Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-24841732-20140514151226

As I became a chat moderator yesterday, I decide to re-read the rules to get a clear understanding. However, the rules at the moment are a goddamn mess. I have decided to take it upon myself to write up a revision. Obviously, feel free to suggest changes.

General Chat Rules

 * ANY breakage of the ToU is an instant month ban. (The exception is underaged users. Underaged will result in a permanent ban.)


 * Only post links to something once per 30 minutes, unless someone specifically asks for it. If you spam links, you will be kicked. Continuing to do so will result in a two hour ban.


 * You may link your pasta four times in a span of 1 hour. Be patient. Other users are not obligated to read your story.


 * If you are going to post long links or links in general and are going to use a URL masker, you must use TINYURL or some other shortener that does not generate revenue or put the views computer at risk. Depending on the length of the URL, you will be warned. Failure to heed the warning will result in a kick.


 * If a user asks you not to do something, you should stop doing so. This is a community chat, and all users should feel welcome. However, a mod makes the final decision if that action is OK or not.


 * If a chat moderator, admin, or bureaucrat tells you to do something, you must listen. EX: If a moderator tells you to take a discussion to PM, you must listen. Moderators are identifiable by the yellow star by their name in the user list. Failure to listen to a moderator will result in a two hour ban.


 * Do NOT spam under any circumstances. Doing so will result in a kick or a ban, depending on the severity.


 * Do not spam emoticons for ANY REASON. There's no need to test emotes. Go check out MediaWiki:Emoticons for a list of emotes. There's also no need to post two or more in a row.


 * As the account holder YOU are responsible for ANYTHING posted under your name. If a sibling spams under your account, you will still be held responsible.


 * You MUST warn for NSFW content. Many of our users use this site at work or school. However, any pornography/nudity is a ToU violation, and will result in an instant one month ban.


 * Do not stretch chat. This means posting large amounts of the same character in a row (Like !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) with no spaces or line breaks. Doing this will get you kicked from chat temporarily.


 * No ASCII art or Unicode. There is no reason for you to need to do so, and depending on the image made will be treated as spam


 * No "Zalgo" text. No one can read it and if you're posting it, it's probably not worth reading. It's also old and tired. Give it a rest.


 * Sexual talk. This has been MASSIVELY overdone. Now, the occasional joke or pun is allowed, but nobody wants to hear about what fetishes you have, or positions you like. If you are told to stop by an admin or moderator, you stop immediately, no questions asked. If you wish to discuss these things with someone still, take it to PM.


 * Racism, Sexism, and other forms of bigotry will NOT be tolerated. This includes slurs. Racism, stereotyping and slurs will all result in a one day ban. In some cases stereotyped or possible offensive jokes ARE allowed, but ONLY if you get permission from a mod. (NOTE: In some cases slurs may be allowed, depending on the situation and context. EX: “This dude said this book is really gay at school today”. This is up to the moderators to decide.)


 * If you wish to contest a ban or kick, or simply want to know why they were banned/kicked, please PM the moderator who issued the punishment.


 * Do not ask if people will be banned either in chat or from the site or declare that people will be banned either from chat or from the site if you are NOT an admin and/or chatmod. Also, do no speculate on bans and do not demand bans.


 * If your page has been deleted and want to know why, fair enough. PM an admin and politely ask and they could probably direct you to the deleting admin. Do NOT come onto chat ranting about how your pasta was deleted and begin slandering admins. There is always a reason your page was deleted, site admins do not delete pages for fun, no matter what you think. You will be asked to stop, and refusing to drop the subject will earn you a kick and then a 2 hour ban if you persist.


 * Posting screamers or shock gifs will result in a 1 day ban from chat.


 * Exclusion: As we all well know, there are many different internet subgroups. Bronies, Benders, Brolans, and so forth. We here at CPW ask that you do not engage in any act of exclusivism. Do not delve into Roleplaying as characters from those shows, or comics, and do not exclude others from your conversations. This is not Kindergarden so let's all act mature about these things.


 * No Roleplaying. Sorry guys, if you want to pretend to be others people/characters then perhaps you should take it to Private chat. Remember, everyone is not always into the same things as you, and you could either 1) Creep some people out or 2) cause a sense of exclusion to other members, So No RP!


 * Language: Now guys, do we speak english? I'd imagine so, or you'd have a tough time reading this. Let's try to make it easier on our fellow members and type with recognizable words please. No "n den i wen 2 da stre" Most people know how to type English, if they know how to speak it. We are not asking you type with the most prim and proper grammar imaginable, we simply ask you do not type in broken english.


 * Do NOT spam caps. We only allow it for emphasis. There are a maximum of 5 words in all caps. Any more will result in a warning/kick.


 * Links to other wikis ARE allowed, but direct links to another wiki’s chat is not allowed, due to the fact that this could be viewed as trying to start an invasion of another wiki.

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(NOTE: Some of the previous rules remain unchanged. For the most part this revision removes outdated/unnecessary rules, and gives clear punishments for each.) 