Welcome to our community guidelines! Like most
places, we also have certain rules and guidelines we enforce concerning
our Guests or Members that use our community services.
This includes, but is not limited to; All Forums, Chat/Chat Server,
and/or the Communicator.
They ARE simple rules, so if you tell us you did not understand them,
then do not be surprised when we tell you how stupid you are. ;)
A staff member will warn you if you go too far. Either by email, or in
chat, or a post in the forums. Please take this warning seriously. We
do not like bothering with banning or revoking membership accounts. It
is a total waste of our time and a pain in the arse! We would rather you
come back and participate over and over again.
DO NOT SPAM OR POST UNSOLICITED ADVERTISING
No spam. No, we are not talking about
the canned "meat" substitute. No advertising. DO NOT post spam in our
forums or chat; or anywhere else that is considered spamming. It is
enough that our members get it in their email and have to deal with pop
up windows all over the internet. We repeat; we DO NOT want it here!
PLEASE, understand the difference between advertising and referencing.
If a user is talking about a topic or subject and refers a link to
another site for more information, that is not spamming. I'm sure we all
know the difference.
As to refering we're talking about website that helps with the your
discussion. So it's simple, especially if you just got here as a new user,
do not post a link to a website you are running or a part of. Do not
recommend sites with a simple, "Hey, check out this other RPG site".
This will set off warnings to the staff that you are a spammer. Use the
forum settings and enter the link to your website or just place a link in
your signature as long as it doesn't look like some commerical. That is
allowed.
ABSOLUTELY NO PORN AND ADULT MATERIAL (INCLUDING GRUESOME DEATH PICTURES)
No porn or adult material. Don't post nude pictures of Margaret Thatcher or anyone else for
that matter. If our members want porn, they know where to get it. We all
know that there is no shortage of porn on the internet.
Art is not included in this rule. How do you tell which is which? The
purpose of which the photo was taken. When in doubt, a staff member will
decide what is what.
Please don't post photos (of reality, not fantasy) of gruesome multilated
bodies/corpses. It's just disgusting and inappropriate for this site.
NO ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
Nothing illegal. Anything that is against
the law is not cool here. This includes, but not limited to, copyright
infringement, illegal substance, etc. You can talk about it, but do not use
our site(s) as an avenue for your Pimp Daddy activities. As per the Terms of
Service we WILL work with the proper authorities to have you prosecuted.
NO HARASSMENT OR THREATS
Messaging others privately is a great
way to get to know someone. But if a member or staff requests that you
do not contact them then NO means NO.
If you keep following someone around bugging them because you are
mentally unstable or if you keep bothering someone by messaging them,
leaving personal dirty secrets in public arenas, that is HARASSMENT.
It is undesirable crap we do not care to see on our site. Take your
personal vendetta's elsewhere. If you feel like slandering someone get
on Ophrah or Jerry Springer.
If you are being harassed, inform the person that you do not wish to be
contacted by them. Then to be safe, file a FORMAL complaint with us
by using the "CONTACT US"
form. This allows us to have a record of the complaint and have leverage to
handle any future complaints about said person.
This ONLY applies when you are using our community or any tools we
provide. Anything outside of the WGC is none of our business. We
do not want to hear about who's fault it is or any personal problems
you are having with the person. That is your business and none of
ours.
We DO care if someone is harassing you on our web site(s) and we will
investigate the problem which may lead us to just telling this person to
lay off or banning/revoking the person's account.
FALSE REPRESENTATION
DO NOT POSE AS A STAFF MEMBER. If you
are not sure if someone is a staff member that contacts you about
something, tell that person to hold off and use the
"CONTACT US" form and ask
if this person really is a staff member and await for a reply before
talking to that person again.
DO NOT BE AFRAID TO DO THIS. OUR STAFF IS TRAINED TO EXPECT THIS FROM
YOU IF YOU ARE UNSURE.
Also look at "HOW DO I KNOW WHO'S STAFF?" in these guidelines. If you find
someone posing as a staff member let us know! If we find you doing so,
you'll be out of here!
NOTE: STAFF MEMBERS OF THE WGC WILL NEVER ASK YOU FOR YOUR PASSWORD OR
YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER. UNLESS YOU ARE PURCHASING SOMETHING FROM OUR
WEB SITE OR CALLING TO ORDER SOMETHING, WE DO NOT ASK YOU FOR THAT STUFF.
Yes! We do want your comments and suggestions. You can always post them
in our "WGC Consortium Suggestions, Support & Discussions" forum in the Community
section or use the "CONTACT US" form to send us any suggestions
or comments you have about any of our features.
THEY WILL ALWAYS BE HEARD AND YOU WILL ALWAYS GET A REPLY ABOUT WHAT
WE THINK UNLESS YOU SEND US SOMETHING REALLY IDIOTIC; IN WHICH CASE WE
WILL JUST IGNORE YOU. (Trust us, we get some really stupid comments that
have nothing to do with anything)
The process is simple. First off, do not just "Tell a staff member" in
chat about a suggestion or comment. Do not email them. Most likely, the
staff member will forget to tell someone or it will get lost in the line of
communication somewhere. Our staff are usually very busy and they cover
more than one position most of the time. Using the "CONTACT US" form
or the forum will ensure someone will get to it.
Do not be discouraged if it seems we are not listening to you because
we ARE. If you do not get a reply on what we think about your idea,
contact a producer and let them know. We'll check it out. :)
Please remember this also. We may not like the idea because of certain
reasons and we will tell you why and sometimes we may like it but it
will take a while to implement it. We are quite busy putting out really
cool stuff for you. Try and be patient with us.
BE CIVIL
We're not asking for you to respect each other if
you don't. We are not asking you to play nice to everyone. We are, however, asking
you to keep your posts and replies civil towards each other. Express your views logically,
not as flames against others. It is OK and encouraged to add humor, but do not disguise
bullying with a smiley face. Flaming, name calling, trolling (comments intended only to
provoke arguments), spamming, etc. are all violations under the rules. If you can't keep
it civil then we rather have you go somewhere else.
If you just can't stand the person just IGNORE them. Go on to the next thread or
replies. If you can't ignore them then email them or PM or something. Don't pollute
our community with your bullshit.
Staff members manage the forums and make sure the discussions are running
smoothly. They are not BABY SITTERS. If you get into a "Flame War", they will
tell you to "Take it Outside". This means take it off of our forums. Fight
all you want but do it on your own time in email, private messages or
whatever tools you use to communicate.
We will not waste our time here. We'll give you a few warning and then that's
it. No if, and's or but's. We don't care who started it. If you are part of
the "flaming" you are part of the problem.
STAY ON TOPIC
Please stay on topic. If the forum is
for World Building, please don't talk about your foot fungus. Staying
on topic is important to keep the discussions going.
If the topic is compromised, the messages in question will be deleted
from the topic by the moderators judgement, not by the users. Plain and
simple.
SUPPORT AND QUESTIONS FORUM
Ask them in the "WGC Consortium Suggestions,
Support & Discussions" forum. Do not plague other forums with questions about
how to post or upload your avatar or any such questions. This will annoy other
members. It's ok to ask questions. Just do it in the forum specified.
If you are not staff and don't plan to help out by answering questions
in this forum then DO NOT REPLY. This is a safe zone. No matter
how small the question is.
QUALITY OF POSTS
Though our forums are used by different
people from different places in the world and from various age ranges, we
do expect a basic requirement of how to post on our message boards.
Not only do we try and keep the forums civil but we also want to take into
account of the quality of what's being posted on our boards. We do not
look kindly on those who degrade the quality of the forum. Do not post in
all caps. That is considered shouting and rude behavior. All lower case is
not any better either. Skip the l33t talk. Consider checking your spelling
and punctuation. Try to act and post intelligently.
No fluffing or whore posting. This means that we want well thought out
topics. Any topics that are started with simple one liners will be locked and
then deleted a couple of days later. To clarify, don't start posts that are
just simply for the sake of starting one or used to gain
member points. They will be locked and deleted and all points given in that
thread will be subtracted. If that seems to be a pattern with a certain
user we'll deduct even more points than was orignially subtracted. If it
continues, we prefer that you find some place else to frequent. Our members
here prefer quality over quantity. If your topic you started only relies on a
single line post, then try to back it up with your thoughts and facts and
opinions. General friendly chit chat is allowed ONLY in the Welcome Wagon
forum when a new member introduces themselves. This includes replying as well.
If you reply with a simple "Yeh, I agree." or "I like it too." it will be
considered and frowned upon as post whoring and will be deleted. This isn't
just isn't about HOW you post rather WHAT you post AND
HOW you do it.
Are there exceptions? Yes. It all depends on the Regulator that is handling
the topic in question. Sometimes, upon our judgement a member who has been
with us longer can be an exception. Regulators and staff are trained to know the
difference.
Job of Staff in the Forums
The job of the staff in the forums is to manage and moderate the forum/website, not tell
you how you should talk or post. You already know what the line is and
they will remind you of that if you step over it.
A staff member should never have a need to edit your post. If they do it
was probably because of something really bad yet does not warrant the
whole message to be deleted. They may MOVE it to another forum if the topic
is better suited for another forum.
They may delete it if it is simply inappropriate.
If a staff member is NOT sure about a topic or a message within a topic
they may move it to the message holding area while they get another
staff member to look at it to make a decision.
FORUMS
You can tell when someone is a staff member with power to moderate threads if they have a special badge at the left panel of the post, as below:
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