[font=Verdana] First of all, you must be thirteen or older to join (not much of a problem)

No Spamming.
Spamming consists of posting useless posts, that are off topic. This isn't a "major" rule, but if that's ALL you do, action will be taken.
Spamming also consists of

No flaming!!!! This is a MAJOR rule, flaming is insulting users because of their opinion, or any reason whatsoever. If this is a habit if yours, it will result in suspension. And if serious enough, perhaps ban.

Advertising
Do not sign up for the sole purpose of advertising or soliciting. Advertising and other forms of solicitations will be allowed in small quantities once you have shown yourself to be an active member of the forum.

Do not mislead
Do not falsely imply or attempt to pass yourself off as an administrator, moderator, or other person of authority at this site if you are not one. This includes using misleading avatars, placing deceitful text in your signature, and registering with fallacious usernames

Do not swear
Posts with swearing, sexually explicit content, and other "adult only" topics are strictly limited to the Adult Forums. Posting this material anywhere else may result in banishment. The automatic word censoring does not give you permission to swear! Additionally, any intentional circumvention of the automatic word censoring for the purposes of swearing will result in immediate banishment without warning.

Don't give away the ending!!!
Don't screw up a story for someone who hasn't seen it yet. Do not come out and say "So-and-so died" or "Joe Greentooth ended up with the girl," or anything else crucial to the plot. Use "Spoiler" warnings and the spoiler black out feature.

Show respect
Respect other's likes even if they don't suit your own. Stating "That anime sucks," is not valid criticism. You certainly can say you don't like a particular anime but there is no need insult all the people who do. If you don't like something state reasonably why.

Report jerks
Don't hesitate to PM a moderator or two or three when you see someone messing things up. We are all on at different times so one of us is bound to take care of it.

FUN.
If users aren't having fun it's normally cause someone else it causing it. And if users aren't having fun My staff and I aren't having fun. So please refrain from making this site "un-fun".
Making the site "un-fun" or, unenjoyable would be by breaking excessive rules, flaming and spamming vulgar content, etc.. in general.


~NOTE.
If your actions are bad enough, it will result in ban without warning.

Thanks



(I shall add more when I see we need them)
(Thank you Ken, from Absolute Anime for providing some of these rules to AA)[/font]

[font=Verdana]Moderator Guidelines
Here are some guidelines for effective moderating. Although these are all directed to forum moderators, I am posting them here so that everyone can get an better understanding of moderating.

Report Your Actions
Before taking any action on a thread or post, a moderator should first post a reply explaining why they are taking the action. This is for the benefit of the original author, the general forum members, the moderators, and myself. You can be sure that at least one of us will want to know why you took the action that you did.

Moving Threads
Moderators should move threads that were created in forums unrelated to the thread's topic. This is not always easy, as often a thread can fit into multiple categories, thus moderators will need to use their best judgement. A thread that discusses the forum in which it was posted belongs where it is. For example, a post in the sports forum which discusses the sports forum may remain the sports forum, even though the post is not discussing actual sports content.

Deleting Threads
Only administrators can actually delete threads, though moderators can move threads to the Questionable Threads forum where the general members of the forum cannot enter. Before moving a thread to this location, make sure there is a good reason, for instance, if there was a double-post or if a thread was completely inappropriate. Sometimes only a single post in a thread is inappropriate, and those can just be edited rather than moving the whole thread.

Editing Posts
If a moderator needs to edit a post that contains inappropriate content, the edits should be marked so that others will know who edited the post and why. As an example, I usually say something like [Edited by Bambi for inappropriate content].

Inappropriate Content
Threads with excessive swearing, heated arguments, advertising, solicitations, and other disrespectful content is what I consider to be inappropriate. These should be locked. Some advertising will be allowed for those members who have shown themselves to be active members of the forums. Threads that are not disrespectful but still happen to contain excessive swearing or sexually explicit content should be moved to one of the adult forums.

Sometimes people make threads that seem designed to start heated arguments, such as someone stating that they hate a certain anime. In a case like this, the person needs to give reasons why they feel that way. If they don't, then a moderator can lock it.

Banning & Suspending Users
Only administrators, and the head moderator, not moderators, can ban users. Therefore, moderators should not threaten to ban users. Instead, moderators should inform the user that a request for suspension will be made.

Requests For Locking Threads
A moderator is under no obligation to lock or remove a thread so long as there are no rules being violated, even if asked to do so by the person who started the thread (the only exception to this is for threads created in the Moderator Applications forum). If a moderator does decide to lock the topic based on the author's request, then the moderator should make a post stating the reason prior to actually locking the thread.[/font]
(Thank you Ken, from Absolute Anime for this)[marq=right]

Suggestions Welcomed
Please feel free to post additional suggestions for users, moderators, and administrators, but also please do not reply to this thread unless you actually do have a question or suggestion. This way we can prevent it from filling up with a bunch of posts that don't make any actual contributions.

Thanks in Advance

~Bambi