1. Personal Attacks/Harassment/Private Information (Strict Moderation)
Moderators will no longer automatically be editing out reported personal attacks in a “one-size-fits-all” manner. Instead, we will be looking at the context of the attack to determine the best course of action.
Petty, schoolyard insults such as calling a user gay, stupid, etc. will likely not be edited out, merely receiving an unofficial warning if it becomes necessary. More malicious insults will be edited and face more severe moderation.
Harassment, or the repetitive attacking of a user by another user, or group of users, is still not tolerated and will be handled accordingly.
The release of other user’s personal information, including full names, addresses, social media accounts, images, etc. without their consent is not tolerated. Doing so will lead to the information being edited out and bans being applied.


2. Graphic Content (Strict Moderation)
Sexual/Shock/Gore images and videos must remain in Anarchy only.
War Clips and Images, and similar graphic content with Political/Religious discussion value, must be posted in Serious with a clear NSFW tag in the title.
NSFW responses in safe-for-work (SFW) threads are not allowed, due to spoiler problems on Taptatalk
NSFW threads (including sex role-plays, sex stories, Cheerio threads, etc.) that do not include photos or videos are allowed in The Flood, so long as the thread is distinguished as being NSFW. Responses in these threads do not need to be in spoiler tags.


3. Raids, Impersonation, and Alts (Strict Moderation)
Absolutely no organizing attacks, and raids on Bungie.net or any other website or community.
Impersonating other users, or potential future member, through posts, or user profiles is not tolerated. Users caught impersonating others will potentially face a lite-ban for the main account, with a permanent removal of the impersonating alt.
Alternative accounts (“alts”) are allowed, as long as they are not used to circumvent a ban. Users caught doing so will have their alt perma-banned and the ban on their main account extended by 1 to 3 days.


4. Miscellaneous/Casual Rules (Lax Moderation)
”Shitposting”, or posts that add little discussion value to the forums, are not encouraged – however, they remain allowed under the rules.
Spam remains prohibited in the nature of continuous out-of-context submissions capable of hindering or disturbing discussion, namely through excessively long single posts, or repetitive posts. Reaction images and videos do not count as spam, so long as they are only linked once.
Derailment of threads, or purposefully going off topic, is not encouraged and should be kept to a minimum.
Report Spamming, or the repeated reporting of a single, or several, posts in a short amount of time, is not allowed and does not solve the problem faster.
Threads should not contain topic titles that break the forum structure.
Creating threads with the sole purpose of communicating with another member (calling out) is discouraged, and the thread in question may be locked, depending on the content and context of the thread. Calling out a user maliciously will automatically earn a lock and may include a warning of 5% to 15%, depending on the severity.


5. You Have No Rights. Play Nice.
The forum staff reserves the right to remove you, and your content, from the forums for any reason, without warning. This was agreed upon registration to the site.
Ban lengths are adjusted to each case of a rule break. Similar offenses does not equate to the same penalties.
If you disagree with a moderating decision, contact a member of the staff via Private Message, or post a serious thread on the matter in Septagon. Public threads calling out staff members in other forums for their actions will be locked. Continuing to do so after the fact will lead to further penalties.
In the event that a warning is given out for a misconstrued joke or prank, if both the person who dished the insult, and the person it was aimed at, contact a moderator to explain that it was a joke, any punishment could possibly be rescinded. This is on a context by context basis, and one should not expect this to occur in all scenarios.


6. Punishments
Punishments for violating Casual and Strict rules below are basic guidelines - as stated above, punishments for similar offenses may vary based on the situation and other circumstances.
Continued violation of rules considered "Casual" will lead to harsher penalties, in line with a strict rule.
Penalties for Rule Violations (Casual Rules)
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Rule Violated___________   Punishment
Spam   Excessive spammers in the forums will be given a verbal warning. Continuing to spam after the verbal will lead to official warning percentages, ranging from 5-15% initially.
Shitposting   Excessive cases of shitposting will find threads merged/locked, along with a verbal warning being given. In the event that it continues, official warning percentages, ranging from 5-15%, will be given.
Report Spamming   Report spammers will be given a verbal warning via private message. If the user continues to spam the report feature, they will be given an official warning, ranging from 5-10% initially.
Calling out Staff Decisions   If a thread is made outside of Septagon, it will be moved to the correct forum. Continuing to post these threads outside of the forum, or outside of a private message, will result in a formal warning of 15% - with room to grow if needed.
Derailment   Excessive cases of derailment will be deleted out of a thread, with a verbal warning being given to those involved. Continuing to derail a thread will result in a formal warning of at least 10%.

Penalties for Rule Violations (Strict Rules)
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Rule Violated___________   Punishment
Malicious Insults and Harassment   Posting malicious attacks or repeatedly harassing members will carry penalties ranging from a 10-20% warning for the first offense, to lite-bans of various lengths.
Revealing Personal Information   Revealing another user's personal information without consent will carry, at a minimum, a one day lite-ban. The length of the ban will be determined by the severity of the information released.
Impersonation   Impersonation of another user carries a punishment of a 20% warning percentage added to the main account, with any "alt" accounts used being permabanned.
Graphic Content   For posting graphic content without the necessary warning in the title, a waring and edit will be given. Continuing to do so, along with posting pornography/meatspin outside of Anarchy, or posting graphic content in a non-NSFW thread, a one day lite-ban will be given.
Organizing Raids   All involved in the organizing or execution of a raid will receive, at a minimum, a three day lite-ban.
Ban Evasion using an Alt   For using an alt to avoid a ban, 1-3 additional days worth of ban-time will be added to the main; Meanwhile, the alt will be permabanned.
There are a few different types of bans that can be handed out for breaking the rules. All can bind to your username, email, IP address, and hostname
Ban types, and descriptions
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Name___________   Description
Lite-Ban   This is the most common type of ban, usually given out after receiving a warning. The time limit is based on your warning percentage and in length it can range from one day to permanent
Post Ban   This is the second most common type of ban, usually given out for punishments that are not quite so severe. The time limit can range from one day to permanent, and it prohibits posting in all the forum's boards
Blacklist   This is a more severe version of the Post Ban. Users that are blacklisted cannot access the forum at all and their posts are censored on all boards. Their nameplate will also be stripped for the duration of the blacklist. These are mostly permanent bans, but they can also be temporary
Banadu   This is the ultimate ban and it's always permanent. Users slapped with this motherfracker will be barred from connecting to the website at all. Only administrators can hand out this type of ban