RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ

RULES & REGULATIONS REGARDING THE SAMURAI BEAT RADIO FORUM

The rules are here to ensure that the users of the SAMURAI BEAT RADIO forum behave themselves in a proper manner, get along with each other, and enjoy using it as a resource for any Japanese-related topics.

**POSTING MESSAGES**
- Before you post : A search should be done to see if your questions have not been already posted. Please use the SEARCH button above to avoid reposts. You also have a FAQ section where you can find answers for general questions about board management.
- Topic titles : When you post your question or your problem, you must use a title related to your problem/question. Words such as "Urgent", "SOS", "Question", "Problem", "Hurry" are not tolerated. Capitals should also be avoided.
- Description of your problem/question : When you ask a question, try to be clear and accurate about what you want to say. Don't hesitate to describe your problem. The more info you give, the better we can answer you.
- Language on this forum : When you write in English, SMS (cell phone) style message, L3375P34K (leetspeak) and deliberate mistakes must be avoided. Non-English people, as well as English people, must be able to understand what you write, so put a minimum of care in your English, even if your English is not very good.
- Colors and capitals and size : When you write your message, please don't abuse capitals (it means that you shout), colors and bold. Re-sizing your text is also a bad idea. Overly large text resembles screaming. Colors and Bold text are reserved for moderation, therefore don't use them.
- Flood and Off-topic : Flooding must be avoided. One-word posts such like "lol", "rofl" or a single smiley must be avoided. You must also avoid to post the same topic twice, it will not be faster for you to get a response. If you make a mistake, please use the button at the top-right of your post, to avoid double-posting.
- Advertising for your website/forum/other services/etc. (Spamming): Spamming is not tolerated, even by PM. It is also forbidden to post advertising for money-related stuff. You will be BANNED IMMEDIATELY if you post spam.

**FORUM BEHAVIOR**
- Defamatory, racist, hateful, pornographic, illegal or insulting content must be avoided on this forum. You must respect the fact that people may have a different opinion than you. If you are in conflict with another member, please use PMs for that, this board is not an arena!
- Please, be patient. It's useless to up your topic every 2 minutes (see the point "Flood and Off-topic"). Every member of this forum has a private life outside of it, so they can't always respond immediately.
- You must respect the moderators and administrators.
- If you received advertising, pornographic content, or insults by PM, please send the whole copy (including the headers) to a moderator by PM. Posting it in a topic is useless and will only cause conflicts between you and the one who sent you the PM.
- If you don't find your topic, it may have been moved to a more appropriate category or sub-forum.

**AVATAR & PROFILE**
- Avatar dimensions : Your avatar's width must not exceed 150 pixels and its height must not exceed 200 pîxels. These limits are here to avoid scrolling for people who have a low screen resolution. You must also respect the limit of weight which is fixed to 300 KB. There are still people who have a low-speed connection, and heavy pictures take time to load for them.
- Your avatar is not an advertising banner, so avatars with your forum URL must be avoided.
- Sexually-oriented and gore-oriented avatars must be avoided

**POSSIBLE SANCTIONS**
- If you made advertising by PM, you may see your PM mailbox disabled for a determined period
- If your avatar doesn't respect the rules and you ignore the moderator's request to have it changed, the Administrator may forbid you from displaying an Avatar.
- Ignoring the moderators' warnings and continuing to not respect the rules, insulting people and trolling may result to a simple ban from this forum, an Forumotion-wide ban or a ban forum deleted, according to the gravity of the member's fault.

If you have any questions regarding one of the forum rules, please PM a moderator to ask your question. Thank you for taking the time to read the guidelines.

Sincerely,
The SAMURAI BEAT RADIO Staff