or Swear Words, this includes
bypassing the swear filter with symbols or forum bbcode.
3.3 Follow basic netiquette rules. For example, DO NOT ever type
in ALL CAPS. This applies to both topic titles and the post
messages, as this is considered yelling.
3.4 Never under any circumstances post personal information of
another user, pictures, or any other material without person's
consent.
3.5 After 2 Warnings - All warnings will be "tracked". This is
to keep troublemakers from not getting the 'penalty' for their
actions.
3.6 All warnings/bans given by the Deep Forums website's Staff
are final. Deep Forums website's staff members reserve the right
to ignore any requests to modify a warning/ban.
3.7 If you are a long standing member, act like one; lead by
example and assist other newer users rather than attacking them.
We look upon our veteran users to use this opportunity to teach
the newer users the appropriate way to conduct themselves in
this community.
3.8 Personal attacks such as instigating "flame bait", verbal
abuse, mocking or sexist remarks of members in posts are not
tolerated at Deep Forums. Such posts will be deleted on sight or
moderated accordingly.
3.9 Members that reply to posts simply to instigate argument
will be dealt with and shown no mercy.
3.10 Posts in a particular forum need to stay on topic.
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HOW TO POST
4.1 Use descriptive subject lines & research your post. This
reduces the chances of double-posting and it also makes it
easier for people to see what they do or don't want to read.
4.2 Keep the focus. Each board has a focus on a certain topic.
Questions outside the scope of a certain board will either be
moved to the appropriate board, locked, or simply be deleted.
Please post your topic in the most appropriate board. Users that
post in the wrong board will be warned. Continuing these actions
will result in a banned.
4.3 DO NOT bump your topics. Doing so causes unnecessary clutter
to the forum.
4.4 If you post a one-lined message such as "lol", "+1", etc...
it is classified as SPAM and will be removed. Multiple offenses
can result in your posts being deleted or a complete loss of
posting rights.
4.5 Do NOT report your OWN post(s) for any reason.
4.6 The issue of gravedigging has started to arise again within
the forums. For those that do not know, Gravedigging is when you
post on a topic which is over 30 days old to make it popular
again. Gravedigging will now result in a 2 day ban minimum.
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RESPECT THE AUTHORITY OF STAFF
5.1 Public discussions of staff actions are not allowed on the
forum. It is also prohibited to protest staff actions in titles,
avatars, signatures, and the chat box. If you do not like
something that a staff member said/did, DO NOT discuss this in
the forums. If necessary, PM or email the staff member and try
your best to resolve the problem or difference in a private
manner.
5.2 Staff has final say in any dispute. Moderators instilled
with special privileges due to the trustworthiness and
dedication they show to the site. All staff have the right to,
without question, violate any rule herein they deem necessary
for the benefit of the site. Site Administration reserves the
right to grant the same privilege under extenuating
circumstances to certain users. Staff have supreme authority,
and as such, all grievances are to be directed to Site
Administration. Any user found disregarding this is subject to
account termination.
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REPORTING ABUSE
6.1 If you have a complaint about another member, problems with
other members, etc., please try to resolve the problem in a
personal message. If necessary, address an admin or moderator by
reporting their post.
6.2 If you believe an individual is repeatedly breaking the
rules, please report to one of Moderators. Repeating offenders
will be banned from the forum, and further action may be taken
against them.
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BANNED MEMBERS
7.1 Any Regular member will always have priority over banned
members, because banned members got banned for a reason. It's
their own fault.
7.2 Banned members will be blocked from all IM services and
every page on Deep Forums. E-mail(s) sent from the banned user
to staff members will be ignored until the ban is lifted.
7.3 Deep Forums website's staff members are not required to
notify why the user was banned, though we most likely will do
so.
7.4 Should you be disciplined with a restriction or ban, you are
not allowed to open a new account to obtain freedom to post.
Restrictions and bans are given for a reason, and usurping that
ability by re-registering is not tolerated. If another account
is opened, that account will be banned immediately, and the
original account will be further penalized.
7.5 It is not our problem if it is your brother, cousin, best
friend, mom, dad, girlfriend, boyfriend, or kitten that got your
account banned. If it turns out that your account is suffering
from their wrongdoing, that is an issue you'll have to take up
with them. Your account will not receive any reduction in
suspension.
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AVATARS, SIGNATURES, AND BANNERS
8.1 Absolutely no nudity or offensive material in your avatar,
banner, or signature will be permitted.
8.2 No commercial, business and/or website
promotion/advertisement in your avatar, banner, or signature
will be permitted.
8.3 Be wary when hotlinking to images. If you hotlink to an
image on a site with malware, it gives other users an error
whenever they view a thread you post in. If a staff member sees
this, we can and will reset your avatar (and you may lose
avatar/banner/signature privileges respectively).
8.4 "Army" graphics are permitted, however, any post in the
forums regarding an "Army" will be deleted promptly and the
poster will be issued a warning. It causes un-needed conflict
and stupidity between members, and will not be tolerated.
8.5 You may not display a site badge within your avatar,
signature or banner if you have not been awarded it.
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CONTENT AND LEGAL ISSUES
9.1 Although we would all like to post and leech off of
shareware and illegal files such as an exploit, we can't. NOBODY
is allowed to post any links or upload any files that are meant
to be purchased or have copyrights attached to them saying the
file(s) cannot be distributed freely. If we see any posts or
chat discussions pertaining to the distribution of illegal
software and/or files, that content will be removed as soon as
possible and the user will receive a ban. The length of the ban
will be determined by Deep Forums website's staff and will vary
depending on the volume and type of content the software or
file(s) contained. Legal action may be taken by the copyright
holder at their discretion, though this is an issue of the End
User. Deep Forums holds no liability for the actions or opinions
of its users.
9.2 NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreements) are signed, in most cases,
after applying for testing of products/hardware/software.
Posting of content violating these NDAs will not be tolerated
under any circumstances. Any user found posting such content
will be promptly dealt with, and reported to the copyright
holders. Any legal action taken regarding these situations is
solely placed on the End User. Deep Forums does not condone such
activity, and holds no liability for such actions.
9.3 Social Engineering - Do not post HOW to defraud companies or
other entities on the site. This includes telling lies to
customer support for example in order to get free items under
the guise of deceit. This is dishonest behavior and it will NOT
be tolerated on this website.
9.4 Fraud - Do not post ANYTHING related to the act of or
offering to commit fraud in ANY way, shape, or form.
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If you happen to violate any of the rules posted above, the
following punishments against you may be undertaken:
- Edit or removal of post(s)
- Edit or reset of reputation
- Removal of privileges
- The locking or deletion of topics
- Temporary/Permanent ban at staff discretion
- Edit of signature or avatar if in violation of rules
- Increase of the Warning Level
- Removal of offender's posting rights
- Suspension of the offender's user account
- Deactivation/Deletion of the offender's user account
- Restriction of an IP/IP range
- Other punishments felt necessary by the Administrators
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