Post by The Caribbean Crusader on Oct 29, 2003 21:52:35 GMT -5
Good morning, Angels.
This is the important stuff, you need to read it.
The Terms of Service for the Johnny's Angels Message Board.
Ignoring these guidelines could result in getting yourself banned, so everyone please be nice.
This is the important stuff, you need to read it.
The Terms of Service for the Johnny's Angels Message Board.
Ignoring these guidelines could result in getting yourself banned, so everyone please be nice.
1. This site is rated PG13.
Some mildly suggestive talk or images is ok, but nothing vulgar, rude, or overtly sexual. Innuendo is the key, ladies.
2. English only.
I know, it's not as much fun, but Proboards requires all boards to be in English. Please keep the spanish/french/portuguese/german/dutch/korean/chinese/japanese/and others to a minimum.
3. Personality Clashes
Problems can occur in online communities due to a wide array of personalities trying to communicate in their own particular way. The written word can be very deceiving. It may look innocent to the writer with no malice meant on the part of the writer, but the reader on the other hand sees it in a very different light.
Just remember that different cultures and countries use the board together, sayings from one country could mean something entirely different in another country and be offensive. Problems of this kind are usually taken to PMs where a solution can be worked out to everyones agreement.
4. Keep your personal info private.
You never know who is looking at your personal information, so use common sense about posting
your full name/address/phone number/age. In you have to tell someone your info, it is safest to take it to the PMs. Savvy?
5. "Post and Run" or "Spamming"
Yes, we all like to get our post count up, especially at the beginning when we are trying to get into the Academy and again when we are close to a certain post count milestone. And of course, when we all get really excited about something. Writing three words in each forum is really just spamming and it's very boring. Again, it comes down to respect for your fellow member. Not everyone has time to read EVERY message that is posted, and if you post and run consistently your name will probably be overlooked consistently as a waste of time. And then when you do make a contribution that IS worth reading, it will also be overlooked due to your track record. Just use some common sense or take your chat to PMs if you’d like to talk back and forth or perhaps you could go to AIM or one of the other message services.
6. Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation
No, we are not in school and this is not a test, but the above three are well worth the investment of your time. Some people get bored by the repeated use of bad grammar, spelling and punctuation that occurs on the board occasionally. There will be laspes at various times but these should be on the decrease, rather than the increase and everyone notices when someone is trying to improve the way they post messages. Using a dictionary from time to time may help, or using a spellchecker in a word processing program. Using capital letters to start a sentence and putting in a full stop at the end of one, are also very common problems. The use of the word ‘I’ would have to be the most abused and annoying. "i did this" or "i did that." How long does it take to put it in capital form? One or two seconds longer? Don’t put yourself down by using ‘i’, respect yourself by doing it correctly, it is just laziness after all.
And if you want people to understand your posts and replies, stay away from NETSPEAK! This means short-handed messages, like "omg" or "duz ne1 no y?" or "u r kewl." It's confusing and not everyone understands it.
7. Sticky Capitals
plEasE reSpecT yOur feLlOw mEMbEr bY sTayInG aWAy frOM tHeSE.
8. Have fun!
That's why we're here, right? Now go out there and make JA the best Johnny Depp fanboard it can be!
Special thanks to The Symbolic Sacrifice for her contributions to the TOS.
I'm not a big rule breaker
You seem like a really good egg to me. 
;D
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