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Mouse Maniac Rules and Guidelines
By: Zofia♥ Date: February 25, 2017, 7:09 pm
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1.) Disallowed Content - The following types of content are not
permitted on the forum. Posts including this content will be
edited or deleted. Depending on the nature of the content,
further action (warnings, account restrictions, and bans) may
follow.
A) Disrespectful / abusive behavior – hateful / derogatory
speech, name-calling
B) Foul language - including acronyms, self-censoring, and
alternate spellings
C) Inappropriate / controversial topics - sex, drugs, religion,
politics, etc.
D) Spam – duplicate threads, unhelpful / pointless posts, and
general “spamming”
E) Plagiarism – posting works (art, articles) without giving
credit and linking back to the original source
F) Off-topic posts - personal chatter / banter irrelevant to the
topic
G) Difficult-to-read posts - light colors, tiny font sizes,
excessive slang, non-standard English
F) Illegal content - file-sharing sites containing movies,
music, software, etc. that promote piracy
2) Breeding policy - Mouse Maniac does not support causal
breeding of mice or any other animal. No discussion or questions
about the practice of breeding are allowed on any part of the
forum. If your pet becomes pregnant accidentally, you may ask
for help and advice in the appropriate board.
3) Advertisements - No advertisement of for-profit product or
services permitted. Do not use the PM function, or forum in
general to advertise (this applies to for-profit and
not-for-profit). Links to not-for-profit websites, blogs, etc.
are permitted in signatures and profiles. Advertisements for
buying and selling animals are strictly forbidden - all
animal-related ads are for free adoptions only!
4) Graphic content – Do not share any pictures, videos, or
graphic descriptions of any type of abuse or harm on the forum.
Any such content will be removed.
-Animal abuse – No pictures, videos, or descriptions of animal
abuse allowed. This includes any post that "shames" someone for
abusive treatment of animals (links to Craigslist ads, ranting
about the neighbor, etc.). Regardless of the animal’s situation,
posting such content does not help at all, and only serves to
upset members.
-Sensitive topics – This rule also applies to self-harm, mental
illness, abuse, trauma, rape, suicide, and other sensitive
topics. Mentioning your struggles with these things is fine –
graphic, detailed descriptions are not.
5) Privacy concerns – Members under 18 years old are not
permitted to post any potentially identifying information on the
forum. This includes (but is not limited to) last names, phone
numbers, addresses, exact locations, personal email addresses,
school names, pictures of themselves, pictures of friends /
family, and pictures of the outside of their house. Members over
the age of 18 are also encouraged to guard their personal
information. Public package trade requests are not permitted. If
members choose to privately engage in package exchanges via PM,
they do so at their own risk, and the forum cannot be held
responsible.
6) Maintain account security – Members are allowed 1 account
only, and are responsible for all activity under that account.
Multiple accounts are not allowed, if we see you have more than
1, 1 of them will be deleted and the other will be issued with a
temporary ban. Members must maintain a secure password, and not
allow anyone else into their account.
7) Leave modding to the moderators and do not “member mod” – If
you see a member breaking a rule or you have concerns, report
and move on. Do not take forum rule issues into your own hands.
It is not member's’ responsibility to inform others that they
have broken rules. Similarly, it is not up to members to
“interrogate” others to see if they are breaking rules or intend
to.
8 ) Messaging - Please do not private message your general
animal care questions to moderators or members. Questions like
these should be posted on the forum so others can have access to
sharing and reading information.
9) Keep signatures small - Signatures and banners should be kept
fairly small to be considerate of those on small screens and
other devices. If your signature is considerably larger than
this, it may be deleted or you will be asked to re-size it.
10) No trolling. This should be gone without saying. Trolling
fits under the category of pretending not to know what type of
forum this is (MICE!), swearing, making inappropriate posts,
etc.
Acknowledgements: This page of easy-to-understand forum rules
and guidelines has been put together by Taxonomist and tbiM20 of
the Hamster Hideout Forum moderator team, all credit goes to
them.
This page will be updated from time to time, by Mouse Maniac
Administrators only.
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