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WolfPack Forum Rules

• A roll call of names will be done once each month on the month.
  • Exception: you must have placed a post explaining long term absence.
  
  Date Added or Last Modified: 2008-04-14;
• Every post on the forums must be a legitimate post - no useless spam posts.
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• No forum games are allowed outside of the forum games rooms (if applicable).
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• Forum signatures must meet the following requirements:
  • Height: 150px. (No smaller, no larger)
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  • Width: 600px. (No smaller, no larger)
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  • No pornography.
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  • Animation is allowed in a signature so long as it stops before 25 seconds. If possible avoid animation.
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  • Signature file size must not exceed 300KB in file size.
    Date Added or Last Modified: 2009-05-03;
  
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• No inappropriate content (Adult material(porn), hate material, racism etc - general common sense is used for deciding what is inappropriate). This includes but is not limited to screen shots, forum signatures or avatars etc.
  Date Added or Last Modified: 2008-04-14;
• No abuse is allowed on the forums (this includes flaming) - it will not be tolerated. Respectable posts only - any abusive or foul posts will be removed and account disabled depending upon the offence.
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• No spamming
  • Definition: Spam - "Any post that is either singular or repetitive in nature that causes the forums to be unnecessarily filled without a reasonable cause. This is not to be confused with single line responses that assist in the continuation of a conversation or topic.
  
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• Thread Hijacking - a deliberate attempt to hijack forum threads is not allowed - this is not to be confused when a topic evolves from one topic to another on the one thread. If possible thread changing should be avoided.
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• Any deleted posts must be moved to the "archive" area of the forum incase retrieval is necessary.
  Date Added or Last Modified: 2008-11-19;
• Editing posts:
  • Singular Edits: any post that is edited (modified) by a moderator must contain a "This post was modified by {{NAME}}" and then the message. Note: placing a modified message is a common courtesy to the original writer - in the note, it must contain the reason behind the editing of a post/and any future message.
    Date Added or Last Modified: 2008-04-14;
  • Multiple Edits: When multiple edits are done to post, please add the courtesy message below any previous edit note.
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• Forum maintenance/clean up rules:
  • Any post that has not been responded to in over 10 days can be deleted (which should automatically move the thread to the "archive" room).
    Date Added or Last Modified: 2008-04-14;
  • The forum archive room is never to be deleted.
    Date Added or Last Modified: 2008-11-19;
  • Do not leave a "This post has been moved" message in a moved posts place.
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• Guests are allowed on the forums(they just have limited rights).
  Date Added or Last Modified: 2008-04-14;
• All members will adhere to a limited swearing policy.
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• When a topic is locked - it is finished and people are not allowed to post to it or start a secondary thread that continues on the topic.
  Date Added or Last Modified: 2008-11-19;
  DLSA Stage:3.
• When a ban is placed against a member the post must be made in the ‘Administration’ room and needs to include the following:
  • Persons name giving the ban
  • Person name receiving the ban
  • Ban length in hours
  • Ban start time (date and time)
  • Ban end time (date and time)
  • Ban reason - include a full description, location of incident and people involved.
  • Rules violated (copy and paste rule)
  
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