Post by Vythika on Feb 17, 2007 6:25:11 GMT
These rules are placed here for a reason. Not to restrict you while using the forums, but more to help try and make the FoI Message Board a nicer, more friendly place to be. So PLEASE take just 2 minutes to read through these rules carefully before posting in the forums.
Thank you.
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1. AVATARS
Uploading of avatars is not permitted since we are using a 2nd party service. Therefore you will have to link them from external sites. Our best suggestion is to find the image you want and upload it to a free image host such as www.photobucket.com or www.flickr.com and link it from there. Alternatively, you can choose an Avatar from the FoI Gallery and link it from there.
Avatars are to be no bigger then 100 x 100 pixels. Please ensure you enter your avatar's dimensions when linking to the image to avoid distortion.
2. SIGNATURES
Signature images or Sig-Images are to be no bigger than 500 x 250 pixels.
CLICK FOR AN EXAMPLE OF MAXIMUM SIG IMAGE SIZE
The FoI hosts a selection of still and animated Sig-Images for use, in our Gallery.
3. ABUSE
ANY form of abuse WILL NOT be tolerated on the FoI board. This includes flaming, bashing, belittling, racism, discrimination, inappropriate sexual references or anything else that is likely to offend other members or visitors of the board. Anyone found to be breaking this rule will be severely dealt with as quickly as possible.
4. THREATS
NO ONE should be subject to threats. No one on the FoI boards, Admin, Moderators members and visitors included. Nor is anyone to threaten members of Evanescence, past or present.
5. POSTS/THREADS
Please, please, please make sure your topics are posted in the appropriate forum. This is to make sure the FoI board stays as neat as possible. Admin and Moderators don't want to spend a majority of their time on the site moving wrongly placed threads.
6. POSTING LINKS
Think before posting links, especially to music. We have no problems with you posting links to other band sites, or sharing YOUR music files through the board, but please make sure you are not linking any COPYRIGHTED material. Most live music is safe, though not all. For example, Evanescence Live @ Zenith, Paris 2004, is no longer available for download because it features on the Anywhere But Home DVD and is also available as an official music CD. Please consider this before posting links related to other bands too. The bottom line here is, DO NOT POST LINKS TO COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL ON THE BOARD OR YOU WILL BE BANNED.
6b. POSTING LINKS TO EVANESCENCE MATERIAL
We noticed in the past that many of our members were posting links to Evanescence Music that is already available on the Website. Please refrain from doing this. It's pointless. If there is music that is NOT hosted on the site that you would like to download, post a request in the Content Requests Forum and we will try to find/upload it. DO NOT repost links we already have!
7. FLOODING/SPAMMING/CHAIN LETTERS ETC.
This is just unnecessary really. It wastes alot of our system resources. Anyone found to be flooding, spamming, posting chain letters or anything else considered as such will be dealt with. This also includes "133t" (Leet) and any other forms of netspeak/shorthand. It is very frustrating trying to read it and is even worse for foreign visitors who maybe don't speak/read/write English very well. Please think of others.
8. THREAD POPULARITY
Threads will be limited to 1000 replies. When a thread reaches this number of replies, it will be locked. At this point you are more than welcome to start another version of the thread. This to stop overloading of the database and cut loading/search times.
9. MEMBER STATUS PROMOTIONS
Do not contact Admin/Moderators asking to be promoted. The FoI Staff will announce when positions are available and a decision will be made based on postcount/constructive time spent in the forums, overall reputation/conduct on the boards and above all, trust.
10. THE SONG "YOU"
This is a topic that the FoI Staff are getting tired of. This song is a personal piece written by Amy. IT IS NOT AN EVANESCENCE SONG! The track was leaked onto the internet by someone working with Ben and Amy without their consent. As a result we would like to take this time to ask that anyone who comes across this track not to download it. We cannot force you not to download it, obviously, but we ask this of you purely out of respect for Amy's wishes. Thank You.
Anyone found to be talking about this track on our boards will be severely dealt with.
11. WARNING/BANNING
The FoI Message Board does not tolerate members who persistently break the rules. Whether it be through ignorance or pure defiance, we WILL NOT tolerate it. If you feel you have been warned/banned unfairly, contact Unquiet Void, Robynn (pd2care) or Devilfish and we will deal with the claim.
The length of a Ban will depend entirely on the situation. This can range from anything between 1 Day and 1 Week. In very extreme situations (heaven forbid) the member in question may be banned PERMANENTLY. We have only banned 1 person in over 3 years and we can only hope that we never have to do it again.
Bottom line:
Bad Behavior = Warning/Possible Ban.
Good Behavior = Hakuna Matata! Everyone's a happy chicken! ^_^
Thank you for taking the time to read through these rules, we don't want to control what you do on our boards or come across as dictators because we're really not! We merely want to make sure that everybody enjoys themselves while they're here. We hope these rules will allow everyone to do that. ^_^
Thank you.
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1. AVATARS
Uploading of avatars is not permitted since we are using a 2nd party service. Therefore you will have to link them from external sites. Our best suggestion is to find the image you want and upload it to a free image host such as www.photobucket.com or www.flickr.com and link it from there. Alternatively, you can choose an Avatar from the FoI Gallery and link it from there.
Avatars are to be no bigger then 100 x 100 pixels. Please ensure you enter your avatar's dimensions when linking to the image to avoid distortion.
2. SIGNATURES
Signature images or Sig-Images are to be no bigger than 500 x 250 pixels.
CLICK FOR AN EXAMPLE OF MAXIMUM SIG IMAGE SIZE
The FoI hosts a selection of still and animated Sig-Images for use, in our Gallery.
3. ABUSE
ANY form of abuse WILL NOT be tolerated on the FoI board. This includes flaming, bashing, belittling, racism, discrimination, inappropriate sexual references or anything else that is likely to offend other members or visitors of the board. Anyone found to be breaking this rule will be severely dealt with as quickly as possible.
4. THREATS
NO ONE should be subject to threats. No one on the FoI boards, Admin, Moderators members and visitors included. Nor is anyone to threaten members of Evanescence, past or present.
5. POSTS/THREADS
Please, please, please make sure your topics are posted in the appropriate forum. This is to make sure the FoI board stays as neat as possible. Admin and Moderators don't want to spend a majority of their time on the site moving wrongly placed threads.
6. POSTING LINKS
Think before posting links, especially to music. We have no problems with you posting links to other band sites, or sharing YOUR music files through the board, but please make sure you are not linking any COPYRIGHTED material. Most live music is safe, though not all. For example, Evanescence Live @ Zenith, Paris 2004, is no longer available for download because it features on the Anywhere But Home DVD and is also available as an official music CD. Please consider this before posting links related to other bands too. The bottom line here is, DO NOT POST LINKS TO COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL ON THE BOARD OR YOU WILL BE BANNED.
6b. POSTING LINKS TO EVANESCENCE MATERIAL
We noticed in the past that many of our members were posting links to Evanescence Music that is already available on the Website. Please refrain from doing this. It's pointless. If there is music that is NOT hosted on the site that you would like to download, post a request in the Content Requests Forum and we will try to find/upload it. DO NOT repost links we already have!
7. FLOODING/SPAMMING/CHAIN LETTERS ETC.
This is just unnecessary really. It wastes alot of our system resources. Anyone found to be flooding, spamming, posting chain letters or anything else considered as such will be dealt with. This also includes "133t" (Leet) and any other forms of netspeak/shorthand. It is very frustrating trying to read it and is even worse for foreign visitors who maybe don't speak/read/write English very well. Please think of others.
8. THREAD POPULARITY
Threads will be limited to 1000 replies. When a thread reaches this number of replies, it will be locked. At this point you are more than welcome to start another version of the thread. This to stop overloading of the database and cut loading/search times.
9. MEMBER STATUS PROMOTIONS
Do not contact Admin/Moderators asking to be promoted. The FoI Staff will announce when positions are available and a decision will be made based on postcount/constructive time spent in the forums, overall reputation/conduct on the boards and above all, trust.
10. THE SONG "YOU"
This is a topic that the FoI Staff are getting tired of. This song is a personal piece written by Amy. IT IS NOT AN EVANESCENCE SONG! The track was leaked onto the internet by someone working with Ben and Amy without their consent. As a result we would like to take this time to ask that anyone who comes across this track not to download it. We cannot force you not to download it, obviously, but we ask this of you purely out of respect for Amy's wishes. Thank You.
Anyone found to be talking about this track on our boards will be severely dealt with.
11. WARNING/BANNING
The FoI Message Board does not tolerate members who persistently break the rules. Whether it be through ignorance or pure defiance, we WILL NOT tolerate it. If you feel you have been warned/banned unfairly, contact Unquiet Void, Robynn (pd2care) or Devilfish and we will deal with the claim.
The length of a Ban will depend entirely on the situation. This can range from anything between 1 Day and 1 Week. In very extreme situations (heaven forbid) the member in question may be banned PERMANENTLY. We have only banned 1 person in over 3 years and we can only hope that we never have to do it again.
Bottom line:
Bad Behavior = Warning/Possible Ban.
Good Behavior = Hakuna Matata! Everyone's a happy chicken! ^_^
Thank you for taking the time to read through these rules, we don't want to control what you do on our boards or come across as dictators because we're really not! We merely want to make sure that everybody enjoys themselves while they're here. We hope these rules will allow everyone to do that. ^_^