Pinkpig
11-12-2007, 09:22 PM
As the newest moderator, I have been sitting back and watching and learning how to moderate. I think I am ready now to help keep order in the land of I2US.
I have just located the rules. I have been looking and looking for them....
They are here: http://immigrate2us.net/forum/misc.php?do=cfrules in case anyone else has had a hardtime finding them...
So this is fair warning, now that I have the rules, I will be posting when I see they have been broken.
On a serious note, if you have not read the rules or it has been a while since you read them take a new look and try to keep them in mind...or I might have to help you remember. It really is in everyones best interest.
The Rules
General Rules
- Do not type in all caps. If you have a visual impairment, please let one of the staff members know.
- Do not use profanity.
- Talking and discussing things are fine. There comes a point where you must agree to disagree. We will not tolerate rude comments, insults, or inflammatory posts.
- Do not post any negative comments about organizations or people. You can vent about situations in a non specific, non naming way.
- You are only allowed one account per person. Any violation of this will result in getting banned.
- Encouraging illegal activity is prohibited.
- The fasted way is to post a message. PMing members will usually yield a slower response.
- Pay close attention to the forum you are posting in. Some forums are not made for questions, such as timeline forums, the announcement forums.
- Do not start the same thread in several forums.
- If you are affiliated with any advocacy organizations, please contact one of the moderation staff before posting any information.
- We do not encourage you to use your real names as your username.
- Please make sure that when posting message, you leave all personal information out. Case numbers, ssn number, names, phone numbers. You never know who is out there.
- We do not delete accounts.
Images
- Please do not remote link any of your pictures for you signature, posts, avatars or smilies unless you have the specific permission from that website (like photobucket).
- Do not use inappropriate images.
- If we ask you to remove an image that we deem inappropriate, we will ask you to remove it. Failure to remove it will lead in a warning and we will manually remove it.
Signatures
- Please do not use huge fonts in your signature.
- No advertising is allowed in signatures unless approved by staff.
Private Messaging
- Harassment, advertising, spamming will not be tolerated on the forum or in messages sent to members.
- Do not use the private message system to make inappropriate comments, remarks to members. This is considered harassment.
- In order to stay safe, be very careful who you share your personal information with.
- Keep in mind that when you write a private message or email and send it, the recipient of the email, private message becomes the owner of the email/private message. You still retain the copyright.
Complaints
- Any complains by members should be addressed to any of the administrators or moderators.
- Remember that we have the report button to report posts. Once you report a post, an email is sent to all moderators and administrators of the site and we will handle it as we see fit and get back with the person who reported the post. Please do not reply to these posts. Just report it and let us handle it.
Things you need to know
- Any violation of the rules will result in a warning first. If the rules are still ignored, you will be banned.
- The first amendment right of free speech does not apply to private entities and as such, we reserve the right to edit posts, delete posts and ban users as needed. This is a moderated forum.
- We will not sell, redistribute your names or email with anyone unless required to do so by law. If a member is engaging in illegal activities, we will fully cooperate with the authorities as far as giving them all the information we have on you, including but not limited to name, email, ip addresses.
- If you truly want things to remain private to the point where no one will ever read it, don't post it on the internet.
- The moderation staff and all the very knowledgeable users who help regularly are volunteers on the site. The only monies we have are from donations.
We reserve the right to add to these rules at any time.
We also reserve the right to deny access to the website to anyone for any reason.
I have just located the rules. I have been looking and looking for them....
They are here: http://immigrate2us.net/forum/misc.php?do=cfrules in case anyone else has had a hardtime finding them...
So this is fair warning, now that I have the rules, I will be posting when I see they have been broken.
On a serious note, if you have not read the rules or it has been a while since you read them take a new look and try to keep them in mind...or I might have to help you remember. It really is in everyones best interest.
The Rules
General Rules
- Do not type in all caps. If you have a visual impairment, please let one of the staff members know.
- Do not use profanity.
- Talking and discussing things are fine. There comes a point where you must agree to disagree. We will not tolerate rude comments, insults, or inflammatory posts.
- Do not post any negative comments about organizations or people. You can vent about situations in a non specific, non naming way.
- You are only allowed one account per person. Any violation of this will result in getting banned.
- Encouraging illegal activity is prohibited.
- The fasted way is to post a message. PMing members will usually yield a slower response.
- Pay close attention to the forum you are posting in. Some forums are not made for questions, such as timeline forums, the announcement forums.
- Do not start the same thread in several forums.
- If you are affiliated with any advocacy organizations, please contact one of the moderation staff before posting any information.
- We do not encourage you to use your real names as your username.
- Please make sure that when posting message, you leave all personal information out. Case numbers, ssn number, names, phone numbers. You never know who is out there.
- We do not delete accounts.
Images
- Please do not remote link any of your pictures for you signature, posts, avatars or smilies unless you have the specific permission from that website (like photobucket).
- Do not use inappropriate images.
- If we ask you to remove an image that we deem inappropriate, we will ask you to remove it. Failure to remove it will lead in a warning and we will manually remove it.
Signatures
- Please do not use huge fonts in your signature.
- No advertising is allowed in signatures unless approved by staff.
Private Messaging
- Harassment, advertising, spamming will not be tolerated on the forum or in messages sent to members.
- Do not use the private message system to make inappropriate comments, remarks to members. This is considered harassment.
- In order to stay safe, be very careful who you share your personal information with.
- Keep in mind that when you write a private message or email and send it, the recipient of the email, private message becomes the owner of the email/private message. You still retain the copyright.
Complaints
- Any complains by members should be addressed to any of the administrators or moderators.
- Remember that we have the report button to report posts. Once you report a post, an email is sent to all moderators and administrators of the site and we will handle it as we see fit and get back with the person who reported the post. Please do not reply to these posts. Just report it and let us handle it.
Things you need to know
- Any violation of the rules will result in a warning first. If the rules are still ignored, you will be banned.
- The first amendment right of free speech does not apply to private entities and as such, we reserve the right to edit posts, delete posts and ban users as needed. This is a moderated forum.
- We will not sell, redistribute your names or email with anyone unless required to do so by law. If a member is engaging in illegal activities, we will fully cooperate with the authorities as far as giving them all the information we have on you, including but not limited to name, email, ip addresses.
- If you truly want things to remain private to the point where no one will ever read it, don't post it on the internet.
- The moderation staff and all the very knowledgeable users who help regularly are volunteers on the site. The only monies we have are from donations.
We reserve the right to add to these rules at any time.
We also reserve the right to deny access to the website to anyone for any reason.