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[ShadowLink64]

Hey everyone,

We have forum rules. Did you know that? Apparently some of you don't, because they're not being followed (or you just think that they don't apply to you because you're too cool for rules ).

Whatever the case, here they are: http://www.neocodex....on/#entry838233

You best learn them before you get into some serious trouble with the Administrators, or the Staff.

I will cover some of the most common infractions that we see, and what you're in for if you commit them:

Flaming: This is perhaps the most prevalent offence on Neocodex, and it involves hostile and insulting interaction between two or more members. Usually punishment varies anywhere from removal of the post, to warns, to suspensions. Usually bans are issued rarely for this type of incident, unless it's been happening very often, or if you just just joined and think you're too cool for our site.

Scamming: The second-most common offense is sadly, scamming. This occurs when a user deliberately deceives another user out of money or assets, which results in a loss. Convicted scammers are immediately banned from the site, no questions asked.

We also enjoy a collaboration with some Neopets cheating sites (ie. the ones who don't feel that they're too high and mighty to interact with us) in that we share information about convicted scammers to prevent them from moving between sites. Presently, this type of collaboration exists between DarkZtar and ourselves.

Adult Content: If it's not legally viewable by anyone between the ages of 13 and 18, we don't want it here. It's the law (according to the COPPA Act, and we follow US law here since our servers are based in the United States). Offending material will likely result in warns or suspensions, and possibly a ban if it gets ridiculous. If it's CP, immediate ban, and depending on the severity, a report to federal officials (figured I would mention this, since this has happened before).

[zevrom]

You should add no posting on old boards so others dont make the same mistake

[Waser Lave]

I thought we didn't allow members to register who are under 13 so we didn't have to deal with COPPA?

zevrom, on 08 February 2011 - 02:52 PM, said:

You should add no posting on old boards so others dont make the same mistake

That's not against the rules.

[jcrboy]

zevrom, on 08 February 2011 - 02:52 PM, said:

You should add no posting on old boards so others dont make the same mistake

That's not a hard and fast rule. Generally, it's frowned upon, and you don't win any friends by gravedigging, but it's not usually a punishable offense.

[ShadowLink64]

Waser Lave, on 08 February 2011 - 02:54 PM, said:

That's not against the rules.

It's just really annoying. That's why zevrom didn't get an official warn for it.

[Ayami]

Oh nifty!, I was looking to read these earlier couldn't find the link anymore

Edited by Ayami, 08 February 2011 - 03:01 PM.

[Waser Lave]

ShadowLink64, on 08 February 2011 - 02:56 PM, said:

It's just really annoying. That's why zevrom didn't get an official warn for it.

It depends what they're posting, ideally it should be covered by the rules regarding spam anyway. Zevrom is just generally annoying though so we should probably have a rule for that too imo.

[zevrom]

ShadowLink64, on 08 February 2011 - 02:56 PM, said:

It's just really annoying. That's why zevrom didn't get an official warn for it.

oh ok thanks, sorry agian ill really try now not to pass page 1

[Roxi]

zevrom, on 08 February 2011 - 02:52 PM, said:

You should add no posting on old boards so others dont make the same mistake

Whether it's a rule or not, I think some sort of guideline needs to be set for this. We get fussed at for gravedigging, but if we start a new topic on it we get fussed at, too. So...maybe after a post is dead for so many weeks or months it will be ok to start a new post?

[Waser Lave]

Roxi, on 08 February 2011 - 03:16 PM, said:

Whether it's a rule or not, I think some sort of guideline needs to be set for this. We get fussed at for gravedigging, but if we start a new topic on it we get fussed at, too. So...maybe after a post is dead for so many weeks or months it will be ok to start a new post?

If you're adding something substantive which actually contributes to a thread then it's not gravedigging, if you're just posting crap which adds absolutely nothing to the thread then it would be gravedigging. It's not difficult really.

[Melchoire]

woah woah woah, who posted CP?

[iargue]

Why is Trolling not on this list?

[Waser Lave]

iargue, on 08 February 2011 - 03:33 PM, said:

Why is Trolling not on this list?

Because your mother said so.

[Kuro]

What's CP? o.0 I kinda want to look it up but I don't wanna get scarred for life
And I oppose this suggestion:

zevrom, on 08 February 2011 - 02:52 PM, said:

You should add no posting on old boards so others dont make the same mistake

There are a few instances where you can dig up some gems. Besides. That puts like the whole digital camera section of the general chat area under lock down....

Waser Lave, on 08 February 2011 - 03:00 PM, said:

Zevrom is just generally annoying though so we should probably have a rule for that too imo.

LOL XD

Edited by Kuro, 08 February 2011 - 03:48 PM.

[iargue]

Kuro, on 08 February 2011 - 03:47 PM, said:

What's CP? o.0 I kinda want to look it up but I don't wanna get scarred for life
And I oppose this suggestion:


There are a few instances where you can dig up some gems. Besides. That puts like the whole digital camera section of the general chat area under lock down....


LOL XD

No. because the digital camera section has been replied to. We are talking about posting in topics that were last posted in 2006... The only reason you do that is to boost your post count.

And cp is child porn.

[Ayami]

Kuro, on 08 February 2011 - 03:47 PM, said:

What's CP? o.0 I kinda want to look it up but I don't wanna get scarred for life
And I oppose this suggestion:


There are a few instances where you can dig up some gems. Besides. That puts like the whole digital camera section of the general chat area under lock down....


LOL XD

CP Is an abbreviation for many things. Oh iargue got to it nvm.

Edited by Ayami, 08 February 2011 - 03:53 PM.

[Noitidart]

Thanks SL for this news post. It's a good reminder to me as well. lol

[Kuro]

iargue, on 08 February 2011 - 03:50 PM, said:

No. because the digital camera section has been replied to. We are talking about posting in topics that were last posted in 2006... The only reason you do that is to boost your post count.

And cp is child porn.

Oh. You learn something new every day.

As for the digital camera section there's still stuff on the first page that's from like 4 years ago. If we're going to have a posting rule maybe put it so you can't post in topics x number of pages back? I dunno

[Elindoril]

Kuro, on 08 February 2011 - 05:26 PM, said:

As for the digital camera section there's still stuff on the first page that's from like 4 years ago. If we're going to have a posting rule maybe put it so you can't post in topics x number of pages back? I dunno

More or less a reminder that the community looks down upon those who don't read the date on the topic's posts and to careful when replying to those threads without any new content or contributing post.

[Ayami]

Elindoril, on 08 February 2011 - 05:30 PM, said:

More or less a reminder that the community looks down upon those who don't read the date on the topic's posts and to careful when replying to those threads without any new content or contributing post.

I really think it depends on what the topic is for such as a program topic reporting a issue in a previous topic without making a new one that seems like it's okay.

[Ziz]

Roxi, on 08 February 2011 - 03:16 PM, said:

Whether it's a rule or not, I think some sort of guideline needs to be set for this. We get fussed at for gravedigging, but if we start a new topic on it we get fussed at, too. So...maybe after a post is dead for so many weeks or months it will be ok to start a new post?

There isalready one made by PRBM:
Guide: How to Not Look As Stupid As You Do

But maybe it should be updated to include a little more.

Edited by Ziz, 08 February 2011 - 07:13 PM.

[WharfRat]

Good to see the rules posted again.

I know I refer to them occasionally but never can seem to bother to actually find a hard link. Thanks.

[Melchoire]

*why are you ignoring me?*