Any attempt to goad, aggravate, harass, upset or in any way detrimentally affect any member or staff member whatsoever is an attack. We do not tolerate attempts to do this, nor to start fights with the intention of blaming it on another.
Grudges.
Whereas we do not tolerate homophobic remarks or behavior it must also be noted that there is no need for excess. Inappropriate behavior whether it is based on either sexuality is not acceptable. We are aware of tension regarding this matter on some other sites, therefore we ask that discussion on the mater is kept to a minimum.
Although we understand that people cannot always control their emotions, we ask that members try not to allow grudges to affect the way they behave and make decisions on the site. Doing so only creates and prolongs further problems later on.
3: No arguing with staff members
Once an action has been taken by a staff member regarding a broken rule, please do not continue to behave in the same way. Please do not attack the staff for doing their jobs. Similarly those who have reported such behavior should also not have to be attacked for it. If it is not a genuine offence then it will be dealt with, as will fake reporting. There is no need to fight over it either way. If you feel that you have been unfairly treated you should follow our complaints procedure.
4: No multiple Accounts or Cheating
Having more than one account gives a member unfair advantages over others. You may have relatives on the site, however you may be asked to provide some kind of proof that you are not the same person. The Administrators must also be informed of this before the second member signs up. The second member will be placed in the same clan and species as the original member. The Administration reserves the right to remove the accounts of and ban any member holding more than one account.
Cheating includes, but is not restricted to:
Having access to more than one account, whether it is your own, a relatives or anyone elses.
5: No Inappropriate or Adult Content
No sexual or violent material, including in links, profiles, signatures, avatars, private messages, forum posts or any other part of the site whatsoever is tolerated.
No swearing other than words used in the books will be allowed, and then must not be used to excess.
No talk of suicide or self harming.
6: Keep to the Roleplaying Guidelines
The roleplaying guidelines for the site may be found Here.
7: No Hacking
Whether by exploiting coding or otherwise, hacking is taken very seriously. We will always press for the strongest charges and penalties available and every attempt, whether successful or not, will be reported to the Internet Security Authorities as well as to ISPS (Internet Service Providers) of each individual involved.
8: No bringing drama here from other sites.
This includes but is not restricted to arguments, grudges etc.
9: Copyright Infringement
We will not tolerate the stealing of layouts, graphics, content or any other part of the site whatsoever, either by members or visitors. Equinox is legally copyrighted under the Creative Commons Licence and all and any infringements will be dealt with swiftly and seriously.
10: Credit
Any material submitted to the site in form of ideas, graphics etc. shall become the property of Equinox. Credit will be given for any submitted material that is used wherever possible.
11: Face Claims
In order to avoid confusion, we must ask that no member uses the same actor/actress/model in their character graphics as another member. There will shortly be a page up upon which you can claim a face.
12: Sharing Accounts
We ask that no one shares their account. This is mainly for security purposes, but also helps us to avoid cheating. For example: each species has a private forum. Shared accounts may result in some people having access to forums for more than one species, which obviously wouldn't be fair for the other members.
13:Post limitations and RP-Only forums
With the exception of the High school parking lot and species-only forums, each of the forums will be reserved for Roleplaying only from now on. This is so that the RPs do not get buried in chat and thus to make them easier to find and participate in. It also helps us to avoid spam. Any non-RP post in an RP-only forum will be removed. A notice will be added to the top of each of the RP only forums as a reminder.
You may still RP in any of the other forums, but anyone responding to these RP posts still need to respond only with RPs. We'd prefer for all RPs posted to remain in character. If you need to say something out of character to aomeone else involved in the thread, you can always use private messages.
There is a minimum word limit of five words in a chat thread and five sentances in an RP thread.
14: Reviews
We appreciate the thoughts behind giving Nox good reviews, publicity, and general promotion; however we request that no person associated with Nox attempts to negatively affect the reputation of another site by leaving bad reviews for them with the sole purpose of making Nox seem superior. Everyone is, of course entitled to their own opinion however we do ask that those opinions not be attributed to Nox. Although we're pleased that so many of you prefer Nox.
Equinox images, content etc. Copyright 2007The Twilight series and all characters mentioned within the series are property of Stephenie Meyer. We are not officially affiliated in any way with Stephenie Meyer or her publishers. This is a non-profit fansite, run for fans for the use of other fans.
This work is licenced under a
Creative Commons Licence.