Pulse Music Board Rules & Guidelines (Aug 2011)
Aug 20, 2011 10:43:24 GMT -5
Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Aug 20, 2011 10:43:24 GMT -5
These are the rules of the Pulse Music Board. They are not guidelines or suggestions but rules that must be followed in order to keep the board running smoothly for all members.
1. Stay on topic. -- try to keep all conversation relevant to the original topic at hand. If it's a topic about a specific single, keep the discussion related to that song. Same with topics about specific albums, artists, movies, etc. Some progression of the discussion away from the original intent is okay if the discussion is a quality one that grew naturally out of the conversation, but ideally discussion will come back to the original topic within a reasonable time.
Some examples of unnecessarily going off topic include:
2. Keep topics in their appropriate forums. -- We have a lot of ground to cover but there is a space to put pretty much any topic. Since this is primarily a board for music and music charts discussions, there's more focus on that type of discussion. Below is a list of the individual forums and what goes where:
*Moderators and Administrators reserve the right to move topics to a more appropriate forum and lock topics that have already been created or are deemed inappropriate.
3. No Personal Attacks. -- Personal attacks towards other board members anywhere on the message board will not be tolerated and will result in an instant warning/possible suspension.
These include, but are not limited to:
4. No Trolling. -- Posting messages with the intention of starting arguments/upsetting other members will no longer be tolerated and will result in the topic being locked and warnings/suspensions given. Posts seen as bordering on trolling will be considered as such and given the same treatment as obvious trolling posts.
This includes but is not limited to:
5. Only one account per person. -- Only one account at any time per person. Anyone with more than one active account will have the new one suspended. One warning will be issued for the duplicate account, as well as additional warnings for any posts made under the duplicate account that violate other rules.
6. No spam. -- No spamming permitted at all. Any advertising must be done in the avatar or signature of the member's own profile. Anyone found to be posting for the sole purpose of advertising will be considered a spammer and blocked at the discretion of the administrators.
7. Signature limits. -- Signature images cannot exceed 100x500px in size nor can they be more than 300kb. Signatures also cannot violate any of the other rules.
8. No obscene/illegal content. -- Images considered to be obscene are not allowed to be posted or used as a signature or avatar. Illegal content is also (obviously) not allowed. This is also in the Proboards terms of service. Anyone found to violate this rule will be permanently suspended and the topic in which the posts are located will be locked. This includes but is not limited to
9. File Uploads. -- Files attached to a post must be relevant to the discussion. If not, it may be removed.
10. No double-posting. -- Double posts are not allowed. Use the "edit" button if you have something more to add to a thread. Moderators reserve the right to combine consecutive posts. Persistent violations of this may result in a warning.
11. No nonsense posts. -- Post only if you have something to contribute. If a post contains nothing relevant to the discussion, consists only of a previously-quoted message or strays the discussion off-topic, it may be removed to ensure continuity for the topic's discussion. Persistent violations of this may result in a warning.
Please note that there is a "+1" or thumbs up option now for every post so if you want to agree with a post or like it, you can click that instead.
12. Report posts that violate board rules rather than responding to them on the board. -- If you see a questionable post that violates any of the above rules or guidelines, you can report posts it by using the Report Post function located at the bottom right of each post. Don't respond to those posts on the board as it'll take discussion further off-topic. Do not abuse this function by reporting posts that simply contain opinions which differ from your own.
13. Administrators and Moderators' decisions are final. -- Admins/Mods reserve the right to lock topics, move topics, remove posts, warn and suspend members that repeatedly violate the rules in order to ensure order and proper running of the message board. By posting on this board, it is assumed that you've read and agree with these rules. If any member has an issue with a moderator or administrator's decision either on the board or with a warning/suspension, they must message TWO mods/admins with their situation.
Notice of warnings will be sent out via Private Message directly to the member by a moderator or administrator. Notice of suspensions will be emailed to the address listed in the member's profile. These notices are done off the public forums. Just because they aren't visible doesn't mean they're not being taken care of. The moderators/administrators keep a tally of all warnings and suspensions given out along with the date and the member who issued the warning.
Suspended members cannot use other members to converse with the board's administration either on the board or off. Any issues must be dealt with directly.
Suspensions may take place over the course of a day for minor offenses to upwards of a month for major suspensions. Permabans are bans that are permanent and considered to be non-reversal for extreme violations.
If you require any clarification on the above, please refer to the following designated topic located in The Lounge: pulsemusic.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=lounge&action=display&thread=109061
1. Stay on topic. -- try to keep all conversation relevant to the original topic at hand. If it's a topic about a specific single, keep the discussion related to that song. Same with topics about specific albums, artists, movies, etc. Some progression of the discussion away from the original intent is okay if the discussion is a quality one that grew naturally out of the conversation, but ideally discussion will come back to the original topic within a reasonable time.
Some examples of unnecessarily going off topic include:
- Ranking songs in the middle of singles topics is not allowed and must be relocated to specific Rank the Songs topics. Failure to do so may result in the topic being locked.
- Bringing other artists into a discussion, especially for the purposes of bashing or baiting. This will result in a warning.
2. Keep topics in their appropriate forums. -- We have a lot of ground to cover but there is a space to put pretty much any topic. Since this is primarily a board for music and music charts discussions, there's more focus on that type of discussion. Below is a list of the individual forums and what goes where:
- Chart Forums: To discuss individual songs as it relates to the individual formats. Also appropriate are general topics that relate to the specific format and its chart. One topic per song, current songs only and only songs confirmed as being singles allowed. Any topic not conforming to those restrictions will be locked and/or moved to an appropriate forum.
- Radio Industry Forums: For discussion of general programming issues and format changes.
- General Music News: To discuss general music news, industry news, sales charts, Billboard charts, concert industry and other non-artist specific news.
- General Artist News: To discuss news related directly to individual artists. Typically separated with one topic for album. There are two sub-forums, A-J and K-Z. Location of topics are based on the first letter of the artist's first name or first name of the band as it would appear in a CD library (i.e. remove "the").
- Personal Charts: For the personal charts of board members and subsequent discussion.
- Your Opinion Please: To discuss anything music-related that is purely opinion-based rather than news artists. Ask questions, post reviews, discuss trends, etc.
- The Polling Booth: For polls and other multiple-choice questions. Only a couple of active polls can be dedicated to an artist at any given time to avoid a flood of similar-polls
- Games: Member-created interactive music-based games.
- Non-Singles/Album Tracks: Any song that doesn't fit into any of the other songs-based forums can be discussed here. Primarily focuses on relatively current album-tracks, b-sides and unreleased songs.
- Nostalgia: For discussion of older music. A recommended guideline would be songs that are more than two years old.
- News & Entertainment: To discuss non-music news. World events, politics, movies, etc.
- The Lounge: Anything that hasn't already been covered in any of the other topics.
- Announcements/Board Concerns For discussion of board issues, questions or suggestions.
*Moderators and Administrators reserve the right to move topics to a more appropriate forum and lock topics that have already been created or are deemed inappropriate.
3. No Personal Attacks. -- Personal attacks towards other board members anywhere on the message board will not be tolerated and will result in an instant warning/possible suspension.
These include, but are not limited to:
- direct insults
- underhanded comments (i.e.: "Well you must have heard a different version of that song", "Well you need to get your ears cleaned out")
- racial/homophobic comments (these will not be tolerated and will result in a suspension/permaban)
4. No Trolling. -- Posting messages with the intention of starting arguments/upsetting other members will no longer be tolerated and will result in the topic being locked and warnings/suspensions given. Posts seen as bordering on trolling will be considered as such and given the same treatment as obvious trolling posts.
This includes but is not limited to:
- repeatedly trashing specific artists in the same topics
- retaliating against other members by insulting artists you assume to be someone they like. (i.e.: "I didn't like Christina's last album." "It's not like Britney has done anything good lately!!")
- replying to a troll in a trollish matter. It brings you down with them and may result in warnings for both people.
5. Only one account per person. -- Only one account at any time per person. Anyone with more than one active account will have the new one suspended. One warning will be issued for the duplicate account, as well as additional warnings for any posts made under the duplicate account that violate other rules.
6. No spam. -- No spamming permitted at all. Any advertising must be done in the avatar or signature of the member's own profile. Anyone found to be posting for the sole purpose of advertising will be considered a spammer and blocked at the discretion of the administrators.
7. Signature limits. -- Signature images cannot exceed 100x500px in size nor can they be more than 300kb. Signatures also cannot violate any of the other rules.
8. No obscene/illegal content. -- Images considered to be obscene are not allowed to be posted or used as a signature or avatar. Illegal content is also (obviously) not allowed. This is also in the Proboards terms of service. Anyone found to violate this rule will be permanently suspended and the topic in which the posts are located will be locked. This includes but is not limited to
- posting MP3s, links to MP3s or discussion on ways to attain illegal MP3s.
- requesting MP3s from other members, requesting links to MP3s or requesting ways to illegally attain MP3s.
- Posting or collecting Soundscan data to use on the board unless provided with a direct link from a reputable source/press release.
- nude photographs or overtly sexual images, gifs or links to videos.
- threatening content
9. File Uploads. -- Files attached to a post must be relevant to the discussion. If not, it may be removed.
10. No double-posting. -- Double posts are not allowed. Use the "edit" button if you have something more to add to a thread. Moderators reserve the right to combine consecutive posts. Persistent violations of this may result in a warning.
11. No nonsense posts. -- Post only if you have something to contribute. If a post contains nothing relevant to the discussion, consists only of a previously-quoted message or strays the discussion off-topic, it may be removed to ensure continuity for the topic's discussion. Persistent violations of this may result in a warning.
Please note that there is a "+1" or thumbs up option now for every post so if you want to agree with a post or like it, you can click that instead.
12. Report posts that violate board rules rather than responding to them on the board. -- If you see a questionable post that violates any of the above rules or guidelines, you can report posts it by using the Report Post function located at the bottom right of each post. Don't respond to those posts on the board as it'll take discussion further off-topic. Do not abuse this function by reporting posts that simply contain opinions which differ from your own.
13. Administrators and Moderators' decisions are final. -- Admins/Mods reserve the right to lock topics, move topics, remove posts, warn and suspend members that repeatedly violate the rules in order to ensure order and proper running of the message board. By posting on this board, it is assumed that you've read and agree with these rules. If any member has an issue with a moderator or administrator's decision either on the board or with a warning/suspension, they must message TWO mods/admins with their situation.
Notice of warnings will be sent out via Private Message directly to the member by a moderator or administrator. Notice of suspensions will be emailed to the address listed in the member's profile. These notices are done off the public forums. Just because they aren't visible doesn't mean they're not being taken care of. The moderators/administrators keep a tally of all warnings and suspensions given out along with the date and the member who issued the warning.
Suspended members cannot use other members to converse with the board's administration either on the board or off. Any issues must be dealt with directly.
Suspensions may take place over the course of a day for minor offenses to upwards of a month for major suspensions. Permabans are bans that are permanent and considered to be non-reversal for extreme violations.
If you require any clarification on the above, please refer to the following designated topic located in The Lounge: pulsemusic.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=lounge&action=display&thread=109061