Guidelines – Bohemia Interactive Community

Revision as of 18:43, 27 June 2006

Bohemia Interactive Community Wiki Rules

Please respect the following rules when you post on this wiki. Breaking of any of these rules may result in a user or IP block for a set period of time or in extreme cases a can result in a permanent ban.

1. Rules of Conduct

The Rules of Conduct regulate the interaction between wiki members. They are in place to ensure that wiki remains a civilised place where people can share information freely without being harassed and abused.

§1)No Flaming/Flame-baiting

Abusive comments, personal attacks and name calling are not allowed. If you find an article or discussion that is abusive or you find offensive please report it to a wikisysop who will investigate. Flame-baiting articles will not be tolerated

§2)No bigotry

Racists, sexists, homophobes or any other type of bigots are not welcome on this wiki, such offences will result in an immediate and permanent IP block.

§3)Follow the instructions of the Wiki Sysops

When a Wiki Sysop asks you to do stop doing something, please follow their instructions.

2. Rules of Contents

The Rules of Contents regulate the substance of what is posted. They are in place to ensure that topics that are posted do not offend and bother people or violate the law.

Discussions about copy protection or copying, backing-up, hacking, cracking or reverse engineering of any of Bohemia Interactive's Products will not be tolerated and such discussions will be deleted immediately. Any breach of this rule may result in the poster no longer having access to the wiki.

§1)No discussion about illegally obtained software

All discussions about warez, piracy or leaked software are strictly forbidden, such threads will be closed and will most likely result in a permanent ban for the instigator.

§2)No discussion about cracks

This includes request for cracks, links to cracks or sites that host cracks, also not acceptable are requests for CD Keys/serials, again such articles will be deleted and could result in a permanent IP block.

§3)No Spam

We deem spam as making an article or posting a reply that has no real worth, is irrelevant, useless and offers nothing to a discussion. Spam is not limited to text, posting an image as a means of spam or a spam'esque URL will also result in the same response from a moderator. With spam being hard to define, it is another example of something left to moderator's discretion, if in doubt ask yourself "does my reply add to the discussion in a way for the discussion to continue further"? If not then think of something "meatier" to add to the thread. Repeated spamming will result in any/all of the following:- Post count reduction, warning level increase, temporary restriction from posting.

§4)No posting of images not related to Bohemia Interactive's products

No posting of pictures containing porn, real killing, mutilations, wounds, carnage, and other disgusting/explicit images. This also includes links to pages that contain such images. Also no posting of pictures not related to a product of Bohemia Interactive (also see §3).

3. Rules of Format

The Rules of Format regulate the appearance of what is posted and of user profile. They are in place to ensure that the board remains easy to use and uncluttered with unnecessary elements.

§1)Search before making a new article

If you have a question, please use the board search function before posting to make sure that it hasn't been answered before. There is a big chance it has, not only does searching help to keep the Wiki free of multiple articles it will also help you to get an answer much quicker.

§2)No duplicate accounts

Having several accounts is strictly forbidden. If you want to get a new account or have an old account deleted contact a moderator. If you wish to change your name for any reason you can do so in your user options.

§3)Do not type in all capital letters

Typing in all caps equals according to standard net etiquette to yelling. It is also difficult reading such posts.

§4)Write in English

This Wiki offical language is English. Avoid writing in any other languages.

Avoid using short forms of words e.g. "m8" instead of mate, "u r" instead of you are or your.

Articles with good spelling and proper grammar will encourage further contributions of good content. Proper spelling of an article name will also make it easier for other authors to link their articles to your article.

§5)Do not hotlink images over 100kb (102400 bytes) in size

Please do not hotlink (hotlink means using the IMG tags to display an image in your post) individual images over 100kb, this is so that the forum remains a smooth place to browse for everyone, irrespective of their internet connection. If you wish to post an image larger then 100 kb feel free to post the URL instead of hotlinking.

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 ====§4)Write in English====
-In the English part of the board please write in English and in the Czech write in Czech. Try avoiding writing in any other language since the majority of the members most likely won't understand.
+This Wiki offical language is English. Avoid writing in any other languages.
-Please avoid using short forms of words e.g. "m8" instead of mate, "u r" instead of you are or your, it may seem attractive to type in such a "shorthand" manner but remember that there are many people on the forums who do not have English as a first language, so it is disrespectful to use bad English simply for the sake of laziness. (Obviously there are common shortenings of words that have been used for many years on the internet that continue to be acceptable, e.g. LMAO, LOL, FYI etc.)
+Avoid using short forms of words e.g. "m8" instead of mate, "u r" instead of you are or your.
+Articles with good spelling and proper grammar will encourage further contributions of good content. Proper spelling of an article name will also make it easier for other authors to link their articles to your article.
 ====§5)Do not hotlink images over 100kb (102400 bytes) in size====