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Author: | GobO_Fire [ Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:47 pm ] |
Post subject: | Site Code of Conduct |
The Code Of Conduct Table of Contents Section One: Content Section Two: Behavior and Conduct Section Three: Links Section Four: Advertisements Section Five: Signatures and Avatars Section Six: Reporting Posts / Moderator Action Section Seven: Intellectual Property Section Eight: Discipline And Procedures Section Nine: Appendix Section Ten: Revision History Section One: Content The moderators and staff of No Goblins Allowed strive to create a welcoming environment open to all those interested in tabletop games and the creative opportunities they afford. We have a low tolerance for content that negatively affects the enjoyment of others, especially hostile, insulting, derogatory, graphic, explicit, illegal, or inflammatory content. This means (among other things):
This policy encompasses all content posted directly to the site, including but not limited to forum posts, the wiki, avatars, user names, signatures, and private messages. Back to Top Section Two: Behavior and Conduct In furtherance of the aforementioned goal of creating a welcoming environment, hostile or toxic behaviors such as flaming, trolling, harassment, bullying, threatening, impersonation, and disclosure of personal information without consent will not be tolerated. This means (among other things):
Once again, this policy encompasses all content posted directly to the site, including but not limited to forum posts, the wiki, avatars, user names, signatures, and private messages. Back to Top Section Three: Links Content posted to sites other than No Goblins Allowed is of course not subject to our policies on acceptable content and thus may contain content that would violate this Code of Conduct if posted directly to this site. It is generally OK to link to such content, with the following exceptions:
Back to Top Section Four: Advertisements We strive to be an ad-free site; as such please observe the following rules in place regarding advertising.
Back to Top Section Five: Signatures and Avatars The following rules are specific to avatars and signatures used by community members at No Goblins Allowed. All other rules listed in this Code of Conduct apply equally to signatures and avatars.
Back to Top Section Six: Reporting Posts / Moderator Action Our staff endeavors to keep our forums welcome to all and free of content against the Code of Conduct. Please observe the following guidelines when reporting content or interacting with staff.
Back to Top Section Seven: Intellectual Property We value creativity and hope you're willing to share your creative works with us and the rest of the community. We also understand, however, that many creative folks worry about losing their Intellectual Property rights. All content posted on the forum remains the property of the original owner of the copyright and/or trademark. By posting your content on our site, you agree to grant No Goblins Allowed an indefinite but revocable license to host said content and display it on our forum and blog. This license does not grant us permission to use your material in any other way, commercially or not, without your permission. You may at any time of your choosing revoke this license by contacting either the site administrator, GobO_Admin, or one of the moderator Leads, GobO_Althalus and GobO_Fire. Should you have access to the material directly, such as on the Wiki or in a forum post, please remove the content. If you do not have access to all or some of the locations, please inform us where your content is posted (which thread, whether it was quoted by another user, whether it was ever on the blog, etc) and we will be happy to remove it and contact you in return so you can verify the content was satisfactorily removed. Proper attribution will be given in all instances; if content is posted to the blog and you would like your real name identified with your material, contact the site administrator or a lead moderator and they'll take care of that for you. Original content posted to No Goblins Allowed is the intellectual property of the poster of that content. Content may be posted with other licenses as desired by the intellectual property owner of that content, with the caveat that none of those licenses may require NGA to host a work that the owner expressly forbids posting on the forum or blog in any context. NGA is a community, not a hosting site. Additionally, the correct usage, adherence to, and display of that license is the sole responsibility of the user of that license. NGA does not arbitrate intellectual property disputes dealing with user-specific licenses outside of cases of copyright infringement. All applicable United States copyright laws apply to this forum. If you believe your work has been infringed upon by a user of this forum, please follow the same procedures as you would for the standard license revocation procedure as outlined above. However, please ensure before issuing a request that the work in question is, in fact, infringing. Transformative works and fanfiction are protected under Fair Use guidelines in the United States and are not, in and of themselves, evidence of copyright infringement. Please see the Organization for Transformative Works' FAQ for more information on Fair Use and the kind of non-profit fan works this site encourages. Sale or distribution of cracked copies of games, proxies, copyrighted works of fiction, and similar non-transformative and/or for-profit materials is strictly prohibited. Back to Top Section Eight: Discipline And Procedures If any member has demonstrated he or she cannot follow this Code of Conduct, the Website Terms of Use, or the Privacy Policy, then the member may lose access to ALL of his or her accounts and all associated content and screen names. Moderators issue formal warnings via private message or email when a member has made a Code of Conduct infraction. Depending on the severity of the infraction, No Goblins Allowed may issue a warning, timed suspension or termination of the account. Only warnings earned within the last year are counted when determining if a ban should be administered, and if so for how long. The following apply:
Note that suspensions and bans apply to all known accounts of a user. Education is the primary purpose of the warning system--when people break the rules we tell them why what they did is wrong and give them a chance to correct their behavior. Temporary suspensions serve as a cooling-off period to give users some time to gain perspective as well as a pointed reminder that access to the site is a privilege, one that we don't have to continue to extend to people who are going to continually cause trouble. In cases where it's clear that education would be meaningless because the user has no intention of following any kind of rules in the first place, such as someone who joins up for the sole purpose of spamming shock images or racist diatribes across the forums, we reserve the right to accelerate the warning process. With Lead and Site Owner review, a non-spambot user who falls into this category may be moved directly to permaban status. (Spambots come pre-approved!) Back to Top Section Nine: Appendix For ease of reference, provided here is a list of all current staff members, their "title" on the staff, and a brief explanation of their job role. This information is provided here to aid in determining, for example, which moderators cover which forum sections. In addition, the below table also indicates who specific staff members report to, so that if there is ever a need for a community member to escalate, the information is documented. Name|Title|Reports To|Description GobO_Admin|Site Owner|—|The Grand Poohbah, Admin is the final authority on any matter GobO_Welder|Site Admin|GobO_Admin|Responsible for technical maintenance of the site GobO_Althalus|Moderator Lead|GobO_Admin|Responsible for supervising the moderation team GobO_Lazarus|Moderator Lead|GobO_Admin|Responsible for supervising the moderation team, Moderation responsibility over Magic General, and YMtC GobO_Kheldar|MTG Moderator|GobO_Althalus and GobO_Lazarus|Moderation responsibility over Magic General, Limited, Constructed, and Magic Duels GobO_Mastergear|RPG & MTG Moderator|GobO_Althalus and GobO_Lazarus|Moderation responsibility over Magic Duels; the Tabletop RPG section; and Other Games GobO_Scarlet|PBP Moderator|GobO_Althalus and GobO_Lazarus|Moderation responsibilities in the entire play-by-post area GobO_Stasis|Duels Moderator|GobO_Althalus and GobO_Lazarus|Moderation responsibilities over Magic Duels GobO_Gadget|AFS & M:EM Moderator|GobO_Althalus and GobO_Lazarus|Moderation responsibilities over AFS and the M:EM M:EM Archivist|Magic: Expanded Multiverse Archiver |GobO_Althalus and GobO_Fire |M:EM Archivist is a special user-account with minor moderation tools available to enable the M:EM community to more easily archive their accepted works Back to Top Section Ten: Revision History When this version of the CoC goes live, all changes to the document - even typo correction - will be logged to this section to make it easier for community members to see revisions at a glance. Date|Version #|Revision Author|Section #|Summary of Change January 02, 2014|1.00|Site Staff|Whole Document|Initial Release January 02, 2014|1.01|GobO_Fire|Table of Contents; Section 9|fixed typo in ToC; updated GobO_Kheldar's assigned forums to have the current name for Duels of the Planeswalkers January 24, 2014|1.02|GobO_Fire|Section 9|Added Mastergear and Quark to the mod list; slight edits to mod descriptions to simplify January 25, 2014|1.03|GobO_Fire|Section 8|Added warning / ban schedule and related text April 18, 2014|1.04|GobO_Fire|Section 7; Section 9; Section 10|Minor change to rules regarding revocation of IP, placing slightly more burden on the owner when the owner has the ability to edit him/herself; updated the mod list to reflect recent personnel changes, and fixed a typo; changed the year on revision 1.03 from 2013 to 2014, and changed "appendix" to "section 10" to reflect proper section title July 20, 2014|1.05|GobO_Fire|Section 1; Section 2; Section 9|Explicitly added the Wiki to what's covered by the terms of the CoC in Sections One and Two; updated the staff table in Section Nine. October 12, 2015|1.06|GobO_Althalus|Section 8; Section 9|Revised the penalty system for repeated hard warnings; updated the staff table in Section Nine. March 30, 2016|1.07|GobO_Lazarus|Section 9|Updated staff table to reflect currently active roster May 18, 2016|1.08|GobO_Lazarus|Section 2|Updated definition of spamming Back to Top |
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