OWW Genesis Forum Rules

[El Presidente Daywalker]

Notice: Administrators/Moderators reserve the right to change/edit/delete any content at any time they feel it is inappropriate.

I. General Forum Rules:

Do not:

• Flame or insult other members.
• Bypass the swear filter or other filters.
• Abuse or encourage abuse of the Reputation System
• Post in all capital letters.
• Double post.
• Post personally identifiable information (i.e. name, address, email, phone number, etc.)
• Bump old threads unless you have a good reason.
• Post spam or make pointless posts that don't contribute to a thread (+1 10char, rickrolls)
• Openly argue with a moderator. Contact the Moderator via a private message.
• Share your account. Forum accounts are intended for the use of one person and are not to be shared.

II. The following topics are strictly off limits:

• Pornography, gross stuff, or anything else not safe for work
• Piracy, warez, Leaked content
• Cheating, hacking, game exploits
• Threats of violence or harassment, even as a joke
• Posting copyrighted material such as magazine scans
• Soliciting, auctioning, selling, advertising, referrals
• Racism, discrimination
• The glorifying of drugs and alcoholism is NOT allowed
• “prone to huge arguments” threads

III. No Backseat Moderating:
Let the Forum Moderators do the moderating. Backseat Moderating is when people who are not Moderators try to enforce the forum rules. Whenever you see a person breaking the rules, take advantage of the "Report this post to a moderator" link. Or simply IGNORE the offensive post(s) or thread. The most common backseat reply is the "+1 in before lock" phrase. Backseat moderating is annoying, and pointless.


Report Post to the Moderators:
Should you observe a fellow forum member breaking these rules please report the post by clicking the Report Post button "" located to the left of every post, or if that feature is unavailable feel free to contact any of the Forum Staff.

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Users who are found to be repeat offenders will be removed from the forums.


OWW Genesis wants you to enjoy your time in the forums as much as possible. However, being part of an on-line community, it is necessary to make certain basic rules in order to function. The rules below were made in the best interest of OWW Genesis and its users. These rules shall be enforced by OWW Genesis Site Staff (Administrators and Moderators).

RESPECT
Respect all users and their views on the forums. No user should be subjected to insults due to there view point.

RESPECTING THE MODERATORS/ADMINISTRATORS
Disrespect of OWW Genesis Site Staff (which includes Moderators and Administrators), whether in front of others, or to others, will not be tolerated under any circumstances.

NO OBSCENE LANGUAGE
Obscene language is defined as a profanity (or bad word, swear word, curse word, cuss word, dirty word, or collectively foul, bad or strong language). We can tolerate the occasional obscene word, however OWW Genesis Site Staff will take action should excessive swearing become a common presence in any users posts. We have a distinct standard that separates us from other wrestling forums, and we expect all members to uphold that standard.

NO HATE SPEECH
Hate speech will not be tolerated under any circumstances. This includes but is not limited to racial or sexual slander. This will include repeated professions of hate speech by a user towards a specific wrestler for unexplained reasons.

POSTING IN THE CORRECT FORUMS
Topics must be posted in the correct forum. If you are unsure if the topic belongs in a particular forum, re-read the rules or contact an OWW Genesis Site Staff Member. An example of a topic being placed in the wrong forum is placing a 'John Cena' topic in "The Golden Age of Professional Wrestling" forum. If we see a violation of this your post(s) will be moved and/or deleted. If you are posting a new topic in any of the trivia forums, make sure the prefix is "TRIVIA" followed by a colon.

SPOILERS
If you are going to post a spoiler, then you must label *SPOILER* in the beginning of your title.

SPAMMING
Spamming will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Anyone spamming on the forum and in private message will be PERMANENTLY banned without exception.

MEMBERS PROFILES
OWW Genesis Site Staff reserves the right to alter any user's profile. OWW Genesis Site Staff will alter or delete the following violations without warning ...

• Screen names containing obscene language
• Website links containing inappropriate images/subjects
• Social pages such as Myspace, Facebook, Bebo containing inappropriate images/subjects

The user will be e-mailed and private messaged by the moderator informing the user of the alteration.

Websites and Social Pages. If your site page promotes inappropriate material, then DO NOT add it to your profile.

IMAGES OR LINKS CONTAINING NUDITY ARE NOT ALLOWED
Images or links depicting nudity are not allowed. The link or image will be deleted immediately.

AVATAR & SIGNATURE GUIDELINES

• The maximum size restriction for Signature image is 500(width)x100(height)
• Only 1 Signature image is allowed
• The maximum size restriction for Avatar image is 100x100
• Images/Words/Quotes that violate the general forum rules are not allowed
• Animated images are NOT allowed

Please check that images height and width match the forum requirements before uploading. Violating the above guidelines will result in an infraction if the violation is repeated.

SEXUAL CONTENT
Sexual content is allowed to a point. The general way to determine whether sexual content is inappropriate or not is if the content could be deemed "R-rated" or above. Anything that could be deemed "R-rated" and above will be considered inappropriate. Anything that is deemed to be too obscene, vulgar, or otherwise inappropriate will be deleted.

FOLLOWING ORDERS AND REQUESTS OF OWW GENESIS SITE STAFF MEMBERS
All users will be required to follow orders or requests from Site Staff Members.

DEBATES
A spirited, respectful debate and exchange of differing opinions is healthy for anyone. That being said, outside of debating the issues at hand, any disagreements, arguments, or debates that take away from the thread, will result in an OWW Genesis Site Staff Member telling the involved parties to take their issues to PM's. If an OWW Genesis Site Staff Member advises members to take their issues to private messages, then they must do so. Failing to take an issue to private messages after being asked to do so by an OWW Genesis Site Staff Member will subject the member to the rules regarding failing to follow an order of an OWW Genesis Site Staff Member.

POST WHORING
Post whoring is not allowed. Post whoring is defined as posting something just for the sake of posting (to improve your post count, or for other reasons), or posting something that is mostly meaningless to the thread.

UNNECESSARY DRAMA
Unnecessary drama is not welcome. For practical purposes, unnecessary drama shall be defined as any dramatic activity that is not necessary, and/or has the potential to create a controversial or negative reaction. There is a fine line between a spirited debate and unnecessary drama.

MUTED
'Muted' is OWW Genesis' answer to Time Out. Registered Users placed in this usergroup will have their posting privileges removed for a certain time, OWW Staff can decide how long each user is confined to this punishment.

Muted users are still able to access OWW Genesis under the following restrictions

• Reading the forums
• The inability to interact on private message
• The inability to email

Registered users will find themselves 'Muted' should they repeat the following violations ....

• Taking Threads Off Topic
• Starting Unnecessary Drama
• Spamming
• Use of Obscene Language

OWW Staff reserve the right to 'mute' users who become a disturbance to the forum based on the violations displayed above and for other justifiable reasons.

THREATS AND INTIMIDATION
Making threatening or intimidating statements to other users is not allowed.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND HARASSMENT
Sexual harassment and harassment are not allowed and will not be tolerated.

USER ACCOUNTS
Creating more than one account without permission from OWW Genesis Site Staff is not allowed.

OWW GENESIS STAFF

OWW Genesis has a growing variety of interesting forums, some of these forums require a specialized team to ensure that the boards activity is closely monitored. The following is a categorized list of OWW Genesis' extended staff. All staff members are approachable to serve the Genesis community. Please refer to this list if you have any inquiries.

OWW Genesis Moderators:
Shockage - Senior Administrator
Stardy - Administrator
The Shooter - Administrator
Truth - Administrator
Goldenboy79 - Global Moderator
Kaveman1969 - Global Moderator
Lojax - Global Moderator
Prodigy - Global Moderator
ThomC1010 - Global Moderator
Wearedoomed - Global Moderator

OWW Radio Production Team:
Nick Anthony - OWW Radio Host
The Shooter - Executive Producer
Kaveman1969 - Producer
NDX - Producer
Ping von Erich - Producer
Ramon's Razor - Producer
Shockage - Producer
Total Nonstop Attitude - Producer

OWW Columns Forum:
brad_dykens - OWW Founder & Editor in Chief
Prodigy - Junior Editor for OWW Genesis Columns Forum

OWW Undisputed Debate League Panel:
Goldenboy79 - Senior Official
Kaveman1969 - Official
ThomC1010 - Official

OWW Video Vault:
Joey Idol - Video Vault Moderator

ChickFight:
deadrich - OWW CEO & Webmaster

ClickWrestle:
deadrich - OWW CEO & Webmaster

OWW VIP:
Long standing forum members promoted to 'leadership' status for their longevity and contributions to OWW Genesis
#1WWEFan
BIGBRIAN
El Presidente Daywalker
Joey Idol
k_mo2007
Macho Man
Mattster
NY Lucha Thug
RKO93
The Legend Killer

The OWW Genesis Moderating Staff reserve the right to take any moderating action without warning, or reason. It will be normal practice to inform the member of such activity, and a reason for the action taken.

OWW Genesis is a member of the Black Pants family http://www.blackpants.net and is affiliated with Online World of Wrestling, and in accordance with such membership is not guaranteed, and can be revoked at any time, without cause, reason, or prior notification. As it relates to membership, OWW Genesis Moderators make decisions which they feel are in the best interest of the site.

Not all situations can be covered in the rules. If an OWW Genesis Moderator is made aware of, or observes something that does not appear to be in the best interest of this site, then they reserve the right to take ANY moderating action (warn, lock thread, edit post, suspend, ban..etc).

All interpretations of these rules, what constitutes a violation, definitions, and all other related matters, are strictly determined by OWW Genesis Site Staff.

Any rule violation can result in anything from a warning to a permanent ban.