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Racial Reality
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Dec 1 2008, 10:52 AM
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- Posts:
- 994
- Group:
- Administrators
- Member
- #1
- Joined:
- 25-Mar 2008
- Gender:
- Male
- Ancestry:
- European
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Posting Rules
- All posts must be in clear, well-rendered English and consistent with "normal writing", that is, written in complete sentences organized into paragraphs, without an excessive amount of punctuation (e.g. !!!!!), SHOUTING, emoticons, large, small or colored text, etc.
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Penalties
- Members will be issued a series of warnings for rule violations. They can keep track of their warn level and the reasons for the warnings next to their posts or in their profiles.
- Members who continually violate the rules will be suspended for a period of time to be determined by the Administration based on the degree of their infractions.
- If behavior doesn't improve following suspension, members will be permanently banned from the forum.
NB: Telltale bad behavior may result in immediate banning without warning or suspension.
Disclaimer
- While these rules and guidelines cover most common situations, they cannot anticipate everything. Consequently, the Administration reserves the right to take any actions deemed appropriate to ensure the forum is not disrupted or abused in any way.
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8:44 PM Dec 6
