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Much talked about, but now they're here,
black on white, actually gray on green
but yeah here they are:
DoDear is primarily a family chat room.
In order to keep some form of decorum in
the chat room, we have implemented a set
of rules and guidelines. These rules,
while being viewed by some as being
somewhat rigid, allow everyone to enjoy
the channel without feeling intimidated
or threatened. We do not impose these
rules to the letter but ask that you try
to follow them. Repeated failure to do
so will result in you being kicked out
and/or banned from the chat room.
Acceptable Use Policy
While connected to DoDear, all users are
required to comply with DoDear
Acceptable Use Policy. And while present
on DoDear, all users are required to
comply with rules and guidelines on this
page.
Section 1. Age
1.1. All users must be at least
13 years of age.
This is to comply with the regulations
of cservice and the majority of chat
rooms.
Section 2. Language
2.1. English and Urdu
English is the most widely understood
language on chat rooms and hence
includes all users in conversation. Urdu
being the national language of Pakistan
is understood easily by the majority of
our users. Chatting in other languages
is deemed rude and inconsiderate, as
everyone does not comprehend.
2.2. Abusive Language
The use of abusive language is
prohibited in all instances. This
includes the following:
2.2.1. Swearing/Use of Vulgar
language, expletives
2.2.2. Abuse or insult directed
at other users/visitors
2.2.3. Abuse or insult directed
at the Administrators/Operators
2.2.4. Shouting in the form of
capital letters
2.2.5. Use of abusive or vulgar
language in Nicknames
2.2.6. Use of sexually explicit
language
Section 3. Respect
The following behaviours will not be
tolerated:
3.1. Any form of legal or social
discrimination, for e.g. racism, sexism,
etc.
3.2. Provocative behaviour
This includes inciting comment by making
inflammatory or derogatory remarks;
Deliberately insulting and abusive
behaviour
3.3. Threatening or intimidating
behaviour
3.4. Harassment
This includes continually targeting
user(s) with any of the above behaviours
and those mentioned in section 2,
distribution of personal information
without the user(s) consent, advertising
spiteful and abusive material aimed at
user(s), etc.
3.5. Excessive use of abuse as
mentioned in section 2.
3.6. Begging for Ops/Mode changes
3.7. Any form of disruptive
behaviour not already mentioned
Section 4. General Conduct
The following behaviour is strictly
prohibited:
4.1. Flooding
A flood is considered to be any of the
following:
3+ consecutive lines of text, including
ASCII
3+ lines of repeated text
4.2. Use of scripts
Use of Fserve scripts or other
auto-repeating or broadcasting scripts
are prohibited. This includes scripts
that react to someone typing specific
word(s) in the channel.
4.3. Repeated join/parts.
If you're only looking/waiting for
someone, add them to your notify list.
4.4. Clones, Bots, bnc's are
prohibited in the channel
4.5. Advertising and soliciting
information and services
4.6. Advertising other channels
and servers
4.7. Advertising url/websites
Requested urls or urls pertaining to an
ongoing main conversation are an
exception, however, where possible do
paste urls in private message boxes.
Section 5. Chatting Guidelines
The following are guidelines on what
to expect if you violate the above:
please note that these are only
guidelines and actual action will vary
depending on the situation and
circumstance. All action carried out is
at the discretion of the Operator or
Administrator.
5.1. Warnings
5.1.1. Warnings shall be issued
for violations of Section 2.1. and
Section 3 behaviours. Further violation
will cause a kick and possible ban (see
section 5.2.)
5.1.2. It is at the discretion of
the acting Operators and/or
Administrators to issue warnings for
other violations, this is NOT a
mandatory requirement.
5.1.3. Warnings can be issued via
the main channel or in private message
to the user.
5.2. Kicks
5.2.1. Users violating guidelines
set out in Sections 1-4 will be kicked
with corresponding reason(s).
5.2.2. Users who have been issued
a warning for an offence will be kicked
on further violation.
5.2.3. Users violating the above
guidelines with other users of #dodear
in private messages will be kicked. For
this to be an offence there MUST be at
least 2 independent complaints and an
attempt to ask the user to stop MUST be
made)
5.2.4. Users who have been kicked
out are free to rejoin the channel
providing they do not commit any further
offence.
5.3. Bans
5.3.1 Users who have been issued
a warning and/or kicked will be banned
from the channel
5.3.2. Timing of bans:
First ban: 15 minutes
Second ban: 1 hour
Third ban: 24 hours +
Fourth ban: 1 week - permanent ban
(Administrator bans only)
5.3.3. Some bans will reflect the
gravity of offence and hence the time
limit will be at the discretion of the
acting Operator or Administrator.
Section 6. Complaints
If you have a complaint regarding a
user or member of the #dodear team
please comply with the following
guidelines. We regret that complaints
that do not follow the set procedure
will not be considered.
6.1. Please refrain from making
open complaints on the main channel as
this disrupts the ongoing channel and
can aggravate a situation.
6.2. Attempts to reconcile
differences etc must have been made
prior to the complaint.
6.3. Any complaint must be
directed to Operators and/or
Administrators on fahad@dodear.com or in
private message to an active member of
the #help team.
6.4. If no Operator or
Administrator is present please check
Complain Reporting area for ways to
contact us.
6.5. For ANY complain to be
considered, please try to include the
following as much as possible:
TIME and DATE of Event
WHO the complaint is directed at
VERY BRIEF synopsis of complaint and
events leading to complaint
LOGS to back up the complaint - this
must include a log of leading events to
the complaint and any private messages
that are relevant to the complaint.
6.6. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to
ensure you have the logs to back up your
complaint. #dodear do not keep logs of
individual behaviour. Please read our
forum to find tips on how to save logs.
6.7. Complaints will be
considered by 2 members of the
Administration team and a response given
within 10 working days.
6.8. Once a decision has been
made, any appeal process is at the
discretion of the Administration team.
6.9. Please note it is not the
job of Operators or Administrators to
act as mediums for arguments.
Section 7. Action
Action following a complaint will
fall under the following categories:
7.1. No action
7.2. Attempts to reconcile
difference in an amicable manner
7.3. Warning - this will be to
all involved in the complaint
7.4. Warning/Kicked/Banned from
channel for those found to have violated
guidelines.
7.5. In the case of an Operator(s)/Administrator(s)
violation:
7.5.1 warning
7.5.2 suspension
7.5.3 access reduction
7.5.4 removal
7.5.5 kick/ban
Section 8. Final Note
If there is no rule about something
on this page or if something is NOT
mentioned here,
then it is upto the discretion of the
Operator/Administrator handling the
situation.
DON'T:
shout
curse
abuse
use bad language
flood
advertise
spread virus
park clones
use scripts
underline
DO:
respect our users
try to be polite, read Netiquette page
for manners on the net
speak in English or Urdu
have lots of fun!
Any suggestions for improvement or
changes to make these rules more
realistic, can be posted at our forum.
Rules Compiled By : Late.Salman Mehmood
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