Qubool Hai AMENDED AND IMPROVISED SECTION RULES
Hello Everyone,
With this announcement we would like to remind the members about the forum rules which includes some amendments to the old ones as well as some new rules which are to be followed hence forth. We QH DT reckon that these rules will help in create a better environment on the Forum. Therefore, members are requested to abide by these rules at all times in the forum.
Qubool Hai Development Team
Channel Moderator: Koeli
Viewbie: minakrish
1. Criticism and Bashing: India Forums is a platform to allow everyone to express their opinions freely within the COC and respectable limitations. Constructive Criticism is always welcomed. However bashing is not part of constructive criticism. Things can be said in a more civilized manner rather than being brutal. Please know the difference between bashing and constructive criticism. Constructive Criticism is when a member voices his/her opinions in a civil manner, without using derogatory words and phrases to prove his/her point. He/she is also able to state [without subjugation and with complete objectivity] as to where have they derived their opinion from. Having said that dislike, disagreement or contradiction is not considered bashing.
2. Name Calling: While criticizing something, there are times when members tend to go overboard and use certain derogatory and downright offensive words which shouldn't be used for any celebrity/member/DT member. Please remember that any derogatory references, comparing celebrity/member to animal or name calling any person [celeb/member/DT member] is against forum rules, and strict action will be taken against those who indulge in it. That being said, we do allow pet names and couple names for the celebs, as long as they're not offensive to anyone
3. Discussing and Mocking Members: Refrain from pointing fingers or taking direct/indirect or sarcastic digs at other members. Fans can be passionate towards their favorite celebs, but it does not mean they can be judgmental towards other members/fans. Calling other members/fan groups haters', 'bashers' or "real fans" in a snide manner is also provocative and comes under fandom attack. You cannot say that other members were mocking, and what you did was in retaliation to that. Being part of a the forum you are responsible for your own actions and the circumstances are insignificant there. If you have any issue with regards to any member, contact the section Development Team member instead of choosing to take the action into your own hands. There is absolutely no need to discuss/talk about members/fan groups when the forum is to discuss the show and its content instead of the forum and its members.
4. Personal Attack: Each and every one are entitled to having their own point of view, likes and dislikes. Differences in opinions are bound to exist in a forum like India-forums.com. However, this does not permit one to attack their fellow members for not sharing the same point of view. Let us respect our fellow members and refrain from making any provocative statements, which may only lead to unnecessary quarrels. Members come here to relax and unwind. Quoting some one's post and making a harsh comment begets displeasure. You have no right to post any abusive, derogatory, insulting or sarcastic comments which is enough to hurt the sentiments of your fellow member. All these fictions are not worth hurting a fellow IF members. Please do remember this.
5. Discussing Actors Personal Life and Link Ups: This is yet another important issue. Any thread that revolve around rumors or promote baseless assumptions in terms of non-existing relationship about two co-stars will be strictly prohibited! For example, any particular thread that links two actors in real life without proper official source/confirmation, when they are simply co-stars/professional colleagues will be immediately locked down. However, you are more than welcome to discuss the characters and the actors with respect to the show and their roles thereof, without breaching the boundary.
6. Multiple ID's (MID): India-forums.com Code of Conduct strictly prohibits members from having multiple IDs. Please refrain from making MIDs, especially to bash celebrities, characters and/ or member. If ever convicted with having MIDs, all except the most active ID will be inactivated, followed by a raise in W/L to the active ID. And not every newbies are MID;- some are genuine members so do NOT attack members who belongs to newbie ladder by generalize them as MIDs. If Members suspect MID they are requested to contact DT. We DT will look into the matter but under no circumstances are members allowed to bully newbies or groupbie claiming then as MIDs in the Forum. Furthermore, we request all the members to refrain from creating MID's with a sole purpose to cause chaos, instigate members and disrupt the decorum of the forum. If any member is found doing so, that member will be questionable and the original ID will get a warning level raise and MIDs will be banned without further question.
7. Spamming and Quoting, Unnecessary Chatting: Do not spam with just emotions/numbers/gibberish to increase post count/pages. India-Forums has a Chat Club Forum and it will be appreciated if members use only and only that particular thread for any sort of chatting and any casual discussion. It has been noticed that these days literally EVERY thread ends up with members chatting irrelevant things. The discussions just get lost in the pages due to excessive and unnecessary spamming, quoting and chatting. Members should avoid doing so. If any topic gets deviated from its original premise - from discussion to chat zone, the DT has every right to lock the thread with discretion. Also, Quoting more than required just for the sake of increasing pages will NOT be allowed.
8. Bringing physical attributes into discussion: Discussions on physical attributes mainly to put down a person are strict NO as far as IF rules go. Anyone found making negative posts on physical appearances of a character/actor/fellow member will face strict action, even indirect mention of the matter will not be entertained.
9. Instigating/Entire post in CAPS: Recently we have had a spate of topics opened with the sole purpose of riling up fans and disrupting decorum of the forum. This includes but is not limited to stories, theories, comparisons, images, cartoons or other content which is intentionally sarcastic, mocking and derogatory to cause discontent and rile people up. At the same time simply because there is an instigating topic does not mean that other members should respond and carry on such a topic.
- Topics created to instigate fan groups or cause chaos in the forums will be closed and addressed per Devt. Teams discretion.
- The Devt. Team will also take appropriate stringent action based on the level of bashing/rule violation.
- Regular members are expected to refrain from commenting on responding to such topics and posts. Members who continue to comment and extend such arguments will be held liable for continuing and adding to the instigation.
- If you find a topic to be instigating report and stop at that. Do not reply, argue, or talk back.
- Refrain from making counter posts on the forum, for example if you see a post which you feel you do not agree with in believe to be insulting/instigatory or abusive, DO NOT then go an create another topic in relation to it counter arguing the post maker, this only leads to further distress and more arguments breaking out in the forum. If you come across any posts which you believe are not in accordance with the Qubool Hai COC just REPORT and let the moderators of the section handle the situation.
Posting in all Capital Letters/CAPS is not permitted. This represents "SHOUTING" on the internet and it also can be viewed as offensive. If u want to stress on a word, couple of words can be typed in Capital but DO NOT type the whole Post in Capital Letters. Comparisons posts or polls which state 'Who was better?' 'Which is a better couple?' etc to do with actors/characters or couples will not be allowed on the forum.
10. Reporting an Issue: Please do not report the same post more than once. This rule certainly does not intend to discourage the members from reporting but often same post is reported multiple times from the same member. Please do understand that DT needs at least 24 - 48 hours to work on the reported post and simply pressing the report button multiple times will only delay the process. Some situations demand the time and consultation of people and hence take time to get back, but we will surely get back as soon as possible.
11. External Forum Issues/Promotion: This is India-Forum.com hence keep external issues out of this forum and do not drag in fights from Facebook/Twitter/Forum-32 etc. over to this forum. We are not interested in demeaning anyone here neither are we interested in those fan wars so whatever happens on Facebook/Twitter or other sites should be dealt there only and not here. It may sound harsh but that's how we operate here. Do not promote other sites/forums on I-F. You want to share link of the site with your friends you can do it via PM. Any site or blog demeaning the celebrity and link given to the same in the signature or on the forum is NOT allowed. For more information refer - External Content from Social Networking Sites
12. Appreciation Threads: Appreciation threads are to be used to praise and appreciate particular favorite actor/actress/characters. All discussions related to actor's/actress performance, looks, style and personality can be confined to ATs. Any negative comments/opinion on other characters/actors or on storyline that are not relevant to the thread's topic, scene or actor/characters scene with other characters should NOT be discussed here. Members can discuss relevant scene where other characters are involved but no speculation or hint about non-existent couple/love angle! We are forced to implement this restriction because many members asked for a place where they can discuss about their favorites while being free of the negativity towards them that they might encounter elsewhere in the main forum. Main purpose is bond here with other members who likes the same thing, while being free of negativity towards what they likes.
Penalties associated with the ATs: If the DT sees more than 3 people breaking the AT rules constantly for a week, the effects of violations will kick start, which go as follows:
First Violation : Warning Note. Second Violation : 2nd Warning Note. Third Violation : Another Warning Note + Warning PMs. Fourth Violation : AT will be closed for 24 hours (1 day). Fifth Violation : AT will be closed for 72 hours (3 days). Sixth Violation : AT will be closed for 7 days (1 week). Seventh Violation : AT will be moved from the YHM section to the CC section.
The rules are applicable for multiple violation and not single post as it will be dealt individually! Having said that, please do not assume that every report submitted will be entertained. We will go through the reports and only if we find the report valid based on above rules, then we will speak to the Admins of the AT and action will be taken accordingly as stated above.
13. Fan-Fictions/One-Shots or Short-Stories and Mature content: To know regarding what is allowed and what is not, kindly refer to || Fan Fiction Forum Rules & Regulations || whereby this rule would be applied to India-Forum wide.
14. Regarding carrying Signatures in your profile: Kindly do not carry any signatures which are provoking or instigating any fan group or indirectly making fun of any actor or character .If Dev team finds any member carrying such signature in their profile ,then the profile of the member will be edited ASAP and the signature will be deleted from his/her profile and the member will be sent an official warning PM for it . Rest all the rules regarding no. of siggies and size of siggies can be found in this ATTN: Signature/Avatar Size - Guidelines Thread .
15. Report Button/Response Time: Please keep in mind that the Moderators are also members like yourself. We would also want to have the time to make posts like yourself and discuss with our friends; and we also have a personal life. Meaning, we cannot be around to babysit the forum 24/7. Please allow a reasonable time frame of 48 hours before creating a hullabaloo and/or escalating the matter to the CMs/GMs. We try to address issues and respond to PMs and Reports as soon as we can get to them, but we request you to grant us some leverage as well. Instead of mass PMing it would appreciated if one person PM's the concerned DT with regards to the issue.
16. Moral Policing: If there are any topic or comment that breaches the forum rules, members are to hit the report button and state why do they feel the post is problematic. Members are then requested to wait patiently for around 24 hours for the DT to come online and respond to the request instead of making more remarks as making a comment targeting a specific person/groups but still constitutes as moral policing, targeting and name-calling, things which breach the forum rules. It is easier to report, instead of opening counter topics to defend member's stance or moral police/preach to the forum about what to do and what not to do. There is a reason that DT are in this forum, please leave the rule enforcement to us. So please, don't tell members what to do, and what not to do and don't tell members what to post and who to post it on.
17. Problems/Issues with the Development Team: If you have problems with the Development Team, please PM us and let us know! We DT members are not biased towards any fan group but that does not mean we aren't fans of the leads or any other characters in QH. We have opinions too, about the show, and what improvements we might want to see in the show. But that does not make us biased. Once a problem is reported, it is the DT's worry and responsibility to deal with the problem, and just because someone is not aware of what is happening to the topics they reported, it does not mean that we are not doing anything to stop/help.
Also, the DT is not allowed to disclose what we are doing with certain threads or what action we are taking so please don't try to make judgments on our decisions because we just don't go through the topics you guys report but through EVERYTHING in that particular thread. Just because we don't highlight step by step as to which action was taken against which member, it doesn't mean action wasn't taken. If you have a problem, PM the Dev Team members. Also once a DT member has posted a note on a thread regarding rule breaking, please refrain from further dragging the matter in the thread.
If you have questions, and queries that you'd like us to answer, please PM us. We'd be happy to look into it.
In case you are not convinced by any of the above, you may contact the admin.
Coolbies and Videobies are NOT included in the moderation team. They only provide Written/Video updates of the show on the forum. Incase you have any issues or problems with certain posts, PM us, the section DTs BUT please give us sufficient time to respond to them, accordingly. Incase a topic goes totally out of control in our absence, feel free to contact the Global Moderators.
A reiteration of other minor Rules and Reminders [Above rules including some other reminders.]:
- Do not make headings or posts in ALL CAPS.
- Do not chat/spam or flood with irrelevant issues.
- Do not post only emoticons.
- Do not post personal information on stars.
- No advertising.
- Do not create games, activities, ATs, contest's without permission of Devt. Team
- Do not create threads to introduce yourselves.
- Do not create threads to Congratulate members on post count ranks.
- Do not post morphed pictures.
- Do not quote long posts or quotes with several.
- Use like button instead of one line appreciation posts
- Do not post articles from rival/external sites.
- Do not post pictures/screencaps/videos from external sites.
- Do not make help or questions topics, refer to the Helpdesk
In addition to the above mentioned section guidelines, at all times India-Forums.com- Participation Guidelines & Rules will be in effect.
We hope to have everyone's understanding.
Regards,
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