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Outside disputes: A public service message from the moderation team
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The Bibby Team Forums have been in existence for close to eight months now, and active for about half of that period, and while things have generally been very low in drama, there's just a couple of tweaks to the rules I'd been meaning to make for a while that I hope will prevent certain problems from occurring in the future. Here's a heads-up about two adjustments to the rules:

1. Don't bring outside disputes onto the board.
First, let me make it clear it's still OK to talk about your fight with your little sister or complain about things that happened on other forums, as long as you keep it civil. However, if you're talking about stuff that starts resulting in trouble on this forum, that'll be a no-no. This even includes disagreements that occur when using the built-in IM system, since administrators have no way of seeing what happens in private IM conversations. If you have problems of this type, settle them in private, because making a public stink of them will likely only make things worse.

2. Use just one account per person. Alternate accounts will be merged.
This has been the policy here for a while - I just haven't had a chance to actually apply it until now. There really isn't a valid reason why you'd need multiple accounts here. If you're trying to evade a ban (not that we've banned anyone yet), it's going to be tough to fool anybody, and if you're role-playing as some other character, you can always change your name if you absolutely must. Obviously, it's still OK to share an Internet connection (or even an e-mail address) with a sibling or friend, but it's not a bad idea to PM an administrator (a.k.a. me) before creating a new account in such a situation.

If you actually do create an alternate account, it'll be merged with your old one, or depending on my current mood, placed in the "Validating" member group (which basically means it can't post).


In closing, thanks for cooperating and helping keep this a fun and positive atmosphere. *puts down AK-47.*
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