Starting Points for New Rules

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Infraction Types
Name
Description
Points

Copyright infringement:
Posted content contains copyrighted material and the poster does not have a license for distribution, or the post encourages or provides access in some way to pirated material.
1

Cross-posting:
Posting the same content in multiple posts. Note that the moderators may take other actions rather than issue an infraction, depending on the circumstance. They may choose to merge cross-posted threads, close duplicate threads, or take no action.
1

Excessive Advertising (Overcompetition):
Vendors may freely respond to any questions that are asked, but are prohibited from heavy participation in competitor's threads and may not seek to detour discussions toward their own products.
1

Excessive advertising (Spam):
Any user posting Links, reviews or comments with the express intention of commercial gain. The classified ads area is exempt from this rule.
1

Highly Offensive Content (Immediate ban):
The posted material is considered so offensive that the user must be immediately banned.
10

Off Topic Advertisement:
Advertisements must be posted in a relevant area.
1

Offensive content (Flatulence):
Flatulence is when a user brings up an off-topic issue, such as politics, within the course of an on-topic discussion. Please keep all content in its proper place at ECF.
1

Offensive content (Naughty bits):
The post contains content that portrays an area of the body normally covered by a bikini.
1

Offensive content (Offsite link):
The post contains a link to content considered offensive at ECF
1

The post contains a link to content considered offensive at ECF. This includes any link leading to virus or malware attack on the users PC. linking to sexually explicit material are subject to an instant ban.

Banned
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Offensive content (Personal info):

The post contains an email address, phone number, street address, or other private information about another individual. We do not allow the posting of this information because once it is indexed by the search engines it may cause a person annoyances in the form of spam, telemarketing calls, etc. Note that it is acceptable to provide the public with a user's real name and general locale (e.g. "someuser is really Joe Smith from Brighton").
1

The post contains an email address, phone number, street address, or other private information about another individual. We do not allow the posting of this information because once it is indexed by the search engines it may cause a person annoyances in the form of spam, telemarketing calls, etc. Note that it is acceptable to provide the already publicly listed information to any and all public officials.

Banned
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Offensive content (Racism):

The post contains a judgment of the intelligence, character, or appearance of a race of people, supports a position of superiority of one race over another, or contains humor or other text which would reasonably be considered offensive by a member of a given race.
1

Offensive content (Substance abuse):
The post depicts or endorses the use or abuse of mind-altering drugs or the abuse of alcohol.
1

Please do not discuss the use of any substances other than nicotine and those related to e-smoking. Any posts made on using the e-cigarette as a means of ingesting other materials will constitute a major violation of the forum rules, and the user will be banned. Additionally, please do not make any posts generally on the subject of classified drugs - including flavorings. We want to prevent any association between the e-cigarette and drug use, for obvious reasons.
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Offensive content (Suggestive):
The post contains suggestive material or offensive gestures.
1

Any topics of an "adult" theme are kept to the general discussion or community forums. But anything depicting or linking to sexually explicit material are subject to an instant ban.
1
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Offensive content (Swearing):
The post contains language presumed to be considered offensive by a majority of our users, or the poster has deliberately circumvented the swear word filter by misspelling a word, substituting certain characters, or crafting an abbreviation. If the swear word can be determined by context then this warning can apply. The sole exception to the abbreviation clause is "BS", which is deemed acceptable in abbreviated form only, and only in the context of "falseness".
1

Offensive Content (Violent):
The post contains content which conveys a threat or depicts an injury in a graphic manner.
1

The post contains content which conveys a threat or depicts an injury in a graphic manner.
1
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Overbumping:
The post does not contain relevant information and was made purely to keep the poster's thread near the top of the thread listing. We allow two bumps per thread.
1

Personal Attack:
The author has attacked another user's intelligence, character, or appearance.
1

The author has attacked another user's intelligence, character, or appearance and/or the post contains language (swearing) presumed to be considered offensive directed at another member.
1
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Troll or Spam Account:
Immediate ban for being a troll, robot, or spam poster
10
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Trolling (Group attack):
The post contains an attack against the intelligence, character, or appearance of a group of users.
1

Trolling (Obnoxious behavior):
The post is designed to annoy other users, inflate the post count of the author, describe or recommend an illegal or recklessly dangerous activity, or give advice that, if followed, would cause obvious harm.
1

Trolling (Obnoxious Reporting):
The user has abused the reporting system by repeatedly requesting moderator intervention when none is required.
3

Trolling (Provocation):
The post contains content which is designed to elicit an emotional response from other users.
1

Trolling (Widespread):
Posting obnoxiously in multiple forums or threads with the intention of distracting the userbase and annoying moderators
3

Unapproved contest:
Raffles and wagering are strictly prohibited at ECF. Contests where items of real value may be awarded may be run by site sponsors no more than once every 30 days. Non-sponsors may run contests only if the item has no real value, or if special permission is received from the forum moderator or site administrators.
1

User Account Violation ( Signature):
1

User Account Violation (Avatar):
The user's Signature qualifies as offensive content or includes an advertisement for a non-sponsor.
1


The user's avatar qualifies as offensive content or includes an advertisement for a non-sponsor.
1

User Account Violation (Custom User Title):
The user's Custom User Title qualifies as offensive content or contains an ad for a non-sponsor.
1

User Account Violation (Malicious feedback):
The user has left a classifieds feedback that is designed to unfairly damage the reputation of another user
1

User Account Violation (Profile Field):
One of the user's profile fields contains offensive content
1

User Account Violation (User id):
The user's id qualifies as offensive content
1

Point limit before being banned: 10 points. Initial banning period: 5 days.