As some of you may have seen, some changes have been made to the Bulbagarden Infractions system.
As you probably weren't aware, both evkl and I were rather unhappy with the experiment of the former rule system with its infractions and all that jazz. On a forum like the Soap Box, we need both to give users the leeway they need to express their opinion, and the ability to prevent abuses of that freedom.
With that in mind, we're switching to a very different rule system, that apply only to the Soap Box, and with sentences that apply only in the Soap Box (you will generally not be banned from the rest of Bulbagarden for missteps in the Soap Box)
This rule system will consist of three rules.
The Three Rules
1. If a moderator tells you to stop doing something, you stop. If you don't stop, you may be banned from viewing or posting in the Soap Box.
2. A moderator may at any time close, edit or delete threads or posts if they feel it is necessary to maintain order in the forum.
3. If you disagree with something a moderator has done (either telling you to stop something, or closing/editing/deleting your posts or threads), contact evkl or myself (Evil Figment) about it. We will review together the situation and decide whether or not to reverse the original decision.
Of course, we all like having a good idea what we're doing, and what's likely to anger the mods. To that end, we've prepared a list of principles. Consider them rights that every user has; it's how you should be treated by the others, and how the others should be treated by you. If a mod feels that something you are doing goes against another user's rights, he'll tell you to quit it.
The Seven Principles (aka the Soap Box Bill of Rights)
1. Members are entitled to their opinions, even controversial ones, and to posting them.
2. Members are entitled to make relevant criticism of other users during a debate.
3. Members are entitled to the basic courtesy of reasonably readable posts.
4. Members are entitled to not being victim of deliberate attempts at antagonizing them, or threats of violence
5. Members and their opinions are entitled to not being referred to by insulting nicknames.
6. Members are entitled to a discussion free of insulting or demeaning generalizations.
7. Members are entitled to having their fellow posters respect the original topic of threads they create.
As you probably weren't aware, both evkl and I were rather unhappy with the experiment of the former rule system with its infractions and all that jazz. On a forum like the Soap Box, we need both to give users the leeway they need to express their opinion, and the ability to prevent abuses of that freedom.
With that in mind, we're switching to a very different rule system, that apply only to the Soap Box, and with sentences that apply only in the Soap Box (you will generally not be banned from the rest of Bulbagarden for missteps in the Soap Box)
This rule system will consist of three rules.
The Three Rules
1. If a moderator tells you to stop doing something, you stop. If you don't stop, you may be banned from viewing or posting in the Soap Box.
2. A moderator may at any time close, edit or delete threads or posts if they feel it is necessary to maintain order in the forum.
3. If you disagree with something a moderator has done (either telling you to stop something, or closing/editing/deleting your posts or threads), contact evkl or myself (Evil Figment) about it. We will review together the situation and decide whether or not to reverse the original decision.
Of course, we all like having a good idea what we're doing, and what's likely to anger the mods. To that end, we've prepared a list of principles. Consider them rights that every user has; it's how you should be treated by the others, and how the others should be treated by you. If a mod feels that something you are doing goes against another user's rights, he'll tell you to quit it.
The Seven Principles (aka the Soap Box Bill of Rights)
1. Members are entitled to their opinions, even controversial ones, and to posting them.
2. Members are entitled to make relevant criticism of other users during a debate.
3. Members are entitled to the basic courtesy of reasonably readable posts.
4. Members are entitled to not being victim of deliberate attempts at antagonizing them, or threats of violence
5. Members and their opinions are entitled to not being referred to by insulting nicknames.
6. Members are entitled to a discussion free of insulting or demeaning generalizations.
7. Members are entitled to having their fellow posters respect the original topic of threads they create.
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