The Seven Commandments of Forum 7

[HunterBradleyLand]

Her statement, and we try, but it makes our job much easier when players lend a hand and report violations. Do the police rely solely on their own patrols to catch criminals? No, they also often rely on civilians calling in reports of criminal activities.

Well then each player should be mod!!!

Ha ha! Not likely.

Well truth. Cos every one is doing job of mod by reporting spam, so every one should be mod.

If everyone was a mod, then all the spammers would be mods too, which would take us right back to Square 1.

[A mean old man]

If everyone was a mod, NationStates would be destroyed.

[Great Nepal]

If everyone was a mod, NationStates would be destroyed.

Why?
Dont you want to read the topic:-
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?t=43071&f=20&view=unread#unread

[A mean old man]

If everyone was a mod, NationStates would be destroyed.

Why?

I don't like that guy.

TIME TO DELETE HIM!

[Great Nepal]

If everyone was a mod, NationStates would be destroyed.

Why?

I don't like that guy.

TIME TO DELETE HIM!

I would live that. I would delete couple of people I hate.....

[Junkyland]

I would live that. I would delete couple of people I hate.....

[Great Nepal]

I would live that. I would delete couple of people I hate.....

I am saying that I would delete some of powerful nations if every one could be a mod

[EvilDarkMagicians]

Her statement, and we try, but it makes our job much easier when players lend a hand and report violations. Do the police rely solely on their own patrols to catch criminals? No, they also often rely on civilians calling in reports of criminal activities.

Well then each player should be mod!!!

BNP BRITAIN with mod powers.

[Great Nepal]

Her statement, and we try, but it makes our job much easier when players lend a hand and report violations. Do the police rely solely on their own patrols to catch criminals? No, they also often rely on civilians calling in reports of criminal activities.

Well then each player should be mod!!!

BNP BRITAIN with mod powers.

I would love to be mod and do some very evil things.

[Federal Failures]

Is it legal (If not done already) to create a "Forum 7 Chat Lounge"? For just chatting and stuff? Or does that fall under spam?

[Reploid Productions]

Okay, people, let's not get too far off topic: the Forum 7 rules and such. You want to argue everyone as a mod or something, that's more of a Moderation or perhaps Technical matter.

Chat threads are allowed, so a chat lounge is a-okay, provided it doesn't just degenerate into pointless spam. Give it a go, I seem to recall Paradise Club/Beach being a pretty popular and successful chat thread way back in the day

[Junkyland]

Okay, people, let's not get too far off topic: the Forum 7 rules and such. You want to argue everyone as a mod or something, that's more of a Moderation or perhaps Technical matter.

Chat threads are allowed, so a chat lounge is a-okay, provided it doesn't just degenerate into pointless spam. Give it a go, I seem to recall Paradise Club/Beach being a pretty popular and successful chat thread way back in the day

It seemed like this thread started to become a random chat thread . . .

[A mean old man]

Blah blah, yadda yadda, boring rules and stuff. Back on track.

So yup. Follow the rules, people. It's good for your health. I guess.

[Agaralia]

Very Funny (rolling eyes)

[Maurepas]

Am I the only one that pictured Reppy coming down saying "The Lord, the Lord Max has given unto you these 10...*crash*...SEVEN! SEVEN!commandments for all to obey!"

[Junkyland]

Am I the only one that pictured Reppy coming down saying "The Lord, the Lord Max has given unto you these 10...*crash*...SEVEN! SEVEN!commandments for all to obey!"

Ooookay . . .

[Maurepas]

Am I the only one that pictured Reppy coming down saying "The Lord, the Lord Max has given unto you these 10...*crash*...SEVEN! SEVEN!commandments for all to obey!"

Ooookay . . .

It's a reference to History of the World part 1,

[Junkyland]

It's a reference to History of the World part 1,

I know, just didn't find it funny.

[Maurepas]

It's a reference to History of the World part 1,

I know, just didn't find it funny.

Eh, can't win 'em all I suppose,

[Sapiency]

you don't want the shame of getting banned or deleted over something you did in Forum 7, do you?

...BOTH FUCKING TIMES.

[Junkyland]

you don't want the shame of getting banned or deleted over something you did in Forum 7, do you?

...BOTH FUCKING TIMES.

Flame . . .

[Sapiency]

you don't want the shame of getting banned or deleted over something you did in Forum 7, do you?

...BOTH FUCKING TIMES.

Flame . . .

Non sequitur . . .

[Kalasparata]

Also known as the rules.

I. Thou shalt not spam.
Forum 7 is not a spam forum, and threads that are nothing more than spam will be locked. Similarly, posts made in Forum 7 will not be added to your post count, to discourage people from posting borderline spam in various F7 threads just to boost their post count.

II. Thou shalt remember the seventh day of an inactive thread is its ending.
In other words, the autoprune should remove threads that haven't had new posts in 7 days. In case the autoprune doesn't seem to run properly, these prunes may be run manually by a forum admin roughly once a week.

III. Thou shalt understand what is allowed in Forum 7.
Forum 7 is our casual chatter forum. Types of threads that can go in here include: chat/social threads, word games, non-Nationstates related roleplays, and other less-serious sorts of discussion. Want to seriously debate sports? There are threads on that in the General forum. Want to hang around a virtual sports bar watching a game while drinking and bantering with folks that turns into a bar fight? That's more Forum 7 material.

As it is more casual than other sections, remember not to take comments too seriously.

IV. Thou shalt not report flaming/trolling to the mods unless thou art the victim.
If you see a couple of guys flaming one another silly, it's not your place to report it to the mods. Some people find that to be a fun way to spend the time, and if the people involved don't have a problem with it, then we don't have a problem with it, provided they aren't also breaking some other rule in the process. If someone takes joking around too far however, we request that you try to resolve the matter yourselves before bringing it to the mods.

V. Thou shalt remember that the rest of the rules still apply.
Pretty self-explanatory. This is our casual fun section, it is not 4chan. Aside from the flaming exception, anything that would get you in trouble elsewhere in the forums, such as posting porn, promoting illegal activity, and so on will get you in trouble here too. So don't do it: you don't want the shame of getting banned or deleted over something you did in Forum 7, do you?

VI. Thou shalt have thread ownership in roleplay threads, and only roleplay threads.
Since non-Nationstates roleplays seem to be gaining steam in here, and offering thread ownership in the Nationstates RP forums hasn't added a ton of moderator work, we can extend thread ownership to roleplay threads in here. The OP of a roleplay thread may ask the mods to remove posts from their roleplay for any reason, and may request specific people not participate. If the OP of a roleplay thread asks you to stop posting or leave, do so; continuing to post in a roleplay thread you have been told to leave can get you in trouble as harassment. As with flaming reports, we would prefer players try and resolve issues among themselves when possible.

Aside from the more obvious cases of roleplay threads, other threads that are considered roleplaying include some forms of chat threads (Paradise Club being an old example of a chat thread/roleplay,) and church threads, as they are roleplaying whatever unusual 'religion' they're supporting.

VII. Thou shalt remember to have fun.
Because fun is fun
Stew cranberries like apples
Tastes much more like prunes


~Evil Forum Empress Rep Prod the Ninja Mod
~She who wields the Banhammer; master of the mighty moderation no-dachi Kiritateru Teikoku

Is this why it was called Forum 7

[Junkyland]

Is this why it was called Forum 7

No, I bet it's just a coincidence.

[Reploid Productions]

Is this why it was called Forum 7

No, I bet it's just a coincidence.

I intentionally fit the F7 rules into 7 categories to go with the theme.

Forum 7's name originally comes from the s00oer-sekrit moderation forum's ID number circa 2003/2004 on the old pre-Jolt era forums. Back then, observant users noticed that the visible forums ID numbers went 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 6, 8... leading to conspiracy theories about "Forum #7." So as a joke and part of April Fools 2004, I made "Forum 7", staging it as "oh crap the secret forum got exposed to the public!" Like the Liberal/Conservative Discussion Zones from April Fools 2010, it was only supposed to be open for a day or two, however it quickly filled a unique niche in the forums and we let it stick around until it had to be sacrificed to preserve the dying server hamsters of the old Nationstates server.