Forum Rules

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[h2]Board-wide Policies[/h2]

[h3]1. Forum rules[/h3]

1. Posts are to be made in the relevant forum. Users are asked to read the forum descriptions before posting.
   
2. Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users. Flaming or abusing users in any way will not be tolerated.
   
3. Members should remember this board is a primarily FB/QB place and people worldwide visit because of FB/QB/programming. Posting pornographic or generally offensive text, images, links, etc. will not be tolerated.
   
4. Spam is not tolerated here under any circumstance. Anything posted excessively or of a commercial nature will be removed.
   
5. Although this board will tolerate debate on almost any topic, any debate that is about a "sensitive" topic (think religion, race etc), or any debate that users turn into a "sensitive" debate, will be moved to the Debate and Discussion forum on sight.
   
6. The moderators reserve the right to edit or remove any post at any time. The determination of what is construed as indecent, vulgar, spam, etc. as noted in these points is up to the moderators and not users.
   
7. Members should note this board is maintained on a voluntary basis. No admin receives payment of any kind for time spent here. Users should therefore not post demanding anything, holding the admin accountable for problems with the board etc.
   
8. A thread you start is not considered controlled by you in any way. Like in real life, discussions may stray off from the starting point, and there's nothing you can do about it. You may however, turn to the admins and request the topic moved/locked for posters breaking other rules such as flaming or spamming.
   
9. Post content, such as images, or subject text should not ruin the layout of the site. The site should be viewable with a browser window at around 800x600, without being stretched beyond neccessity - remember that some people still have small monitors. An exception to this rule is the Art forum, where larger images may be posted; although it is prefered that you post thumbnails of very large images.
   
10. Having multiple accounts is not allowed. If you wish to change your account name or loose your password, please contact an admin. Please do not just create a new account.
    
11. Don't be a pain in the ass. Being a pain in the ass frees the admins from any restraints these rules might otherwise impose on their actions towards you.
    
12. Once or twice a week the admins will get together and get insanely drunk. During this state they may ban, modify, and otherwise abuse this forum and its members. By using this forum you agree to not whine and/or bitch about that. If you cannot agree to this, due to religious, moral, political or other views, please refer to §1.11.
    
13. Any drunken friend of an admin, any homeless guy who once saw an admin or any person at all claiming to know an admin may request any forum member banned for any reason. Should you wish to complain about this, see §1.11.
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    [h3]2. Signatures[/h3]
    
    1. Text sizes should be between 9 and 12 (small and normal). Text in signatures is subject to the same conditions as posts with respect decency, warez, emoticons, etc. You may include images in your signature, but no more than three, and no larger than 80 pixels high (in total).
       
    2. Links are permitted in signatures. Links are included within the text and image limits above. Links to offensive sites may be subject to removal.
       
    3. Very large pictures of nude, cute, girls allowed. Please send address and/or phone number of girl(s) in question to board admins.
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       [h3]3. Avatars[/h3]
       
       1. Users are permitted to upload an avatar or to link to one of their own. User defined avatars are to be no larger than 150 pixels square, contain no excessive animation, may not exceed 15KB in filesize and have a consistently high availability (i.e. links to images on slow servers or those prone to failure may be removed).
          
       2. Avatars are subject to the same conditions as posts with respect decency, etc.
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          [h3]4. Policing[/h3]
          
          1. Qbasicnews operates a three strike policy. Users will be warned a maximum of three times for any and all offences in a three month period. If the need arises for a fourth warning a temporary ban will be put in place of between 1 to 7 days.
             
          2. Arguing with moderators after having received a warning will lead to an immediate additional warning. Should this exceed three strikes a temporary ban will be put in place as above.
             
          3. Users who feel that they have been unfairly been given a warning by an admin may contact another admin with their concerns, however do not contact the admin who warned you, they will interpret that as arguing! While the other admin will read your complaint and discuss it with the other admins, this is no guarantee that a warning/ban will be reversed.
             
          4. Any attempt to circumvent a temporary ban will lead to that ban being made permanent. Circumvention includes re-registering under a non-banned username, changing IP addresses to evade an IP ban, registering a new email account of evade an email ban. Circumvention includes posting as an anonymous user.
             
          5. An exception to the three strike rule applies when users contact moderators personally (via any method) and post insulting, indecent or vulgar material. Such users may be subject to an immediate permanent ban.
             
          6. Permanent bans are a last resort and thought is given before implementing them (For exceptions see §1.11 through §1.13). While we may consider lifting permanent bans from time to time this is a rare occurrence. .
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