Elfislandmagic Site Rules!

Discussing on Elfislandmagic:

Discussing on Elfislandmagic allows you to talk to many other people that may be from around the world. This website is a completely G-rated community. In this community you can discuss many topics about Elf Island. To make sure everything runs smooth and everyone is safe we have site staff that devote there time to help out. These staff members hold the right to take ANY action if you break any of the following rules.

Elfislandmagic is a completely G-Rated community; therefore we must make the entire site completely G-Rated. Before posting, remember to make sure that anything you are discussing, an 8 year old (or younger) should be able to view it.
The Following Aren't Allowed On Elfislandmagic:

Inappropirate Material:
Inappropriate Material, Adult Material, Violence, Drugs & Alcohol, or any acts against the law. Any Pictures, Links, or Videos that break those rules will be removed ASAP. (Breaking these rules WILL result in punishment)

Personal Information:
Since we are a G-Rated and we want everyone to be safe we do NOT Allow personal information revelead here at Elfislandmagic. This includes your phone number, where you live, talking about "yours" or "anyone's" job/ work, your name, or age. Anything revealing personal information whill be removed with a warning sent out.

Flaming:
Flaming is an act of being mean to one another. Flaming can hurt someone really bad which is the reason why we don't allow it here at Elfislandmagic. Flaming can also be flaming an object such as an signature, avatar, or website which can result in a ban. You may not pick on other's peoples race/ clans/ groups/ trends. Making any insulting comments to someone can hurt them. We do NOT allow this on our site. This can result in a ban and mult. warnings!

Harassment:
Harrasing is NOT allowed here at Elfislandmagic. Harassing anyone on this site ( members, Staff, etc... ) Is strictly not allowed! If you have an issues here with someone harrasing you or breaking any other site rule please contact an "Elf Mod" ( Moderators ) or "Head Elfs" ( Admins ).

Beliefs:
Discussing Political or Religious beliefs are not allowed here. You are only allowed to wish someone a "Happy/Merry _________”. Please be aware of this rule when posting. Action(s) will be taken if this rule is broken.

Advertising:
Advertising is an important rule. Here you may only post links from www.ElfIsland.com. If you wish to post an image/article from a website that isn't from our website or www.ElfIsland.com, just PM a Site Staff member to get it approved. (Site Staff are Moderators or Admins and can dis-approve websites)

Spamming:
Spamming is posting multiple things over and over. This includes posting same threads more then one, posting the same post more then one, using one letter over and over (Example: !!!!!!!!/..............). Also, this includes pointless posts. (Example: HI PEOPLE R U COOLS?/ Hi QuEeN YoU RoCk!).

BUMPINIG a thread:
Here we allow what is called a BUMP, which stands for Bring Up My Post. If last post in your thread was you, just wait 24 hours from that time you last posted and post: BUMP. This will not be counted as Double Posting. PLEASE make sure it is 24 hours if yours was the last post.

Old Threads:
Here at Elfislandmagic we do not allow the BUMPING of a thread that is over 2 weeks old. If we find a thread that is over two weeks old a moderator will have all right to close it. To make sure all threads that you want to stay open to stay open make sure you BUMP Them.

Double Posting:
Double posting is NOT allowed here at Elfislandmagic. You are only allowed to double post ONCE every 24 hours as a BUMP. If you do NOT listen to this rule warnings and even a ban may be taken into consideration!

Impersonation of Others:
There is absolutely no impersonation allowed here. This includes impersonating someone famous, an Elf Island Staff, any site staff member, or anyone else that is not you. Impersonating anyone will result in punishment.

Begging:
Please do not request for anything free. If someone gifts you something, you may take it, but asking for anything is not allowed here, unless you request someone to make a grpahic you can then accept it. NO demanding!

Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is not allowed here at all. Taking anyone else’s post or artwork and calling it your own is Plagiarism. If you want to quote an article, post, or artwork from another member or website just site the source. NOTE: If you are posting an outside source, please have it approved by an "Elf Mod" ( Moderators ) or "Head Elf" ( Admins )

Backseat Moderating:
Backseat Moderating is when you are doing a Site Staffs job. Acting and/or doing something a staff member should be doing is not allowed. However, correcting someone when they're wrong is ok, as long as it doesn't break any of the rules in this post.

Chain Letters:
Chain Letters is when someone sends you a message and tells you to send it a certain amount of people. These are pointless and have no meaning, so please do not start them. If you receive one please PM a Site Staff. Breaking this rule will result in punishment.

Signatures:
A signature is an area before your post that you can include an image or text. To edit your signature go to Profile and look for Signature. Signatures can be no larger then 500x250 (pixels) including the image and text and no larger then 255 characters.

Any signature over these limits will be removed. ALL staff has the right to remove any signature if this rule is broken.

BBCode - Embeding Videos, Sound, Flash, etc:
Advanced BBCode is now available for all users to use. However, since we cannot edit the options it gives we ask that you follow these simple rules:

1. DO NOT embed a YouTube, Google, Real Media or any other video without permission from a mod or admin.
2. DO NOT add any email, webpage, or flash object into your posts at all.
3. Over use of the spoilers tag will result in punishment. Please only use this if it is a real spoiler!

Moderation Team:
Elf Mods (Moderators) are hand picked by Head Elves (Admins). If you ever want to be noticed for a position as site staff make sure you report posts (using Report Post feature), follow all Rules and Guidelines, and overall be a good member with a good attitude.

Favortism:
We do not allow favortism of real people. An example of a favortism thread would be: Who is your favorite member, staff, celebirty, etc. They always end in hard feelings or a massive flame war. Threads that are ok would be: Who is your favorite Disney Character, VMK NPC, etc. If you are unsure just ask a Site Staff.

Using our Chat:
Sometimes we will have our forum chat system running. When you are inside the chat all of the Site Rules apply - but here are some extra ones too: You cannot use Bold, Ital., Underline, Strike or any bright color fonts. Please stick to the darker colors such as Black, Dark Blue, Dark Green, Dark Red, Dark Orange, etc. Also please refrain from using "giant" smilies such as "Jaw Drop". When the chat is open there will be a mod or moderators in there. You can identify them by the "@" in front of their name. If you break any site rules they have the right to kick you out of the chat, ban your character from the chat, ban your IP from the chat, or even ban your character from our forums.


Those rules are always in action at ALL times. If any of them are broken action will occur. Elfislandmagic holds the rights to give out anything from a warning to a permanent ban for breaking those rules.
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Elfislandmagic is not affiliated, partnered, associated, or connected to Elf Island™ & Good Egg Studios, Inc. or any company. Elfislandmagic is not responsible for the content of its posts/posters. We cannot guarantee that by posting personal information that you will not be contacted outside of our website.

Elfislandmagic reserves the right to change any rule at any time, without notice or permission from any user. None of our rules will be changed at any request from users.


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