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Registration
These rules apply to you when you are registering an account at Runescape Boards, before registering you should have a thorough understanding of these rules.
- The details which you provide Runescape Boards with at registration must be true and kept up to date if changed.
- The email which you use when registering at Runescape Boards must be a personal email address which you have access to.
- You are not allowed to register more than one account per person.
- Your user name must not be a user name which is intended to be offensive.
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Posting and Interaction
These rules apply to the interactivity of Runescape Boards. This includes but is not limited to creating posts, creating topics, sending private messages, etc.
- When posting a reply to a topic, your post must be relevant to the original post in the topic as well as each reply. It is expected that you read the whole topic before replying.
- When posting a topic, posting a reply to a topic or sending a private message, your post must be respectful of all users and all people. You may not post discriminative content or content that could be considered as racist, sexist, abusive, obscene, slanderous, hateful, threatening, inappropriate or offensive.
- When posting a topic, posting a reply to a topic, sending a private message, posting an image or any other form of media on the forums; your post must be written by you or you must use quotes if you are quoting somebody else or another source.
- When posting a topic, posting a reply to a topic or sending a private message, if you are quoting content from anywhere you must be certain that the content you are quoting will not be in violation of copyright laws.
- When posting a topic, posting a reply to a topic or sending a private message, you are not allowed to directly ask or indirectly suggest that another user gives you Runescape Boards credits, Runescape Gold Pieces, or any other item in exchange for nothing.
- When posting a topic, posting a reply to a topic or sending a private message, you are not allowed to directly link to an external site (with exception to suitable media and clan sites on the appropriate forum board).
- When posting a topic, posting a reply to a topic, you must ensure that you are adding to the discussion.
- You must not repeat information already stated in the posts before unless you are elaborating in some way or form.
- When posting a topic, posting a reply to a topic, you must stay within the context of the topic. You must not stray unnecessarily from the central topic of the thread.
- You may not spam the forums in anyway. This includes, but is not limited to, spamming through posting a topic, spamming through posting a reply to a topic, spamming through sending a private message and abusing the report post feature.
- You may not post the same topic or reply a topic any more than once. This means you may not repetitively post advertisements for anything, post the same reply to a topic once (please see deleting messages).
- You may not post topics that encourage users to reply with one factual reply as opposed to an opinion or argument to your original post. The exception to this is in such forums where you are allowed to ask for help and the topic is able to be locked once the answer to your question has been answered. This rule applies to, but is not limited to such topics with the title, or similar title, "What's your favorite color?", "What did you eat for dinner last night?", "What song are you listening to right now?".
- When posting a topic, posting a reply to a topic or sending a private message, your post may not encourage chain letters, pyramid schemes, click referrals or contain advertisements for another site.
- You may not post content which may violate applicable laws; doing so will result in further action being taken on your account and possible notification to your Internet service provider.
- You may not post or submit content anywhere which encourages the violation of Runescape's "Rules of Conduct" or is directly related to such violations.
- Reputation comments are also bound by these same rules that apply to posting and interaction and the comment must be relevant to the post for which it was given.
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Signatures, Avatars and Personal Information
These rules apply to signatures, avatars and personal information which is able to modified through a users profile.
- Personal information which is made public (such as location, instant messenger details, and more) must be true and must be your details.
- Signatures may contain only one image. You may opt to use one line of text in your signature as well. You may also choose to have no images in your signature, in which case you may have up to three lines of text in your signature.
- If you choose to have an image in your signature, the image must not exceed 320 x 125 (width, height) pixels in dimensions or alternatively must not exceed 500 x 60 (width, height) pixels in dimensions.
- If you choose to have an image in your signature, the image may not exceed 40 kilobytes in file size.
- If you choose to have an image which is animated in your signature, the animation must not be distracting from the actual content of your post. This will be judged at moderators discretion.
- If you choose to have a line of text and an image in your signature, the line of text must not exceed 15 words.
- If you choose to have three lines of text and no images in your signature, your three lines of text must not exceed 45 words.
- Your signature may not contain links to non RS Boards' material or websites (with exception to Runescape 100, RS Haven, RS Toolbar and Rune Tower). You may add links to your signature to other threads, posts or areas of RS Boards which contain links out to other sites, materials or areas. For example you may link to a clan's thread on RSB which contains a link to your clan website but you may not link directly to your clan's site from your signature.
- Your avatar may be an image which is no larger than 20 kilobytes in file size and no large than 75 x 75 (width, height) pixels in dimensions.
- Neither your avatar, signature or personal information may contain explicit, obscene, vulgar or otherwise offensive imagery or material.
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Scamming
This section is a quick but firm note on scamming. Scamming of any sort is forbidden.
- You may not attempt to scam players in any way through any forms of interaction which Runescape Boards provides. This includes attempting to: gain members' passwords for Runescape, Runescape Boards, E-Mail services or anything else; unfairly gain Runescape items from members; unfairly gain Runescape Boards GP.
- Attempting to gain someone else's password is illegal. It will result in your Runescape Boards account being banned and possible further action being taken to notify your Internet Service Provider.
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Failure To Obey These Rules
This is a quick section on the consequences that may be applied if a user fails to obey by these rules.
- If Runescape Boards staff believe you are breaking the rules, they will take appropriate action to correct the situation so that rules are not being broken. This may include a user being warned via private messaging, a user having their account banned and in severe cases a user may have their IP address banned.
- You must accept that the matter of whether a user is breaking the rules is to the discretion of Runescape Boards staff. If you are unsure of any of the rules you should ask a moderator, administrator or create a topic in an appropriate forum addressing your concern.
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