Discussion and Suggestions for the Rules

[Lovely]

Just a list of Rules so we can all post in Harmony.

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SKU (Shaman King Uncensored) Forum Rules

1. Post Carefully.
Spelling and Grammar can be fun! Remember, it's just as easy to type "How are you?" as opposed to "h0w R U???!!!"

2. No "Post Padding".
Please, if your post consists of just ONE word rethink on whether it needs to be posted or not. Too many violations and I just might go into your account and reduce your posts. And we don't want that now do we? I'm not trying to be mean, but this is for the sanity of the rest of the board.

3. Search is your friend.
If you wish to make a new thread, please look around the board a bit and see if your idea hasn't already been posted.

4. Don't bump up old topics unless you have something new to add to the discussion.

5. Post on topic.
If you don't know where a post should go, chances are the "general" forum will work just fine.

6. No asking or posting links to download liscenced material.
Because a REAL anime fan buys supports the companies who make the anime. "Anime is a hobby, not a right."

7. Languange
A little cursing is fine and understandable, just don't overdo it. ALSO I have a language filter on the board. So if you type a curse word and it ends up censored DON'T try to be "clever" and bypass it!

8. Don't spam
This should be obvious but... I need an excuse to ban you when you spam . "BANNED because you violated rule 8... 50 times!" You know, something like that.

Disallowed Topics

9.) The following topics and discussions are NOT allowed on the board.

Religious Discussions
Political Discussions/advocacy (unless in direct discussion of a particular show or manga)

Sig pic Size limits

The MAXIMUM height allowed= 150px
the MAXIMUM width allowed= 600px


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Repeated violations of the rules may result in banning or a reduced post count. Depending on the offense and the frequency.
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As a side note. I wanted to make the rule list it's own thread but stupid pro-boards won't let me both sticky and lock a topic >_< . *bitter*

[Saturn]

I'm not sure how you do this on here since I've never had a proboard; but you might want to sticky your rules. That way they will always be at the top of the page and they won't get lost in the sea of posts. And people can't say they didn't see it either.

Although, if you already knew that then you can just throw me to the rabbits.

I think one of the other problems I've seen on here are double posting. When the topic has already been created and someone goes and starts the same topic some place else. Although, I guess that's something easy to fix with a simple lock and delete.

[OHWceta]

are RPG's allowed?

[Oversoul]

How about not bumping old topics(I'm thinking anything more than a week or two old) unless it's REEEEEAAALLLY relevent?

[Lord Cyber]

Oversoul said:

How about not bumping old topics(I'm thinking anything more than a week or two old) unless it's REEEEEAAALLLY relevent?

If they're not being bumped then they need to be locked with an explanation...example: I just sent Lovely a message regarding the "Missing Episodes on Fox" thread because someone read it just recently and replied to it thinking it was current information. My thread about that morning where they were showing the "The Batman" preview on WBKids would also fall under this category because of it's age...

What do you mean by RPGs OHWceta? Are you looking for a seperate section devoted just to free-form Shaman King roleplaying?

Heck, Lovely, you'll have to edit and remove these messages once the final rules get set...

Not that I'm looking to become a moderator (and Saturn and me already have something Shaman-ish in the works that'll eat up our free time) do you have the time to moderate the boards by yourself Lovely AND keep up on the comparisons for the new episodes that'll be starting up next month?

[Lovely]

When the final rules are set, I'll probably unsticky this thread, and make a new thread (which will be stickied and locked).

Won't lock this thread because who knows, someone might have a comment or suggestion that they would like heard.

Now, on to your concerns!

Well, for the most part, when someone double posts, I just lock the new thread and refer them to the old. Sometimes, I might miss a few of these threads though, so just keep your eyes open for me ^_~.

Sooo....

Rule #2: Search is your friend. If you wish to make a new thread, please look around the board a bit and see if your idea hasn't already been posted.

Rule #3: Don't bump up old topics unless you have something new to add to the discussion.

[Lovely]

O.k, here's my current list of "guidlines" . Questions? Comments? I'll be pinning this list up and posting it tomorrow if there is no objections. Oh, and I'll probably get rid or rule #6 (or at least that little comment for it *laughs*).

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SKU Forum Rules

1. Post Carefully.
Spelling and Grammar can be fun! Remember, it's just as easy to type "How are you?" as opposed to "h0w R U???!!!"

2. No "Post Padding".
Please, if your post consists of just ONE word rethink on whether it needs to be posted or not. Too many violations and I just might go into your account and reduce your posts. And we don't want that now do we? I'm not trying to be mean, but this is for the sanity of the rest of the board.

3. Search is your friend.
If you wish to make a new thread, please look around the board a bit and see if your idea hasn't already been posted.

4. Don't bump up old topics unless you have something new to add to the discussion.

5. Post on topic.
If you don't know where a post should go, chances are the "general" forum will work just fine.

6. Have fun!
This a command. Seriously.#nosmileys

[Saturn]

Is it just my browser, or is everyone else seeing little boxes in that last post of your's Lovely?

[Lovely]

Is it fixed now?

[Saturn]

You've got it in Japanese or something. If I switch to Japanese encoding it shows fine.

[Lovely]

DAMN YOU MICROSOFT !

*cough* erm... I mean, let me try to fix it again ^^;.

EDIT: Good now? I went in and fixed in manually v_v ...

[Shekahla]

Lovely-sama, it's looks good now (before all the 's were boxes...)! And I was wondering...Since you want proper grammer and such, can I use l33t in my sig?

[Lovely]

Shekahla said:

Lovely-sama, it's looks good now (before all the 's were boxes...)! And I was wondering...Since you want proper grammer and such, can I use l33t in my sig?

L33t in your sig is fine ^_^ . Heck, l33t for comedic purposes is fine. I just don't want people coming to the board and making every post like that @_@....

[Shekahla]

Ohhh! Okay, thanks. I get what you mean...You don't want people joining the forums and posting things like this:
hi ppl!! i jsut joined here. sk is soooo cool!! but yu yu hakusho is really cool cuz hiei and kurama r sooo hot. i dont really liek morty... i mean hes cute but hes not hot!!!11!!shift+oreo!!1 so ill be leik seeing u arond

Yeah...Also wondering, what cuss words should I avoid using at all costs? I'm sure I shouldn't use sh** and NEVER use the f word (I don't like that word anyways). Any others people wouldn't like me using?

[Lovely]

*laughing like crazy at Sheka's "newbie" post* I'm especially fond of the shift+oreo part XD .

Actuuuuaaaallly, concerning curse words, The board actually has a language filter set up for a few words. (uh, I think just for the f-bomb.)