How to Report a Guild
This is the right way to report a guild that won't get you a warning for abusing the report system.
When to NOT Report a Guild
* When a user is harassing you:
If a user is harassing you then you first have to take it to the guild's captain or crew to have them deal with the user. If that doesn't work, OR if it is the captain or crew that is harassing you, then use the report abuse/harassment forum:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/gaia/report.php?r=7 * Swearing
Reporting people swearing is not allowed, Gaia has a very liberal view of swearing and reporting people swearing will get you a warning for abusing the report system. if a user is swearing at you (ie calling you a b***h) then you have to take it up with the captain, please see above.
* Banning you for no reason or not banning when requested
As this is the Captain's guild, the captain is allowed to create his own rules (subject that they do not violate the TOS). As such, the captain is able to invite or ban users as he chooses. He is also under obligation to ban users who wish to quit (because there is no leave guild option). If the captain/crew does not ban a member who asks (please wait for his responce at least a full week) then he is subject to receiving a warning. Please either make a post in the captain's guiild if you have access to it, or PM a GGN mod (Kokoryta, Doji Kurohito) with a link to the guild and thread where you have asked to be banned.
When to use the Report a Guild button:
* If the guild violates the TOS
If a guild is allowing people to post porn, cyber or is linking to non PG-13 material, AND the captain/crew has not removed it (within 2 days), then you may report the guild.
* Hate guilds
A hate guild that is directed at Gaian users is not allowed and will be terminated. Yes, this includes users who are known trolls.
* Plagiarized guilds
If a guild has copied another guild in detail (ie copied homepage or stickies) then the copying guild will be removed. Please not that this does not count for general ideas, users who report an Inuyasha guild because there is already another Inuyasha guild will be issued a warning for abusing the report system.
* Guilds which profited from a glitch
If a guild have profited from a glitch, either by getting the guild for free or is a user has donated glitch gold to the Guild Fund then the proffiting guild will most likely be closed by the admins. We are not certain if the captain will recover the guild, but it is safe to assume that they won't.