Board Rules

MarkClark — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 04:22:42 GMT

07/26/2005
Minerva asked me to set up a message board and I agreed but there are a few rules:

Moderation:
These message boards are a moderated forum. Moderators cannot be everywhere and see everything at all times. If you see anything that is against the rules, please report it immediately. Note that the moderators will evaluate the situation on a case-by-case basis and take appropriate action at their discretion.

What Is A Moderator?
Moderators are volunteers who generously give their time to help board users with questions about our sites and boards. They also are the peacekeepers and are here to ensure that all visitors enjoy their stay. This means enforcing the Board Rules.
What Do Moderators Do?
Moderators monitor board posts and respond to complaints to keep posting free of undesirable content as described in the Board Rules. They enforce the board rules, and can delete posts, edit posts as well as remove any user's ability to visit the boards. If a moderator lets you know you are close to crossing the line, take heed of the warning. Likewise, if your thread was deleted or locked by a moderator, do not repost or unlock the topic. They deserve respect and appreciation for their time.
Bans
If you log onto the message boards and receive a message that you have been banned, please submit an un-ban request and wait for a Moderator to get in touch with you. Bans are private matters between the Moderators and person banned and will not be discussed publicly or through third parties. It is not acceptable to return to the boards under another username. If you do, your ban time may be extended.
What If I Disagree With A Moderator?
Moderators are not perfect and are only human. Disagreements occur. Try to communicate with them first on a respectful level and settle your disagreement. They are not targets for your obscenities, flames or general insults. If you do not agree with a decision, you are not entitled to start a thread arguing about the verdict or flaming any of the moderators. Any such messages will be removed. This extends to Private Messages and un-ban requests as well, and you are not entitled to insult moderators via either of these methods. Also note that bans are between the user banned and the moderators, and moderators cannot respond about bans publicly. Any correspondence about ban length and reason will be handled through un-ban requests.

If you feel a verdict is unfair, please contact another Moderator or Mark Clark directly but be prepared to review the Board Rules again and know that we are able to verify your accusations.

Following are some things you'll want to keep in mind while posting on the Message Boards. Please read the rules so you will be familiar with them:

Copyrighted Material
Message board users agree not to post any material that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner(s) of said copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. This includes but is not limited to magazine, book and newspaper scans, television broadcasts and copyrighted photos and pictures.
Flaming, Bashing, and Trolling
Hate posts and personal attacks will not be tolerated on these boards. Treat others on these message boards as you would expect them to treat you. Talking trash about another user or posting topics specifically to provoke a negative response from an individual, a group or an entire community is not acceptable here. These posts will be deleted and may result in having the privilege of posting on the boards revoked.

Board bashing is also not allowed on these boards. Please respect the various communities on our message board system. If another board is not your favorite, there's no need to complain about it. Simply refrain from visiting it. Board bashing posts will be deleted.

Profanity
Bad language is unacceptable. Yes, we live in a free country but the public does not own this message board, it is owned and maintained by individuals. We reserve the right to moderate or ban users, edit posts and control the content of these forums in its entirety with or without the poster's permission. This includes words that have been edited. Simply editing a few letters with other letters or symbols isn't allowed. A simple rule to follow is: "when in doubt, leave it out." You don't have to use profanity to get your point across; it's better to avoid it altogether. Profanity in posts will be edited out. Repeat offenders or those who use excessive profanity may lose the privilege to post
Spam
Purposely spamming a message board with senseless, vacuous, or empty messages to gain more stars is highly frowned upon! This includes such things as party posts, chain letters, two-word "I agree" or "me too" responses, continually posting the same topic on a particular board, and posting the same question across several boards.

On a similar note, participating in spam attacks on our message boards or planning a spam attack on them, or any other Website is unacceptable. These actions will be reported to your ISP.

Impersonating Other Users / Accessing Another User's Account
You may not impersonate another board member or create an account specifically for the purpose of provoking other users. Also, accessing or using someone else's account or attempting to access another poster's account is strictly prohibited. If you engage in this type of behavior, you will be barred from the boards permanently.
Altering Board Code
Altering or changing code and/or exploiting code bugs for purposes other than what the message boards were intended to do is strictly prohibited. On a similar note, using automatic scripts on any part of MinervaClark.com is also not permitted. Hacking, altering board code, exploiting code bugs and using scripts are all grounds for an immediate and permanent ban.
Spoilers
Be considerate of the other users who may not have seen a movie or played a game that you're talking about, and don't give away spoilers in subject lines that everyone can read. Simply type something eye-catching like **BEGIN SPOILER** before any text that may give away any significant information about the plot and **END SPOILER** after the text in a post. You should avoid posting spoilers in a subject line altogether.
Posting Huge Images / Fake Signature Pics
Out of respect for your modem brethren, please let them know if your thread contains a number of large images. A simple **56kers Beware!** in the subject line will go a long way in helping those who are broadband-challenged know not to open a thread that might bring their web browsing to a crawl. Also, if you must use fake signature pictures, please limit it to one 15k or less image since huge pictures slow down the boards for everyone.
Questionable Content
Since we can't have a rule to cover everything, this is the rule to, well, cover everything. These are public boards, so act like you would if you were in a public place. we reserve the right to choose the guidelines of objectionable content based on its knowledge of users and personal policy. These issues are left to the discretion of the individual moderators but may include any material that is knowingly false and/or defamatory, misleading, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, racist, sexist, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy or that otherwise violates any law or encourages conduct constituting a criminal offense.

By registering at the MinervaClark.com Message Boards, users agree that any post deemed inappropriate may be removed at the sole discretion of the owner. The administration also has the right, at its sole discretion, to revoke board privileges at any time without notice or reason. Think of these rules as a forewarning and, if you break them, you're taking your account status into your own hands.

Also note that the Board Rules extend to all areas of the MinervaClark.com Message Board system, including but not limited to Private Messages, Signatures and Un-ban Requests. This also includes asking for or offering anything against the Board Rules via Private Messages.

MinervaClark.com and associates are not responsible for messages posted on the message boards or the content therein. Unless expressly stated otherwise, this includes messages posted by MinervaClark.com personnel, agents, representatives et al. The administration reserves the right to reveal the identity of or whatever information we know about any user in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by said user.

MinervaClark.com administrators have the right but not the obligation to monitor and/or moderate the message boards. We reserve the right to change any or all other parts of this User Agreement at its sole discretion and without notice, including but not limited to implementing Rules of Conduct, Terms of Service and/or other measures.

So, in the immortal words of Quills, "Thank you, drive through please."

The Blogs are hilarious!

SeamusTheLeprechaun — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 23:48:47 GMT

I love the blog entries! They're basically telling little stories that give you a look at Min's life. Reading the blogs is one of the things I do daily actually.

When When When???????

SandwichInABox — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 16:48:37 GMT

I used to have a copy of Minvera Clark Gets A Clue but my best friend *Cough Seamus The Leprechaun Cough* "borrowed" my copy and now I feel the need to read it again! When is the book coming to bookstores or libraries? I need to know!

Which Witch is Which?

PrettyPonies — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 23:53:12 GMT

My mom looked on Amazon.com for Minerva Clark Gets A Clue and I noticed the cover is different. Which one is the real one?

I miss Kevin!!!!!!!!

SandwichInABox — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 00:56:54 GMT

Hey, just out of curiousity(and because I love him hehe ) what ever happened to Kevin? We all miss him!

Come back Kevin *tear*

A little bird told me...

Mozi — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 02:51:47 GMT

So, I hear that the book is being published in early September.

Anybody know more?

This one ruleZ!!!!!!!!!!

SandwichInABox — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:32:21 GMT

This book is soooooo rockin! I mean I love it! You can relate to the characters really easily and the finer details are hilarious along with the whole story. This book you can really get caught in. It's kind that makes you forget you're actually reading. The second one is going to be sooooo good! I cant wait!!!!!