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38 Fans Acceptable Use Policy

The Staff of 38 Fans expects that guests will act in accordance with the principals laid out in this document on these forums. As an fansite, we are a meeting place to exchange ideas in a relaxed and friendly environment and will police our forums in a manner that reflects that purpose. Generally we expect forum users to RESPECT each other and not participate in any of the behaviors noted below which are destructive to the well being of a fansite in our opinion.

• No profanity (meaning, if you even THINK it might be profanity, don't use it! No substitutions either!)
• No lewd or sexually suggestive comments
• No flaming (making personal attacks against another forum member)
• No trolling (intentionally posting inflammatory remarks to get a rise)
• No publishing of personal contact information
• No “bumping,” “spamming” or “cross-posting” (repeated posts)
• No advertising is allowed unless approved in advance (we do our own, thanks!)
• No ASCII character images in signatures.
• Please keep posts appropriate to the topic.
• Please do not post links to pornographic or inappropriate sites
• Please keep signature quotes to a reasonable length (1000 characters)

While we welcome open discussion, no “flaming” of any company, game or individual will be tolerated. Ideas and thoughts are welcome. Insults and disparaging remarks will not be tolerated. This does not mean you cant criticize a companies policies or an individuals ideas, just don't make it personal. We want to keep these forums limited to discussing concepts and ideas. For example, discussion of the pros and cons of “gold farming” is perfectly acceptable. Berating an individual for their opinion on "gold farming" is not.

If you see a post that appears to violate these rules, please click the "Report Bad Post" icon at the bottom left of the post to draw it to a moderators attention. DO NOT take matters into your own hands and/or tell the other user how they have violated the rules. If we cant see the violation, we cant uphold the rules and take appropriate action. If you have any questions or comments regarding the content or moderation of the forums, please contact Pirotess or any other Staff member by PM or e-mail.

Actions against violators of these guidelines:

• Clipping (posts will be edited/deleted by a moderator to remove inappropriate content)
• Moving (posts off topic will be moved to a more suitable forum for their topic)
• Warnings (email sent to repeat offenders)
• Restrictions (suspensions from areas of the board where violations are taking place)
• Banning (complete loss of Community membership privileges)

Moderators have been instructed to warn users the first time foul language is used in a post or personal insults at another user are thrown. The user will know they have been warned when they receive a private message from a 38 fans staff member detailing the post that was inappropriate and their post is edited by a staff member.

If a second infraction occurs it will result in a 3 day ban. If the user persists in using foul language and personal insults after the 3 day ban, they will be permanently banned by me and I love banning troublemakers.

Spam advertising and remarks that are considered racist or intolerant to any sexual orientations will be immediately banned forever. I probably wont even blink as I do it. We have a zero tolerance policy on all three actions as they are highly destructive to our community.

In short don't make us reprimand you, we'll win, trust us on that one.

Sincerely,
The 38 Fans staff