Board Guidelines

Board Guidelines
<b>1. No Spamming</b> - This includes posting to gain rank or post count. <b>2. No Flaming</b> - Towards Members or the Administration. <b>3. Respect fellow members.</b> <b>4. No Trolling</b> <b>5. Cursing will be allowed only in moderation.</b> Excessive cursing is forbidden and cursing towards a fellow member is treated as flaming. <b>6. Only one username per member.</b> Dual Accounts will be deleted. <b>7. You are not permitted to use another’s account on this board.</b> Do not give out your account information to anyone. <b>8. No posts may contain pornography, hacking, phreaking or any illegal activity.</b> <b>9. No posting frivolous topics. e.g. 'I agree' is not an appropriate post and will be considered spamming.</b> <b>10. No plagiarism or piracy.</b> Do not post other peoples works without their permission or claim them as your own. Article used from another site, if over 1 paragraph in length, will contain a synopsis of the article and a link to the source material. All articles posted will contain a link to the source article and the site it originated from. <b>11. Spoiler Warnings:</b> Not everyone is fortunate enough to see a DVD or TV show at the same time another person is. Please be respectful of those who may not be as fortunate, and apply spoiler warnings where appropriate. <b>12. Please follow the guidelines or instructions set out by the Moderator/Admin staff on these forums.</b> <b>13. Signature images are allowed as long as they are not too large.</b> A size of about 500x100 pixels is deemed as the extreme MAX size image allowed. <b>Ban Note:</b> Members will be warned if in breach of any of these rules. We use a 5 star system here. Warnings are accumulative up to 30 days upon which a warning will expire. <b>2 warnings in a 30-day period will result in a 1 day ban. 3 warnings in a 30-day period will result in a 1 week ban. 4 warnings in a 30-day period will result in a 2 week ban. 5 warnings in a 30-day period will result in a 30 day ban.</b> Warnings accumulated beyond these guidelines will be treated and acted upon by the administration on a case-by-case basis. <i>The administration of <b>Anime Jumpgate</b> reserves the right to modify these guidelines as needed. The administration also reserves the right to place a members account under moderator post approval in lieu of a ban depending on, and as circumstances warrant.</i> <i>The rank insignias on this site were created by <a href="mailto:smarriott@rpg-insignias.co.uk?subject=RPG Insignias">Steven Marriott</a>, originally for the <a href="http://www.tangofleet.org/">Tango Fleet PBE-RPG</a>. Please do not copy the images. If you wish to obtain them and an up-to-date copy either access the <a href="http://www.tangofleet.org/">Tango Fleet Website</a>, or visit the <a href="http://www.rpg-insignias.co.uk/">RPG-Insignias Website</a>. You will find all the information you need on these, and many other insignia images. Steve is more than happy to pass along his work to anyone who takes the time to simply ask.</i>

1. No Spamming - This includes posting to gain rank or post count.

2. No Flaming - Towards Members or the Administration.

3. Respect fellow members.

4. No Trolling

5. Cursing will be allowed only in moderation. Excessive cursing is forbidden and cursing towards a fellow member is treated as flaming.

6. Only one username per member. Dual Accounts will be deleted.

7. You are not permitted to use another’s account on this board. Do not give out your account information to anyone.

8. No posts may contain pornography, hacking, phreaking or any illegal activity.

9. No posting frivolous topics. e.g. 'I agree' is not an appropriate post and will be considered spamming.

10. No plagiarism or piracy. Do not post other peoples works without their permission or claim them as your own. Article used from another site, if over 1 paragraph in length, will contain a synopsis of the article and a link to the source material. All articles posted will contain a link to the source article and the site it originated from.

11. Spoiler Warnings: Not everyone is fortunate enough to see a DVD or TV show at the same time another person is. Please be respectful of those who may not be as fortunate, and apply spoiler warnings where appropriate.

12. Please follow the guidelines or instructions set out by the Moderator/Admin staff on these forums.

13. Signature images are allowed as long as they are not too large. A size of about 500x100 pixels is deemed as the extreme MAX size image allowed.

Ban Note: Members will be warned if in breach of any of these rules. We use a 5 star system here. Warnings are accumulative up to 30 days upon which a warning will expire.

2 warnings in a 30-day period will result in a 1 day ban.
3 warnings in a 30-day period will result in a 1 week ban.
4 warnings in a 30-day period will result in a 2 week ban.
5 warnings in a 30-day period will result in a 30 day ban.

Warnings accumulated beyond these guidelines will be treated and acted upon by the administration on a case-by-case basis.

The administration of Anime Jumpgate reserves the right to modify these guidelines as needed. The administration also reserves the right to place a members account under moderator post approval in lieu of a ban depending on, and as circumstances warrant.

The rank insignias on this site were created by <a href="mailto:smarriott@rpg-insignias.co.uk?subject=RPG Insignias">Steven Marriott</a>, originally for the <a href="http://www.tangofleet.org/">Tango Fleet PBE-RPG</a>. Please do not copy the images. If you wish to obtain them and an up-to-date copy either access the <a href="http://www.tangofleet.org/">Tango Fleet Website</a>, or visit the <a href="http://www.rpg-insignias.co.uk/">RPG-Insignias Website</a>. You will find all the information you need on these, and many other insignia images. Steve is more than happy to pass along his work to anyone who takes the time to simply ask.