By posting to the Mandalore Message Board (MMB), you agree to abide by the following rules. Should you fail to follow this code, you may be warned, banned temporarily or removed from the board permanently.

This public board is privately owned and is operated solely by the administrative staff. The administrative staff reserves the right to change and interpret this code as they see fit. Anything they feel is unbecoming of MMB will be removed at their digression. The judgments and decisions of the administrative staff are final.

RESPECT
Treat others as you would like to be treated. Respect fellow members and their opinions. Respect must be extended to each and every member, the administrative staff included. Be polite and courteous to others and keep your messages in good taste.Disagreements are bound to happen. Approach them in a civil manner, with respect to the other person's point of view.Should you feel someone has crossed the line and is being disrespectful to you, contact a member of the administrative staff and allow them to handle the situation. If a member's family, gender, race, national origin, etc. is maliciously involved in an argument, the offending member will face an immediate ban. On a final note, respect for the opposite sex must be shown at all times.

OFF-TOPIC
An "off-topic" post is any topic that does not contain a marginal amount of information that is in keeping with purpose of the forum in which it is posted. An off-topic forum, the General Discussion, has been created to allow MMB members to share other interests and aspects of their lives, thereby strengthening the community. Any off-topic discussion that is not posted within the General Discussion will be subject to being deleted or moved at the administration staffs' discretion.

PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL
All pornographic, semi-pornographic and sexist material is prohibited. Additionally, do not link to porn or post "Email/PM me for/with porn".

PROFANITY
The use of profanity is punishable at the discretion of the administration staff. For clarification on what qualifies as "profanity", please visit Wikipedia and search for “profanity” and “list of profanities” Profanity includes but is not limited to blasphemy (insults, slang or taking the name of a deity in vain), general insults and expletives, sexual insults or slang, and discriminatory insults or slang.


PERSONAL INFORMATION
Posting of anyone's personal information without their consent is prohibited.

SPAM AND FREE POSTS
"Spam" or "free posts" refer to a member posting multiple messages or creating non-value topics. This is typically done to increase a member's post count, or to annoy or otherwise disturb other members. Spam and free posts are prohibited.

"MEMBER X OWES ME" AND "CONTACT ME" POSTS
If a member owes you something, make EVERY attempt to resolve the issue privately. Should all attempts at a solution fail and you feel you have no option but to make a public post, remember to be respectful. Do not to label someone as a "thief".

FLAMING AND FLAME WARS
A "flame war" refers to "flaming," the practice of posting messages to a topic for the express purpose of criticizing, insulting, or otherwise attacking another member or group of members. Flaming and flame wars are prohibited.

TROLLING
A "troll" refers to a member who does not contribute to discussions in a meaningful way, and may in fact post messages merely for his or her own amusement, or to insult, annoy, or anger another member or group of members. Trolling is prohibited.

SHILLING
"Shilling" refers to the use of the board's resources, membership list, PM system, etc. to communicate in any form on behalf of a banned member. Shilling is prohibited.

SOCK PUPPETEERING
A "sock puppet" refers to an alias being used by a member in order to hide their identity and may be used to make complaints, to insult, annoy, or anger another member or group of members (see "troll" above). Sock puppeteering is prohibited. Members, who have separate memberships, but utilize the same computer for viewing/posting to MMB are not considered to be sock puppeteering.

SPOILERS
A "spoiler" refers to information from a new or unreleased film, TV show, etc. that has not yet been made available to the general public. This may include, but is not limited to: plot, character names, costume or prop descriptions, and so forth. Some members may not wish to know ANY information in advance.

Out of respect for those members, do not to post any potential spoiler material in message subjects. Use the word "SPOILER" in the subject instead. This gives anyone who may be browsing through the topic list an advanced warning and prevents him or her from stumbling upon spoiler information in a new topic if they wish to avoid it.

LIVE AUCTIONS
Posting information and/or links to a live online auction (i.e. Ebay, Yahoo!, etc) is prohibited.

THREATS
A member who makes any type of threat against another member, the administration or MMB as a whole will be immediately and permanently banned. This includes physical threats, legal threats or verbal threats. This policy will be enforced whether the incident happens on MMB or not.

MISREPRESENTATION
Misrepresentation with the intent to harm any member, the administration, or the Mandalorians as a whole will result in an immediate and permanent ban. This includes but is not limited to any effort by an individual to besmirch the reputation of another member, the administration or the Mandalorians as a whole.

STUPIDITY
Search through the forum. If you must ask a stupid question, make sure it hasn't been asked before.

ILLEGAL ACTIVITY
The use of this forum for transfer of or reference to illegal information/data is prohibited.

Sexual Harassment/Comments
Sexual material is expected to remain tasteful. Lewd comments directed at shocking or offending other members are prohibited. the appropriateness of a comment is judged at the administrators discretion.