Post by Temple Economics Society on Jul 23, 2007 14:12:25 GMT -5
Listed below are the Forum General Rules and Guidelines that must be adhered to, or else...
These measures have all been implemented to make sure that you have great stay! ;D
# List of Contents
Section 1: General Rules
Section 2: Copyright and source citing
Section 3: Signatures and Advertising
Section 4: Polls
Section 5: Attitude towards other members and/or staff
Section 6: Staff impersonation and support
Section 7: Warning levels
Section 8: Member ranks and custom titles
Section 9: Useful Links
# Section 1: General Rules
1. Don't post misleading subjects. Make the subject of your thread relevant to your topic. Anything else goes to "Off-Topic" in Miscellaneous. Expect "Off-Topic" threads to be dumped there.
2. Some boards and threads have specific rules that must be followed on-top of the General Rules and Guidelines.
3. Participants may not use the forums to post or transmit advertisements or commercial solicitations of any kind. This includes promotion of Pro-Board forums.
4. Do not reply to obvious spam threads. Spam is considered any thread that lacks any point of discussion or is inappropriate to be discussed at Temple Economics Society. If the first post should never have been made, then replies to it are considered as spam.
5. Do not post any 'I'm Bored' threads, there are plenty of other topics for you to post in, or maybe even consider reading a book, or catching up with the sun.
6. Do not create threads where the subject at hand is already being discussed. If you don't know if a thread has already been made, use the search bar!
7. No "word games" or any threads which result in many just 1 or 2 word replies at fast intervals.
8. TES Staff may lock a thread at any time for any reason. If the reason is not obvious, a justification post will be made to explain the action.
9. Do not post any material that may cause distress to others, this includes flashing images (triggers epilepsy), and 'Screamers' (images that suddenly change to a screaming face)
# Section 2: Copyright and source citing
1.Due to copyright issues and general confusion it is now advised that quoting large sections of someone else's work, news etc is not permitted here.
Please provide a link to the article and if need be a brief extract of that story.
2. Any thread that purports to be based on historical fact yet has no widely known information or has no credible sources will be considered spam and locked. This will mean that they are locked after a page or less of replies if there is no sources or credibility provided.
Example:
Quote:
Transocean and GlobalSantaFe agreed to merge to form an oil-drilling firm with a combined market capitalization of $48 billion.
Wall Street Journal Online
# Section 3: Signatures and Advertising
1. Personal banners and signature areas (in the event of text) are limited to a size of width 500 and height 250. Please follow this size and consider those with a smaller screen resolution when adding an image to your signature.
2. Logical size of the signature should not exceed 250KB.
3. When signing your post, please don't do it as a link, you have plenty of space in your signature area and in your profile for links.
4. Avatar size should be kept at 100x100 pixels and be kept under 50KB in logical size.
5. Please use a maximum text size of 4 in your signature area.
6. Out of consideration to those with epilepsy, flashing avatars and signatures are not allowed.
7. Do NOT post affiliate links here. They are unwelcome and you will receive a warning for posting them.
8. General advertising is not allowed anywhere on the forum.
# Section 4: Polls
1. Polls must have at least 2 choices.
2. When making your poll, be sure to promote discussion, to back up the choice they made (why did they choose that option).
3. The poll starter should post their choice and why.
4. Think carefully before posting the poll, do some research if needed (don't want to miss an option).
5. No Tournaments.
Any poll that does not follow the above guidelines will be locked.
# Section 5: Attitude towards other members and/or staff
1. Posts that belittle other members will not be tolerated.
If someone comes here and asks for help, please give them a sensible answer and point them in the right direction. Do not make fun of them solely because they are new. We were all new one day and we all might have needed help likewise.
2. If you cannot be civil when replying, please do not reply. This is a friendly community.
3. We do not appreciate members belittling derogatory terms that relate to anyone's ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, disabilities and anything else that may leave someone victimized by people who think they are better than everyone else.
4. Please do not try to convert anyone to your way of thinking whether it be your internet browser, religion preference or any other kind of preference or choice. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and should not be made to change theirs because you don't agree with it. If someone does ask for help with anything relating to 'their opinion', then either help them in a friendly way or ignore the thread/post.
# Section 6: Staff impersonation and support
1. At no point in time will a staff member ask you for your password. Administrators of Temple Economics Society have global access power and thus do not require your password to log in. The only password an administrator might ask you for is the original board password and that only in a Personal Message (PM) and only by an administrator (noted by a red name and red stars under the name, or namely Steven Frable, Anthoy Defusco and the Temple Economics Society itself.
# Section 7: Warning levels
There are 3 levels of warnings per member position currently in effect.
1. New members who haven't yet found the rules, they would usually be reminded of where the rules are, and which one applies.
2. Members with 50+ posts are members who should have found the rules for each board they post in, so would get a percentage on a warning bar.
3. Members with 200+ posts would be more established, so should know better, partly because of the rules, and partly because of their past record. These members would get a higher percentage warning.
The warning percentage is only visible to staff and the member. Other members cannot see your warning level, unless you have received a written warning for a bigger offense.
During your warning, you will be told of the consequences if a later offense is committed which could mean that you could be blocked for a while or even banned for life!
This is a fluid document. Expect changes.
These measures have all been implemented to make sure that you have great stay! ;D
# List of Contents
Section 1: General Rules
Section 2: Copyright and source citing
Section 3: Signatures and Advertising
Section 4: Polls
Section 5: Attitude towards other members and/or staff
Section 6: Staff impersonation and support
Section 7: Warning levels
Section 8: Member ranks and custom titles
Section 9: Useful Links
# Section 1: General Rules
1. Don't post misleading subjects. Make the subject of your thread relevant to your topic. Anything else goes to "Off-Topic" in Miscellaneous. Expect "Off-Topic" threads to be dumped there.
2. Some boards and threads have specific rules that must be followed on-top of the General Rules and Guidelines.
3. Participants may not use the forums to post or transmit advertisements or commercial solicitations of any kind. This includes promotion of Pro-Board forums.
4. Do not reply to obvious spam threads. Spam is considered any thread that lacks any point of discussion or is inappropriate to be discussed at Temple Economics Society. If the first post should never have been made, then replies to it are considered as spam.
5. Do not post any 'I'm Bored' threads, there are plenty of other topics for you to post in, or maybe even consider reading a book, or catching up with the sun.
6. Do not create threads where the subject at hand is already being discussed. If you don't know if a thread has already been made, use the search bar!
7. No "word games" or any threads which result in many just 1 or 2 word replies at fast intervals.
8. TES Staff may lock a thread at any time for any reason. If the reason is not obvious, a justification post will be made to explain the action.
9. Do not post any material that may cause distress to others, this includes flashing images (triggers epilepsy), and 'Screamers' (images that suddenly change to a screaming face)
# Section 2: Copyright and source citing
1.Due to copyright issues and general confusion it is now advised that quoting large sections of someone else's work, news etc is not permitted here.
Please provide a link to the article and if need be a brief extract of that story.
2. Any thread that purports to be based on historical fact yet has no widely known information or has no credible sources will be considered spam and locked. This will mean that they are locked after a page or less of replies if there is no sources or credibility provided.
Example:
Quote:
Transocean and GlobalSantaFe agreed to merge to form an oil-drilling firm with a combined market capitalization of $48 billion.
Wall Street Journal Online
# Section 3: Signatures and Advertising
1. Personal banners and signature areas (in the event of text) are limited to a size of width 500 and height 250. Please follow this size and consider those with a smaller screen resolution when adding an image to your signature.
2. Logical size of the signature should not exceed 250KB.
3. When signing your post, please don't do it as a link, you have plenty of space in your signature area and in your profile for links.
4. Avatar size should be kept at 100x100 pixels and be kept under 50KB in logical size.
5. Please use a maximum text size of 4 in your signature area.
6. Out of consideration to those with epilepsy, flashing avatars and signatures are not allowed.
7. Do NOT post affiliate links here. They are unwelcome and you will receive a warning for posting them.
8. General advertising is not allowed anywhere on the forum.
# Section 4: Polls
1. Polls must have at least 2 choices.
2. When making your poll, be sure to promote discussion, to back up the choice they made (why did they choose that option).
3. The poll starter should post their choice and why.
4. Think carefully before posting the poll, do some research if needed (don't want to miss an option).
5. No Tournaments.
Any poll that does not follow the above guidelines will be locked.
# Section 5: Attitude towards other members and/or staff
1. Posts that belittle other members will not be tolerated.
If someone comes here and asks for help, please give them a sensible answer and point them in the right direction. Do not make fun of them solely because they are new. We were all new one day and we all might have needed help likewise.
2. If you cannot be civil when replying, please do not reply. This is a friendly community.
3. We do not appreciate members belittling derogatory terms that relate to anyone's ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, disabilities and anything else that may leave someone victimized by people who think they are better than everyone else.
4. Please do not try to convert anyone to your way of thinking whether it be your internet browser, religion preference or any other kind of preference or choice. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and should not be made to change theirs because you don't agree with it. If someone does ask for help with anything relating to 'their opinion', then either help them in a friendly way or ignore the thread/post.
# Section 6: Staff impersonation and support
1. At no point in time will a staff member ask you for your password. Administrators of Temple Economics Society have global access power and thus do not require your password to log in. The only password an administrator might ask you for is the original board password and that only in a Personal Message (PM) and only by an administrator (noted by a red name and red stars under the name, or namely Steven Frable, Anthoy Defusco and the Temple Economics Society itself.
# Section 7: Warning levels
There are 3 levels of warnings per member position currently in effect.
1. New members who haven't yet found the rules, they would usually be reminded of where the rules are, and which one applies.
2. Members with 50+ posts are members who should have found the rules for each board they post in, so would get a percentage on a warning bar.
3. Members with 200+ posts would be more established, so should know better, partly because of the rules, and partly because of their past record. These members would get a higher percentage warning.
The warning percentage is only visible to staff and the member. Other members cannot see your warning level, unless you have received a written warning for a bigger offense.
During your warning, you will be told of the consequences if a later offense is committed which could mean that you could be blocked for a while or even banned for life!
This is a fluid document. Expect changes.