Official BOL Rules

[Draper]

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2. Profanity is not tolerated.
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9. Making posts in "secret codes" will not be tolerated.

[Friendo'Legolas]

Thanks Kath!

[Chorister]

Thanks, Kath!

[Felagund]

Very good! They're a lot clearer than I remember them to be before (or is it just me?)

In Christo-Per Mariam,
Felagund

[ColdFury]

umm..where are the spam rules? You closed the "hallway" thing..it wasnt spam, if you had taken the time to read it... we were just having fun. Spam are posts saying "yes." "no." "well, where did you go? post here when youre back" and stuff.

[Mooney]

they've never had a definition of spam.

[Renholdër]

What qualifies as "Anti-Christian?"

[Draper]

they've never had a definition of spam.

I remember posting a definition on a couple of occasions, but it is true that the policy has never been as well defined as would be desired. I will be working on it for a new rule.

[Draper]

What qualifies as "Anti-Christian?"

The paragraph given which includes things such as mockery, insults, etc is the best I can do for now (though I didn't write it). It is the kind of thing that often has to be assessed on an individual basis.

[samwise the brave]

What qualifies as "Anti-Christian?"

The stuff that the person who hacked into BOL put on the index

[dragonfly]

A definition of spam would be very nice. 'The Hallway' was just a game...we're allowed to have trivia and who wants to be a millionaire and word associations...why not the hallway? or the porch? just another game.

[peppersteak]

The holy grail story is just as spammish as the hallway is.

[dragonfly]

I was thinking that too. It's just being to subjected to the staff's personal opinions.

[Draper]

I put up the Holy Grail as an alternative that is ok. The problem with the Hallway wasn't that it was a running story (which it arguably wasn't), but that many if not most of the posts didn't even communicate a coherent thought.

*blows up bug with grenade*

Is Spam, but if you want to actually write a fictional story, that is great. Such things have been going on in the Writing forum for sometime. If you want it to involve everyone, great, but lets try a little more than half a sentence. There is also a stupidity factor that we should try to avoid.

[dragonfly]

But if you have read the posts before that one which you quoted, it makes perfect sense, is coherent.

[Renholdër]

What qualifies as "Anti-Christian?"

The stuff that the person who hacked into BOL put on the index

That helps alot, considering I never saw that.

But the matter has been clarified to me by another source, which brought to light my folly in asking the question in the first place, since I essentially already knew the answer.

And Draper, spam by any other name will smell just as spammish. Not that I really care.

[peppersteak]

I'm not a writer, so I'm not going to be using the holy grail story.

[dragonfly]

I think you'd be good at it if you tried, Thomas

[hungryman287]

Katholish,

The staff has been so inconsistant in dealing with spam ever since Spam City was closed. Double posts are most definately a form of spamming for post count, especially when there is an edit option. But I see in this thread you have done it.

[Kiwi_chick]

Double-posting is usually an accident and the extra post is deleted by the first moderator to notice it.

[Draper]

Double-posting is usually an accident and the extra post is deleted by the first moderator to notice it.

He means when you realize after you post that there is more that you want to say on the subject and hence make a another post with the new content instead of editing the previous post.

I do that particular in apologetics debates on other sites when each post is some seven paragraphs long and in response to different people, but also if you add something to a previous post, it does not appear as new content, and someone might just assume that they had already read it and miss what you have to say. In this instance, the moderators must try to determine intent in creating a second post.

[Thomas]

2. Profanity is not tolerated.
No swear words, curse words, or foul language is permitted on this website. Similarly, if the offender tries to circumvent the foul language filter, punishment will be leveled as this can only be seen as an action done in a will and desire to break the rules.

Does that include the word "crud". This particular word seems vulger at first glance, but after looking into its history one finds that it is the last NAME of the man who invented the modern toilet.

[Draper]

Yes, it does include that word.

[Zach]

Alright, so no words that express emotion whatsoever, ie darn, dang, shoot, rats, etc...

[Draper]

I believe that he was asking about the word that "crud" is a substitute for, and that is what my answer was directed at. I am familiar with the history of the term, so I am fairly certain of his meaning.