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Rules and Guidelines
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- This board is dedicated to the discussion
of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s career and public
life. Sometimes, it is hard not to bring
up some part of her personal life in our topics,
but we try to avoid discussing it here. For
example, Freddie Prinze Jr. is a part of both
her private and public lives so there will be
topics with him in it. However, discussing whether
or not he is good enough for her is NOT acceptable.
In addition, since she has not made her political views public,
discussion of it is not allowed.
Sarah’s personal life is her business
and we respect that. This extends to all the celebrities
being discussed on this board. Futhermore, speculations
on people's private lives are not allowed.
- All opinions about SMG are welcome, even
if they are negative or different, provided
that they are expressed in a RESPECTFUL
manner. Fetishist or sexual threads and comments
(implicit or otherwise) are not tolerated
because this changes the focus to someone’s
body parts, which is considered disrespectful.
- NO FLAMING will be tolerated on this
board. “Flaming” is when you make
a personal attack on a poster (by calling them
names) instead of commenting on their point
of view/opinion. Focus your reply and comments
on the issue itself and not on the poster. If
you disagree with a comment, clearly explain
why.
- Paparazzi photos are not allowed on our
board. A 'paparazzi photo' is a candid photo
taken without Sarah's approval. Although we
understand that these people are only doing
their “jobs” and trying to make a
living, we do not wish to support them and their
behavior. Every time someone posts one of their
candid and intrusive photos, they benefit from
it in some way. Consequently, they are encouraged
to continue. This board will NOT contribute
to the stalking of Sarah.
Furthermore, photos that
are taken at public events (eg. sporting events)
where Sarah is not conducting 'official business',
are not allowed.
- Use of foul or offensive language will
not be tolerated and could result in the
poster being banned from the board. We have
filtered out a few of the more offensive words.
This doesn't give you the permission to mask
these "offensive" words by changing one letter
or substituting '!' for 'i', for example. Any
variation is unacceptable. Always act as though
Sarah is watching.
- NO BASHING of Sarah, other celebrities
or characters will be tolerated on this
board. If you do not like someone for whatever
reason, that is your choice. However, we will
not allow this board to be used for openly ridiculing
or making offensive comments about the person
or character you don't like. We expect you all
to be able to share your thoughts in a mature
and respectful manner.
- No selling of Buffy or Sarah items will
be tolerated on our board. Our tape trading
policy is that you may post to seek the
email addresses of others who might want to
trade with you. Once this has happened, we would
like that discussion of the details of trades
go to email.
- We do not allow posting of Buffy episodes.
These violate copyright laws that FOX has made
clear are very important to them, and we
respect
this. For the same reason, we also do not
allow pictures from Photo Agencies (those
pictures with the words over the top). You
may
post a link to the agency web site (but not
directly to the pictures) and tell people
how
to find the photo. Also be advised
that illegal high res agency
photos will not be tolerated here. See
this link for more information
and also consult guideline 10.
Fan fiction is prohibited due to legal concerns
by Buffy's copyright owners.
- The only advertising of your own site
should be in your posting signature.
- All information you post on the board
including pictures, stories, magazine/news excerpts
and info from other web sites must be accompanied
by the source and a link to it, if at all
possible. If you borrow images from other sites,
leave the tags on (if they are tagged) or at
least give the scanner and/or the site credit.
Also, claiming ownership of someone else’s work
or info will not be tolerated on this board.
Furthermore, anyone who posts images that have been
obtained illegally from photo agencies
will have their account suspended permanently.
- Pictures (manipulated or otherwise), clips or info
posted in any of the forums or linked to that
are NOT in good taste (offensive, highly sexual
in nature, depicts sex or violence etc.) are not allowed and WILL be
deleted without explanation.
- Do not HOTLINK. Hotlinking is defined
as when you use pictures from other sites without
uploading them first to your own server. If
you hotlink, everytime someone views the picture
on your site, it uses up someone else's resources,
which they pay for. This is called 'bandwidth
stealing' and is very poor nettiquette. You can
open a free account with an image hosting site such as
Photobucket. Do a search and you should be able to
find a few.
- Signatures are limited to 300 characters.
Also, use of pictures in signatures are not
allowed. Please avoid using a very large
font in your signature.
- We do not use rankings on this board. Having
more posts shouldn't suggest one poster is
superior to another. Also, members cannot create polls,
but they can submit ideas for polls to the
admins.
This is mainly to avoid repetition and clutter.
We are available by clicking "moderating
team"
link on the front page of the messageboard.
- Political discussion or statements of ANY kind, including
jokes, are strictly prohibited. This includes all public
sections of the board - signatures and profiles,
as well as posts.
- Please avoid bumping topics that are older
than 6 months, unless something relevant
- like a news release - makes it timely again.
- Some web sites are banned from discussion
or linking or any kind of referral. These
include sites that only contain illegal material such
as high res agency photos which were stolen from an
agency web site. Be advised this site is under scrutiny
by representatives of several photo agencies. In particular,
buffy.nu is banned.
- ALL shipper discussion is banned from this board.
- PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUALLY TEST THE GUIDELINE
LIMITS OR DISREGARD STAFF REMINDERS/WARNINGS
(including those posted in threads). Anyone
who makes it clear that they are testing the
limits and fails to heed warnings by the staff
alerting them to this trend will be subject
to removal from the board.
These rules are subject to change. We reserve the right to remove,
edit or move posts at our discretion. There are 3 Administrators
and 4 Moderators on this board. These are the 7 people that decide
on issues
that come up regarding the acceptability of a topic, a discussion and
a poster’s behavior. Use common sense. If in doubt, ask.
If you have any questions and comments regarding the board in general,
post them on the Site Questions/Comments Forum. However, if your comment
or concern is of a personal nature, please feel free to e-mail one of
the 7 people mentioned above.
The rules are here to make sure that the board runs
smoothly, avoid any problems and is enjoyable to everyone. Thanks for
participating!
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