Forum Rules (updated 18 August 2021)
Feb 28, 2017 20:02:00 GMT
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Post by jasonward on Feb 28, 2017 20:02:00 GMT
Whenever you are participating in this community, please keep in mind we want a fun, friendly and inviting atmosphere:
The moderation team have the right to delete or edit any posts if it becomes necessary. The moderation team also have the ability to suspend and/or ban any member who doesn't follow these rules. The moderation team have complete discretion over what is and is not acceptable on the forum. If you have an issue with any decision, you can contact any member of the moderation team.
These rules may be revised by the staff as needed.
Have fun and enjoy the forum!
- Respect. Refrain from making inflammatory or defamatory comments (including but not limited to: flaming, taunting, degrading comments, and general disrespect). Do not simply reject or belittle the opinion or advice given by others. If you don't agree with it and want to say so, say why - respectfully.
- Soap-boxing and campaigning. We are not a place for winning people over to your opinion.
- Disruptive Behaviour. Do not conduct yourself in such a way as to disrupt the orderly running of the forum.
- Controversial topics. Highly contentious discussions will not be allowed on the forum if they are offensive.
- No offensive posts. Do not post messages, images or links to content that is obscene, vulgar, pornographic, racist or likely to cause offence.
Explanation and expansion: We discuss many things, almost without limit, but don't tell us again and again and again and again, this is not a forum to convince people. Your posts should not generate lots of work for the moderators, consider if your posts are causing lots of heated reactions that this community may well not be the place to express your views, don't force the issue, move on. If you are the centre of controversies that repeatedly generate work for the moderation team you are likely to find yourself sanctioned. Bear in mind this forum is for those that love audio drama, other topics are welcome so long as they don't hinder the main purpose of this forum. Please use appropriate language when posting, excessive or gratuitous swearing won’t be tolerated.
- Spoiler tags. Not everyone likes to read spoilers. If you want to post spoilers, remember to use the spoiler tag. Threads can be created specifically for the posting of spoilers, these spoiler threads must contain the word (Spoilers) in the title.
- Copyright material. When posting images and links, please be aware of the copyright. Links to illegal downloads or descriptions on how to find or use illegal file-sharing sites (peer to peer, torrents, etc.) is strictly prohibited and any member found in breach may have their account summarily terminated. When quoting an external source, don't post an entire article, keep the quoted material small and post a link to the original.
- Advertising/Fundraising. Please do not start fundraising on the forum. Posts about crowdfunding taking place on established crowdfunding sites and related to the topics and interests we share here are okay in the appropriate section. If you are in doubt, ask a Moderator. Respect the privacy of others. Using the forum as a way to obtain email addresses, to solicit sales, donations, etc., is not allowed.
- Post counter, duplicate posts and placeholders. Don't create posts in such a way as to inflate your post count and don't deliberately make duplicate posts. Don't create threads on topics where you yourself have nothing to say, others can create the threads they need as they need without your help.
- One account. You are only allowed one account on the forums, if you are banned from the forum, you will not be allowed to re-register using a different user name.
- Warning Levels. These expire 1 year after they were given, however this is a manual process and if you want your warning level cleared or reduced, you should contact the moderators after that time. Contacting the moderators does not guarantee that warning levels will be cleared/reduced. Warning levels will be adjusted at moderators' discretion.
- Sharing News Articles/Items. When posting or talking about any news, the moderation team asks that everyone simply posts a link and short summary of what is posted, as that allows for others to visit the articles themselves and prevents breaking any copyright rules.
A "short summary" in this case means one or two paragraphs worth of information from or about the article. Please do not post the article in its entirety.
In cases in which a forum member wishes to quote extensively from an offsite article, or post an article in its entirety, it is requested that they contact the moderation team in advance of posting. The moderation team is more than happy to talk with members wishing to do so, so that everyone is on the same page about what is being posted. - Cross-Linking from Other Websites to the Divergent Universe Forum. Please be aware that links on other websites back to the Divergent Universe forum do not indicate our endorsement of, or cooperation with, those sites.
If you have your own website or forum and wish to link to us, please do so in an appropriate manner, including a clear statement that you are not officially associated with our forum, or link to us by including us on a resource page along with other fan resources. If you wish to speak to us further about cross-linking, please PM one or more of the moderators/admins.
If you arrived here by way of a link on another Doctor Who or fan-based website, welcome. We are happy to have you here.
Explanation and expansion: Respect, our rules are about respect. Respect of your fellow members, respect of the forum and its main aims and respect for the time and effort the unpaid, voluntary moderation team puts into managing the forum and enforcing and monitoring the rules.
The moderation team have the right to delete or edit any posts if it becomes necessary. The moderation team also have the ability to suspend and/or ban any member who doesn't follow these rules. The moderation team have complete discretion over what is and is not acceptable on the forum. If you have an issue with any decision, you can contact any member of the moderation team.
Note: that we the moderation team, like you, are fans, and are giving our time for free. We work collectively, decisions take time to be arrived at, often several days, enforcement actions may well be taken several days after the infraction occured.
These rules may be revised by the staff as needed.
Have fun and enjoy the forum!
