Please note. Moderators do not police the board. They are complaint driven and will only be notified of a problem if you report it. Once reported the following may apply:
A thread may be locked if:
A topic goes way over the hill and has lost focus and a hopeless argument ensues. In this case please take the argument to another means of communication off this board or use PMs to discuss your personal issues. Do not create the same topic again.
Or
If a thread has truly ended and then becomes WAY off topic. It is suggested that members create a new topic to continue a discussion. It is confusing when a normal thread gets off topic by 4-5 pages!
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A post may be edited / removed to remove bad content if:
A person personally attacks another member by using profane language, verbal threats, or other forms of derogatory comments directly at a specific member. This is referring to blatantly derogatory and antagonizing threats, not one made in jest.
Or
If a post involves a person is discussing issues that may cross the line and violate the TOS. Common sense mainly to avoid this.
Or
A post places severe liability on another member, themselves, or the site.
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A person may receive a one or more day suspension if:
Again, a person personally attacks another member by using profane language, verbal threats, or other forms of derogatory comments directly at a specific member. This is referring to blatantly derogatory and antagonizing threats, not one made in jest. In this case judgment may be necessary including looking at if this is a trend or just a single event that will likely not occur again.
Or
If a person repeatedly disregards requests by a moderator to curb certain behavior that is destructive to the community.
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A person may be banned for:
A severe or repeated violation of the TOS. This will be on a case by case evaluation of what occurred.
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Unofficial VJ TOS Violations and Punishment General Reference Guide (key violations):
1) Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
2) Post Content intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a broad demographic or group of people identified by a unifying trait or characteristic (discrimination). For instance, racist or sexist content may be considered hate speech.
3) Publish, Post, upload, distribute or disseminate or offer to do the same any inappropriate, defamatory, infringing, obscene, or unlawful material, information, or in general, Content.
4) Post any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right of any party (the "Rights"), unless you are the owner of the Rights or have the permission of the owner to Post or transmit Content.
5) Post any files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
6) Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services for any commercial purpose, other than in areas of the Service that are intended for such uses.
7) Advertise or offer to sell any services or products on the Forums without the written permission of VisaJourney.com.
8) Post so called SPAM.
9) Conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters, other than in areas of the Service intended for such uses.
10) Download any file Posted by another user that you know, or reasonably should know, that cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
11) Impersonate another person or entity, or falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is Posted.
12) Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Forums.
13) Make comments in a Post either direct or implied toward another member that are purposely designed to upset, antagonize, make fun of, belittle, or otherwise instigate an argument that takes away from the personal enjoyment of the Service by other users.
14) Post any information obtained or originally transmitted in confidence or with the implied belief that the message was to be kept in confidence without the express permission of the original author of the communication. Additionally any direct communication (with the exception of publicly viewable Posts on the discussion forums) between administrators or moderators and a member are strictly prohibited from being Posted to the discussion forums or retransmitted in any way.
15) Start a Topic duplicating a previous Topic or portion of a Topic that was determined to be a violation of the Terms of Service by a Moderator or Administrator.
16) Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion of the Service or collect information about users for any unauthorized purpose
17) Submit Content that falsely expresses or implies that such Content is sponsored or endorsed by Visajourney.com.
18) Create user accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretenses.
19) Condone or instruct, either directly or indirectly, others on how to commit fraudulent or illegal immigration activities in any way, shape, manner or method.
Suspension Length for above offenses:
Edited by Captain Ewok, 28 May 2010 - 01:22 AM.
updated rules
