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Screenplay.com Message Board
and Chat Room
Guidelines
- These boards and chat rooms are open to our site's visitors
and in essence the public. We want to keep the boards and chat rooms
useful and helpful and free of flame wars, baiting, insults, etc. The board
and chat rooms are moderated and we will delete posts that are off-topic,
off-color, disrespectful, insensitive, or that fall outside the guidelines.
If a post is in question, we will make the best decision we can at the
time, and then move forward.
- Just because you disagree with someone, does not mean
that you are allowed to call into question their intelligence, race,
sanity, talent, gender, religion, etc. Personal attacks are unacceptable
here. That's not to say you cannot debate a topic or have an opinion but
when it comes to stating your opinion on a subject play nice and act professionally.
- Please read or re-read your posts before posting. If you
are upset take a moment to make sure that your post is not going to make
a situation worse. Also, make sure that your post makes sense. Spelling
and grammar do make a difference in the professional world for good reasons,
so if you plan to be a communicator, i.e. a writer, then learn to do
so now. It will also make it easier for others to help you if they can
understand what you are asking or are saying.
- Freedom of speech does not include inflammatory comments.
Using provocative, slanderous or threatening language is not constitutionally
protected. Posts of this nature will be wiped from the board. If you
have a personal grievance with someone else, communicate via e-mail, but
leave it off of the board and out of the chat rooms. Do not get into a
war with them on the board or in the chat rooms, because if you do then
you are no better than they are and will be dealt with as so. Discuss and
debate ideas, principles, the craft of writing, etc. not each other's personalities.
- Please refrain from posting "empty," "unhelpful" or "snippy" comments.
If you want to prove to the world how funny or clever or cute you can
be, then go to your local comedy club and get up on stage. If you do not
have good advice to offer to a question or problem then please do not post
anything at all. We will delete unnecessary posts as needed.
- If you have a problem with a post or someone posting on
the board or chat rooms then write our moderators directly. Do not deal
directly with them yourself or try to retaliate on the board or in the
chat rooms.
- These boards and chat rooms are run by people, just like
you, in their free time. Please respect that. It's difficult enough maintaining
the site while trying to oversee everything else. The less "issues" we
have to worry about the more time we have to make the site, the board,
and the chat room better.
- Post your comments and questions in the appropriate forums.
If they are not then they will be moved to the appropriate forum or possibly
risk being deleted. If you discover your post is missing don't automatically
assume you've been "censored" and cry "foul." Take the time to figure
out where it was most likely moved to and or contact a moderator.
- Do not post or use images for a personal photo or icon
that could be offensive to others.
- Please pick ONE user name and stick with it. Please.
- The chat room is a free service. Please do not abuse
the room. Thus be respectful of others and watch your language and comments.
Discuss writing and leave sensitive issues to e-mails or some other method
of communication outside this site.
- If you cannot adhere to the above guidelines then please
find somewhere else to post or chat. There will be no hard feelings on
our part and if needed we'll be glad to give you some suggestions of boards
and chat rooms better suited to your needs. If we see anyone continuing
to violate these guidelines you will be asked not to post and will lose
your privilege to do so.
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