RULES General Policy/Information

General Policy/Information​

A. Members are allowed only ONE USER ACCOUNT on phun. (Exceptionally, suspended users are permitted a temporary second account to PM a Mod/Admin, but using the second account for any other
purpose will result in the original suspension period being doubled!)

B. The first 10 submissions by all new members will be "pre-Moderated", which means they will remain invisible until approved by a Moderator. If a new member edits a post that's been approved by a Moderator, it will become invisible again until re-approved.

C. English language only (except for foreign book/film titles). Non-English alphabets, accents, diacritics, runes and hieroglyphs should not be used. Do not replace any letters in thread titles with non-alphabetic characters such as numerals or symbols.

D. DATES: Conventions on presenting dates vary around the World, which occasionally leads to confusion. As an international Forum we're certainly not going to mandate a specific approach,
but we recommend using abbreviated English months (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec) where using the numerical equivalent in an unfamiliar format might confuse.

E. No link-shorteners, link-protectors, or link-anonymizers (or anything similar). All filehost links must be in clear, and direct to the specified file.

F. WARNINGS & ACCOUNT SUSPENSIONS: Phun uses a time-expiring Warning Points system for minor rules violations, and if you accumulate 12 Warning Points, an automated 14-day suspension will be imposed. Make sure you read your Private Messages and check your Profile Page for further information. However, Moderators are not constrained by this Warnings process, and may impose immediate bans of any duration, or adopt other courses of action, at their discretion.

G. We have a policy regarding stickying threads. Please see THIS thread.

H. Username color changes take place at the following postcount milestones, 1,500, 3,000, 6,000, 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, 50,000 and 100,000 (free to pick any color except red and green).
These last two colors refer to Moderators and Admins, and the site Owner (cayne), our Hoster (ISPrime), and Me (S-type).

I. LOGGING-IN: Click on "Stay logged in" when logging-in to phun.org, and XenForo won't log you out if you're inactive for a while.

CAN'T LOG-IN?: If you find you cannot log-in because your password is no longer accepted, but your email address (as registered in your profile) is valid and working,
you should use the "Forgot your Password?" routine. It works like this :-

1 Click on the "Forgot your Password?" link in the Log-in process.
2 You're asked for your identity, so give it your registered username
3 Phun then emails you at the registered email address in your Profile (don't forget to check your spam/junk folder!)
4 Click on the link provided by that email (this verifies to phun that you are whom you say you are)
5 Insert your new password
6 Hey presto!
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But if for any reason your email address (as registered in your current Profile) is not valid, create a new temporary account and contact @S-type.​

J. Unhappy/bored with your User Title? (the phrase shown below your Username) If your postcount is 1500 or more you can personalise it! Look in your Profile Page > Personal Details > Custom Title > insert.
Don't forget to Save Changes (bottom)

K. Usernames are important identifiers, so we don't permit changes at will. However, if a username becomes an embarrassment or a burden, contact an Admin (underlined username).

L. AWARDS banners

a. The Stars ~ https://forum.phun.org/threads/stars-in-your-eyes.1538701/

b. 10/15 Years Of Phun ~ https://forum.phun.org/threads/the-decadent-few.1544162/

c. Other Awards that hopefully will be self explanatory! Ask a Mod or the Award holder if you're not sure.
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M. FORUM SEARCHING

When wishing to search for a specific sequence of words, names or characters, one should enclose them within double quotes (" "). [NOT single quotes (' ')]

examples :-

Title of video-clip or photo-set > "Making out with Fred" (use double quotes) - should find only instances of that specific phrase

Name of Model/Celebrity > "Jane Smith" (use double quotes) - should find only instances of Jane Smith, and NOT every instance of Jane and/or Smith!
And similarly, a Model's name and initial(s), such as "Anna AJ", "Elle D" or "Nika N", for example, can be enclosed in double quotes to help narrow down the field of search somewhat.

Clicking "More... (Advanced Search)" will provide options to further refine the search.
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N. VIDEO POSTING RESTRICTIONS

In addition to our published restrictions on content, we do not permit the posting of full Movies, entire TV Programmes and Series, or Episodes therefrom,
whether acquired by Terrestrial Broadcast, Satellite or Cable, streamed via the Internet, or ripped from DVD/BluRay.
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O. THREAD PREFIXES

Adding thread Prefixes is not generally obligatory when posting, although they may be required in some Forums, but don't hesitate to make judicious and helpful use of them.
Only one Prefix at any time can be used on a thread, but the thread author (or a Mod) can change an existing Prefix.

However, they are not simply decorative 'page candy' and category markers, they're useful and hide a key feature - a search function!
Click on any thread Prefix on the page and you'll be presented with all the identically-prefixed threads in that forum.

Suggestions for thread Prefix changes or additions can be made through the usual communications channels.​

 

Added links to descriptions of Awards banners.

 

Added simple guidelines on more effective use of Search system.

 

Added guidelines regarding password/logging-in problems.

 

Clarified our Video posting restrictions - New Paragraph N.

 

Added reminder of the usefulness of thread Prefixes - New Paragraph O.