Post by KYD on Nov 13, 2009 15:49:23 GMT -5
UNLIMITED CYKO POSTING POLICY
Hey! Thanks for visiting our forums!
Below you’ll find our posting guidelines, which we have developed with the goal of making these boards a pleasant experience for everyone. Please read these along with our Terms and conditions, before you post, and thanks a lot! Also, remember that these guidelines change from time to time, so keep checking this post to see if new things have been posted.
Basically, all these guidelines come down to respect. If you respect the space here, your other posters, and the mods, you’ll have a much better time hanging out on our boards. It’s as simple as that. So with that in mind, read on.
#1 The Moderators:
The moderators of the Unlimited Cyko's forums are comprised of employees as well as a dedicated group of volunteers who help ensure that participation in our message boards are a fun and enjoyable experience for everyone who comes here. Moderators have the power to delete posts, lock, unlock, and move threads they also have the additional power to ban users as well as make changes to the actual code which runs the board. Moderators may PM you from time to time regarding your posts, and all their decisions are final. They should never EVER have to ask you what your password is!
#2 Inappropriate posts:
Unlimited-Cyko.com is used by people from a wide variety of ages from all over the world. Here's the deal, we tend to use a little course language in our books so we won't harp on about that, however (COMMA), racist or sexist remarks, will NOT be tolerated in any fashion. All images posted must abide by that rules and be at least work-safe, thus nudity or sexually explicit imagery, gore, discriminatory terms (including words attacking racial groups, nationalities, gender, or sexual preference), or anything else you wouldn’t want your Na-Na or boss to see you reading.
If you see an inappropriate post, you may flag it. Flagging posts causes them to become hidden until such time as a moderator can review them, so do not abuse flagging. Do not flag posts just because you disagree with its contents. Only flag if it breaks these posting guidelines.
#3 Impersonation:
You may not post in such a way as to imply you’re someone you are not (i.e. do not say you are Brandon Kleckley if you’re not Brandon Kleckley). You may not make a member name which mimics other people’s member names, no matter how creatively you do it. Do not say you’re someone you are not in a post or private message.
#4 Abuse:
Do not abuse other posters in any way, including but not limited to use of racial epithets, attacks on gender or sexual preferences, attacks on national origin, post spamming, saying nasty things about peoples’ mothers, or anything else that is intended to make people upset, cry, or gnash their teeth. Using private messaging for the purposes of abuse counts.
Posters who engage in abuse may be punished in a variety of ways including a complete ban from the boards.
#5 Bashing:
Do not bash people, companies, or characters. Bashing is somewhat subjective, but, essentially it means being excessively negative about a subject without giving reasons why. This does not mean that you aren’t allowed to have your own opinions, only that you must be cognizant about how you phrase them. If you dislike something, you absolutely can say so, but say it in a way that doesn’t mindlessly lash out at the subject of your ire. IE: “Jeremiah Cross sucks and everyone who likes him sucks and wets the bed,” is bashing, while “I haven’t enjoyed that comic since he got involved with that werewolf chick,” is not bashing.
#6 Illegal Downloads:
Do not post links to or instructions on how to obtain illegal downloads of anything (including music, movies, and yes, comic books). Talking about the morality and ethics of these is OK, but do not use UNLIMITED-CYKO.com our it's forums as a venue to facilitate illegal downloading.
#7 Off-topic posting, Spamming, raiding, and other disruptive behavior:
This is basically a catch-all category. Moderators and administrators can sanction posts and posters however they see fit in order to preserve the quality of discussion on our boards. Disruptive behavior includes (but is not limited to) spamming topics, board-raiding, and acting in a way intended to disrupt the normal discussions on our board or other boards.
-- Spamming is unwanted solicitations of any kind. Kind of like the spam e-mails you get, the knocks at the door with someone trying to sell you something, phone calls trying to sell you cable/satellite or anything unwanted. This includes inviting others to join another website. This is what your signature is intended for, it places the link on the forums and if others want to visit that site, then they will do of their own accord instead of “Come check out my website.” If you are not sure about it, please PM a Moderator and ask them if it is spam or not before posting it.
-- Raiding is when a poster posts in a thread and attempts to change the topic, repeatedly posts the same thing in one thread or numerous threads/forums.
-- Disruptive behavior are posts/threads that are created to disrupt the community in general. While posting opinions is one thing, it can be the subject itself that is disruptive.
#8 Emoticons:
Emoticons are there to be used, not abused. There is no need to post them constantly in one message or posting one per message consecutively in the same thread.
#9 Posting links:
Repeated posting of links, as in when a poster only posts links and nothing else thread after thread, is prohibited. This includes links to websites and/or images. This does not mean you can't post links, it is only the repeated posting in thread ofter thread instead of posting numerous links in one thread.
Hey! Thanks for visiting our forums!
Below you’ll find our posting guidelines, which we have developed with the goal of making these boards a pleasant experience for everyone. Please read these along with our Terms and conditions, before you post, and thanks a lot! Also, remember that these guidelines change from time to time, so keep checking this post to see if new things have been posted.
Basically, all these guidelines come down to respect. If you respect the space here, your other posters, and the mods, you’ll have a much better time hanging out on our boards. It’s as simple as that. So with that in mind, read on.
#1 The Moderators:
The moderators of the Unlimited Cyko's forums are comprised of employees as well as a dedicated group of volunteers who help ensure that participation in our message boards are a fun and enjoyable experience for everyone who comes here. Moderators have the power to delete posts, lock, unlock, and move threads they also have the additional power to ban users as well as make changes to the actual code which runs the board. Moderators may PM you from time to time regarding your posts, and all their decisions are final. They should never EVER have to ask you what your password is!
#2 Inappropriate posts:
Unlimited-Cyko.com is used by people from a wide variety of ages from all over the world. Here's the deal, we tend to use a little course language in our books so we won't harp on about that, however (COMMA), racist or sexist remarks, will NOT be tolerated in any fashion. All images posted must abide by that rules and be at least work-safe, thus nudity or sexually explicit imagery, gore, discriminatory terms (including words attacking racial groups, nationalities, gender, or sexual preference), or anything else you wouldn’t want your Na-Na or boss to see you reading.
If you see an inappropriate post, you may flag it. Flagging posts causes them to become hidden until such time as a moderator can review them, so do not abuse flagging. Do not flag posts just because you disagree with its contents. Only flag if it breaks these posting guidelines.
#3 Impersonation:
You may not post in such a way as to imply you’re someone you are not (i.e. do not say you are Brandon Kleckley if you’re not Brandon Kleckley). You may not make a member name which mimics other people’s member names, no matter how creatively you do it. Do not say you’re someone you are not in a post or private message.
#4 Abuse:
Do not abuse other posters in any way, including but not limited to use of racial epithets, attacks on gender or sexual preferences, attacks on national origin, post spamming, saying nasty things about peoples’ mothers, or anything else that is intended to make people upset, cry, or gnash their teeth. Using private messaging for the purposes of abuse counts.
Posters who engage in abuse may be punished in a variety of ways including a complete ban from the boards.
#5 Bashing:
Do not bash people, companies, or characters. Bashing is somewhat subjective, but, essentially it means being excessively negative about a subject without giving reasons why. This does not mean that you aren’t allowed to have your own opinions, only that you must be cognizant about how you phrase them. If you dislike something, you absolutely can say so, but say it in a way that doesn’t mindlessly lash out at the subject of your ire. IE: “Jeremiah Cross sucks and everyone who likes him sucks and wets the bed,” is bashing, while “I haven’t enjoyed that comic since he got involved with that werewolf chick,” is not bashing.
#6 Illegal Downloads:
Do not post links to or instructions on how to obtain illegal downloads of anything (including music, movies, and yes, comic books). Talking about the morality and ethics of these is OK, but do not use UNLIMITED-CYKO.com our it's forums as a venue to facilitate illegal downloading.
#7 Off-topic posting, Spamming, raiding, and other disruptive behavior:
This is basically a catch-all category. Moderators and administrators can sanction posts and posters however they see fit in order to preserve the quality of discussion on our boards. Disruptive behavior includes (but is not limited to) spamming topics, board-raiding, and acting in a way intended to disrupt the normal discussions on our board or other boards.
-- Spamming is unwanted solicitations of any kind. Kind of like the spam e-mails you get, the knocks at the door with someone trying to sell you something, phone calls trying to sell you cable/satellite or anything unwanted. This includes inviting others to join another website. This is what your signature is intended for, it places the link on the forums and if others want to visit that site, then they will do of their own accord instead of “Come check out my website.” If you are not sure about it, please PM a Moderator and ask them if it is spam or not before posting it.
-- Raiding is when a poster posts in a thread and attempts to change the topic, repeatedly posts the same thing in one thread or numerous threads/forums.
-- Disruptive behavior are posts/threads that are created to disrupt the community in general. While posting opinions is one thing, it can be the subject itself that is disruptive.
#8 Emoticons:
Emoticons are there to be used, not abused. There is no need to post them constantly in one message or posting one per message consecutively in the same thread.
#9 Posting links:
Repeated posting of links, as in when a poster only posts links and nothing else thread after thread, is prohibited. This includes links to websites and/or images. This does not mean you can't post links, it is only the repeated posting in thread ofter thread instead of posting numerous links in one thread.