Rules and Guidelines

[Optic 1,297]

General - applies to ALL areas of Anime Forums

NO ADVERTISING your website / forum / YouTube / Discord / channel / etc. in any of the content areas. Only advertise in your profile and signature. If you have joined AF just to advertise you will immediately be flagged as a spammer and banned.

1. Be courteous to ALL members, it's OK to disagree about differences in opinion but you must not resort to personal attacks.
2. No linking to unlicensed downloads and streaming sites.
3. No SPAM - no memes or pointless posts except via private Messaging and in the Forum Games section.
4. Profanity is allowed, but should be used with restraint within topic discussions.
5. No racism, no politics, no discussion of general illicit activities.
6. Do not harass other members via Direct Messaging and Profile Posts.
7. No R18 content in any of areas EXCEPT in private, unlisted Clubs.
8. Do not impersonate staff.

Forums

1. Please try to post at least 1-2 sentences in your posts. Others are more likely to respond and discuss the topic further if your post is of decent length.
2. Chat posts and casual posts should be moved to the Messaging feature or in the Random section in the Forums.

Blogs

1. Blogs and posts should be related to anime, Japanese culture, your personal hobbies or your personal life.
2. Blogs are public. Please do not divulge personal information.

Clubs

1. There is a set limit of 2 clubs you can create and manage.
2. Open/Public Club content may be featured on the front page from time to time, be mindful of this.

Gallery

1. If you are uploading fan art / images that someone else has made you MUST provide a link to the source and name the creator. The creator reserves the right to request it be taken down if permission wasn't granted.

If you are feeling threatened, being attacked or find content that is inappropriate at Anime Forums:

1. Report it. There is a report link below each content item.
2. A staff member will respond to your report ASAP. Do not respond directly to the content or member as it may compound the problem.

Account Deletion Policy

1. Anime Forums is a public community. If you have had major discussions in forum topics, removing your posts can significantly affect the flow of the discussion as you may have been quoted.
2. If you've been a member for sometime, and have made significant contributions to the community - your account will not be deleted. It will be anonymized. We will endeavor to remove any personal information during the process.
3. After an account is deleted or anonymized by staff, we won't be able to restore it. Please think carefully before making this request.

If you have any further questions please feel free to ask a member of AF staff.

Edited January 13 by Optic

[ArchieKun 471]

Warning Points.

Warning points are just what they sound. They are points issued by a mod for content that dose not follow the community guidelines. The system is in place to ensure a fun, fair, and enjoyable time here at AF for everyone.

Are Warnings Permanent?

While most warning points that are issued do in fact expire there is certain circumstances where the staff may wish to issue a permanent warning which dose not expire. This type is normally used for repeat cases, or in cases a staff member feels it necessary.

The Breakdown

There is a maximum of 10 points a member can be issued. In this case, its game over 10 points means you have been banned from AF permanently. With that said, we do want to do our best  to ensure that everyone has a fair chance to avoid this. This is why most warnings issued are only worth 1 point. Though please keep in mind warning points do stack. This means if you already have 1, and are issued another you then will have 2, and so on.

1 Point - (No Further Action

2 Points - No Further Action

3 Points No Further Action

4 Points Your posts will be moderated for 7 days.

5 Points Your Posts will be Moderated for 15 days.

6 Points Your Account will be Banned for 12 hours.

7. Tour Account will be Banned for a full 24 hours.

8 Points Your Account will be Banned for 5 days.

9 Points Your Account will be Banned for a full 30 days.

10. Your Account will be permanently Banned from AF.

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How We Go About This.

The list above is a outline for how a typical course of action will go in this situation. Though any AF Staff member dose reserve the right to skip a step, and apply more points then the minimum, if they feel the situation calls for it. In a dispute situation AF Staff will always have the final say in such matters. With that said we will do our best to provide a good explanation for our actions whenever possible.