Introduction

While we prefer to take a relaxed attitude here at Techious, we would like to maintain order and these are the rules that should be followed in every single forum of this board, unless explicitly written otherwise. The rules will be enforced using a system of warnings and temporary bans (or permanent if you break too many rules). Warnings and bans can be handed out by all Moderators and the Admin. All users are subject to warnings and bans, except the Admin (me), who cannot be banned due to security reasons (the board cannot be without an admin), however, the admin will abide by his own rules. I would like there to be no reason for these, and hope there is, however, they must be written.

Reporting

If you see a post that offends any of the following rules, please you the report button (little exclamation mark at the bottom right of every post) to report this for it to be further dealt with by a mod. With your report please include the text you get from pressing the "quote" button in the further information box. This means the post's content is preserved as is at the time of the report. The report is then sent to the moderators for appropriate processing.
Side note to moderators; you can see 2 exclamation marks, the first one is the report button, the second one is the warn button. If you are certain that the post is breaking a rule, use the warn button and instantly deal with it, including all appropriate material in the warning information, including post data. however, if you are unsure, press the report button to have me look it over.

Warnings

The warnings will work on an exponential system, meaning that the first offence of a particular kind results in x amount of warnings (detailed below) and repeat offences will result in the amount of warnings being given getting doubled each time. For example, if you spam (first warning is one warning) 3 times you will get 1+2+4=7 warnings in total. If you spam again you will get another 8 warnings, bringing your total to 15 (plus more for other offences). A warning will not expire.

Bans

Bans are issued based on the number of warnings you have received. You serve a ban once for each number of warnings detailed below. If you receive enough warnings to trigger multiple bans, you will receive the longest ban appropriate for that range. Repeat offences of a certain type my result in a reduced ban but with other consequences. For example, if you repeatedly spam, you may be put on the moderator queue, which means you will have to wait a for a a moderator to approve your post before it can be read by all users. The below format is;
Amount of warnings (comma [,] separates different values) - Ban time

2 - 1 hour
5, 15, 35, 45, 55, 65, 85, 95, 105, 115, 135, 145, 155, 165, 185, 195 -6 hours
10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 70, 80, 90, 110, 120, 130, 140, 160, 170, 180, 190 -1 day
25, 75, 125, 175 -1 week (7 days)
50, 150 -2 weeks
100 -1 month
200 -Permanent

Offences

Offences are written in the format;
Offence - Original number of warnings - Notes

Spam - 1 - Spam can be defined as any post that serves no relevance to the forum or topic (though drifting off topic does not count in this). Posting lots of website links is spam, unless done in the pimping forum (unless the website is appropriate to the topic or you are using the website for reference in the post [such as linking a specific Inquirer article). Posting lots of replies with little or no content, or posting the same content repeatedly (double posting is alright, as people make mistakes) class as spam. If you are caught mass spamming you will be banned immediately for 1 hour, but still receive the warnings.

Swearing - 1 - Excessive or extreme swearing will result in a warning. Minor or irregular swearing is permitted, just don't take it too far. This is at the moderators' discretion.

Insults - 2 - Insulting other members is a serious offence on these forums as we like to keep a friendly atmosphere on this board. Whether something is an insult or not is at the moderators' discretion.

Warez - 2 - Posting warez links or requesting illegal material is not allowed on this forum. Torrents are not classed as this, as long as they are for legitimate content, such as Linux.

Pictures of certain natures - 2 - Pornographic, disgusting or insulting pictures are against the rules of this forum. This includes shock sites and linking to such images.

Racism/fascism etc. - 2 - Anything derogatory said about any race, sex or creed comes under this.

Flaming - 2 - Flaming is essentially a very severe argument, often targeted at an individual or group of users for what they have said. Remember, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Duplicate Accounts - Instant permanent ban - Any duplicate accounts will be instantly banned forever. The original account will be left intact. 1 account each.

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Any suggestions on how to approve these rules are greatly appreciated. The rules are subject to change at any time, changes will be noted by another post in this thread detailing them and appropriate amendments to the original post. Thank you for your co-operation!

I feel like I have no purpose any more

Dont push it, you are already on thin ice u know that.

I thought it was a fresh start, but I don't mind if you have something against me, you nice person.

LOL, it is a fresh start, can't add retrospective penaltie on people who posted when these rules didn't exists.

Anyway, you do have a purpose, Aaron, posting tech stuff and just being wierd (that isn't against the rules).

I have corrected a spelling mistake.



Also, it is probably not my business, but why is azcn2503 on 'thin ice?'

Well back as the old forum was about to be switched he started posting silly stuff. images and things that were definatly against the rules. Im still holding those, Grim might not, i am.

Species, where is this typo, I can't see it?

Yeah, aaron was on thin ice cos he was posting some... pictures... on the old forum. He starts a fresh on this new forum, but if he had done what he did on the old forum here he would have already been banned for a day. Anyway, I think we should let that pass, as the rules weren't too clear on the old forum.

The spelling mistake was in the red writing at the bottom, and it has been purged.

OK, thanks. I make plenty of tupos.

Hey, you mean typo's, don't you?

Yeah, exactly !

What about signature size?

Signature images are locked by the forum software to a specific size, I believe, which is detailed Here. I'm not sure whether it can limit the text.

Its not like any of you could do anything about Aaron posting bad images ;P

He can block even mark XD

True, but that kinda defeats the object of the forum.

And would simply result in The Admin moving the database.

Anywho I'm not sure Aaron cares what happens whatever he does cos when he got banned, apparently he was goin on about 'I got banned, woot!'


Still, breaking the rules gives me an excuse to be TOTALITARIAN!!!!

However, I'm trying not to be too harsh on 'playful' insults.
As long as I see them when I'm in the 'right' mood.

Yeah, I probably would move the database.

We need to have a section on avatar and sig stealing. 2 warnings I say (one for each).

I 100% agree.

Hmm, impersonation would probably cover that. I may add it later.

bratty y have u made another account called brataccaslol??
just wondering - and like the rules

He got banned, so he created another account to bypass that. That got permabanned!