fem fatale wrote:so no more talk of being stoned, high, pot smoking etc .. illegal in many countries?
e. Criminal Content/Activity
The SGW forums are not the place for discussing or facilitating criminal activity. This includes arranging to carry out a crime or the posting of illegal content (including copyrighted property). In deciding illegality, common sense is used: If it is illegal in the majority of countries, Admins/Mods will see it as illegal on the Forum.
Discussion of whether an illegal activity should be allowed, may be allowed within the Debate Section. However, if it is believed that a subject being discussed is illegal, or is too controversial, a Moderator/Admin may remove it. (Aforementioned logic applies.)
Consequence:
Arranging to carry out a crime or the posting of illegal content result in the issuing of warning points. Very serious comments will be given more warning points. This will be judged with input from the Forum Administrators and Moderators. In cases of criminal activity the Administrators will not hesitate to contact the authorities.
If a decision is made to remove a discussion, warnings may be given, based on the severity of the comments.
It should be generally understood that the Criminal Activity rule is in place to prevent members using SGW to plan or facilitate a crime, and prevent them from posting criminal activity. Logical discussion of past transgressions, current state of being, and legality of certain acts should all be allowed.
fem fatale wrote:signature width as well as height should be restricted as well,
how is it determined an image expands screen to much? I had a problem with a sig that stretched mine (15" 6 laptop screen) but was fine on a mods screen.
f. Signatures.
Signatures may not exceed 450 pixels in height. That means you have a total of 450 pixels worth of space to form your signature. This does not include the space within a spoiler, however it does include the space taken up by the closed spoiler itself. Signatures will be measured from the top of the first item to the bottom the last, and on the forum skin the Moderator has applied; however in the case of a dispute the default forum skin will be used to measure.
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d. Image size.
Images larger than 600 pixels in height and/or width need to be posted inside of a "spoiler box".
We didn't change the Sig rule, because it's covered in the Image rule (which we did change).
As far as whether it widens the page, we usually test it on the default skin.
fem fatale wrote:the use of forgein language should be within reason too, surely saying Bon Voyage or a similar commonly used phrase would be allowed.. a whole paragraph/ conversation I can understand being a problem.. but then the words are of clear but if somewhat foreign context there should be a leeway.. merci
Section 5: Language
a. English.
Members of the SGW forums are required to speak in English at all times. Members should also respect that English is not the first language of all users and respect that some people may struggle with it more than others. If you wish to use a different language for any reason, provide a full translation in English.
Note:
Some instances may occur where a phrase is common among languages, despite being identified as of a specific languages. These instances are allowed, at the discretion of the moderators.
The Spam temple will allow some foreign language, but not much. This will be left up to the discretion of the applicable moderators. Once advised to discontinue posting in another language, the normal forum rules will be applied henceforth.