Welcome! We're all striving to provide a place to come and socialize with your fellow Jimmy Fortune fans, also known as “The Fortune Tellers”. Like any message board, there are some rules that folks must abide by, but generally, if you live by the these rules you’ll get along fine. That said; please review the following material so you know what pitfalls to watch out for. Try to remember you are reading what someone else has written; you are not hearing the tone of their voice. Do not jump to conclusions and take things the wrong way.
The Moderators are here to help you. While monitoring, it is preferable to let the conversation ebb and flow unchallenged and unimpeded, sometimes it becomes necessary for the Moderators to intervene.
The Moderators have the ability and authority to close, re-open, move, split, and delete topics, along with editing individual posts within the forum(s) they moderate.
Moderators will also communicate any of the policies directly to the users by posting in their forum(s) or via direct e-mail.
Moderators have a responsibility to ensure that members are following the community rules, to assist new members, and to help with any information when they can.
Editing Messages:
Moderators can and will edit messages if it contains any material (including links to other web sites) which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, political, or otherwise in violation of ANY law.
Editing is visible to the community; whenever a message is edited, the date/time/edit and author are shown within the message.
Closing a Topic:
Moderators can and will close a topic if the message is “beating a dead horse”, at the request of the topic originator, or is an inflammatory “stirring of the pot”.
Delete a Topic or Message:
Moderators can and will delete topics or messages if the message contains any of (but not limited to) the following:
Any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material.
Spam, flooding, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and non-topic solicitations.
Defamatory, libelous or slanderous statements against the Moderators, Administrators and its Members of this board, or any business, individual or public entity.
Containing any material (including links to other web sites) which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of ANY law.
Completely off-topic posting in an individual forum and cannot find a suitable place in any other forum.
Members may report any post they feel in inappropriate by clicking “Report to Moderator”.
Members may send private IMs (Instant Messages) to one another. Any IM that is inappropriate may also be reported to the Moderator.
Members may also report inappropriate e-mails from other members to
moderator@jimmyfortune.com.
Suspension of Posting Privileges:
Moderators can and will suspend the account of a user if the user commits to or is responsible for repeated violations of the stated board rules or forum rules, including (but not limited to) offensive behavior (e.g., posting offensive material, harassing other members, spamming, trolling); instigation of controversial issues sometime referred to as “stirring the pot”; driving away other members; repeated attempts to circumvent moderation; direct public challenges to any Moderator, Administrator or Member.
Banning:
Only Administrator(s) have the authority to ban users. Banning is something that is not taken lightly.
Some reasons a user might be banned include attempts at hacking or destroying the forum; repeated violation of the stated board rules or forum rules; the use of multiple user names; the use of “IP spoofing” software to hid your true identity; repeated offensive and rude behavior (trolling); driving away other members; repeatedly instigating controversial issues; repeated attempts to circumvent moderation; direct public challenges to any Moderator, Administrator or Member; verified verbal or written attacks or threats against any Moderator, Administrator or Member in any public internet forum; verified verbal or written libel, slander or defamation against any Moderator, Administrator or Member in any public internet forum.
Banning a member means that he/she can no longer post messages on the this board, unruly members are given a warning prior to actually being banned, since that is a fairly serious step. Only Administrator(s) can reinstate a banned user.
Banning is accomplished by permanently blocking the individuals e-mail address and in some cases their IP Address. Banning of individuals require a majority consensus of Moderators and/or Administrators.
Administrator Responsibilities:
Administrators can and will assume any and all of the Moderator duties and normally assist the Moderators in the day-to-day life of this board. Administrators have the ability to ban and/or suspend users, and can and will edit the user information stored and/or displayed in the users profile, avatar image and description, and signature link(s) if any of such information is deemed to violate any of the rules of this board.
Notice: These guidelines cover the basic rules and practices of this board. It goes without saying unique circumstances can and will arise that are not outlined in this guideline that require action by the Administrators. Users are asked to use common sense, decorum and respect for others when participating on this board.
