What are the Reprimand Policies?
AFA has the following policies in place to ensure a friendly, open community. Actions that are not in keeping with this goal will result in infractions and/or warnings.
Individuals are first warned about their behavior by staff, in addition to the warning, staff will inform the member of the consequences of not following the AFA TOS (subsequent temporary suspensions, and how trading with be affected). If the behavior continues, they would normally receive an infraction and a temporary suspension (i.e., of two weeks). After an additional infraction the member will go before the Staff where the case will be discussed (a banning is a possibility at this stage.) Banning is a possibility in any extreme case.
There are two reprimand categories:
A) Being Rude, Offensive, or Harassing to Other Members
B) Spamming the Forums
If member LaLa commits a 'B' offense, they are giving a warning. if member LaLa then commits an "A" offense they are giving an warning. If member LaLa commits a second "A" offense, they are given an infraction and the temporary suspension. This insures that a member does not earn excessive infractions for something fairly innocent, like spamming.
Examples:
Being Rude, Offensive, or Harassing to Other Members ("A" class offenses)
- calling people out in threads--i.e. bringing a private situation between one or more members to light in the public forum in order to attempt to accuse, blame, question, slander or embarrass them.
- Offensive and nasty language in a PM or on the forums, gallery comments, rep points, etc.
- Harassment of members, such as to annoy persistently or to create an unpleasant or hostile situation by uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct
Spamming ("Crapping") the Forums ("B" Class Offenses)
- Spamming (Crapping) the forum by repeating posts of similar topic/content in multiple threads
- Advertising Spam
- Posting advertising in inappropriate places
- Useless posts that are not on topic, such as posting "Yeah, you're right" or "I can't help you," are considered spam as they add to threads without adding value. Such messages, if considered vital by the writer, should be sent via Conversation.
Moderators/Administrators have the authority to issue infractions to users who violate these policies.
This applies to remarks made in the Forums, Threads, and in Personal Messages, to a member or Moderator/Administrator.
- Violations receive an infraction which is recorded in a timely manner of the offense or complaint.
- Users who have 2 or more infractions will be called before the Staff, who will determine whether to ban the user from AFA.
- All infractions are considered 'serious' and do not have an expiration date.