Hello and welcome. I'll move this topic to the introduction boards in a bit.
I'm His Nomness, one of the global moderators on AnimationSource. If you ever have a question, feel free to ask me, UK Teh White Wolfer, Togo or DrewTheWolf - or Swords of the Wolves. You can find a comprehensive list of moderators here:
1. No swearing - We want to keep this a kid friendly site. Sexual content is also forbidden, as well as mate talks, even in private messages.
2. No double posting - Double posting should be avoided. It can be prevented or corrected by combining your 2nd post into the 1st with the edit button or deleting an accidental secondary post with the delete button. There are some situations where it can be allowed though : bring to the top a topic which you wrote the last message but many days before, to highlight two different information in a row, posting long fanfics,...
3. No obscene avatars or sigs - Again we want to keep this place kid friendly.
4. No animated sigs or avatars - Animated images grab a persons attention and a lot of times are just a distraction when trying to read through posts. It also takes people with slower internet connections a long time to load images like these. Also, your signature must be horizontal and the total of the images and text must have a size below
600*200. Finally, you're not allowed to put more than one signature.
5. Do not type in all caps - When you type in all caps it means you are yelling and it also makes it somewhat difficult to read.
6. Do not write in SMS language - this is annoying for the readers. Use punctuation. For example, do not write "any1 like" but "What do you think about my drawing?"
7. No short answers - Avoid uninteresting and short comments such as "good job", "I like it"... that does not bring anything to the topic.
8. No off-topics - Try to keep on the subject. Avoid the off-topics.
9. Starting a topic - When you start a new topic, make sure you start it in the right section, and make sure there is not already another similar topic in the section.
10. No offensive topics. - Religious or politics topics often bring wars, so they should be avoided. In a general way, topics related to something illegal (copying games, how to make a bomb...) are forbidden.
11. Changing usernames - This should stay very rare. If you really want to change your username, connect on the site with the same login/password you use on the forums, click on "Edit my profile" and then "Change username".
12. Moderators - Do not ask to be moderator.
13. Balto - It is a Balto site, please do not register if you only want to roleplay or talk in the "other" section. This site is for the Balto fans...so talk about Balto! (or TLK)
14. One account by person - Several people using the same account always make problems. Never give your password to anyone! In the same range of idea, no multi accounts are allowed. (one person making several accounts)
15. No Useless Topics/Posts : Please do not post topics and/or posts that are useless. They are defined as "useless" if they do not contain material that can be replied to in an intelligent manner. Ie, "I fell down today," or "I got my braces off!" People don't have too much to say about that.
16. Do not try to resolve personal problems.. This forum is a place of expressing opinions; not fighting.
17. No debates on sexual matters. They are even worse than political talks, and quickly come into wars. Any reference to deviant-sexual content, whether in text or images, including the "Kodi + Kirby" type of stuff seen here, is not allowed anymore.
18. Stealing is not allowed. This includes : pictures from other websites, fanarts from other artists, musics, videos, etc...anything that you didn't ask permission from the original author before using it. This applies on the whole site, including profiles.
19. Mates. 1. Mates are allowed on the forums in the roleplay section.
2. Mates are allowed in fan fiction, fanart.
3. Mates are allowed in projects and contests IF the purpose is fanfictions, other types of art accepted on the site, or roleplays (in the forum roleplay section).
Everything else to do with mates is FORBIDDEN. (Mates are NOT allowed in PMs)
20. Ways to bypass rules. No one is allowed to give any technical advice on how to bypass the site rules and banning system. Moderators need to delete all the messages that can help people to get unbanned.
21. These rules aren't exhaustive. This means that there are informal rules that people should respect, and that you can be banned because of something not listed here if it's really necessary.
22. These rules apply both on the site and the forums.
