In The News Rules & Guidelines - Update: 4/7/15

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In The News Rules & Guidelines

Welcome to the In The News forum! The In The News forum is intended for discussing all things related to events currently happening in the news!

As a member it is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with the forum's rules before posting. Posting in this forum implies that you read and understand the rules and guidelines and that you accept responsibility for the appropriateness of your thread or post.

Navigation:

1. Introduction
   
2. General Posting Guidelines
   
3. Rules & Guidelines for Posting in the In The News forum
   
4. How to Report

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General Posting Guidelines
Please be sure to follow the Terms of Service and Rules and Guidelines here, as in all forums.


Common violations to avoid:

Flaming & trolling. Posts directed at another member which are hateful, abusive, or intentionally inflammatory are considered flaming. Making intentionally inflammatory or provocative posts to incite responses from other members is considered trolling.

Spam. Posts that are gibberish, off-topic, contain advertisements or begging, or have low or no content are considered spam. Please ensure that your posts are on topic and contain an appropriate amount of discussable content.

Sexually explicit content. Posting, requesting, distributing, or offering sexually explicit material is not permitted anywhere on Gaia. Sexually explicit content includes explicit photographs, text, artwork, video, or cybersex conversations.

Terms of Service violations may result in a warning or a ban on your account.
If you find Terms of Service violations, or threads that may need moved to a different forum, please use an appropriate report. The procedure for this may be found below.

You can find online moderators by following the "View Forum Moderators" link at the top of the forum.

Gaia Staff will NEVER ask for your password! If anyone asks you for your password, report it.

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Rules & Guidelines for Posting in the In The News forum
The In The News forum is intended for discussing all subjects related to events currently being covered by the news media world-wide.

Topics Appropriate for the In The News forum:

• Topics related to discussing news stories from around the world.
  
• Topics criticizing the events currently happening are allowed. Feel free to share your opinion!
  
• Discussions started without links to news stories. Just remember that your thread has to be based on a news story that was published somewhere!

Topics NOT Appropriate for the In The News forum:

• Threads that do not relate to events in the news.
  
• Inappropriate memes.
  
• Content that breaks the Terms of Service.
  
• Older news stories that are not considered a current event.

Specifically, posting topics or responding to threads that read as if they are insult others, or that are overly abusive, are not allowed as they are considered abusive behavior. We want this forum to be open to everyone and everyone be comfortable with sharing their perspective on the news stories that are brought here!



Threads that lack continuity for this forum will be threads from, but not limited to, the following:

• Threads specifically to discuss Gaia Online's features, functions, or community without any news coverage.
  
• Threads based on personal life events that are not covered by the media. (If you were in the news then let us know!)
  
• Advertisements.
  
• Threads that are not related to anything in the news.

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How to Report
Abuse of the report system will result in a warning or ban of your account.

Report a Post
Use the button when an individual post in a topic contains inappropriate content.

Reasons to Report a Post:

• The content of the post violates the Terms of Service or forum rules.
  
• The content of the post is off-topic.
  
• The member who made the post has a signature which violates the rules.

Report a Topic
Use the Report this Topic button at the bottom of the page when a topic is not appropriate for the forum.

Reasons to Report a Topic:

• The topic violates the Terms of Service or forum rules.
  
• The topic is in the wrong forum and should be moved to a more appropriate forum.

If you need to contact a moderator via Private Message, please use the "View Forum Moderator" link at the top of this forum to find a moderator.

Report Hacking, Scamming or Abuse & Harassment?
The Hacking, Scamming and Abuse or Harassment report forms can be found at the bottom of the forum index. When submitting a report, ensure that you fill out all fields and include as much relevant information as possible.

Report A Hacking
Use this form to report a Hacking. Hacking, on Gaia Online, refers to the unauthorized access of an account by someone other than the account owner. In most typical hacking cases, an unauthorized person enters an account which does not belong to him or her and takes items or gold from the account, often changing the account information so that the original owner can no longer access his or her account.
Report A Scamming
Use this form to report a Scamming. Scamming is when another member of Gaia takes your gold or items, or tries to take your gold or items, by making false promises of giving you rare items, get-rich-quick schemes, or by any other deceptive means. Scamming generally involves a situation in which two members of Gaia make an arrangement to trade gold, items, or a Gaia approved service (e.g. avatar art commission) with each other and then one of the parties involved in the arrangement fails to live up to his or her promise of an exchange.
Report Abuse or Harassment
Use this form to report ongoing Abuse or Harassment. If you are reporting harassment or abuse that is occurring directly in a thread, please use the "Report This Post" button instead.