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Advertising Websites
Advertising websites is prohibited in posts and new threads. Anyone who makes a post JUST to advertise a website will have that website URL banned from StupidCelebrities Forums. (To clarify, if the URL to the site is not needed and you can post the contents, don't try to force users to go to that URL.) This means that everytime you post or try to link to that website (in a post or signature), it will appear as an asterisk.
If a website is blocked from StupidCelebrities Forums (as described above), you may not try to place an image or text linking to the website, and your banner or avatar may not include the URL to that website. Any user trying to bypass our system will be banned.
This not only applies to threads and posts, but to 'Private Messages' (PMs) as well. If you PM a user or many users, and an admin is informed somehow, you will be banned. An administrator may read a PM if he feels it is against this rule, or the receiver feels the admin should read the PM contents.
Spam
Spam is classified in a number of ways. It can be:
Useless posts
Reviving a dead topic (You may bring back a old topic if it is relevant to 2008 and at least interesting for other users, dont bump just to bump. Use proper discretion please)
A reply agreeing with someone, yet posting no actual opinion
A post that breaks a rule
Those are some common spam posts. Don't start a new thread asking a question you could easily find by yourself. Don't start new threads asking others their opinion when you don't answer it yourself. Don't make new threads posting a news story (this especially goes for the wrestling and sports forums) and then having no opinion on it -- why post something you don't actually care about? You should also give a source NAME, but not necessarily a link.
Posting News
No more major copy and pasting. You may do it twice in 24 hours. Please READ the article. If you cant take the major parts from an article and create your own thought out post, then PLEASE dont post it. This is called double content and the site gets penalized for it in search engines.
Also, if you do copy and paste some news PLEASE PLEASE put it in quotes, with a source :ie tmz.com not www.tmz.com and your own thoughts below. This is easily the owners biggest pet peeve
NOTE: Any of the above type of posts may result in warning points. More on that below.
Double Posting
A double post is what it means: a user has posted twice in a row. To avoid this, use the edit button. Right now, if you make a double post within an HOUR (60 minutes...) the post will automatically be edited for you. Thus, if you make a reply and no one else replies for 61 minutes and you return and want to add something to your previous post, you MUST edit it as it is past the hour. Remember that -- double posting is a form of spamming (see Spamming above).
NOTE: Double posting will likely result in warning points.
We at the CF are pretty lenient on this rule especially in live discussions. please dont feel you will be banned if you do it from time to time. This is at admin discretion, but we arent evil about it.
Flaming
A "flame" is when you insult someone. Here at WrestlingCliqur Forums we try to have a community where you can freely express your views without too much moderation, but at the same time we do not want your views if it can offend another member. Thus, if you flame someone outside of the Rant forum, you are risking being banned. Now, we do not read EVERY single post on the forum, but we try. If a flame is nothing to do with race, sexuality, family members, or threats (such as killing) chances are it's probably not a bad insult. Remember, try to keep all your "flames" in the Rants forum.
Insulting staff
Insulting a staff member may result in a ban. Some staff members do not care if you insult him or her, but others do, so don't try to insult a staff member because you don't know what the outcome will be. It's highly discouraged to insult anyone outside of the Rants forum, both members and staff. Remember this.
Any staff member has the right to edit any post he or she feels is inappropriate (against the rules, for instance). If a moderator edits your post and you feel that it was in no way "harmful" to anyone, you should contact an administrator. (More on that below.) If you disagree with this, you shouldn't have signed up (it's on the registration page, so if you didn't read it, that's your fault).
SECTION: User Options
Signature limits
You may NOT post links to other websites in your signature without approval of an administrator
Most people have signatures with an image or two. This is common, so there must be some rules regarding signature size:
Image width should not be more than 500 pixels
Image height should not be more than 400 pixels
If you have an image that is 500 x 400 (width times height, in pixels), you cannot have another image in your signature
If you have an image or images that have a total of 500 x 400 (width times height, in pixels), you cannot have any lines of text in your signature
You may have two or more signature images if the height of both does not exceed 400 pixels in height
Preferred (but not required) image size: 470 x 150
Maximum file size of any combination of images: 700,000 bytes
You cannot have more than 15 lines of text in your sig if you choose to use no images
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Signature text
Signatures and their content is shown after each of your posts, and therefore the text must not be offensive. Like posting, it cannot involve racism, sexism, or insults towards someone's sexuality. Vulgarity will be at admin's discretion. Try to not swear please.
The amount of text you are allowed to have in a signature is not by character limit, but by size. If your signature contains no images, you can use a maximum of 15 lines (example shown above). However, with an image or images, you cannot exceed the 400 pixels limit, including the lines of text your sig includes. Each line of text is about 16 pixels in height. (Example: You have two images that take up 300 pixels in height, you would not use more than 6 lines of text.)
Avatars
Registered users may have avatars up to 150 x 150 (width times height, in pixels) with a maximum size of 35,000 bytes. Avatars with nudity or offending content (racism, offensive towards religion, criminal behavior, etc.) will be removed. Be considerate of others.
SECTION: Advertisements
Advertisements
Advertisements are on StupidCelebrities Forums for one reason: to bring in money to cover costs for the server, hosting, forum software, and domain. With the revenue collected through these advertisements, it helps offset the expenses needed to run the forum and main site.
Advertisements Complaints
Too often there are complaints posted across various forums complaining about the advertisements, both pop-ups and banner ads or text, here on Stupid Celebrities Forums. As mentioned before, they are to maintain maintenance costs for the server, hosting, software, and domains. Before you make a thread complaining, you should try searching the forums for previous threads with complaints. Ads are easy to avoid, but we would naturally prefer you to keep them on. However, as a result of lack of participation, there are more pop-up ads. If people would actually click on ad banners, there would be less pop-ups and banner ads. Clicking on them from time to time REALLY helps us out (don't click 100 times in 1 day then not again for a month) Maybe just once or twice a day even.
[b]Mods' rights[/b[
Mods and or admins will close any Red X threads if they stumble apon them. Please dont contact someone everytime you find one. It happens from time to time. PLEASE take advantage of our image hosting service located in the navbar
SECTION: Expected from the staff
Who is the current staff?
For a list of all administrators, super moderators, and moderators you can check out this page: Staff. What can staff do?
Administrators have the power to do anything -- see your IP address, IP ban, appoint moderators, make new forums, edit forums, edit threads, edit users, ban users, and a whole list of other things.
Super moderators are allowed to edit, move, lock, and delete threads, as well as seeing your IP address. Super mods can also ban users.
Moderators can only edit, move, lock, and delete threads in forums they moderate, as opposed to administrators and super moderators who have control of all forums. To see what moderator moderates what forum, you can look on the index page or check the Staff page mentioned above. Some mods, but not all, also have the power to ban.
[b]Warning points[/b[
One other thing staff can do is give out warning points. Warning points, which are shown below everyone's signature, are a way to keep track of offenses a user has done, such as spamming or insulting. Once a user has reached the limit of 30 warning points, the user is automatically banned. Warning points are NOT reduced without good reason. The best way to reduce warning points if you have them is to stop getting them. (Contact an admin to see what you did to deserve them if the PM from the mod is unclear.)
When should I contact a staff member? Who should I contact?
First off, there should be a legitimate reason to contact a staff member (if it is board-related). If a moderator or admin locks your topic and the explanation in the post is not clear, you are permitted to PM him or her and ask why. Do not try to debate too much, though, as most threads are locked for a reason.
If you need help with your account, contact an ADMIN. Usually, the best admin to contact is Dan, but if you think the problem is trivial contact any admin online. If your account password has been forgotten and you cannot login, please click the Contact Us button (or alternatively e-mail me at Administrator Email) and I will fix your account.
What if staff abuses their rights/powers?
If you feel a staff member has abused his or her powers, you should contact Administrator via PM. You can PM me by clicking here.
Staff who are cut
Staff members are chosen by administrators. In most cases, no reason is given as to why they were made moderator. For that same reason, a moderator may be cut from the staff for whatever reason an admin wants, and there does not have to be a reason. If the admin WANTS to give a reason, he may do so, but it is not required. If you think this is unfair, you are not forced to be a moderator, and thus if you are ever offered a spot, do not accept.
That just about covers all the rules. Rules are likely to change, but chances are if they are changed, an announcement will be made. If you feel something should be added to these rules, please PM what you think to Administrator.
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