Warning Types for the Infractions System
Warning types
| Name | Description | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Rule # 8 - Bumping - Cross Posting |
No Bumping or Cross-posting topics. Bumping is posting to move a thread up on the forum list, and cross-posting is posting the same thread in several forums. |
10 |
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Rule # 9 - Personal Information
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Do not post overly personal information like your phone number, address, age (especially if you are a minor) or any other personal info you don't want the whole world to see. |
10 |
| Rule # 12 - Soliciting donations |
Do not solicit donations or charitable requests for yourself or other people or organizations. |
10 |
| Rule # 1 - Profanity |
Remember this is a family friendly community, so no swearing, foul language, or profanity. |
20 |
| Rule # 10 - Promoting other forum, etc. |
Do not promote other websites that are "similar" to BackYardChickens, especially similar forums. Sometimes it may be appropriate to link to another site that has specific information relative to a question, but moderators have to right to remove links and posts at their discretion. |
20 |
| Rule # 13 - Inapropriate religious or political post |
We strongly discourage religious and political topics and reserve the right to delete them at our discretion. These topics of religion and politics should be confined to the Random Ramblings section of the forum. |
20 |
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Rule # 14 - Animal Rights or Cock Fighting |
No discussions about animal rights organizations or Cock fighting |
20 |
| Rule # 7 - Advertising Abuse |
Do not advertise your products or services outside of the appropriate areas of the forum or too frequently. |
25 |
| Rule # 5 - Teasing |
No teasing, mocking, ridiculing, or otherwise making fun at other member's expense. |
30 |
| Rule # 6 - Fighting |
No Fighting. Taking a personal conflict to the forum is unacceptable. "I'm right, you're wrong" threads and posts will be edited or deleted. |
30 |
| Rule # 11 - Luring to other forum |
Luring members to other forums is not allowed and we prohibit discussing drama that happens on other forums. We've worked hard for years to build up this community and we will not tolerate people coming in and spamming our members via the public forum, private messages, or emails to join another community. |
30 |
| Rule # 16 - Reposting Closed Topic |
If a topic is closed or removed do not, under any circumstances, re-post the same topic or material. If you have any questions as to why a thread was closed or removed please contact a BackYardChickens staff member. |
30 |
| Rule # 2 - Adult Post or Topic |
Definitely no inappropriate "Adult" topics or innuendo. |
35 |
| Rule # 3 - Flaming |
No Flaming (verbally attacking people or groups of people - e.g. a profession, an organization, a company.) |
35 |
| Rule # 4 - Trolling |
No Trolling (posting to provoke others, luring them to flame or rant). Trolling is sometimes done involuntarily, so please be considerate when posting. |
35 |
| Rule # 15 - Questioning Moderation |
Do not post threads questioning moderation. If you have an issue with one of our rules, moderators, etc. please contact another moderator or a forum administrator |
35 |
Automatic bans
| Ban period | Reason |
|---|---|
| 2 days | 50 points |
| 7 days | 75 points |
| 14 days | 100 points |
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