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Advertising and Business Posting Guidelines
Buy/Sell/Trade Category Rules
Feedback Rules
Forum Stickies
General Rules
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TOS
Talk to Mods Section
Private Forum Captain's Forum
FAQ
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Traditionally mods will only tell users if two IP's match.
In the Forum Captain private forum.
In a Private Message to the user in question.
In a Private Message to another Forum Captain.
In a Private Message to a Moderator, Mega mod or an Admin.
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Bitch
C0ck
Bitches
SH1T
F*** You
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Never
In Small Talk
In B/S/T
When a user has one account for a business and another for personal use.
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Posting in a direct attempt to elicit an emotional response.
Posting an over the top negative comment in a forum devoted to that subject.
A term to describe a user who watches the forum but doesn't post.
Insulting a team within their forum.
Pretending to be new and repeatedly asking obvious questions.
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Michelangelo's David when posted in a thread about art.
A picture of a sex act being committed with no nipples or genitalia shown (or covered up).
Genitalia drawn crudely in MS Paint.
Sperm on a woman or man.
A picture of a fully clothed person but with a watermark to a porn site.
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Posts outside of b/s/t trying to sell or promote something be it a cell phone, paintball gear or a website.
Unsolicited links, either posted or PM'd.
A business posting a pre-order for a marker coming soon.
An individual posting a marker for sale in marker forum.
An individual posting a marker for sale in the B/S/T forum.
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PMs. They are labeled private for a reason.
Over AIM.
At the paintball field.
In the ASM or any private forum.
In your pants.
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No such tool
Join Tool
Sticky Thread Tool
Merge Thread Tool
Combine Thread Tool
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No such tool
Un-join Tool
Un-sticky Thread Tool
Un-Merge Thread Tool
Un-Combine Thread Tool
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Forces a thread to the top of the Forum.
Forces a thread to the top of the Homepage.
Copies a thread to multiple forums.
Adds a thread to your sticky subscription list.
Adds a thumbtack icon to the thread.
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Announcements
Forum-specific Rules
Official Threads
Other Useful Information
B/S/T Posts
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Removes the thread from public view.
Prevents users from posting in a thread.
Deletes the thread.
Prevents users from editing their posts.
Still allows you to post without opening it.
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It is permanently removed from the server.
It is removed from public view, but still remains on the server.
It is still visible to Forum Captains and Mods.
New posts can not be made but existing posts can be edited or deleted by users.
It can still receive an infraction later.
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Always post why.
Only post why if it is confusing.
Always PM a moderator explaining why.
Move it to Evidence after it is closed.
If the thread itself breaks the rules, post a link to the rule explaining why it should never have been made.
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Always post why.
Only post why if it is confusing.
Always PM a moderator explaining why.
Move it to Evidence after it is opened.
If you weren't the one who closed it, check with the person who closed it first.
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Always post why.
Only post why if it is confusing.
Always PM a moderator explaining why.
Do not move threads outside of your assigned forum.
Usually leave a redirect.
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Always post the reason for deletion
Only post the reason for deletion if it is confusing.
Always PM a moderator explaining why.
Always fill in the reason field.
Move it to Evidence after it is deleted.
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Always report the post so a mod can also infract.
Always PM the user letting them know why it was deleted.
When applicable PM the user letting them know why it was deleted.
When applicable report the post so a mod can also infract.
Forum Captains should not delete posts.
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Delete the thread.
Move the thread to the correct forum.
Close the thread.
Close the thread and direct the user to the correct forum.
Delete the thread if it is offensive or has no place on the site.
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In the ModCP.
At the top of the thread under Thread Tools.
At the bottom of the thread under Moderation.
On the bottom of the forum page under Moderation.
On the forumdisplay.php page under Post Moderation.
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In the ModCP.
At the top of the thread under Thread Tools.
At the bottom of the thread under Moderation.
On the bottom of the forum page under Moderation.
On the forumdisplay.php page under Post Moderation.
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In the ModCP.
At the top of the thread under Thread Tools.
At the bottom of the thread under Moderation.
On the bottom of the forum page under Moderation.
On the forumdisplay.php page under Post Moderation.
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Copy a post to another thread.
Copy a post and create a new thread.
Copy the post to the same thread.
Copy the post to another forum.
Copy multiple threads.
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Close inappropriate threads in their assigned forums.
Open closed threads outside their assigned forums.
Read deleted posts outside of their assigned forums.
Move threads to other forums.
Delete posts or threads that break the rules in their assigned forums.
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Edit individual posts.
Put in for a ban request.
Infract users.
Infract forum captains.
Close threads outside of their forum.
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Poll the users and see what they think.
Post in FC forum and ask other mods and FCs.
Talk to the mods and FCs for your forum.
Read the FAQ and try to decide what follows the written and spirit of the PbN rules.
Post in Talk to Mods and ask what Moderators think.
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Porn. Lots and lots of porn.
The user's alternate accounts.
The moderator who banned the user.
When the user will be unbanned.
The user's infractions.
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Cleaning up stickied threads.
Deleting inappropriate content.
Collecting new content and adding it to stickied threads.
Correctly answering questions and then closing the thread.
Explaining why threads break the rules and then closing the thread.
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Refer them to the FAQ.
Add spaces to the code and telling them to remove the spaces.
Add characters to the code and telling them to remove them.
Use the [noparse] tags around the correct, finished code.
Post the answer and have them quote it so they can see the code.
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Imaginary.
The primary tool used to deal with users who violate the rules.
A way to teach users the rules without them losing posting privileges.
A demerit system used to punish bad users.
Only available to Mega Mods.
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Educate the users on the rules.
Give users an opportunity to change their behavior without being banned.
Keep track of warnings given to users.
Smite users and put the fear of God in them.
Add color to their otherwise drab user profiles.
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Report the post and say why.
PM a moderator for that section.
Post in the Forum Captain forum with a link to the issue.
Always post in TTMA with a link to the issue.
Complain that you should be given mod powers so you can "deal with all the punks."
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After 2 months.
After 6 months.
After 50 moderator actions.
After over 1000 moderator actions.
Only if the mod staff thinks they are ready.
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Fails the mod quiz.
Becomes less active on the forum.
Does not report enough posts.
Does not demonstrate that they are an outstanding Forum Captain.
Does not post in such a way that reflects well on PbNation.
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