Board Rules

Board Rules
Welcome to the Smallville News Message Board. We hope that you will find our board informative as well as entertaining. However, as with every public forum, there are rules which must be adhered to in order to keep your experience here in our little community enjoyable as well as for everyone you come in contact with. We hope you’ll take some time and look over these rules and understand them before you start posting messages. Choosing to not abide by these rules will result in receiving a warning. If you’ve been warned up to five times for not complying with these rules, it will result in being banned from our board. If you feel you’ve been unjustly warned, you can appeal the warning to one of the board administrators before you’ve been banned. If they feel your case has merit, the warning will be removed or reduced. If you have any questions about the rules, feel free to contact any of the board moderators or administrators for clarification or questions. The Rules: 1. Malicious, insulting, or harmful statements about other members will not be tolerated and will result in a warning. This includes the use of emoticons to make your point. On the other hand, disagreeing with other members is allowed as long as your statements are kept within the context of the other member’s statement or opinion and not interpreted as personal attacks by the moderator. 2. Pornography in any form (written or imagery) will not be tolerated and will result in immediate banning with no warning process. 3. Spamming or responding to a topic for no other reason than to increase the number of messages in the community will result in a warning. This includes simple one or two word statements or using emoticons to make a point when none is really required or solicitated. “Ownership” of a topic or forum will not be allowed. 4. Due to the nature of the board, members should be at least thirteen years of age unless they or their behavior can display a level of maturity beyond their years. 5. Suggestive language, “four-letter words” or adult language, and adult-themed topics will not be tolerated. Like the television show “Smallville”, this site is a family-friendly board and discussions should be kept that way. If you cannot make your point without using language of this nature, then your point is probably not worth making in the first place. 6. Linking to or promoting illegal activity will not be allowed. This includes but is not limited to illegal downloads of video files, file swapping sites (like Kazaa or BitTorrent), as well as activities which are considered illegal to local, state, or federal law enforcement. 7. Linking to other sites which have copyrighted materials without providing substantial or adequate credit to that other site will result in warning or banning depending on the nature of the infraction. 8. Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in immediate banning with no warning process. Adequate credit must be given to the author of any fan fiction or image if the intent is to promote that author’s work. 9. As is the case with any message board, use of proper grammar is essential to making your point. Improperly structured statements may be interpreted as an infraction to rules 1, 3, and 5. Capitalization should be used to a minimum. Capitalizing your entire statement is interpreted as yelling on most message boards and this one is no different. 10. Finally, avatars, banners, and signatures should adhere to the rules set up by the board’s hosts. Excessive imagery or improperly sized files will result in slowing down the download speeds for all users. Using another user’s avatar, banner, or signature image will not be tolerated and will result in an immediate warning each day until the file is removed. Board Administrators will perform this task if the user refuses to do so and the user may be banned. Thanks for taking the time to read these simple rules. We hope you all have fun here! :) The Board Staff

Welcome to the Smallville News Message Board. We hope that you will find our board informative as well as entertaining. However, as with every public forum, there are rules which must be adhered to in order to keep your experience here in our little community enjoyable as well as for everyone you come in contact with. We hope you’ll take some time and look over these rules and understand them before you start posting messages. Choosing to not abide by these rules will result in receiving a warning. If you’ve been warned up to five times for not complying with these rules, it will result in being banned from our board. If you feel you’ve been unjustly warned, you can appeal the warning to one of the board administrators before you’ve been banned. If they feel your case has merit, the warning will be removed or reduced. If you have any questions about the rules, feel free to contact any of the board moderators or administrators for clarification or questions. The Rules: 1. Malicious, insulting, or harmful statements about other members will not be tolerated and will result in a warning. This includes the use of emoticons to make your point. On the other hand, disagreeing with other members is allowed as long as your statements are kept within the context of the other member’s statement or opinion and not interpreted as personal attacks by the moderator. 2. Pornography in any form (written or imagery) will not be tolerated and will result in immediate banning with no warning process. 3. Spamming or responding to a topic for no other reason than to increase the number of messages in the community will result in a warning. This includes simple one or two word statements or using emoticons to make a point when none is really required or solicitated. “Ownership” of a topic or forum will not be allowed. 4. Due to the nature of the board, members should be at least thirteen years of age unless they or their behavior can display a level of maturity beyond their years. 5. Suggestive language, “four-letter words” or adult language, and adult-themed topics will not be tolerated. Like the television show “Smallville”, this site is a family-friendly board and discussions should be kept that way. If you cannot make your point without using language of this nature, then your point is probably not worth making in the first place. 6. Linking to or promoting illegal activity will not be allowed. This includes but is not limited to illegal downloads of video files, file swapping sites (like Kazaa or BitTorrent), as well as activities which are considered illegal to local, state, or federal law enforcement. 7. Linking to other sites which have copyrighted materials without providing substantial or adequate credit to that other site will result in warning or banning depending on the nature of the infraction. 8. Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in immediate banning with no warning process. Adequate credit must be given to the author of any fan fiction or image if the intent is to promote that author’s work. 9. As is the case with any message board, use of proper grammar is essential to making your point. Improperly structured statements may be interpreted as an infraction to rules 1, 3, and 5. Capitalization should be used to a minimum. Capitalizing your entire statement is interpreted as yelling on most message boards and this one is no different. 10. Finally, avatars, banners, and signatures should adhere to the rules set up by the board’s hosts. Excessive imagery or improperly sized files will result in slowing down the download speeds for all users. Using another user’s avatar, banner, or signature image will not be tolerated and will result in an immediate warning each day until the file is removed. Board Administrators will perform this task if the user refuses to do so and the user may be banned. Thanks for taking the time to read these simple rules. We hope you all have fun here! :) The Board Staff