Post by J on Dec 27, 2009 0:07:22 GMT -5
You agree to abide by the following Rules of Conduct with respect to your use of the web site and any related services, including but not limited to the forums, chat room and private messaging system. These rules are meant to ensure a community that is considerate and respectful to all others. Posts that are in violation of these rules may be edited or removed. Violations of these rules can also result in account suspension or termination, at Art Attacks discretion. Art Attcks will typically only terminate accounts where a user has repeatedly violated these rules; however, Art Attacks reserves the right to terminate a user’s account without prior notice if Art Attacks believes that a particular violation of these rules warrants immediate termination.
a. Member Names: Refrain from choosing a user name that might be considered offensive. Any user names that Art Attacks considers, in its sole discretion, to be in violation of this rule will be changed and account access to the old name will be disabled.
b. Personal Information: Respect the privacy of others. Do not post personal information (name, address, location, age, profession, email address, etc.) regarding other users. In addition,Art Attacks cautions you to exercise judgment when revealing personal information about yourself in any message, whether in a public forum, in a chat room, or in a private message, as third parties may be able to obtain and use that information. Art Attacks is not responsible for any communications you receive, including spam, if you post or disclose your email address or other contact information on the web site, or in messages to other users.
c. No Angry or Argumentative Posts: All posts should be considerate and respectful of others. Read your post twice before you submit it. If there is any content that may be perceived as argumentative or motivated by anger, either do not post the message or revise it before posting. Similarly, if you encounter a post that you believe is angry or argumentative, do not respond to it. Examples of posts which can come across as argumentative include such phrases as the following:
You know perfectly well …
You are deliberately …
You are intentionally trying to deceive …
You know I’m right, but …
I mean no offense, but …
In addition, “SHOUTING” (typing in all capital letters) can also come across as angry or argumentative. Simply removing these phrases (or the use of capital letters) may not be enough to comply with this rule. If the overall tone of the post remains angry or argumentative, you should either revise or refrain from posting the message.
d. No Taunting: Do not post taunts or other messages deriding or poking fun at other users, their work, or the topic of discussion.
e. No Republication of Private Messages: Do not post copies of emails or private messages to the public forums without the consent of the original author. If the message was intended to have a private audience, you may not post it publicly.
f. Limited Cross-Posting: Refrain from posting copies of the same message in multiple forums or threads, unless pertinent to each discussion forum. Whenever possible, choose the single most appropriate forum for your topic.
g. No Reviving Closed Topics: If a post is edited or a topic closed by a moderator, do not repost the edited material or restart the closed discussion in another thread. Similarly, do not post messages asking why a particular message was edited or a topic closed.
h. Inappropriate Language: The use of inappropriate or offensive language is not permitted on this site. Inappropriate or offensive language includes, but is not limited to, any language or content that is sexually oriented, sexually suggestive or abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, or that contains racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind.
i. Use Appropriate Forums: Our forums encourage discussion on a wide variety of topics. When choosing to initiate a topic, please choose the most appropriate forum for that topic. When responding to a particular topic, keep your posts focused on the topic of the forum in which the original message appears. Each forum has a different topic. What is appropriate in one forum may not be appropriate in another. In line with the foregoing, all discussions regarding controversial topics (such as abortion, religion, capital punishment, gun control, legalization of drugs, etc.) must be restricted to the Debates forums. F+W reserves the right to move posts or threads, to more appropriate forums, without prior notice and in F+W’s sole discretion, or to delete posts or threads in inappropriate forums.
j. Erotic Art and Pornography: Posting your own erotic art is permitted in this community, provided that it is properly designated as erotic art and that it is not pornographic. With regard to the suitability of a post on this web site, Art Attacks determines, in its sole discretion, whether a particular piece of art falls into the erotic or pornographic category. As a general guideline, valid erotic entries include nudes, studies of the human form, and works displaying sexual activities as long as the art is tasteful and does not illustrate physical penetration. You must designate a particular post as erotic by tagging it with the special icon provided for erotic art posts ( ).
If you would like to report a breach of the Rules of Conduct of a member, please use the report a post exclamation icon located at the top-right corner of every post. This sends an email to a moderator so that the issue can be looked into further.
Art Attacks strives to maintain the web site as a place where people can gather to discuss their art and their lives as artists. It is our goal to permit posts and discussions that do not detract from this purpose or lead to the harm of the community or its members. The rules set forth above are intended to provide some structure to member discussions and to guard against the negative effects that damaging and destructive posts can have on a community. Art Attacks recognizes that it may sometimes anger some community members by allowing a post they consider repulsive, or by editing or removing a post they believe complies with these guidelines. While you may not always agree with Art Attacks decisions as to whether a post or other submission is acceptable, you agree not to challenge those decisions.
Three Strikes Guideline
Moderators strive to give members the benefit of three strikes. The first strike will be a warning, often sent by PM or email. The second strike will be a warning that one more incident will lead to account removal. The third strike will result in account removal.
Please understand that this is a moderation guideline only. Behaviors deemed injurious to the community will lead to immediate account removal without notice.
We reserve the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate access to any part of these forums at any time. It is not necessary to be a repeat offender to be removed.
Reconciliation
Persons who violate the terms of the user agreement may be subject to our suspension system.
If it is determined that you have willfully and deliberately violated portions of the user agreement which the moderators, administrators, and other agents of the WetCanvas Service deem more serious, a one week suspension may be issued against your user account. You will be notified of the nature of the violation and the suspension by an administrator or moderator.
A second violation will result in a similar procedure and a one month suspension of membership.
A third deliberate and serious violation will result in permanent termination of your membership. You will be notified of this action, via e-mail, by an administrator. You may appeal the termination at that time by communicating with the administrator. Appeals will be reviewed by a specially convened panel of moderators and administrators, which will make recommendations based on available evidence. Appeals at a later date may not be considered.
Future reconciliation will be considered after:
a. A suitable period of account suspension.
b. Application by the suspended member to administration.
c. The merits of the case have been fully examined.
a. Member Names: Refrain from choosing a user name that might be considered offensive. Any user names that Art Attacks considers, in its sole discretion, to be in violation of this rule will be changed and account access to the old name will be disabled.
b. Personal Information: Respect the privacy of others. Do not post personal information (name, address, location, age, profession, email address, etc.) regarding other users. In addition,Art Attacks cautions you to exercise judgment when revealing personal information about yourself in any message, whether in a public forum, in a chat room, or in a private message, as third parties may be able to obtain and use that information. Art Attacks is not responsible for any communications you receive, including spam, if you post or disclose your email address or other contact information on the web site, or in messages to other users.
c. No Angry or Argumentative Posts: All posts should be considerate and respectful of others. Read your post twice before you submit it. If there is any content that may be perceived as argumentative or motivated by anger, either do not post the message or revise it before posting. Similarly, if you encounter a post that you believe is angry or argumentative, do not respond to it. Examples of posts which can come across as argumentative include such phrases as the following:
You know perfectly well …
You are deliberately …
You are intentionally trying to deceive …
You know I’m right, but …
I mean no offense, but …
In addition, “SHOUTING” (typing in all capital letters) can also come across as angry or argumentative. Simply removing these phrases (or the use of capital letters) may not be enough to comply with this rule. If the overall tone of the post remains angry or argumentative, you should either revise or refrain from posting the message.
d. No Taunting: Do not post taunts or other messages deriding or poking fun at other users, their work, or the topic of discussion.
e. No Republication of Private Messages: Do not post copies of emails or private messages to the public forums without the consent of the original author. If the message was intended to have a private audience, you may not post it publicly.
f. Limited Cross-Posting: Refrain from posting copies of the same message in multiple forums or threads, unless pertinent to each discussion forum. Whenever possible, choose the single most appropriate forum for your topic.
g. No Reviving Closed Topics: If a post is edited or a topic closed by a moderator, do not repost the edited material or restart the closed discussion in another thread. Similarly, do not post messages asking why a particular message was edited or a topic closed.
h. Inappropriate Language: The use of inappropriate or offensive language is not permitted on this site. Inappropriate or offensive language includes, but is not limited to, any language or content that is sexually oriented, sexually suggestive or abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, or that contains racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind.
i. Use Appropriate Forums: Our forums encourage discussion on a wide variety of topics. When choosing to initiate a topic, please choose the most appropriate forum for that topic. When responding to a particular topic, keep your posts focused on the topic of the forum in which the original message appears. Each forum has a different topic. What is appropriate in one forum may not be appropriate in another. In line with the foregoing, all discussions regarding controversial topics (such as abortion, religion, capital punishment, gun control, legalization of drugs, etc.) must be restricted to the Debates forums. F+W reserves the right to move posts or threads, to more appropriate forums, without prior notice and in F+W’s sole discretion, or to delete posts or threads in inappropriate forums.
j. Erotic Art and Pornography: Posting your own erotic art is permitted in this community, provided that it is properly designated as erotic art and that it is not pornographic. With regard to the suitability of a post on this web site, Art Attacks determines, in its sole discretion, whether a particular piece of art falls into the erotic or pornographic category. As a general guideline, valid erotic entries include nudes, studies of the human form, and works displaying sexual activities as long as the art is tasteful and does not illustrate physical penetration. You must designate a particular post as erotic by tagging it with the special icon provided for erotic art posts ( ).
If you would like to report a breach of the Rules of Conduct of a member, please use the report a post exclamation icon located at the top-right corner of every post. This sends an email to a moderator so that the issue can be looked into further.
Art Attacks strives to maintain the web site as a place where people can gather to discuss their art and their lives as artists. It is our goal to permit posts and discussions that do not detract from this purpose or lead to the harm of the community or its members. The rules set forth above are intended to provide some structure to member discussions and to guard against the negative effects that damaging and destructive posts can have on a community. Art Attacks recognizes that it may sometimes anger some community members by allowing a post they consider repulsive, or by editing or removing a post they believe complies with these guidelines. While you may not always agree with Art Attacks decisions as to whether a post or other submission is acceptable, you agree not to challenge those decisions.
Three Strikes Guideline
Moderators strive to give members the benefit of three strikes. The first strike will be a warning, often sent by PM or email. The second strike will be a warning that one more incident will lead to account removal. The third strike will result in account removal.
Please understand that this is a moderation guideline only. Behaviors deemed injurious to the community will lead to immediate account removal without notice.
We reserve the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate access to any part of these forums at any time. It is not necessary to be a repeat offender to be removed.
Reconciliation
Persons who violate the terms of the user agreement may be subject to our suspension system.
If it is determined that you have willfully and deliberately violated portions of the user agreement which the moderators, administrators, and other agents of the WetCanvas Service deem more serious, a one week suspension may be issued against your user account. You will be notified of the nature of the violation and the suspension by an administrator or moderator.
A second violation will result in a similar procedure and a one month suspension of membership.
A third deliberate and serious violation will result in permanent termination of your membership. You will be notified of this action, via e-mail, by an administrator. You may appeal the termination at that time by communicating with the administrator. Appeals will be reviewed by a specially convened panel of moderators and administrators, which will make recommendations based on available evidence. Appeals at a later date may not be considered.
Future reconciliation will be considered after:
a. A suitable period of account suspension.
b. Application by the suspended member to administration.
c. The merits of the case have been fully examined.