Community Rules

From NS community wiki

These guidelines represent the policy on the NS forums, on this website, and in all NS IRC channels (#naturalselection).

• Never, ever, under any circumstance, attack or "flame" anyone. Ever. No behavior is bad enough that warrants retaliation.

• Remain friendly and civil at all times. Be helpful when possible. Treat others the way you would like to be treated.

• Use of the NS forums or IRC channel is a privilege, not a right. NS community officials reserve the right to create the community we want to be a part of.

• Swearing, and use of slurs about race or sexual-orientation are prohibited. Words that try to sneak around the swear filter are prohibited.

• Slanderous, defamatory, false, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, abusive, insulting, threatening, harassing or obnoxious comments are not appropriate in the NS community. Posting illegal or pornographic images will get you banned.

• Any form of direct or indirect personal attack or harassment is prohibited.

• Any comment that calls for or encourages unlawful or illegal behavior or might result in harm to others is prohibited.

• Please stay on topic. Rambling or off-topic topics may be deleted without warning.

• Aggressive advertising is not allowed.

• If you wish to emphasize your point, use a bold font. Obnoxious use of oversized fonts and headings will not allowed.

• Use of non-NS copyrighted materials in posts or in chat are discouraged and could be removed without notice.

• If a user breaks any of these rules, they will generally get a warning. Repeated offenses will result in temporary or permanent suspension of your account or banning from IRC. The forum moderators and IRC operators will use their best judgement in these cases.

• If you feel you've been unfairly treated, send a clearly-written e-mail to abuse(AT)naturalselection.com. Please send IRC transcripts, your forum posts, and anything else to represent your case. You will not get a response, but if an NS community admin is being abusive, it will be clear and action will be taken to fix the situation.