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Etiquette Guide for ShoujoToys.com

General Etiquette Expectations of the users

• One membership per person.
  
  
• To ensure that each user only has one account we require a valid real name. We don't give your name out, only a few staff members can see it. We have thousands of users, but we look at every name looking for fakes. If you are silly enough to try an obviously fake name (Buffy Summers, Raye Hino...) we will lock your account until you tell us your real name. Please ask your parents first, if you are under 13.
  
  
• Every now and then we have problems with the system. We've lost passwords in the past and other such incidents. In these cases the only thing that saved the users was a valid, working e-mail address we can send mail to at any time. If we try to send you e-mail and it bounces we'll delete your membership instantly, no questions asked.
  
  
• AOL users must verify that their AOL account allows email from the domains ShoujoToys.com & Sailormoon.org. If email from ShoujoToys.com or Sailormoon.org is blocked and returned to our server, the user's ShoujoToys.com account can (and probably will) be marked for deletion.
  
  
• HR 3783/COPPA, the Children's online privacy protection act: All US Citizens under the age of 13 need to have parental permission before using the site. Since we are not-for-profit the law doesn't apply to us, but we act like it does, just in case. Please get parental permission; if you don't, we'll remove your membership.

Forums

• The topics in this site are not chats, the are places to communicate with other members. Sometimes days or weeks pass between people's ability to return to read the posts in the topics. Since each topic has a limited number of posts it will display it is unacceptable to post more than one time in a row. You can easily edit or delete your posts so there is no excuse for wasting the limited space in each topic with many small posts. It comes down to respect, if you respect the ability of others to post then you won't needlessly scroll their posts off the topic.
  
  
• Cross-posting the same message in multiple topics is considered to be rude. Cross-posting is when a user posts identical (or almost identical) posts in multiple topics. Rampant cross-posting causes unnecessary scrolling in the topics (See the above bullet). Cross-posting is usually unnecessary since most ShoujoToys.com sanctioned topics are open to all active members and therefore can be read by all active members who are interested. There are cases where cross-posting is allowed; however, these situations are few and far between. It's always best to consider the feeling of other members before posting your message in multiple areas on the site. If a user continuously cross-posts, it could be considered to be a disruption in the community.
  
  
• Since the topics each have a limited number of posts it's generally seen as a bad thing to post short, one line messages. One line messages encourage topics to degrade into chat and are usually meaningless. If it's a meaningless post you can use a chat site, or the instant message system (AIM/ICQ/Yahoo! IM) of your choice. We do not host chats because we don't feel that it is a necessary service to provide when there are so many other free systems out there.
  
  
• Signatures are the bits of text and images at the bottom of users' posts
  
  
  • Signatures are supposed to help you distinguish yourself from other users by making your posts easy to recognize. However, due to abuse we've had to drastically limit the manner in which signatures can be used. Each signature supports only one image, and that image must be small.
    
    
  • If you are a candidate for the senate, or supporting someone else in their run for the senate, you may not put a campaign advertisement in your signature. A special topic will exist for campaign ads. We don't want to see them in every topic.
    
    
• User created topics, if they exist, are not exempt from the Terms of Service and etiquette guidelines.

User-Submitted Images

• Only registered members of this site can submit images to the "user-submitted images" galleries.
  
  
• Members may only submit his/her own works. Plagiarism is always completely unacceptable, just like in Real Life™.