The rules of the Mine-imator forums

[david 7355]

For everybody to enjoy the Mine-imator forums, we must make an effort to follow some guidelines.

• Speak English
  English is the language of the internet, including the Mine-imator forums. You can speak in whatever language you want in PMs, though.
• Don't create duplicate topics
  Keep the amount of topics to a minimum to improve the browsing experience for other members.
• Don't make more than one account
  It takes up forum space, causes confusion between members and makes moderation a headache.
  Alternate accounts will be detected, removed and a warning issued to the original account.
• Post in the correct categories
  If you're unsure, see the pinned topic in each category to see what you can and what you cannot post there.
  Topics that are posted in the wrong place will be moved by a moderator.
• Don't use oversized signatures
  To save everyone from breaking their mouse scroll wheel, keep the signature size to a minimum. 200-250 pixels tall is the absolute maximum. If your signature is ridiculously tall, a moderator will remove it and give you a warning.
• Don't abuse the Reputation system
  The Reputation system was made to highlight  and incentivize helpful and constructive posts. Do not give up- or down-reps to a member just for the sake of increasing or decreasing their rank, or create shops to harvest Reputation in exchange for services. Doing this will result with a warning and eventually your Reputation reset to 0.
• Don't chat
  The forums are for intelligent discussions and not small talk. If you want to chat, go here or use the PM system.
• Don't use adf.ly or similar services
  Unless you are the rightful owner of the thing you're linking to.
• Don't post a status update about a new topic you've started
  If the topic is still visible under "Recent Topics"
• Do not revive dead topics
  A topic is "dead" if the latest reply is more than 2 months old. Rather than bumping them to the top, start a new topic. You may revive your own topics, as long as you add new information. Topic revival is only allowed if the topic is posted in the Mine-imator creations or Mine-imator resources sections of the forums.
• Use the report button, don't resort to mini-modding
  If someone is breaking any of the rules here, don't post anything. Rather, press the "Report" button in the top left of the offender's post. This will alert all moderators, leaving a message like "This is posted in the wrong forum!" will not. Taking matters into your own hands like this is called mini-modding, and posts like that take up space and do not add anything to the topic. Read more about mini-modding here.
• Do not impersonate others
  This includes regular members, moderators or banned users (by using the infamous "BANNED" avatar)

These things are not tolerated ANYWHERE on the forums (including the Discord and PMs):

• Discussions of illegal subjects/activities This includes software cracking, torrenting, etc.
• Offensive/racist/rude behavior or imagery
• Bullying or discrimination
• Gore/Screamers or other frightening imagery
• Links to viruses/trojans/malware
• Images of/links/heavy references to sexual content
• Pointless swearing/overuse of CAPS
• Spamming (constantly posting the same content, nonsense or useless posts just to get noticed)
• Advertising potentially malicious products or sites (if you are unsure, ask a moderator)
• Flashing imagery or excessive use of colors, special characters, smileys and/or oversized fonts
• Auto-playing flash animations with sound

Breaking the above rules will result with a warning sent to you by a moderator/administrator. Repeated warnings will result with a banning of your account.
 
 
If we follow these rules, we can all have a good ol' time!