Forum - View topicTeh Rules
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tempest ANN Publisher & CEO Posts: 7701 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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Teh Rules are a work in progress. Discussion, disagreement, criticism, comments and suggestions are all permitted.
As for "Teh", it's a joke regarding a spelling mistake that I frequently make. I'm not the first person to post "Teh Rules", I claim no originality in naming them as such, it has been done before. The administrators of this forum hope to promote an environment of intelligent conversation, we would prefer to hear your thoughts or questions behind the meaning of a particular anime, not what anime character you'd like to date. Silly topics are acceptable from time to time, but if and when they become to prevalent the forum moderators have the right to close (lock) them even if they do not break any of the specific rules outlined here. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Above all else: Be Polite. 1) Discussion should be related to anime, anime news, Anime News Network, the forum topic, or in some way relevant to this website. Excessively off-topic ("OT") posts will be locked or deleted. 2) This forum is an English-language forum. All users are expected to have a working knowledge of proper English. We are not an IM chatroom; we expect proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. All conversation must be in English. If English is your Second Language, please say so in your first post. 3) Discussions should carry some measure of intelligence to them. Consider if what you are writing is relevant or important to others. If it does not contribute to the discussion, do not post it. Please post detailed answers to questions; lists and one-liners do not contribute. 4) Swearing is frowned upon. If you disagree with a poster, disagree respectfully, or do not disagree at all. 5) Signatures are disabled. Do not make "fake" signatures. 6) Do not excessively quote. If you are responding to a single idea, quote only that relevant part. 7) Abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-charged, dangerous or illegal material will be removed from the forum by moderators. Depending on the severity of the incident, your IP address may be retained or reported to law enforcement, as necessary. 8) Moderators have the right to lock, delete or modify any post at any time for any reason. If a thread is locked, that means the subject may NOT be brought up again. If you feel a thread should be locked, Private Message Christopher Macdonald (Tempest). 8b) No "Back Seat Moderating" - If you know a thread is going to be locked, do not post in it, posting in threads that are clearly going to be locked will be dealt with as "trolling " type behavior. Do not berate posters for breaking the rules, that is the job of the ANN moderators and admins. Please report the post and, if you think it is necessary, contact a moderator or admin. 9a) No Commerce outside of the Retail Forum! ANN's forums are not to be used to sell, buy or transfer goods or services. Users may not post their own commercial endeavors or link to commercial websites unless specifically requested by another poster. Personal websites may be linked as necessary, provided that it is requested or relevant to the discussion. Users who have been hired to advertise for specific items will be banned. 9b) Commerce is allowed in the Retail Forum! HOWEVER, commerce is limited to COMMERCIAL WEBSITES ONLY. Individuals seeking to sell DVDs are not permitted. Links to online auctions are not permitted. Websites that sell items in violation of Rule #10 will be removed and their URLs banned (see Rule #12). 10) Users may not request or link to bootlegs, fansubs, scanlations, active fan-translating groups, peer-to-peer networks, timed scripts, MP3s, unauthorized movie clips, or websites that house these groups or products. Links to and discussions about websites that provide authorized, legal downloads are permitted. 11) While the administrators and moderators of this forum will attempt to remove or edit any generally objectionable material as quickly as possible, it is impossible to review every message. Therefore you acknowledge that all posts made to these forums express the views and opinions of the author, not Anime News Network. Additionally, statements by Anime News Network staff on this forum are personal opinions and may not reflect the views of Anime News Network as a whole. 12) This forum has banned a number of URLs to known bootlegging websites. If a user posts an URL that displays as [This URL is a Known Bootlegging website], or a similar warning message, the user may not evade the censor. Users that evade the censor may be punished. 13) Use the search engine and read the site. This should be obvious, but people regularly ask questions that have recently been covered in other forum threads on in ANN's articles. So before asking a question, put the keywords into the ANN search engine and the forum search engine. Checking the Encyclopedia may be a good idea too! (depending on your question). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Privacy Statement] The information you enter during your registration is stored in a database. While this information will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent we cannot be held responsible for any hacking attempts that may lead to the data being compromised. If data entered is requested by law authorities, we will comply fully with their request. This forum system uses cookies to store information on your local computer. These cookies do not contain any information about you, they serve only to improve your viewing pleasure by saving your forum settings. Your email address is used only for confirming your registration details and password (and for sending new passwords should you forget your current one). Your IP address will be logged with each post but will only be viewable to administrators and moderators. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Concluding Statements: If you think something is unfair, private message Tempest and explain the situation. We will consider the complaint as fairly as we are capable of doing. Read the above rules carefully. If you break them soon after registering you will be banned. We tolerate mistakes, but we do not tolerate users not reading the rules. Last edited by tempest on Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:15 am; edited 24 times in total |
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tempest ANN Publisher & CEO Posts: 7701 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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New Rule added 2003-06-24:
Many people first come to our forum to ask questions on how or why... Please treat them with respect. Do not respond to questions from new visitors with sarcasm and/or hostility. While the answers may be obvious to you (because you're such a knowledgeable and intelligent person) they might not be quite so obvious to those that are less versed in the ways of Anime. Even if you think it's just common sense and that the questioner is lacking it, please be polite in your responses. If you are unable to provide a polite answer, then don't say anything at all. |
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tempest ANN Publisher & CEO Posts: 7701 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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New Rule:
3b) Some semblance of proper grammar (periods and capitals at a minimum) is required. If you're too lazy to properly type what you have to say, say it elsewhere. If English is not your first language, please make a note of this in your first couple(5) of posts, such that the admins & other forum dwellers do not mistakenly assume you are lazy. You will still be expected to try to write properly (within your ability). Modification: Discussion, disagreement, dissent, criticism, comments and suggestions are all permitted. "dissent" removed. Modification: Some formatting changed. Last edited by tempest on Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:40 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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cookie Old Regular Posts: 2449 Location: Central PA |
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The original rules may still be found here:
[These rules were rewritten on 12/10/2003] |
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cookie Old Regular Posts: 2449 Location: Central PA |
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Rules Clarification:
Rule 10 now includes MP3s, unauthorized movie clips, as there have been a rash of these requests lately. And, a mini-Editorial on the matter: In general, no file may be requested on ANN in any way (including via Private Message), unless that file has been specifically distributed BY the company owning it for purposes of internet propagation. [update 3/31] I've removed the bold tags and url links from the rules, because they were messing up the display for new users. |
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tempest ANN Publisher & CEO Posts: 7701 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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13) Use the search engine and read the site. This should be obvious, but people regularly ask questions that have recently been covered in other forum threads on in ANN's articles. So before asking a question, put the keywords into the ANN search engine and the forum search engine. Checking the Encyclopedia may be a good idea too! (depending on your question). | ||||
tempest ANN Publisher & CEO Posts: 7701 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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" Please post detailed answers to questions, lists do not contribute. "
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tempest ANN Publisher & CEO Posts: 7701 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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1) Our IRC "Chat" channel is meant to be a relaxed place, its not necessarry for conversations to be on topic, correct grammar and punctuation is not as necessarry as in the forum (but try to remain comprehensible please), quoting isn't necessary, and one liners are fine.
2) All other forum rules remain in effect in the IRC Chat Channel. 3) Colored text is frowned upon. Please stick to black, to reduce clutter. |
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tempest ANN Publisher & CEO Posts: 7701 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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Added the words "and one-liners" to rule #3.
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