The following is a list of guidelines and rules that will be enforced at this forum. While posting, keep them in mind and have no doubt about them; they will be enforced. Know, that the purpose of these are to keep order around the forum, and to create a friendly community that everyone can enjoy being around. I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say that we don't want a community of raving lunatics spamming mindlessly around the forum, yeah?
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Posting

Spamming
"To post irrelevant or inappropriate messages to one or more Usenet newsgroups, mailing lists, or other messaging system in deliberate or accidental violation of netiquette."

Summarized and simplified: Posting random or inappropriate messages violating the rules, purposely or accidentally.

That is the definition of spamming, straight off of dictionary.com. Memorize it, save it in your UCP, do whatever it takes to remember this for it is the definition that will be used when moderating the forum. Consequences for spamming are as follows:

First offense - Verbal warning in the topic you were caught committing your first offense. (We are not responsible for any misunderstandings that may take place later on because you did not see this warning.)
Second offense - A three-day suspension from the forum.
Third and final offense - You will be banned from the forum.

Flaming
Not as big a deal as spamming, but please try and keep this to a minimum. Being respectful is very important, and is something everyone should do towards each other. The following actions will be taken if flaming is found:

First offense - A posted verbal warning.
Second offense - A two-day suspension from the forum.
Third offense - A one-week suspension from the forum.
Fourth and final offense - You will be banned from the forum.

Remember: Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not yours.

Advertising
The only place you may advertise, is in the Forum Flyers section. If you post an advertisement of any sort in any other part of the forum, consequences will follow. That includes(but is not limited to) posting a URL, a graphic, a link, or a couple sentences telling members to go to your forum. (This rule does not pertain to member signatures.)

First offense - A two-day suspension from the forum.
Second offense - You will be banned from the forum.
(Note: The same consequences will follow for PM advertising.)

Advertising should be one of those 'you learn from your mistakes' kind of things, so you only get one chance to make up.

Ripping

Skins

Copyrights
The copyright of a skin must remain intact at all times. The removal or revision of a copyright is strictly forbidden unless you have visual permission from the creator. Failure to comply with this rule will result in a warning from a member of the staff via PM on your forum. If you ignore this warning, your forum will be reported to Invisionfree.

Reposting Skins
You may not repost skins made by another individual anywhere without visual permission. Same actions will be taken as stated above.

Graphics

False Claims
You may not claim the work of somebody else as your own. If you are caught doing so, you will receive a one-week suspension from the forum without notice. If you are caught a second time, you will be banned.

Reposting Graphics
See 'Reposting Skins'.
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If you have any questions or comments about what has been stated above, feel free to PM me about it.

Happy posting,
~Mister, Zeta Shack Administrator