The
following guidelines and rules explain what is expected of you and other
community members. The guidelines are not exhaustive, and as such the forum
administrators and moderators shall have discretion to address any behavior
that may be deemed inappropriate for these forums.
ITF
reserves the right to suspend access to these forums at any time for any reason
not limited to failure to abide by these guidelines.
Repeated
violations of any of the guidelines will result in permanent suspension from
the forums.
These policies are not language-restrictive. Posts will always be subject to
the penalties listed, whether it is in English, Filipino, or any other
language.
It is the
responsibility of the users of these forums to be aware of these guidelines.
Failure to be so informed does not release, nor excuse, them from coverage of
these guidelines.
I. Naming Rules
The following are considered inappropriate for your Forum names, Character
names, or Guild names:
- Indecent Sexual Acts
- Inappropriate reference to human, animal, or alien
anatomy or bodily functions
ex. Crappingman, Robopisser, Elfboobs
- National, Religious, Racial or Ethnic
Insult/Ridicule/Negative Sentiment
ex. Ussucks, Blackmankiller
- Insults referring to other characters, groups or ITF
itself
- Based on major religious figures or religions
ex. Jesus Christ, Islam, Buddah
- Illegal drugs or activities
ex. Shabu, Daterape, Whoringallnight, Gangbangbaby
- Any businesses, organizations, web-sites, e-mail or
contact numbers
ex. Loseweight970337568, wwwdotdiscountsdotcom, Drinkcocacola
- Trademark/licensed by a company or individual
ex. KFC, Jollibee
- Moderators from ITF.
- Any other names that ITF deems as inappropriate for the forum.
Penalty: Forum account deletion (for
validating members)
II. Distribution of Real-Life Personal Information
This refers to releasing any real-life information
about other members or ITF staff/administrators/moderators without express
permission are considered as violations to a person’s privacy. Examples of this
would be releasing email, phone numbers, online community accounts (Friendster, etc.).
Penalty: Minimum of 1 count, maximum of 3 depending on severity
III. Inappropriate Content
Inappropriate content covers a wide range of lesser offenses. This offense
covers statements, clear or masked, that display actions that are generally
deemed as inappropriate for discussion in forums that may have young readers.
This includes, and is not limited to, the following:
A.
Racial/Ethnic Hatred
This refers to posts containing languages, images
and/or links to websites that promote racial and ethnic hatred, recognized as a
racial/ethnic slur, or allude to a symbol of racial/ethnic hatred.
B. Extreme Sexuality/Violence
This refers to posts containing images, languages, and/or links to websites
that refers to extreme and/or violent sexual acts and extremely violent real
life situations.
C. Sexual Orientation
This refers to posts containing language, and/or links
to websites containing language or images that insultingly refer to any aspect
of sexual orientation pertaining to themselves or other members.
D. Obscene/Vulgar
This refers to posts containing images, and/or links
to websites that inappropriately refer to human anatomy or bodily functions, or
are mature/pornographic in nature.
E. Religions or Religious Figures
This refers to posts containing language, images,
and/or links to websites that negatively portray recognized religions or
religious figures.
F. National Hatred
This refers to posts containing language, images,
and/or links to websites that promote national hatred, are recognized as
national slurs, or allude to symbols of national hatred.
G. Illegal Drugs or Activities
This refers to posts containing language, images,
and/or links to websites promote the use of illegal drugs, or performing
illegal activities.
H. Website Promotion
This refers to posts containing links to promote other websites. You may however promote your websites by
placing links in your signature.
Penalty: Minimum of 2 counts, maximum of
3 counts depending on severity
IV. Real Life Threats or Malingering
This refers to posts, and/or links that threaten to do harm to other users in
real life (a form of logical fallacy), as well as the propagation of
unconfirmed rumors about a person/group of person’s alleged actions.
Penalty: Minimum of 1 count, maximum of 3 counts depending on
severity
V. Harassment or Defamation
This includes posts with clear and masked language,
and/or links to websites containing language or images that insultingly refer
to other characters, members and/or groups of people.
Harassment takes many forms, and is not necessarily limited to the type of
language used, but the intent.
Penalty: Minimum of 1 count, maximum of 2 counts depending on
severity
VI. Flaming and Flame-baiting
Flaming and flame-baiting constitute the hostile act of an individual towards
other users. This includes and is not limited to posts that:
- are non-constructive in nature
- elicit other users to react in a negative manner
- attack the other users (ad hominem attacks)
Persons who
are repeatedly caught committing the said offense shall be candidates for
permanent blocking of forum access.
Penalty: 1 offense count
VII. Spamming
Spamming refers to posting comments unrelated to the topic under discussion,
posting pointless responses (such as a simple emoticon or a one-liner),
repeated posting of the same topic across the forums, and posting outside of
the appropriate section.
Penalty: Minimum 2-day post suspension, maximum of 3 offense counts depending
on severity
VIII. Discussing Disciplinary Actions
This includes posts or threads to discuss disciplinary
actions taken against a member, as well as including chat logs and email
correspondence between a member and a ITF Forum Moderator and/or Administrator
Penalty: 3-day post suspension
IX. Misuse of Font Size/Capital Letters
This pertains to the excessive use of capital letters
and overly sized fonts for posts that occupies a large section of the thread
unnecessarily.
Penalty: 1-day post suspension
X. User Posted Images
This section covers all guidelines regarding the use of user posted images,
including forum signatures, personal photos, and forum avatars. This rule was
created in order to allow users with lower bandwidths access to the forums
without the large images bogging them down. Furthermore, repeat offenders of
the following guidelines will be subject to harsher sanctions.
A. Forum Signatures
Forum signatures should follow the format below:
Image signatures should not exceed 500 X 150 Pixels nor be larger than 100 KB in size.
Pure text or combined text and image signatures should not exceed the vertical
boundary of this image, which is 150 pixels. In no instance should images in
combined text and image signatures exceed 500 pixels in width or 100 KB in size
B.
Forum Avatars
Forum avatars are allowed to have a maximum file size of 100
Kb. Forum avatars are also subject to the other rules found in the Code of
Conduct; therefore, forum avatars that violate
sections concerning vulgarity, etc. will be imposed on the user instead. Forum
avatars that are found to have violated this guideline will be removed with or
without warning by the forum moderators.
Please note that users who upload images that contain violations of Section III
(Inappropriate Content) will be sanctioned with the penalty that applies to the
corresponding content.
Penalty: Warning PM (incrementing sanction)
Penalty
Table
Warning = ITF Moderator/Administrator
Post Suspension = Cannot post, but can browse the forums
3rd post suspension = 1 Offense Count
1 Offense Count = 7-day suspension
2 Offense Counts = 14-day suspension
3 Offense Counts = Permanent suspension
(Moderators reserve the right to skip to account deletion if the offense in
question is deemed a deliberate and/or serious violation of the rules.)
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