Community Guidelines: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:28, 1 June 2025

The following guidelines should be observed when conducting oneself on the Discord or the Forums in The Domains of Dread:

Conduct should be respectful and as one would behave in the company of other adults in public.
Do not post text or visual pornography. Do not post visual, sensitive material such as gore, violent engagements and so on.
If instructed to cease public discussion by staff, discontinue public discussion. This may be invoked because the topic has run its course, or that it has veered into personal attacks.
Should it be required to speak to staff privately, open a ticket on the Discord. Do not direct message individuals for issues better raised with the entire team in a ticket.
Inflammatory conduct as relevant to The Domains of Dread may be considered by staff in reports even if from direct messages or other external communication mediums such as private Discord servers as long as they are well substantiated with evidence.
It should be assumed that the Discord or the Forums are out of character except where noted. No information revealed out of character should be acknowledged as facts in character except where intended to be disseminated as public information, such as in the Announcements and Proclamations subforums or in the events Discord channel.
Do not speculate on in character matters of present and prescient importance out of character on the Discord or the Forums. This includes metaplots which have not yet concluded, recent character versus character engagements, naming and shaming and so on. If the behavior violated a rule, report it to staff in a ticket.
Ensure that your Discord profile contains your forum handle somewhere on it and vice versa. This helps staff keep track as to which account belongs to whom.
All mechanics are safe to discuss in the Discord or on the out of character Forums as they appear unless marked as secret in-game. Conversely, do not discuss unpatched exploits or how to perform them.
These guidelines are non exhaustive and questions about conduct are necessarily subjective. Staff will warn players about unwanted behavior well before such behavior might become a disciplinary concern unless sudden and egregious. Amendments to these rules will be announced on the Discord in the announcements channel.

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 The following guidelines should be observed when conducting oneself on the [[Discord]] or the [[Forums]] in ''The Domains of Dread'':
-# Conduct yourself respectfully as you would in the company of other adults in public.
+# Conduct should be respectful and as one would behave in the company of other adults in public.
-# Do not post text or visual pornography. Do not post visual, sensitive material such as gore, violent engagements, and so on.
+# Do not post text or visual pornography. Do not post visual, sensitive material such as gore, violent engagements and so on.
-# If instructed to cease public discussion by [[Staff, Requirements and Applications|staff]], cease public discussion. This may be because the topic has run its natural course, or that it has veered into personal attacks and/or harassment.
+# If instructed to cease public discussion by [[Staff, Requirements and Applications|staff]], discontinue public discussion. This may be invoked because the topic has run its course, or that it has veered into personal attacks.
-# If required to speak to staff privately, please open a ticket on the Discord. Do not direct messages individuals for issues better raised in a ticket.
+# Should it be required to speak to staff privately, open a ticket on the Discord. Do not direct message individuals for issues better raised with the entire team in a ticket.
-# Reports of inflammatory conduct as they pertain to ''The Domains of Dread'' are relevant even if said conduct was in direct messages or in private Discord servers, and will be considered by staff so long as they are well-substantiated with evidence.
+# Inflammatory conduct as relevant to ''The Domains of Dread'' may be considered by staff in reports even if from direct messages or other external communication mediums such as private Discord servers as long as they are well substantiated with evidence.
-# It should be assumed that the Discord or the Forums are out-of-character except where noted. No information revealed on the Discord or on the Forums should be acknowledged as facts in-character unless they are intended to be disseminated as public information, such as on Announcements and Proclamations subforums or the events Discord channel.
+# It should be assumed that the Discord or the Forums are out of character except where noted. No information revealed out of character should be acknowledged as facts in character except where intended to be disseminated as public information, such as in the Announcements and Proclamations subforums or in the events Discord channel.
-# Do not speculate on in-character matters of present and prescient importance on the Discord or the Forums. This rule includes scenes or metaplot which have not yet concluded, recent character versus character, naming and shaming, and so on. If the behavior was unwarranted, please report it instead to staff.
+# Do not speculate on in character matters of present and prescient importance out of character on the Discord or the Forums. This includes metaplots which have not yet concluded, recent character versus character engagements, naming and shaming and so on. If the behavior violated a rule, report it to staff in a ticket.
-# Ensure that your Discord profile contains your forum name somewhere on it and vice versa. This is to better help staff keep track as to which account belongs to whom.
+# Ensure that your Discord profile contains your forum handle somewhere on it and vice versa. This helps staff keep track as to which account belongs to whom.
-# All mechanics are safe to discuss on the Discord or on the out-of-character Forums as they are unless they are marked as ''[[Secrets|secret]]'' in-game. Conversely, do not discuss unpatched exploits or how to perform them.
+# All mechanics are safe to discuss in the Discord or on the out of character Forums as they appear unless marked as ''[[Secrets|secret]]'' in-game. Conversely, do not discuss unpatched exploits or how to perform them.
-# These guidelines are non-exhaustive and conduct is by nature subjective. Staff will warn players of unwanted behavior well before such behavior becomes a disciplinary concern unless particularly egregious. Amendments will be announced on the Discord and the Forums in their respective announcement channels.
+# These guidelines are non exhaustive and questions about conduct are necessarily subjective. Staff will warn players about unwanted behavior well before such behavior might become a disciplinary concern unless sudden and egregious. Amendments to these rules will be announced on the Discord in the announcements channel.