Posting Regulations

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To keep our Lexicon family as happy as Carlisle keeps his family a few reminders:

1) Keep it clean! The Twilight Lexicon is a PG site. Please keep your language suitable for minors: no swearing, crude words, etc. IF STEPHENIE MEYER WOULDN'T WRITE IT, THEN DON'T USE IT!

This site has automatic filters to screen out rude or derogatory language. If you use a banned word, the software will automatically replace it when your post is submitted. This occasionally produces comical results (like Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Vulgar Language Is Ugly), but it's an essential tool for keeping the site PG-13. If in doubt, just preview your post (always a good idea anyway!). These filters apply to PMs as well as on the boards.

PLEASE DON'T TRY TO FIND CLEVER WAYS AROUND OUR FILTERS. If a word is still decipherable, it's still offensive -- and still banned. Persistent attempts to outwit the filters will get you put "under moderation" (ie. every post you write will get held for vetting before it can appear on the boards).

And remember: the filters are not a free pass. Just because something isn't in the filters, that doesn't mean it's appropriate to write on the Lex. It's up to you to keep your posts clean.

In particular, the filters can't get at banners and avies -- please don't make us come after you to clean them up!



2) No netspeak. If you are mature enough to read Twilight and appreciate intelligent characters like Bella and Edward, than you are capable of more than: "OMG! idknw lk 4 ReaL I"M SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HaPpY 4 UaLl. ru feELiNg lk me?"

Rather than make ourselves crazy having to edit or send a PM every time there is a netspeak laden post, the filter is going to handle it. It will replace your netspeak with a really embarrassing statement. So, if you want
people to actually know what you want to say you'll have to go back, take your time, and edit your post into normal English. We are not completely heartless. We'll let ROFL, LOL and OMG stay since those are pretty common exclamatory expressions that don't throw off the flow of a sentence.



3) Post spamming. If you want to build up your posts, welcome our new members. If you just want to off topic chat with a member you've gotten to know send them a PM, email, take it to your blog. Too many off topic posts clog our server, zap our bandwidth.

We love it when people have something to say that is more than "I agree" of "yes". One or two word posts unless someone is asking for a pole opinion don't really add to anything.



4) Spoilers. Reminder that we are a spoiler free site. Unless Stephenie has publicly said something for all her fans to see/hear, you won't see it listed here. So if for some reason you get a hot advanced copy of Stephenie's newest novel, if you post about it here, you will be banned.



5) Don't feed the trolls. We've recently have a rash of spammers posting about everything from weight loss to plastic surgery to porn. Don't click in those links because nine times out of ten you'll be hit by a virus. Let a mod know. The quicker we know we have a spammer the quicker we can ban them. Most of the spam is coming in from the Netherlands and Russia so I've banned a bunch of IP addresses from there. On the off chance that I have also zapped a regular member and someone is in contact with them, let me know. I'm not trying to ban the good guys!



6) Avatars, banners, and sig size. We have rules concerning avatar and signature sizes.

Avatars must be 100x100 or smaller.

Signatures must be 20px TALL at the most. (Banners, words, whatever the total sig. you can't have six banners each 200 high!)

For you non-tech people that's 2 inches by 2 inches or 2 inches high. Hold a ruler up to the screen if you have to.

If you have anything more than this, a mod at the lexicon may choose to send you a PM. If you receive a PM and do not change it in a week, an admin will be forced to remove your avatar or sig and replace it with an ugly banner.

And please...remember to keep it clean! (see #1 above)



7) Excessive quoting. Your response on thread does not need, unless you are referencing someone's previous material, to quote the people before you. This is especially true if the post contains a graphic. Please don't quote graphics, it kills our bandwidth.



8) Posting of pictures. We would really appreciate it if you could post links to pictures rather than the pictures themselves in threads. It zaps our bandwidth like you wouldn't believe.



9) Double Posting. Please avoid "double posting" (posting again immediately after your last post) -- if you have something to add, EDIT it into your previous post using the Edit button (there is no limit to how many times you can edit your post). If 24 hours have passed and no one else has posted, feel free to post again. This allows others to respond, cuts down on confusion and is proper board etiquette.



And last, but not least, read the site philosophy.


If you have any questions regarding the Posting Regulations, feel free to ask your friendly neighborhood moderator (their name appears in "Green") via a private message (PM).

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