Post by CandyAcidReign on Jul 10, 2004 15:09:00 GMT -5
The Summary: Be easy cause we are. This is a positive forum for people who need an online home to grow artisticly without plagiary, share, politic, laugh, go deep, be silly, and express themselves. We value participation, peace, joy, art, kinship and friendship. Once you join, you're a part of the TVA family, and we treat all members as such. Feel free to make yourself at home and invite others. Keep in mind that our rules look a lot stricter than they really are!
[li] No Stank attitudes and disrespectful conduct. This is our home and we like it nice and comfortable, friendly, respectful and free from extreme negativity. Before you come in the TVA home, take off your dirty shoes. We don't want anyone tracking dirt on our clean rugs! If you're here and respectful, you are part of the TVA family, make yourself at home but if you are here being rude and crass we may disown you! ;D
[/li][li] If you ever have a problem with a reply given by another member or you have a issue with another member or administrator please address the issue like adults privately in private messages etc. but DO NOT publicly make a scene on the boards.
[/li][li] Please take notice that we have an administrative team. You may be contacted by any of the administrators regarding the rules etc. All administration and Moderators have the authority to enforce the rules.
Administration includes:
Emani Sullivan
Exclusiivlee / Bookiie aka Ursula
Copasetic Soul
PreciseWisdom
CandyAcidReign/Ladessa Sullivan
(Also includes whatever name is listed as a mod on any particular board)
If you have a question about any of the rule enforcement by the admin or a concern please contact CandyAcidReign/Ladessa Sullivan. However all administration have a clear understanding of the rules and enforcement is not personal but in relation to the moderators guidelines, please don't take it personal. They have a job to do and it's moderating TVA so that we all can enjoy the forum community.
[/li][li]No advertisement of sale without permission from administration-(No spamming). No advertisement of other poetry forum communities On your signature.You may link your personal home page or your personal journals or blogs in your signature or profile. Please use the "Poetic Exchange" board or the yahoo group "Bookmarks" section for all other links that are not advertisement or spam.
[/li][li]No threats will be tolerated on the board pages or within private messages. (please report any threatening or harrassing messages. Keep the origional message and send it to an administrator).
[/li][li]No piracy or stealing of other peoples work tolerated.
No duplicating or printing other peoples work without permission from the artist, writer or author.
[/li][li]All images and work are copywritten by The Verbal Artist or it's members and shall not be reproduced or taken without permision from the owner.
[/li][li]No Insults, No biters or copy cats (if a piece is too similar it must be written/created at a earlier date than previous pieces posted, or you must be unaware of the piece it resembles. (This excludes titles and topics) In other words don't get so inspired that you copy someones elses words and style to the point everyone notices it.
As Poets and Artist we often share similar ideas coincidently but there is a line you just shouldn't cross.
[/li][li]No continuous harrassment of other members.
[/li][li]No references to private messages received from an administrator in your post.
[/li][li]No references to modifications in your post-(please bring all complaints and questions about modifications to an administrator).
[/li][li]No negative comments about "The Verbal Artist Forum Community" or the administration in your post. Take all complaints to the administration.
[/li][li] No racist language that promotes racist views, you can however speak about race relations in a respectful manner or in the context of a poem in relation to another broad topic.
[/li][li] No pornographic photos or links because we have to abide by proboard rules...(sigh)
---->(Please have respect for others.
Severe negative comments or continuous insults are frowned upon...Show common courtesy. We want to keep a positive vibe here in TVA. People will not always agree but try to refrain from insulting others and their character.)<----
Writers and Poets:
[/li][li]For every poem, lyrical piece or story you post you must reply to at least 2 preferably in that same board. Please reply to 2 pieces within the same day you post. This rule will be enforced. If you do not follow this rule the new post will be deleted. This rule is for all poetry,lyric and story boards with the exception of "Pass Da Mic" and "The Cycle of Lust".
[/li][li]Please only post no more than 2 poems, lyrical piece or story per board a day. ie. you can post 2 poems in "Open Mic", 2 poems in "Love Moods" etc. (The "2 post per board rule" does not apply to "Pass Da Mic" or non-poetry boards.) If you post more than two pieces per poetry board a day the extra post will be deleted so please save them for the next day.
(We love new post but it's important to reply to other as well. Please take A Look around the back pages as well, read and reply as well as post. Thats what keeps this machine rolling!)
[/li][li]Don't be scared to share constructive criticism. or ask questions.
[/li][li]Don't be rude. Helpful constructive critique is allowed and welcomed. You can tell someone how they could improve the poem and give suggestions and wise critiques...but please don't insult any of the Artistic work of others. Constructive critique means NO broad critical statements unless you can back it up with reasons like concept, structure, language, content. if you make a statement please say why you feel that way.
: bad example: "I don't like this, it didn't speak to me."
: good example: " I feel that the language in this poem felt a little forced because some of the lines did not fit the concept but they did rhyme."
[/li][li]Comparative statements. Please let's try not compare a writer to other writers etc. or compare a poem to all other poems. It is rude and unecessary. You can say: "this is the best poem I have ever read"...but do not publicly say, "this is the best poem on TVA."
[/li][li]Poets, Artist, & Writers: Please add copyright to your work. I suggest you add copyright code to all your post. For more info. on copyright visit Q&A board. The Verbal Artist can not be held responsible for any of your material.[/li][/ul][/size]
Please save a copy of your work that you wouldn't want lost or deleted to your own personal files. We are not responsible for any work that may be deleted or lost due to technical difficulties.
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[li]First Warning/Notice: you will be sent a warning letter informing you of what rule was broken (you can reply with an explanation or the reason why you didn't think you were breaking the rule) Administration will go over your reason or reply to the warning letter and take it into consideration. Based on your reasons and how severe the problem we will choose to retract the warning or not. We will inform you of that decision.
[/li][li]Second Warning: same as the first warning. We will send you a letter etc. If the warning still stands you will be put on probation.
[/li][li]Third: You may be banned if you continue to break the rules. It depends on the severity of the problem. Spam will not be allowed. If you send advertisement of sale without permission from the administration you may or may not be warned once and you may be banned. If you harrass someone severly, verbally threaten someone, or insult others you may be banned immediately. You will be sent an email upon being banned from TVA and given a chance to respond.
(Consequences are subject to change depending upon the severity of the problem. A member can be banned at any given moment if the severity of the problem is beyond repair or if the administration see's fit.)
There is an open door policy. If you have any problems with another member or have anything to address please contact one of the administrators and we will help answer your questions or do whatever we can to help. We value the privacy of our members and we will keep any of your questions or comments sent to an administrator by private message or email confidential. Info given will only be shared amongst the administration. The rules we created are here for your protection. If we had it our way we would have no rules but we know that they are necessary.[/b][/li][/ul]