We are thrilled that so many people have joined our forum, and most people seem to be having a good time. If we could all try and stick to these guidelines, we maybe could eliminate the small amount of bickering that's been going on lately and have an even better time here!

A. Behavior rules:
1. No personal attacks. For example, it's ok to say "that opinion is stupid" but NOT ok to say "you are stupid." Also, don't make fun of people because of their nickname. As long as your nick isn't profane or a personal attack, what's the big deal?

2. No senseless arguments: If someone is being really obnoxious, report the post (there is a ?report this post? button in the bottom right part of the post framing), or send a private message to a moderator. Do not take the situation into your own hands. It has been proven repeatedly that such arguments destroy the initial topics and cause good discussions to die out.

3. Watch your language: There are no rules against cursing in your posts (unless it's at someone), but refrain from using profanity in your thread titles. If you feel the uncontrollable urge to do so however, please use asterisks. Also, please do not use overly strong sexual innuendo in your posts.


B. Posting rules:
1. Spam posts and multiple-posting - many people find it annoying if you come in and type three word replies in every thread. We've set up a chat feature for people who prefer to communicate this way. Also, there is an ?Edit? button in the top-right of every newly-added post, which will allow you to edit it several times over a period of time provided you made a mistake, you left something out, or it doesn?t show properly.

Addition to spam rules: If it's garbage it's spam. If nobody cares but you...it's spam. If you start a topic about "What would Teal'c put on his cheeseburger"
not only is it spam, but also, you need help.

2. Stay on topic: Try to respect the general course of a discussion, and don?t change the initial subject to such a degree that the initial idea gets lost. This is important because a title should reflect the discussion. The fact that people don?t find what they need in a discussion compels them to repeatedly create new discussions on the same topic. All this can be avoided. Also, create new discussions in the right place. There are different departments for different topics.. Moderators are always moving discussions around because they?re not in the right place, and it gets confusing when all of a sudden you lose a discussion because it was moved somewhere else.

3. Posting spoilers:
- Messages about SG-1 season 8 and Atlantis season 1 should be posted in the specific episode discussion areas or spoiler areas until the episode has aired in both USA and UK, so that means SG-1 811 and Atlantis 111 will be a spoiler until at least January.
- SG-1 Season 7 (and earlier) can be discussed anywhere, but people should still use spoiler tags when writing about major plot-points. To do so, use the SPOILER button in the message composer to tag the text, which will hide the spoiler from people who don't wish to read it. See the ?useful links? for details and direct syntax.
- If your post is mainly about something non-spolier-ish, but it contains a spoiler, it doesn't need to be in the spoiler areas, provided you use the following guidelines:
> If it's a new topic, put a spoiler warning in the topic description.
> If it's a reply to an existing topic, use spoiler tags.
The basic idea is too be courteous to those who have not seen the episode yet.
- The specific episode topic for each newly aired episode will be opened a day or two before each episode airs, in the ?Specific episode discussion? department.
-Also, it?s imperative that you restrain yourself from posting ?Oh! I wanna see this? type posts in any of the above mentioned departments.

4. The signature 101: Do not use a very long and meaningless signature. Do not post big and/or obscene pictures in your signature. Links to other sites are allowed in signatures. Do not leave blank lines between quoted dialogue lines. Do not address messages to other forum members in your signature.

5. Use the search feature: There is a search button in the top-right part of every page. Use it to find a certain topic that interests you, and post your opinions/ideas there. After you post, no matter how old the discussion was, it will automatically be highlighted as containing new posts, so you?ll probably get your question answered in a matter of hours.

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Useful links:
For discussion of rules: Questions and Concerns,
The most common questions regarding sg1archive: Stargate FAQ (recent) This also teaches how to use specific forum features such as posting an image or whiting-out text.

These are called RULES. Respecting them is not optional.

This post has been edited by Revan: Apr 19th 2008, 1:39 PM