EvaGeeks Forum Rules and Guidelines

Here you will find a rundown of the rules and regulations of the EvaGeeks Forum. Know them, and know them well.

Purpose

The purpose of the EvaGeeks Forum is to provide Evangelion fans with a pleasant, mature, and productive atmosphere for the discussion of the show and related topics. The forum also serves as an extension of the EvaGeek site's content and services.

Members

All members should be fully acquainted with and adhere to the rules and guidelines set by the board staff. Failure to comply will result in warnings; failure to heed warnings will result in a temporary or permanent banning depending on the severity of the offense(s).

Courtesy towards other members and the staff is expected. "Sassing" the administration is not permitted under any circumstances and will produce repercussions.

New members should not "introduce" themselves in their first posts. Please use the Welcome Thread for this.

Staff

The board staff are in charge of the forum's upkeep, establishing the rules and regulations, and making other administrative decisions. Administrators and moderators maintain order in the forum and ensure that the members observe the rules of conduct. If you are not an admin or mod, do not pretend to be one.

A list of the current staff may be found at Memberlists.

Posting Guidelines

A. Language: Posts shall be composed in English. Excessive l33t, slang, foreign language, abbreviations, acronyms, IM speak, or chanspeak/"talking in memes" is not allowed. There will be low tolerance for "Bad English": Users are expected to employ sentences, punctuation, grammar, and so forth. Make sure that your posts are coherent and understandable; others should not be required to perform "translation".

B. Formatting: Avoid using altered font (color, style, size) unless it serves a purpose. Formatted text shall not be permitted to serve as one’s "default" (e.g., making the text of every post blue). Red text may only be used by the moderation staff.

Additionally, broken bbcode tags are an eyesore. Make sure you always close them properly; use the Preview function before posting if necessary.

C. Spam: A post that doesn't advance the topic of discussion or contribute in some way is spam. This should be kept to a minimum, and will result in warnings in extreme cases.

Corollary 1. The forum is not a chat room.

Corollary 2. The forum is not 4chan.

Corollary 3. The staff should not have to constantly remind people to "Stay on topic, bitches."

D. Swearing: Don't use pervasive language. We're not going to tell you it’s inappropriate to say, for example, "fuck" — but please, use it sensibly. If you always put the word "fucking" in front of an adjective, that is not sensible use.

E. Spoilers: The website treats the original anime as the "default" and assumes that everyone visiting has seen it. Anyone who has not is considered at open risk for spoilerage. Spoilers for other versions of Evangelion (the manga, Rebuild, etc.) must be confined to their dedicated subfora.

Threads

A. Threads are to be created in the appropriate subfora. Those placed inappropriately will be relocated by the mods. If a thread is considered inappropriate for whatever reason, it will be closed and placed in the graveyard.

B. Please be sure to title threads appropriately. Titles should be descriptive and convey the subject of the thread as often as possible.

C. Before creating a new thread, attempt to make sure that a preexisting thread of the same topic does not already exist. (This means familiarizing yourself with the Search tool.) Old threads should be bumped in such instances. However, gratuitous necromancy -- bumping old threads for no constructive reason -- is inappropriate.

D. Tangents -- off-topic conversation -- should be avoided as much as possible. There is no set fate for tangents: They may be split off into new threads, pruned into the graveyard, deleted outright (namely in instances of spam), or result in the thread getting locked.

While some tangents are simply "noise", others comprise valid conversation. If members see a thread going off-topic, they are encouraged to take initiative and divert the new conversation into a more appropriate thread. This keeps the forum environment more organized and makes less work for the staff.

E. If a thread is locked, do not create a new thread attempting to "reprise" it. In instances where an initially "valid" topic went irretrievably OT, a new thread may be created after an adequate "cool down" period. Use common sense when attempting to resurrect discussions that have "suffered the mods’ wrath".

F. Polls have been disabled on this forum.

Signatures

These are intended to be a compact and concise way of relating information about yourself and/or adding a "personal touch" to your posts.

A. Images are not permitted in signatures.

B. They should be as small as possible and never exceed 104 pixels in height (the equivalent of six lines of default-size text).

C. Unnecessary empty

lines should be avoided.

D. Quote tags may not be used.

E. Colored text is permitted, with the exception of red, which is reserved for moderators and admins.

F. Signatures may be modified without warning for failing to comply with the guidelines.

Images

A. Images may be posted when relevant to a thread.

B. Posting replies in the form of an image (e.g., image macros) is discouraged, and may constitute a warning. Silly images may be posted "for their own sake" in this thread.

C. Large images (whether in size or dimensions) should be text linked rather than posted with the [img] tag (i.e., embedded).

D. Do not post direct links (using either the [img] tag or text links) to images hosted on other websites. This is called "hotlinking" and is, as a general rule, frowned upon. Upload images to your own webspace or to a free image-hosting service such as ImageShack or Photobucket before posting them.

Hotlinking to images hosting on evageeks.org and evacommentary.org is, however, permitted on the forum.

E. Since this is an Evangelion forum and all, we obviously can't say "images of naked people, sexual imagery, and excessive violence are forbidden". Common sense should be employed. Ask a staff member before posting something if you're not sure.