Post by The Admin on Aug 7, 2010 0:45:16 GMT -6
Site Rules
Though we are on the internet we must follow and abide by the same legal and ethical rules we have in our real, everyday life. I would like you to follow some guidelines I use in my everyday life; think of it as my acceptable use policy.
You're expected to be considerate, polite, and responsible while communicating on our site. Respect both the members and the managers. If you are having a problem with the site or another member please notify the managers immediately.
The following will NOT be tolerated on our site:
1. Breaking any rules.
2. Not following an order from the manager.
3. Being racist, sexist, bashing any person, character, place, sexual orientation, religon, occupation, ect.
5. Starting fights and drama; if you don't like someone on the site just pretend they are not here.
6. Handling a problem on your own; please notify a manager.
7. Stealing from our site or another site will get you ban.
8. Interrupting a roleplaying with links to other sites.
Roleplaying Rules
These rules only apply to posting. So, only in the catergories tilted 'Longterm Plots', 'Around Sunnyhell', 'Out Of Town', and 'Out Of The Country'.
Each post must have two 100x100 high quality icons.
250 word minimum.
Any 'mature' content must be done via pm.
Keep anything on the site PG-13.
No god-moding.
Characters have to ask permission before a major event such as becoming pregnant, dying, killing, being turned, ect.
No OOC fighting.
Signatures may not be bigger then 500x300.
Copyright
Copyrights protect the expression of ideas. It's important to know that almost every piece of such work is copyrighted as soon as it's created; even if the copyright symbol is not displayed.
The Copyright Law: only the owners of an original work has the right to reproduce, perform, display, transform, or distribute their work that must be tangible and creative.
It's really easy to copy someone else's hard work because finding picture and making graphics are hard. So is coming up with new ideas to keep a website fresh and alluring, but, did you know illegally reusing someone else's web content is called Copyright Infringement?
Copyright Infringement: happens when an individual reproduces someone else's copyrighted material without permission; this is clearly illegal.
If you decided to take something of mine, it's not only copyrighted... it's also Plagiarism.
Plagiarism: happens when you copy and present information or work as your own; even if you were not the person that wrote or created it. It's very copy and paste and also very dishonest.
Unless I freely give you permission to take a part of this site, my characters, my graphic, and/or my ideas... then DON'T TAKE THEM!
If I do give you permission please cite me and my site as the source of your information. Remember, "you must give credit where credit is due". I prefer the MLA style.
1. Author(s) - Name And Username.
2. Title of page.
3. Date of publications - Year Of ?.
4. URL - a link to the site.
5. Date you added this to your page.
Depending on what rule you broke varies the consquences you recieve. No matter what; three times you will be ban.
I Reserve The Right To Change/Add Rules As I See Fit.