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Date Last Updated: July 19, 2005 Rules of Conduct By using WetCanvas! and Art-Agent, owned and operated by Original LLC, you agree to these Rules of Conduct. Please read them carefully. These rules are meant to ensure a community that is considerate and respectful to all members. It is important to realize the types of behaviors outlined below are very RARE. WetCanvas! is a thriving community with thousands of posts a day, and generally 99% of them are in keeping with the friendly atmosphere we all want to preserve, but to provide guidance on posts and a way on following up on problematic posts, it is necessary to have rules. WetCanvas! is a wonderful resource, which breaks down barriers -- but like a national park or a beautiful work of art, it is necessary to have rules to preserve it. You will find these rules are committed to keeping WetCanvas! a place of mutual respect and friendship where people love to be. WetCanvas! is responsive to its members needs. We are here to serve members and our policies were created to be in the best long-term interests of members. If you have concerns, please express them via our feedback form located here: http://www.wetcanvas.com/tos/feedback.php. Exceptions & Good Faith It is our goal to permit posts and discussions that do not lead to harm to the community or detract from its purpose. These policies were constructed because negative behaviors tend to cause long-term harm to the community if left unchecked. However, we reserve the right to make exceptions where appropriate.
Read your post twice before hitting submit. If there’s any anger in it, don’t post it. Read it, keeping in mind you have an audience of people you respect and who respect you who are reading it. Realize also you can be held legally accountable for claims you make including libel, for harassment, and for other behaviors. Realize you are accountable for your own posts; WetCanvas! is not. Member Names and Personal Information Please refrain from using offensive names and never post a message under another person's name or pretending to be another person. If you use a member name that could possibly be considered offensive, it will be changed and account access will be removed in the next review of newly-added member names without your notice or consent. You should always exercise judgment when revealing personal information about yourself when you post messages in public forums. Additionally, users who are aware of another user's personal information (including name and location) must respect that user's privacy and not reveal his or her personal information on the boards. Debates Arguments
Free Speech and WetCanvas! We strive to be a place where people can gather to discuss their art and their lives as artists. However, given the sheer size of the community and its focus on art and on being useful to its members, it is also important that we provide structure and ensure posts and threads are in the appropriate places and we also want to make sure posts are not destructive to the community (angriness, personal attacks, fraud, spam, etc.) But, please bear in mind, of the thousands of posts we receive every day, only a handful are problematic. Sometimes, we will anger community members because we allow something they think is repulsive. Sometimes, we will anger community members who feel we are unfairly censoring a post. This is a very difficult issue, and we have a great group of well-meaning, unpaid volunteers doing everything they can to walk these lines everyday in the best interests of the online art community. If a decision is made to remove or edit a post or thread, we will also remove or edit all follow-up posts or threads that reference the post in question. For example, you may not start the same argument in a different forum, or post "why’d you censor that post?" All follow-up posts or threads relating to an edited or removed post or thread will be removed, and the users engaging in that behavior may be warned or have their accounts removed. Free Speech & Erotic Art Erotic art IS permitted in this community, provided that it is not blatant pornography and provided that it is properly designated. We will be the judge as to what is considered pornographic in nature vs. valid erotic art. Valid entries include nudes, studies of the human form, etc. Works displaying sexual activities ARE permitted, provided the art is tasteful, and does not illustrate the perspective of physical penetration. Posting pornographic photographs would obviously not qualify as erotic art. We have created a special icon ( Threatening to Leave the Community We do not permit public "I am leaving [or threatening to leave] the community because I am fed up" posts because they are contrary to the spirit of friendship and community we all want to instill. Posting Emails or PMs to the Forums It is not permitted to post emails or PMs to the public forums. If the message was intended to have a private audience, it should not be posted publicly without the consent of the writer. Posting in Multiple Forums Please choose the single most appropriate forum for your post. Topics of Discussion While these discussion forums encourage a wide range of opinions, please keep your posts focused on the topic of the forum in which you are submitting your message. Each forum has a different topic, so what is appropriate in one forum or thread may not be appropriate in another. Generally speaking, however, profanity, vulgar language, and personal attacks are not acceptable in any forum. Inappropriate Language The use of inappropriate or offensive language is not permitted in these forums. Inappropriate or offensive language includes, but is not limited to, any language or content that is sexually oriented, sexually suggestive or abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, or that contains racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind. We ask that you please be considerate to other members in the forums when posting your messages. Harassment WetCanvas! members are not permitted to harass other members. Please do not post or transmit any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, violate the rights of others, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law. Please note that this also includes the posting of taunts on a forum solely for the purpose of deriding that forum's topic and/or members. Private Messages The Private Messaging system or (PMs) may not be used to harass any member. The rules set forth in this document and the User Agreement also apply to Private Messages. Chat Room Protocol WetCanvas! operates a real-time chat room for the benefit of the members. Members are not permitted to be abusive to other members or violate any rules set forth in the User Agreement or this document. Do not come into the chat room if you will be abusive to members. The same rules that govern the forums and PMs govern the chat room as well. Piracy or Unlawful Activities This community forum is a place for ideas and constructive participation, and not a place to violate any laws. Removing Users from WetCanvas! Removing users is something we hate to do, but something we have done on multiple occasions in the past in order to foster the type of open, friendly community that encourages posting and the free sharing of ideas and that discourages abuse or rudeness. Some people just refuse to abide by the rules of the site yet still want to be a member; this will tend to result in being removed. Three-Strikes Guideline Moderators strive to give members the benefit of 3 strikes. The first strike will be a warning, often sent by PM or email. The second strike will be a warning that one more incident will lead to account removal. The third strike is account removal. Please know, this is a guideline only. Spam and other behaviors deemed particularly injurious to the community will often lead to immediate removal without notice. We reserve the right to restrict, suspend, or terminate access to any part of these forums at any time. It is not necessary to be a repeat offender to be removed. Other General Rules of Conduct Do not post on these forums any Content which (a) is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, harassing or threatening, (b) contains viruses or other contaminating or destructive features, (c) violates the rights of others, such as Content which infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or violates any right of privacy or publicity, or (d) otherwise violates any applicable law. You may not post on these forums any links to any external Internet sites that are obscene or pornographic. You shall not use the main forums for any commercial purpose, to distribute any advertising or solicitation of funds or goods and services. |
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