Welcome to Odeth's Music, where you can share the music to the world.
Odeth's Music Rules
Introduction:
As the member and the visitor of Odeth's Music ranges from minors (13 years plus) to adults, we ask that all our members refrain from using explicit, vulgar language and refrain from discussion of drugs, nudity, pornography and other potentially harmful subjects (such discussions may result in a ban).
These rules are made in order to ensure that order is kept, consequently resulting in everyone feeling welcome enough to join in and participate in any discussion they wish.
Therefore, Odeth's Music Staff are entitled to enforce these rules at their own discretion where they deem most appropriate.
Please note that the following rules also apply to Private Messages (PM), Profiles, Avatars and Signatures.
Description:
Global Rules
1.1 If you see anything that should not appear on the forums please notify a moderator so that they can resolve the issue.
1.2 The only permitted language to be used on these forums is English. (so for those who doesn't speak english, just learn a little bit) :p
Warning System
2.1 It is the duty of Odeth's Music Staff to remain impartial and maintain professional conduct at all times. However, if they discover that a rule has been violated their responsibilities shift slightly and depending on their judgement and the severity of a violation, members may be warned or banned.
2.2 Our system uses an assortment of punishments for insubordination:
Warnings are issued to notify a user that they have done something wrong and that they should take heed of the notice that they have been sent in order to avoid further sanctions.
Infractions are issued to demonstrate and act as a reminder that a user has deviated away from the rules. These show that the deviant behaviour was relatively serious. Some infractions are permanent, whilst others expire after a certain amount of time (depending on the severity). If a member receives a sufficient number of infractions, then the user will be banned.
Bans are issued when the nature of an offence is believed to be serious enough to warrant such a serious response.
Appeals can be made by contacting a member of the administration team within 30 days of a punishment being issued, if you feel that the sanction issued was unjust.
Posting Etiquette
3.1 All topics must be submitted to the relevant forums and contain a full description and in addition topic titles must also be descriptive.
3.2 Treat others with dignity and respect (the flaming of other members or forums will result in a sanction).
3.3 Topics may be bumped so long as any additional messages posted to the thread provide useful information that justifies the need to keep the thread alive.
3.4 Double posting of any sort may lead to a warning, as it is unacceptable in any circumstances (particularly to gain exposure). We ask that if you have amendments to make to your post; you use the edit button. If you do accidentally double post, it is important that you inform us of this so that we can remove the additional post without penalising you.
3.5 Images should be hosted on on the following image hosting website:
http://www.photobucket.com
3.6 Any posts that are edited by a moderator must not be removed or re-edited.
3.7 If you wish to post mirror links to a file, you must create your own thread (normal rules for thread creation apply).
3.8 Ensure that any links you submit on the forum are working correctly and that the password is valid.
Spam Related
4.1 You may only advertise your website once (in the "Business - Jobs" forum). Promotion of your website elsewhere will result in a warning being issued.
4.2 You may only post a link if it will benefit everyone. Links encrypted or hidden using link protectors are not permitted.
4.3 You must not post similar messages on the forums in order to increase your post count.
4.4 Signatures must not contain either a hyperlink or text link referring to other forums or websites.
4.5 Any post(s) containing singularly the words "lol", "lmao", "lmfao" or any other similar acronym as a post response are defined as spam. Members must form complete sentences, using appropriate language.
4.6 Threads/posts which are deemed spam will be deleted and thus the author of these will lose any related post count. Successive use of spam will result in a warning being issued. Serious instances of spam will result in a ban without prior warning.
Miscellaneous
5.1 Do not request that a thread be stickied. Exceptional posts will be stickied by an Odeth's Music Staff or will be put on the main page as a Daily headline without prior notice.
5.2 Main page news can only be added by an Odeth's Music Staff.
5.3 Members are not permitted to have more than one registered account on the forum, particularly to bypass any punishment. If we discover that you have registered a new username in order to bypass our sanctions, we will be forced to ban your IP address (which will prevent you from visiting the forum in the future).
5.4 In order to change your username, you must send a PM to Odeth's Music Staff and request that your current account be banned (permanently) explaining that you wish to register a new account. Any linked attributes such as post count will not be transferred. This prevents members from constantly changing their usernames, which is both confusing and disruptive to the community.
5.5 We recognise your efforts and valuable contributions will be rewarded appropriately. If we believe that you meet our requirements and standards for becoming a member of Odeth's Music Staff, we will notify you.
5.6 Similarly, we will add to your reputation when we believe that it is most deserved. Do not ask others to add to your reputation, this may lead to us issuing you with negative reputation.
5.7 Signature sizes are limited to a height of 200 pixels.
5.8 Odeth's Music Staff reserve the right to modify or remove any post at any time without prior notice.
Thank you for your time and cooperation, please enjoy your stay and ensure that you follow the rules.
Written and prepared by Odeth - 23/02/2009
