can all mods please read and comment on the updated forum rules, re edited by Dhyran and myself.
if you have anything you think should be added, or changed please comment
thanks
Nick
Gaijin Forum Guidelines:
Gaijin Entertainment forums are a place where people can interact and have discussions about several different topics.
However, we ask that follow these guidelines to ensure that the forums have some productive conversation.
These rules and guidelines are enforced by administrators and moderators, and at their discretion, may delete posts without
warning that do not comply with the forum guidelines
Forum help and advice structure:
Officer: An officer is a moderator of the forums, and they should be contacted first if you have a complaint or require game assistance, or general forum help.
Officers are selected members of the community who have extensive knowledge of the game, and are willing to help you solve your problems, any issue that an
Officer can not deal with, will be escalated to the Global Moderator.
Global Moderator: A Global Moderator, is the most senior Moderator on the forums, they will help solve issue that have been escalated by an Officer, or deal with more complex
issues, that an Officer can not deal with. Global Moderators will escalate an issue to an Administrator if he/she feels it is necessary
Administrator : An Administrator is the highest level of control on the entire forums, and must not be contacted directly, unless you have been specifically requested to do so by_,_
an Officer, Global Moderator or another Administrator.
Registered User requirements:
It is the responsibility of all registered users to Gaijin Entertainment forums to read and understand the following Terms and conditions, Privacy Policy and Eula, failure to comply may result in your forum usage and access being suspended or terminated.
Forum Punishment Guidelines:
The Administrator, Global Moderator or forum Officers, decide on a punishment level for the violation of any of the Forum Rules_. These range from simple forum warnings, being Suspended, temporary bans, permanent bans. Punishments may include removal of earned ranks, Reputation and possibly extending to in-game warnings and suspensions_
Forum Rules:
Do not:
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insult members or forum staff
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start or participate in flame wars
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post personally identifiable information (i.e. name, address, phone number, etc. ) in the forum’s public spaces
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derail a topic with off topic discussions - start a new topic in the apporiate section
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reanimate (bump) topics without good reason
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start the same topic in various sections of the forum unless you have a good reason
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engage in moderating unless you’re entitled to it - use the reporting function to report rules violations
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use multiple accounts on this forum - if you want to start a new one ask the adminstrator to delete the old one first
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share your account with anyone else - every user has to have their own account
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spam
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use links in your signature which lead to objectionable content and/or to unrelated commercial sites
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openly argue with a site’s moderator or adminstrator or complain about their actions - send a Private Message
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publicly post Private Message content without the expressed permission of the sender
Strictly Off Limits Topics and Discussions, including posting links:
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Porn and other socially unsuitable and objectionable content
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Piracy and willful copyright infringements
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Cheating or Hacking guides
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any kind of serious threats or harassment
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Racism and any form of discrimination
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Swearing, cursing and use of foul language
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Promotion of criminal activities, drugs and abusive use of alcohol
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any form of political or religious discussions suitable to cause dissent
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for all of the above, this even applies to jokes
Crime and Punishment:
Think about, your access to these forums and voice chat ingame is a “privilege,” and not a “right.”
Repeated foul Language
I) All kind of insults and bad language are counted! All kind of short forms also, no exceptions!
1st Warning : just warned, no action
2nd Warning: 24 hours forum posting restriction
3rd Warning: 7 days forum posting restriction
4th Warning 30 days forum posting restriction
5th Warning Constantly banned from forum
II) Spamming and trolling
This category includes:
- Excessively communicating the same phrase, similar phrases, or pure gibberish
- Creating threads for the sole purpose of causing unrest on the forums
- Creating threads for purpose of reporting or discussing in game violations. Such incidences are to be directed to officers and Global Moderators
- Making non-constructive posts, or posts with non-constructive topics
- Numbering a thread, posting “First!”, “IN”, “IBTL” (“in before thread lock”) or any other bad statements
- Causing disturbances in forum threads, such as picking fights, making off topic posts that ruin the thread, insulting other posters
- Abusing the “Reported Post” feature by sending false alarms or nonsensical messages
Leads into 7 Days forum suspension, in a repeated case 30 Days forum suspension
III) Any form of political or religious discussions suitable to cause dissent
- Massive insult to members or forum staff
- Trolling and constant member/squad Bashing or starting and participants in flame wars
- Using multiple accounts to cause trouble on this forum - if you want to start a new one ask the adminstrator to delete the old one first
- share your account with anyone else - every user has to have their own account
- spam
- publicly post Private Message content without the expressed permission of the sender
Leads into 14 Days forum suspension, in a repeated case 60 Days forum suspension
IV) Strictly Off Limits Topics and Discussions, including posting links:
- Religious, Sexually Explicit or Political foul language and postings
- Porn and other socially unsuitable and objectionable content
- Piracy and willful copyright infringements
- Cheating or Hacking guides
- Racism and any form of discrimination
Leads into 60 Days forum suspension, in a repeated case a constant forum Ban
Breaking the rules can lead to sanctions entirely at the discretion of the forum’s moderators and adminstrators.
Gaijin Entertainment reserve the right to terminate an account without notice.
Gaijin Entertainment Forum Team