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PJ Forum Rules - as of May 3,2019

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bdtex

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RULES of the ROAD for Political Jack

1. PERSONAL ATTACKS AND INSULTS


Personal attacks and insults are not tolerated here.
Reply about the post, not the poster.
*Penalties for attacks and insults are at the discretion of the moderators.

2. HARASSMENT, BAITING, TAUNTING, FLAMING

*Penalties for harassment, baiting, taunting, flaming will be at the moderator's discretion.

Stalking posters via the forum or PM's is considered harassment.
Baiting posters who have been thread banned or forum banned is not allowed.
Signatures must not be poster quotes of any type

3. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Disclosing personal or confidential information about other posters or staff - including but not limited to personal identities - or disclosing confidential communications is FORBIDDEN.
*You will be banned.

4. TROLLING OR DERAILING A DISCUSSION
Stay on topic. Images, memes and videos should support the poster's opinions and conclusions, not replace them. Posts that are, in the judgment of moderators or administrators, intended to disrupt a discussion rather than actually contribute to it will be considered trolling and subject to infraction.
*Moderators will use their own discretion in dealing with posts that are off topic and/or trolling or derailing a discussion.

5. THREATS OR INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE

Any post that expresses a direct, indirect, or veiled threat to anyone will be dealt with in the appropriate manner including permanent banning or report to law enforcement.

Indirect threats (i.e. wishing for public officials to come to harm) are included in this ban.
Posts of sedition may be reported to law enforcement.

6. RACIAL, ETHNIC, HOMOPHOBIC, GENDER, OR RELIGIOUS SLURS
Action will be taken regarding any post or image that is deemed by moderators to be slurs against groups of people.

7. ATTACKING OR CALLING OUT STAFF OR ADMINISTRATION

Moderators and Administrators, are volunteers who work hard to make the site as welcoming as possible.
Their duties do not include reading every post.
Your reporting of rule-breaking posts is welcome.

***Moderator Actions - Report any concerns over moderator actions in a PM to SW48.
Do Not make disrespectful posts about moderator action on the board.
Use the report feature.

***Moderator in poster capacity - Same rules apply as to any poster.

8. PROFANITY, ADULT CONTENT, AND GRAPHIC IMAGES
Posts, signatures, images, and links of this nature are forbidden

We'll allow as much latitude as we reasonably can for images or quotes that are directly related to a legitimate event, but if in doubt, you might want to check with a moderator before posting.

9. OPINION AND FACT
If a poster asserts something as fact, that poster must be prepared to give sources that show it is fact.
Opinions may be expressed freely (consistent with rules of the board).

In cases where moderators are called to intervene in sorting out opinion vs fact, moderator discretion will be the deciding factor.
*Moderators will make every effort to allow posters to work out the dispute.

10. THREAD CREATION
Threads should be created under the following guidelines:

***Set the topic with opinion or fact stated.
***Post in the appropriate forum
***Avoid posting on topics that have already been posted on.
***Images, memes, quotations should support the poster's opinion, not replace it.
***Thread titles should describe the thread topic (to help avoid duplicate posts)

Whether a thread has sufficient basis for debate will be at the discretion of the moderators. Threads that do not meet this criteria may be deleted.

11. AVATARS

Avatars and profile pictures are governed by the same rules regarding other content - images that are obscene, insulting to any individual or group are not allowed and are subject to infraction.


12. SIGNATURES

Signatures must comply with all applicable forum rules, especially those on 'Flame/baiting' and 'Personal Attacks'. The use of quotations from other members in a signature is subject to the express consent of the member being quoted. Signatures should not contain more than one link, and links should not be primarily intended to advertise or sell any product, service or other forum.

13. MULTIPLE USER ACCOUNTS

"Sock puppets" - Multiple user accounts are not allowed. The use of anonymous proxy IP addresses and systems, which are often used to hide identities for the purposes of creating multiple accounts, is also prohibited. Usage of these tools can lead to immediate and permanent banning.

14. LINKS, ADVERTISING, IMPROPER QUOTING, AND COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS

Links in posts must be relevant to the discussion, and must not be intended simply to direct members to another website.

All quotes from other sources must be given appropriate credit, preferably with a link to the original article - long articles should be quoted from and/or summarized, not quoted in their entirety. Content copied from other sources must meet "fair use" guidelines, and violations of copyright will be deleted and subject to infraction. When quoting other posters, we ask that you use the site's "quote" function, so that other members can backtrack the conversation if they wish.

15. RATINGS ABUSE

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