| RuneVillage Rules of Participation, Policies, and Other Information |
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These rules apply to all people who use RuneVillage (villagers). Absolutely no one (including staff members, users who have donated money, RS items, or other help to RuneVillage) is immune to these rules.
RuneScape Rules RuneVillage Staff Hierarchy Posting Profile Use Special Punishments Temporary Bans Indefinite Bans Warning Removal Name Changes Private Forum & Usergroup Requests Special Ranks RuneScape Rules RuneVillage actively supports Jagex in punishing any player who breaks the rules of play in RuneScape. As a result of this, users found to be breaking the following Jagex rules will be immediately banned from RuneVillage, and their details sent to Jagex. Other Jagex rules not listed here are still enforced, however, and will result in warnings if violated.
RuneVillage Staff Hierarchy At the top of the hierarchy is Hiker, who is the founder and owner of RuneVillage. Below him, in order of authority indicated by cascading bullet points, are various staff positions and user statuses. Each staff position has authority over the staff position and user statuses on the lines below and to the right of it. Forum Administrators, for example, have authority over all moderators and users, but they must answer to Asst. Site Administrators and Hiker.
Posting These rules apply to: any information or discussion posted on this forum; private messages sent between users; information displayed in your profile (signature, avatar, location, etc); and the phpbb e-mail function. I. The following rules each warrant 1 official warning if violated once, and 2 official warnings for every addition violation:
Profile Use These rules apply exclusively to your signature and avatar in your Profile field. Signature size limits: 400 pixels wide and 150 pixels high. Avatar size limits: 80 pixels wide and 80 pixels high. File size limit for all images found in Avatar and Signature field: 55kB. (56,320 bytes) VII. The following warrant image or text in your profile being edited or removed. Note: If an administrator changes your profile, and you undo the change and add back the disallowed content, you have will your signature and avatar disabled for a month. Likewise, the same punishment will be issued if you refuse to change your profile when a Moderator or Administrator asks you to do so.
Special Punishments
In certain cases, such as breaking the same rule two or three times in a row, you will be temporarily banned. Depending on the offense, an administrator may: disabled your ability to post; disable your ability to send private message; or deactivate your account. Indefinite Bans and Warnings If a moderator judges so, you may receive a verbal warning instead of an official warning for violating a rule in category in I. or II. Verbal warnings (sometimes called unofficial warnings) are only given to new users who evidently did not read these rules. If you were to ever recieve an indefinite or permanent ban, you would not be allowed to register a new account, as that would render the ban redundant. If you are discovered to have multiple accounts, and you do not have an indefinite or permanent ban, you would be forced to surrender one of your choice, and any warnings on all of the accounts would be added up and transferred to the account you'd wish to keep. If you were to persist in creating new accounts to avoid warnings or bans, your IP would be banned and your ISP (internet service provider) would be notified. Indefinite bans must be served a minimum of 2 months. After that period of time, you may appeal your ban to an administrator. 2/3rds of administrators who participate in the vote must vote to unban you if your appeal is to be successful. (Chat Admins and Forum Admins vote on all users, regardless of who originally issued the ban.) Warning Removal Warnings will be removed two at a time each month with good behavior, if a moderator or administrator believes you deserve it to be taken off. You cannot simply take a month vacation and come back expecting to get 2 warnings taken off. If you're generally active and well behaved, your warnings will come off easily. If you do an outstanding job, you may have more than 2 warnings taken off monthly. If you act up again once you get your warnings taken off, they will be re-added. Name Changes If you wish to have your name changed, you may request so from an admin via a private message. In your private message, you must give your desired name and the reason you wish to have your name changed. (If it is later discovered that you were untruthful about your reason(s), your name will be reverted and you will be issued 3 warnings.) You may not request to have your name changed to anything that is: similar to another RuneVillager's name; similar to a well-known RuneScaper's name; more than 16 characters long. Do not request to have your name changed with intent to have it changed back at a later date. Name changes are limited to one per every 3 months, excluding reverts. The administration reserves the right to refuse to change anyone's name for any reason not present here. Private Forum & Usergroup Requests You may request from an administrator a private usergroup and forum in the Private Usergroups forum category. You may ask for one other person to co-host the forum with you. You may not request a private forum for discussion of a non-Runescape clan-related or non-Runescape subject that can already be discussed in an existing forum. (For example, you may not request a private forum for "Super Mario Bros. Players," because Super Mario Bros. can be discussed in the "Other Games" forum.) When requesting a private usergroup and forum, please give the specific name and description you'd like to be assigned to either. If you provide no description, it will be left blank. If you provide no specific name, you will be asked for one. If your private usergroup becomes inactive without notice (has no new posts) for 2 weeks, you will be given a warning. If your forum does not return to activity within 1 week after the warning, your forum and usergroup will be deleted. You may not request another new usergroup or forum until after 3 months since the deletion. Special Ranks The ranks "Village Legend", "Village Staff", and "Village Elder" are all privileges to have. Users who have any warnings are not eligible for these ranks, and users who already have one of the ranks will have it revoked if they gain 4 or more warnings. Users may earn back the rank or eligibility for the rank one month after they have earned off their warnings. The ultimate decision of whether or not a certain user deserves a special rank is made by the administration. |