Post by Admin on Aug 17, 2012 9:15:24 GMT
Main Rules
Everyone can talk about whatever, whenever, wherever they want as long as it’s accordance to the law of the country and on their own private domain. Shunyaru Haven, however, is not your private domain, and so free speech is somewhat limited. Do, please, understand this.
The creators, admin and moderators of Shunyaru Haven (the Shunyaru Haven administration, the administration) have the responsibility to maintain rules and the right to delete or edit posts that are inappropriate or breaking the rules.
Members are required to keep themselves updated on Shunyaru Haven’s rules. The administration are only required to send a public message about any updates if the rules gets a major change or are completely revised.
Etiquette
Do not spam, troll or flood the forums.
Members have the right to post as much as they want within boundaries. This means you are not allowed to flood the forums, post unrelated content in threads or send repeated Private Messages to other members without their consent.
Failure to follow this rule results in an instant ban.
Be not rude to other members.
Members are not allowed to be rude to any other member. Do not bully, fandom bash, flame, hate or in any way discriminate. These forums have different people with different interests, background and personalities and all of them are welcome and supposed to feel welcome. If you are unfairly treated, do not talk about it publicly.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning or ban.
Be not rude to the administration.
If a member feels unfairly treated or has a complaint by a staff member, do not talk about it publicly. The Shunyaru Haven administration is not being paid to do their job and is therefore not to be treated differently than other members.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning or ban.
Only the administration can reprimand other members.
Do not reprimand other members for their actions. The administration investigates and takes actions on case by case basis. Therefore the correct action is to Report suspicious actions or behaviour breaking the rules to admin or moderators by sending a private message and/or report post.
Age
Shunyaru Haven does not have an age requirement. But lying about your age is forbidden.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning or ban.
Language
English only.
The content of these forums are for everyone and so, English is the only language allowed here. Exceptions are titles of books, albums, songs, TV-shows, films and games as long as it is written in romanization. Translations can be provided too. Sending Private Messages in languages other than English is also allowed if the receiver understands the language the message is sent in.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning.
Do not swear or use harsh language.
Swearing or harsh language can be found offensive. We also allow all ages on the forums, which and therefore the language should be kept clean.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning.
Keep the language correct.
Do not write posts in CAPS, aLtErNaTiNg CaPs or l33t. Try to use capital letter on the first letter of the sentence and end it with a full-stop. Do not excessively use exclamation marks or question marks, which mean you are not to write !!!!!11!!11!11!one or ????????????????.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning.
Advertising
Advertisement is strictly forbidden. Posts or threads with advertisement will be edited or deleted.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning.
Images
Don’t add images bigger than 500 x 500 pixels in the tag and don’t add posts with only an image and nothing else.
Failure to follow this rule results in edit or deletion of post.
Accounts
Only one account.
Multiple accounts for each member are forbidden. If you wish to change you username, send a request in a Private Message to admin.
Multiple users of one account.
Several users aren’t allowed to use the same account, no matter what reason they might have.
Failure to follow these rules results in instant ban of all accounts involved.
Avatars and Signatures
No 18+ content.
Keep the avatars and signatures safe for work. Signatures are not allowed to link to 18+ sites.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning and edit of signature or avatar.
Signature images.
Signature images are allowed to be at most 200 pixels in height and 500 in width. Only at most two images are allowed in a signature.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning and edit of signature.
Posting
Do not post inappropriate content.
This includes:
Racist
Anti-homosexual
Military
Religious
Political
Adult content
Infringement of a person or group
Games, books, music, TV-shows and other sharable content dealing with these types of content are excepted from this rule.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning or ban.
No double threads.
Before posting, make sure to search.
Failure to follow this rule results in deletion of the newer thread.
No double posting.
Edit your post if you need to add an addition to your post, or wait till someone else has posted.
Exception: If 10 hours or more have passed.
Failure to follow this rule results in deletion of post. Repeated double posting results in a warning.
Post count spam.
There are sections of the forum that require a certain amount of posts. Posting all over the place only to reach the post requirement is forbidden.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning and post reset.
Linkage
In threads
Members are allowed to post on-topic links in posts, as long as the content in the link is not 18+.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning.
In signatures
Members are allowed to link to own websites, blogs or forums. No advertisement linkage is allowed.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning.
In the Download Section
Contributors are allowed to link to 18+ sites for shared 18+ content, but the page they link to have to be safe for work.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning and edit of post.
Inactivity
If your account is inactive for a month or more your posts will be put to zero, unless you tell in The Away Thread that you are away for a while.
If you say a certain amount of time of being away you will have that time on you to get back + a month. Meaning if you say you'll be away 2 months, you have an extra month on you to get back. Same if you state you'll be gone 5 weeks - there will be an additional month to those 5 weeks.
The month is based on calendar months; if your last activity was on the 10th of January, your inactivity month ends on February 10th.
If you have never posted on the forums, your account will be deleted after a month of inactivity. If you have posted, but you have been inactive, your account will be deleted a month after post reset date.
Warnings and Bans
Instant bans never expire.
Upon collecting three warnings, your account will be banned. Depending on why you are receiving a ban, it might expire.
Upon being temporarily banned four times, your fifth ban will never expire.
Everyone can talk about whatever, whenever, wherever they want as long as it’s accordance to the law of the country and on their own private domain. Shunyaru Haven, however, is not your private domain, and so free speech is somewhat limited. Do, please, understand this.
The creators, admin and moderators of Shunyaru Haven (the Shunyaru Haven administration, the administration) have the responsibility to maintain rules and the right to delete or edit posts that are inappropriate or breaking the rules.
Members are required to keep themselves updated on Shunyaru Haven’s rules. The administration are only required to send a public message about any updates if the rules gets a major change or are completely revised.
Etiquette
Do not spam, troll or flood the forums.
Members have the right to post as much as they want within boundaries. This means you are not allowed to flood the forums, post unrelated content in threads or send repeated Private Messages to other members without their consent.
Failure to follow this rule results in an instant ban.
Be not rude to other members.
Members are not allowed to be rude to any other member. Do not bully, fandom bash, flame, hate or in any way discriminate. These forums have different people with different interests, background and personalities and all of them are welcome and supposed to feel welcome. If you are unfairly treated, do not talk about it publicly.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning or ban.
Be not rude to the administration.
If a member feels unfairly treated or has a complaint by a staff member, do not talk about it publicly. The Shunyaru Haven administration is not being paid to do their job and is therefore not to be treated differently than other members.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning or ban.
Only the administration can reprimand other members.
Do not reprimand other members for their actions. The administration investigates and takes actions on case by case basis. Therefore the correct action is to Report suspicious actions or behaviour breaking the rules to admin or moderators by sending a private message and/or report post.
Age
Shunyaru Haven does not have an age requirement. But lying about your age is forbidden.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning or ban.
Language
English only.
The content of these forums are for everyone and so, English is the only language allowed here. Exceptions are titles of books, albums, songs, TV-shows, films and games as long as it is written in romanization. Translations can be provided too. Sending Private Messages in languages other than English is also allowed if the receiver understands the language the message is sent in.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning.
Do not swear or use harsh language.
Swearing or harsh language can be found offensive. We also allow all ages on the forums, which and therefore the language should be kept clean.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning.
Keep the language correct.
Do not write posts in CAPS, aLtErNaTiNg CaPs or l33t. Try to use capital letter on the first letter of the sentence and end it with a full-stop. Do not excessively use exclamation marks or question marks, which mean you are not to write !!!!!11!!11!11!one or ????????????????.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning.
Advertising
Advertisement is strictly forbidden. Posts or threads with advertisement will be edited or deleted.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning.
Images
Don’t add images bigger than 500 x 500 pixels in the tag and don’t add posts with only an image and nothing else.
Failure to follow this rule results in edit or deletion of post.
Accounts
Only one account.
Multiple accounts for each member are forbidden. If you wish to change you username, send a request in a Private Message to admin.
Multiple users of one account.
Several users aren’t allowed to use the same account, no matter what reason they might have.
Failure to follow these rules results in instant ban of all accounts involved.
Avatars and Signatures
No 18+ content.
Keep the avatars and signatures safe for work. Signatures are not allowed to link to 18+ sites.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning and edit of signature or avatar.
Signature images.
Signature images are allowed to be at most 200 pixels in height and 500 in width. Only at most two images are allowed in a signature.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning and edit of signature.
Posting
Do not post inappropriate content.
This includes:
Racist
Anti-homosexual
Military
Religious
Political
Adult content
Infringement of a person or group
Games, books, music, TV-shows and other sharable content dealing with these types of content are excepted from this rule.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning or ban.
No double threads.
Before posting, make sure to search.
Failure to follow this rule results in deletion of the newer thread.
No double posting.
Edit your post if you need to add an addition to your post, or wait till someone else has posted.
Exception: If 10 hours or more have passed.
Failure to follow this rule results in deletion of post. Repeated double posting results in a warning.
Post count spam.
There are sections of the forum that require a certain amount of posts. Posting all over the place only to reach the post requirement is forbidden.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning and post reset.
Linkage
In threads
Members are allowed to post on-topic links in posts, as long as the content in the link is not 18+.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning.
In signatures
Members are allowed to link to own websites, blogs or forums. No advertisement linkage is allowed.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning.
In the Download Section
Contributors are allowed to link to 18+ sites for shared 18+ content, but the page they link to have to be safe for work.
Failure to follow this rule results in a warning and edit of post.
Inactivity
If your account is inactive for a month or more your posts will be put to zero, unless you tell in The Away Thread that you are away for a while.
If you say a certain amount of time of being away you will have that time on you to get back + a month. Meaning if you say you'll be away 2 months, you have an extra month on you to get back. Same if you state you'll be gone 5 weeks - there will be an additional month to those 5 weeks.
The month is based on calendar months; if your last activity was on the 10th of January, your inactivity month ends on February 10th.
If you have never posted on the forums, your account will be deleted after a month of inactivity. If you have posted, but you have been inactive, your account will be deleted a month after post reset date.
Warnings and Bans
Instant bans never expire.
Upon collecting three warnings, your account will be banned. Depending on why you are receiving a ban, it might expire.
Upon being temporarily banned four times, your fifth ban will never expire.