Forum Rules (Updated 11/4/11) Please Read!

[Onlybucs Staff]

Forum Rules

ADULT-RATED CONTENT
Please keep references appropriate to a PG-13 audience. This Forum is a family-friendly posting environment. Do not post links to adult-rated sites.

ALTERING POSTER NAMES, NAME CALLING
Altering the names of fellow posters is considered to be an example of name calling which is prohibited.

BAITING
Baiting, from Dictionary.com is defined as follows: To attack or torment, especially with persistent insults, criticism, or ridicule. Posters who consistently reply to posts of another Forum member with criticism MAY be judged to be baiting.

CIRCUMVENTING SUSPENSIONS/MULTIPLE IDENTITIES
Posters cannot switch posting identities to circumvent a suspension. This action will lead to a suspension for all identities known to be associated with the poster. Posters can not have two active accounts at the same time. That will also lead to a suspension for both accounts

COPYRIGHT LAWS
Do not plagiarize or otherwise infringe on copyright laws with your posts.

HATE SPEECH
Keep criticisms regarding religion, race, sexual orientation, etc. off the Forum.

INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE
This Forum uses bad word filters. It is against the rules of this Forum to circumvent their intent by any means. Please use @#$% to mask language. This is a family oriented forum for people of all ages.

PERSONAL ATTACKS
Please disagree in a manner that is not disagreeable. Criticism of the post is fine: criticism of the poster disrupts the friendly atmosphere of this Forum.

REPETITIVE POSTING MAY BE SEEN AS BAITING
Posters who keep posting the same message MAY be warned if their message leads to Flame Wars. The poster will first be warned informally.

SIGNATURES MUST BE POSTER-FRIENDLY
Because they are included at the bottom of everything you have posted, sigs are held to a high standard. Do not quote, paraphrase, or refer to a fellow poster without their posted permission.

THREATS
Threats to any poster will not be tolerated, and will result in the immediate suspension of the poster.

TROLLING
Anyone who makes controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic posts with the primary intent of provoking other users or otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion will be considered a troll and will have his/her account disabled immediately.

USE PROPER INTERNET GUIDELINES
Do not type in all caps all the time. One sentence to signify importance is fine, more than that is not and will lead to a suspension if it's continued.  

DO NOT PLAY MODERATOR
If you have a problem with what someone writes, report it and we will look into it.  If you do not like a certain poster, ignore them using the ignore feature.  DO NOT try to play board moderator- it WILL NOT be tolerated.


Failure to abide by the above guidelines will result in your posting privileges being suspended or revoked.

Thank you for your cooperation in helping to maintain the integrity of our forums.