Rules; UPDATE - 8/01/10

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Forum Rules 1.2

Welcome to the CNZ (Cosplay New Zealand) forums! cheers

We try to provide a friendly community here, so that all members can get along with each other. In order to achieve this goal, there are a few rules we need you, the users, to follow.

What not to do:

1: bypass the word filter
2: post images that contain obscenities
3: post or link to any content that contains excessive violence, obscene language, sexual references or nudity. This includes signatures and avatars.
4: post any content that may be deemed racist, homophobic, hateful, inflammatory, defamatory, sexual, libellous or promote the harm and/or abuse of any group or entity.
5: make comments that are designed to start an argument.
6: double posting: please just click the edit button instead. :3
7: post large quote towers. A quote tower is a quote within a quote within a quote within a quote within a... well, you get the idea. Please try your best to keep these quote towers to a minimum - 3 is the maximum number of quotes a single quote tower should contain, and if these posts are long, then just a singular quote would be even better. Like Double Posting, Quote Towers are visual pollution, and mean more scrolling time for someone trying to get to the most recent post. :)
8: post a spoiler without a spoiler tag, and without mentioning what the spoiler will contain. This just gives you an idea of whether or not you should or should not click it - spoilers are like forbidden fruit, and we are prone to clicking them. Without labelling said spoiler, someone will click it and get something... well, spoiled. At least when it is mentioned that the spoiler is from 'blah' chapter or 'blah' episode, then we know whether or not we want to click it. It's basically CYA.
9: spam. This includes one word/emote posts, completely random or off-topic comments, and one-on-one conversations. Please try and ensure that your posts actually contribute to the discussion, rather than just dropping random thoughts onto the page if it doesn't actually help anyone.

Please also try to type to the best of your ability - it's not too much harder to use an extra letter in some cases, such as what instead of wat, and capslocks are a sometimes food. Please don't spam your capslock key. It makes it easier on the eyes, and you will most likely get a more positive response to your query. Posts should be easily readable - and that means readable by everybody. Posts that are made in a language other than English will likely be deleted; you have been warned.

Update from 30/3/09 onwards:

No off-topic posts.
The only place you can be off-topic in is in the random sub-forum. Please note the bold there - it is important, and the amount of off-topic that has been taking place elsewhere is really getting to some of our members. For example, if the thread is about bananas and you start talking about types of Swiss cheese; we will not be pleased.

No one-on-one conversations.
This is when you continuously to post in reply to another person - and ignore the other members' posts. If you feel compelled to start a one-on-one conversation, take it to our PM system, or any instant messenger. When you start these one on one conversations, it is really hard for people to intervene and post their own relevant message - and nobody really wants to go through pages of you and your friend and I'm sure you don't want people "eavesdropping" on your own personal conversation!

Signature Rules

Text signature

No longer then 7 lines.

Image Signature

no bigger than 450 pixels wide and 250 pixels high.

The reason for these signature rules is because no-one wants to scroll through masses of signature every time you post.

What happens if you break the rules?
On these forums we have a three strike policy - three official warnings, and you get a temporary suspension, a fourth and you will be permanently banned. Usually though, unless you've done something REALLY bad, we give you a casual warning first, as a reminder not to do it again. ;)

Thank you! :)

**Aura** · Re: Rules; UPDATE - 8/01/10

~~ Joke posts...
- Don't forget, on posts it can be really hard to tell when a sentence is meant as a joke.
So if you say to someone "oh thanks alot." or "you stupid idiot." Please remember to put either a smiley face ;) or jk (joke) after it.
We dont want unnecessary conflict due to someone taking a sentence seriously when its meant only for fun and as a joke.

~~ No spoilers without spoiler tags.

How to make a spoiler tag:
1) Just select your spoiler, which maybe in word/sentence/paragraph/picture format
2) Click the Others tab (next to Mr Smiley Face)
3) Click spoiler and you're done.

The other way is to type it like this [%spoiler]blah blah blah[/%spoiler] only without %

It'll appear like this *points down* ... so people who have seen/read/played already or don't care about spoilers can click it and read.

Demo (chapter 0)

Spoiler:
	simple as pie mmmm pie

If you're making a post with a lot of images in it, or with large images, please put the images in a spoiler tag/tags - this means that people can just scroll down without having to trudge their way through giant images all the time. Just make a note explaining that the spoiler tag is for a large image, and all shall be swell. nodnod

When posting spoiler tags, please mention before the tag what it will contain. For example -

Tsubasa - Chapter Blah

Spoiler:
	Spoiler!

This just prevents boy-who-cried-spoiler syndrome and will prevent the spoiler tag actually releasing something you don't want to know. With no mention of what will be inside we are unsure of whether we want to click it or not - and if we click it when we don't want to then it's a bit disappointing.

Feel free to use spoilers for large images (in fact, this is recommended to prevent page stretching) but when the image fits well within the limits (ie, signature restrictions) then there is no need to put it in there. It's a roundabout way of accomplishing displaying an image, and unless the graphic is overly large then there is no need for this.

Please do not use spoiler tags 'just for fun' - again, this runs the risk of 'boy-who-cried-spoiler' syndrome. Spoiler tags should be used for spoilers and large images - and nothing else. Furthermore, if an image is too large according to the signature rules, putting it in a spoiler tag is not acceptable; whether or not it can be hidden, it is still against the rules. These rules are here for a reason, so please respect them. :)

**JVCA** · Re: Rules; UPDATE - 8/01/10

Slight addition to the rules:

**JVCA** · Re: Rules; UPDATE - 8/01/10

Another update:

Please do not post large quote towers. A quote tower is a quote within a quote within a quote within a quote within a... well, you get the idea. Please try your best to keep these quote towers to a minimum - 3 is the maximum number of quotes a single quote tower should contain, and if these posts are long, then just a singular quote would be even better. Like Double Posting, Quote Towers are visual pollution, and mean more scrolling time for someone trying to get to the most recent post. :)
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**Aurellion** · Re: Rules; UPDATE - 8/01/10

New update -

When posting spoiler tags, please mention before the tag what it will contain. For example -

Tsubasa - Chapter Blah

Spoiler:
	omnomnom

This just prevents boy-who-cried-spoiler syndrome and will prevent the spoiler tag actually releasing something you don't want to know. With no mention of what will be inside we are unsure of whether we want to click it or not - and if we click it when we don't want to then it's a bit disappointing.

Feel free to use spoilers for large images (in fact, this is recommended to prevent page stretching) but when the image fits well within the limits (ie, signature restrictions) then there is no need to put it in there. It's a roundabout way of accomplishing displaying an image, and unless the graphic is overly large then there is no need for this.
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**Tammy** · Re: Rules; UPDATE - 8/01/10

Update from 30/3/09 onwards:

No off-topic posts.
The only place you can be off-topic in is in the random sub-forum. Please note the bold there - it is important, and the amount of off-topic that has been taking place elsewhere is really getting to some of our members. For example, if the thread is about bananas and you start talking about types of Swiss cheese; we will not be pleased.

No one-on-one conversations.
This is when you continuously to post in reply to another person - and ignore the other members' posts. If you feel compelled to start a one-on-one conversation, take it to our PM system, or any instant messenger. When you start these one on one conversations, it is really hard for people to intervene and post their own relevant message - and nobody really wants to go through pages of you and your friend and I'm sure you don't want people "eavesdropping" on your own personal conversation!
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**JVCA** · Re: Rules; UPDATE - 8/01/10

Update: Seeing as common sense isn't as common as we might have thought, we've added a rule about not spamming. Wink

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