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Full Forum Rules
List of all the forum rules.
Please use common sense as well as sticking to the forum Rules.
The admins/moderators reserve the right to restrict/ban any and all users from the forums at any time for any reason. However unlikely to happen this is a reason will be given for all restrictions/bans.
1. Try to stay on topic at all times. Try not to drift off topic during a thread conversation. Please don't join in with off topic discussion even if others are. Instead, try starting a new thread and linking to it. Off topic posts may get deleted, and threads that really get out of hand will be closed.
2. Post similar questions together. If you have several questions, it's better to ask them all in the one thread rather than create additional threads to ask each within. Make use of the edit feature in your post to add more information.
3. Try not to post duplicate threads. Use the Forum Search to check if the topic you wish to post exists in the Forum already - it's very possible someone already asked your question! (Forum Search is located in the top right of every Forum for convenience.)
4. Use short, concise thread titles. When posting a new thread, it's a good idea to use a short, yet informative title, so it is not too long and other Visitors to the Forum know what your thread is about.
5. Try not to double post!. If you post additional identical replies/posts by mistake, please delete the duplicate replies by clicking the del link at the bottom of each. Where you need to add more information on to your original reply, click edit at the bottom of your post and add more to it, instead of clicking Reply and creating two replies.
6. Do not flood a forum with random/useless/unrelated posts.
7. No offensive, insulting, profane or vulgar remarks are allowed. This rule applies anywhere on the site; your signature, custom title, posts and everywhere else you can submit something to the site. This also applies to comments about other people who do not frequent the site. "Joke flaming" is no longer allowed in site signatures, and guestbook signings, this will be treated as if it were actual flaming. We are a PG-13 Radio station and the forum must also reflect this.
8. Do not impersonate other Visitors. Trying to pretend to be someone else on the site, especially Staff, is not allowed. Impersonating staff will get you an instant ban.
9. Do not spam. Under no circumstances are you allowed to spam anywhere, within any Forum or area. If you are caught spamming anywhere, punishment can range from warnings to permanent bans depending on the severity and content of the spam and whether it is a repeat offense!
10. Do not use other accounts to break any of the Forum wide Rules. Please do not attempt to break rules by using another account for the purpose of anonymity to avoid punishment. All Moderators and Site Staff (only) can see your IP and will be able to see anyone breaking this rule.
11. Do not attempt to break Forum wide Rules as a Guest. Unregistered Members/Guests, can also be identified using the same means to identify registered Members, and repeated abuse and rule breaking as a Guest will result in having your IP banned.
12. Do not create additional registered accounts to bypass an issued ban. Trying to get around a ban using secondary/additional member accounts will result in a permanent ban of all binding accounts from which you have created. Further abuse will lead to your ISP being informed for site abuse. If you feel that you have been banned in error or unfairly, the WORST thing you can do is to create a bypass account. Have patience and work with a moderator or supermoderator to resolve the problem instead.
13. Do not aid other Guests/Members to bypass bans. Using your knowledge of the site workings and Moderator tools to help a troublemaker or banned Visitor will get you banned also.
14. Pornographic content is not permitted on this site. Young Visitors frequent this Site, and should not be exposed to adult material. This includes the provision of links to source material, or the posting of pornographic text or imagery anywhere on the Site.
15. Do not advertise other websites/forums. Advertising through posts is strictly forbidden unless authorized by a super admin. This may only be done through your personal Profile, Custom Title or Signature. Advertising another website to unsolicited Visitors who you are unknown to, in an attempt to raise traffic, is also not permitted. Members who link to any type of referral site will lose posting rights on their account.
16. Do not use inappropriate avatars, custom titles or signatures. Using any of these site provisions to show acts of sex or blatant sexual imagery or text, profanity, religious, social or personal slandering is a serious offense. More clarity about sexual imagery can be found in the sexual imagery clarifications.
17. Do not pose as an Administrative Staff Member or Moderator. Visitors to the Site who are not recognized Administrators or Moderators with full credentials, should not pose as the aforementioned ranks, through the use of Administrator or Moderator in their Member name, avatar, custom title or signature. The creation of new accounts to pose as any of these ranks is also strictly forbidden. This includes but is not limited to using the following titles or deviant spellings of admin, Administrator, Webmaster, Staff, Mod and Moderator. Please note that it is also an offense to use the forum mail system or any other communication medium to pose as any of the aforementioned staff ranks in order to convince another Guest/Member of your false identity.
18. Do not use the forum mail system as a secure communication medium. Confidential information or details of a fragile nature should not be transmitted to another Visitor to the forum. The Administrators have access to these messages if necessary and accept no responsibility resulting from the exposure of this information to the public through using our forum.
19. Do not attempt to distribute or discuss Warez, ROMs, CD keys, CD key generators, cracks or any other illegal software or counterfeit merchandise. This includes the provision of links to source websites and/or file transfer software or download locations for the obtaining of this material. JSHOXX recommends you support the bands and company's who bring you the bands and that you buy all your software legally! No copying!
20. Do not add excessive sign-offs within your posts. Banners and personal links should be contained within signatures, and not tacked on to the end of your post. A small image to personalize your posts is typically fine, but anything further to this should go in the signature area.
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Acceptable and Unacceptable images, banners, and avatars
What is acceptable:
1. Images of a tasteful nature, including images of individuals with reasonable censorship of body parts that would generally be considered sexual in nature.
2. Images that generally wouldn't be considered offensive by the majority.
What is not acceptable
1. Banners featuring aspects which would be generally considered as "sexual acts".
2. Blatant images of a sexual and distasteful nature, including one or more parties engaging in touching/fondling of body parts, or alluding to other obscene acts.
Disciplinary Measures
Should a Visitor be found breaking one or more of the above Rules, they may have their account restricted or even banned depending on the severity of the offense.
Repeat rulebreakers or serious offenders will be subject to a permanent ban, whereby they cannot use site facilities ever again, or in extreme cases, our Administrators reserves the right to contact the Internet Provider of the Visitor to have them disconnected.
The above rules are designed to make the forums as enjoyable and safe as possible for all visitors.
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