Board Rules

[Yoshi]

Welcome to the Entertainment Polls section. Since polls cannot be made in any of the other entertainment boards, they all belong here. Topics asking of one's opinion- related to Entertainment only, as opposed to the Misc. Polls board- can also be placed here, but generally can stay in the board related to your subject. Don't worry, the mods'll take care of everything for you.

First off, here's a guide in the forum's FAQ on how to make a poll.

Then of course, there are the...
Rules:
1. Follow the global forum rules. That includes no spam, no double posting, no profanity...all that.
2. Content should follow Entertainment section rules, respective to the subject you're posting about:
- Anime and Manga rules
- Abbey Road (Music) Rules
- Locker Room (Sports) Rules
- Library Rules
3. Make sure not to post in any way encouraging downloading and other illegal matters- ie. no topics like "Do you download [illegally] or buy?", etc. It's perfectly fine to post though if you're talking about legal downloading, of course.
4. Respect other people's opinions- no flaming someone just because they like or dislike something and you disagree with them.

Any rule breaking will result in consequences, detailed in the...

Forum Strike Policy!

These forums operate a system to dissuade members from abusing the forums and/or each other. Abuse can take many forms and some of us have had first hand experience of this.

The Moderators of this forum have been empowered with the ability to award 'strike' points to members who don't follow the Terms & Conditions of the forum and any other general etiquette expected when taking part in this Community.

Therefore, if members fail to heed the Terms & Conditions of the forum, as we have seen in the past, or ignore requests from Moderators, they can expect to be jumped on.

The Moderators do not have to tell you if you have been awarded a 'strike', but they will regularly report any abuse of the Forum to the Administrators who will take action against repeat offenders.

Incase you're wondering just what might await you if you don't abide by the Terms & Conditions, then there is a simple guide below.

One strike will bring your future actions under close scrutiny by the Moderating team.

Two strikes will interest the Administrators, who will then pay special attention to you, and not in a good way.

If you manage to get three strikes, then you will find yourself banned from the forum for a set amount of time. This amount of time will depend on what you have done to earn those strikes in the first place.

Each strike thereafter, up to a maximum of six strikes will get you banned, again for a certain length of time to be determined by the Administrator dealing with you. When you reach six strikes, you're history. No discussion, no argument. The Administrator's decision is final.

Serious offences against the Forum or other users will result in an immediate ban.

All strikes will be wiped at the end of every month, apart from those with six strikes who will be permanently banned from the forums. The reasons for the strikes being awarded will be kept on file for future reference.

The vast majority of members will never get a strike as they conduct themselves perfectly respectably on the forum. The odd double post or less than three word response is not going to get you a strike. You will get a polite reminder from the Mods that you may want to carefully consider for next time, but if you respond badly to that advice, then they are perfectly within their rights to award you with a strike because of it.

We understand that people who are new to the board may make mistakes without realising it, so minor offences for those that have been here for a week or less will also be given the benefit of the doubt.

Thanks for reading.
The PPT Moderator Team.

Alright, that's pretty much all you need to know. Have fun polling!

Last edited by Yoshi on Sun Dec 19, 2004 11:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Sapphire Faerie]

Additionally:

Existing polls can't be edited or changed to something else. If it's already been voted on, the existing votes will stay, even if you change the options. Often editing a poll messes up the system so that the options all duplicate themselves.
'Versus' polls (such as, this book versus that book, this recording artist versus that recording artist, etc.) that require going to 'round two' in a way, will require a new poll.
For the creators of these polls, when you're ready to go to the next part of your poll, make a new thread and new poll for the next part (you can include the results from the first one in the first post of the new one) and PM a moderator or post on your old one asking for it to be locked. That way everything stays neat and tidy.

[Yoshi]

Now that more and more topics pitting one band/movie/videogame/etc. against each other are popping up, it's getting very confusing in terms of lockage. It'd be appreciated if a series were held once a week (as opposed to every few days), and the old topic's title be changed to "PLEASE LOCK" or something that would help us out a little. We can change the title back to what it originally was for you.