All Powderworks.net site members and guests are responsible for knowing the information contained in this
Code of Conduct.
Powderworks.net owners and administrators (POA), reserve the right, but does not assume the responsibility, to restrict communication which POA deems in its discretion to be harmful to individual guests, damaging to the communities which make up Powderworks.net, or in violation of POA's or any third-party rights.
Powderworks.net reservs the right to monitor all communication tools on this site. A communication tool is any form of communication that this site affords to its visitors that other members including site administrators can view. These tools include but are not limited to: profile content, private messaging, board posts, chat posts, article and game comments, e-mail content, blog entries, article content, and photo content
Prohibited communication and behavior on Powderworks.net includes, but is not limited to:
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profanity, vulgarity, or explicit content For example:
- "masking" by using alternative characters/spellings and spaces to get around profanity filters, leet-speak, and combinations of words that produce an offensive result (e.g. a55, azz, a$$)
- "filter testing"
- discussion of or in-character enactments of "cybering" or sexually explicit material
- discussion of or in-character enactments of graphic violence
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hate speech (e.g. racial, ethnic, sexist, homophobic and religious slurs)
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promotion of or engaging in certain illegal activities, For example: drugs, drug paraphernalia, rape or solicitation of a minor, computer hacking, and copyright violation
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harassment of another specific person (e.g. persistent flaming or continued personal attacks through any communtication tool or "in-character harassment" without prior out-of-character permission.)
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trolling or baiting by posting inflammatory statements designed to elicit a negative response from the community
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spamming through repeated posts, or off-topic content by word or intent through any communication tool (e.g. scrolling, flooding, polling, or by "bumping" a boards post more than once in 48 hours)
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useless posts This includes: Thread bumping, useless one liners, Flamewars, Trolling and Spamming. What is spamming? Read this.
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advertising or promoting a business or commercial site without the permission of Powderworks.net
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impersonation of another person, site staff or Powderworks.net member by either screen name or self-representation (e.g. faking a screen name by using similar-looking characters, "spoofing" speech in a chat room, or claiming to hold an official title or position relating to the site or using a POA avatar frame)
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re-registering a banned username, a variation of a banned name, or declarations under a new screen name that you are "really" the banned name or attempts to resubscribe under another address after being put on REVIEW by the moderator.
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off-topic posts or thread hijacking These disruptive behaviors are grounds for removal; Powderworks.net site administrators are the final judges of whether a member's behavior qualifies as inappropriate or a disruption.
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only one account per user
- Post your comment/question to the most appropriate place. Any posts deemed to be in the wrong forum will be moved. Do not cross-post the same question/comment to multiple places.
Disciplinary Procedures
If a member of Powderworks.net has demonstrated he or she cannot adhere to these guidelines, the member will initially have his/her profile banned and will eventually LOSE his or her username.
These procedures are only meant to be rough guidelines, as each profile, board, and content situation is different and may require other measures to ensure the community orientation of the site.
You Can Make Powderworks.net a Better Place
Our moderators can't be everywhere at once. Therefore, if you witness actions in boards, or other areas that you believe harms a guest, damages Powderworks.net, or violates POA's or some third-party's rights, please make a note of the time/place where the event occurred and contact a POA Moderator or site admin immediately. If they aren't handy, please see our contact page.