Announcement: Gaia Aquarium: Rules & Guidelines (Revised 3/11/09)

[The Admin]

Gaia Aquarium Forum Rules and Guidelines

Welcome to the Gaia Aquarium forum! Gaia Aquarium is intended for general chatter regarding Aquariums as well as Booty Grab. You can post your tank, tap other's tanks, play Booty Grab and offer tips and suggestions. Just keep swimming!

As a member, it is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with the forum's rules before posting. Posting in this forum implies that you read and understand the rules and guidelines and that you accept responsibility for the appropriateness of your thread or post.


Navigation:

1. Introduction
   
2. General Posting Guidelines
   
3. Rules and Guidelines for Posting in Gaia Aquarium
   
4. How to Report

[The Admin]

General Posting Guidelines

Please be sure to follow the Terms of Service and Rules and Guidelines here, as in all forums.

Common violations to avoid:

Flaming & trolling. Posts directed at another member which are hateful, abusive, or intentionally inflammatory are considered flaming. Making intentionally inflammatory or provocative posts to incite responses from other members is considered trolling.

Scamming. Taking or attempting to take another member's gold, items or efforts, through false promises, deception, tricks or get-rich-quick schemes is considered scamming and is not tolerated on Gaia.

Sexually explicit content. Posting, requesting, distributing, or offering sexually explicit material is not permitted anywhere on Gaia. Sexually explicit content includes explicit photographs, text, artwork, video, or cybersex conversations.

Advertising. Please do not advertise in the Aquarium forum. If you would like to advertise your thread, entry in the arena, guild or otherwise, please use your signature or do so in the Chatterbox. Advertising in your posts can result in a warning.

Terms of Service violations may result in a warning or a ban on your account.

If you find Terms of Service violations, or threads that may need moved to a different forum, please use an appropriate report. The procedures for doing so can be found here.

You can find online moderators by following the "View Forum Moderators" link at the top of the forum.


Gaia Staff will NEVER ask for your password! If anyone asks you for your password, report it.

[The Admin]

Rules & Guidelines for Posting in Gaia Aquarium

• Advertising - Please do not use your post or post style to advertise. You may advertise in your signature or in the Chatterbox. Please make sure that any advertising you do on Gaia abides by the Terms of Service.
  
  
• Bumps and Post styles - The Aquarium forum is very image intensive. In any given thread some computers may lag or have their browsers crash due to the number of Aquariums on that page. Due to this it is advised that you do not post, bump, or use post styles that contain very large images.
  
  
• Fake Booty Grab images - Using fake tanks or fake booty grab images in your signature with the intention to upset others, (such as linking to abusive material or illegal offsite links), is considered trolling.
  
  
• Contests - Aquarium based contests are allowed in the Gaia Aquariums forum. If you have a bump contest, dice roll contest, high score contest, etc you must hand out prizes when the contest is over. Failure to reward prizes will be treated as scamming. Remember, Highest Donator Contests are not allowed.
  

Helpful Pages and Threads

• Booty Grab Information
  
  
• Lagginess Tips
  
  
• Can't see your Overseer?
  

[The Admin]

How to Report

Abuse of the report system will result in a warning or ban of your account.

Report a Post

Use the button when an individual post in a topic contains inappropriate content.

Reasons to Report a Post:


• The content of the post violates the Terms of Service or forum rules.
  
  
• The member who made the post has a signature which violates the rules.

Report a Topic

Use the Report this Topic button at the bottom of the page when a topic is not appropriate for the forum.

Reasons to Report a Topic:


• The topic violates the Terms of Service or forum rules.
  
  
• The topic is in the wrong forum and should be moved to a more appropriate forum.

If you need to contact a moderator via Private Message, please use the "View Forum Moderator" link at the top of this forum to find a moderator.



Report Hacking, Scamming or Abuse & Harassment?

The Hacking, Scamming and Abuse or Harassment report forms can be found at the bottom of the forum index. When submitting a report, ensure that you fill out all fields and include as much relevant information as possible.

Report A Hacking
Use this form to report a Hacking. Hacking, on Gaia Online, refers to the unauthorized access of an account by someone other than the account owner. In most typical hacking cases, an unauthorized person enters an account which does not belong to him or her and takes items or gold from the account, often changing the account information so that the original owner can no longer access his or her account.

Report A Scamming
Use this form to report a Scamming. Scamming is when another member of Gaia takes your gold or items, or tries to take your gold or items, by making false promises of giving you rare items, get-rich-quick schemes, or by any other deceptive means. Scamming generally involves a situation in which two members of Gaia make an arrangement to trade gold, items, or a Gaia approved service (e.g. avatar art commission) with each other and then one of the parties involved in the arrangement fails to live up to his or her promise of an exchange.

Report Abuse or Harassment
Use this form to report ongoing Abuse or Harassment. If you are reporting harassment or abuse that is occurring directly in a thread, please use the "Report This Post" button instead.