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Welcome to the Pokémon Anime Rules and Guidelines thread. The following are rules which should be followed or else you may receive a warning or infraction. If you have any questions about the rules or guidelines, feel free to contact any Pokémon Anime moderator.
The rules for the Pokémon Anime section are:
1. Insulting users for their opinions (Flaming and Baiting and/or thread bans; Abuse and Harassment and/or a forum ban)
The Anime forum takes a strong stance against flaming those who you disagree with; disagree with someone by arguing in the context of the show and not about the user themselves.
We also ask that you refrain from personal attacks directed at any of the staff who work on the anime (writers, animators, etc.) - all criticisms should be focused upon the work itself, not the people.
2. The F Word – “Filler” (Pointless Post)
No word gets tossed more haphazardly around the Pokemon fandom and with quite so much tedium and negativity as the term “filler”. We ask you to avoid posting in episode review/preview threads merely or primarily to comment upon/complain about the episode’s status as a filler. This includes comments such as “filler, not interested” and "too much filler".
3. Capture speculation with no evidence (Pointless Post)
Posting speculation about a capture of a Pokémon in a preview thread without evidence to suggest such capture (such as a scan or preview that hints at a capture, such as bonding) is not allowed. Instead, please take this discussion to the Pokémon Evolution/Capture/Release Thread.
4. Petitions and fan campaigns (Advertising)
Please do not create threads or posts to advertise petitions or other fan campaigns in the forums. Signatures and blogs can be used for this purpose instead.
5. Unofficial versions of the Pokémon Anime (Copyright Violation)
The Anime forum is a place to discuss all official versions of the Pokémon Anime and not fandubs or other fan edits. This includes posting or asking where to find fandubs or edits.
6. Spoilers in dub review threads (Pointless Post)
When posting in the review thread for a dub episode, please keep all spoilers about future episodes (which have not yet aired in the English language dub) in spoiler tags. This is only fair to those users who prefer to primarily follow the dub and wish to discuss the latest episodes without having future events spoiled.
7. Unsourced translations (Plagiarism)
Any translations/summaries that are taken from a different forum, website, or source must give credit to the original creator.
And finally a note about excessive negativity and the Anime forum:
This forum exists primarily for the enjoyment of anime fans. We certainly don’t expect you to like everything about the show, and criticism, where on-topic and peacefully-expressed, is not something we wish to blot out. However, given that this forum is still recovering from turbulent times (which we cannot afford to repeat), we ask you to be mindful of the general kind of attitude you are bringing into it. If very literally ALL you want to do here is use this forum as a soapbox for complaining about your general issues with the anime, then we suggest that you use your blog instead. The staff may opt to take action against such behaviour if we deem it necessary, and we will judge how to handle this on a case-by-case basis.
The rules for the Pokémon Anime section are:
1. Insulting users for their opinions (Flaming and Baiting and/or thread bans; Abuse and Harassment and/or a forum ban)
The Anime forum takes a strong stance against flaming those who you disagree with; disagree with someone by arguing in the context of the show and not about the user themselves.
We also ask that you refrain from personal attacks directed at any of the staff who work on the anime (writers, animators, etc.) - all criticisms should be focused upon the work itself, not the people.
2. The F Word – “Filler” (Pointless Post)
No word gets tossed more haphazardly around the Pokemon fandom and with quite so much tedium and negativity as the term “filler”. We ask you to avoid posting in episode review/preview threads merely or primarily to comment upon/complain about the episode’s status as a filler. This includes comments such as “filler, not interested” and "too much filler".
3. Capture speculation with no evidence (Pointless Post)
Posting speculation about a capture of a Pokémon in a preview thread without evidence to suggest such capture (such as a scan or preview that hints at a capture, such as bonding) is not allowed. Instead, please take this discussion to the Pokémon Evolution/Capture/Release Thread.
4. Petitions and fan campaigns (Advertising)
Please do not create threads or posts to advertise petitions or other fan campaigns in the forums. Signatures and blogs can be used for this purpose instead.
5. Unofficial versions of the Pokémon Anime (Copyright Violation)
The Anime forum is a place to discuss all official versions of the Pokémon Anime and not fandubs or other fan edits. This includes posting or asking where to find fandubs or edits.
6. Spoilers in dub review threads (Pointless Post)
When posting in the review thread for a dub episode, please keep all spoilers about future episodes (which have not yet aired in the English language dub) in spoiler tags. This is only fair to those users who prefer to primarily follow the dub and wish to discuss the latest episodes without having future events spoiled.
7. Unsourced translations (Plagiarism)
Any translations/summaries that are taken from a different forum, website, or source must give credit to the original creator.
And finally a note about excessive negativity and the Anime forum:
This forum exists primarily for the enjoyment of anime fans. We certainly don’t expect you to like everything about the show, and criticism, where on-topic and peacefully-expressed, is not something we wish to blot out. However, given that this forum is still recovering from turbulent times (which we cannot afford to repeat), we ask you to be mindful of the general kind of attitude you are bringing into it. If very literally ALL you want to do here is use this forum as a soapbox for complaining about your general issues with the anime, then we suggest that you use your blog instead. The staff may opt to take action against such behaviour if we deem it necessary, and we will judge how to handle this on a case-by-case basis.
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