Off-Topic posting and Updated Forum Rules

[Mosh]

Hello Maidenfans!

There have been increasing complaints on the forum recently regarding serious threads being taken off-topic. While nobody minds a small one-off joke being posted, the trend has been for these tangents to take over the entire thread themselves, burying any relevant discussion or information. To wit, the rules have been updated:

In order to encourage quality discussion, moderators may delete any post of non-substantial content. This includes posts containing just emoticons, one or two words ("Yes!", "I agree!"), posts that contain simply a link with no comment from the user on the subject matter, or posts that intentionally derail serious discussion. Posters who violate this rule repeatedly will be subject to the moderation process.

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Non-serious replies to this thread will be deleted in accordance with the above changes to the rules.

Yours sincerely,
Mosh & the Moderation Team

 

[Travis The Dragon]

Mosh, why are the following links in your post?:

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[Brigantium]

To signpost people to the less serious threads. Much like Camelot, it is a silly place.

 

[RainBoKatchr]

Can a member start a new topic or thread? I don't see any option to do that.

 

[Brigantium]

Can a member start a new topic or thread? I don't see any option to do that.

If you've just joined, you won't be able to do that just yet. You have to have been a member for a little while and participated in existing threads. This was brought in to stop the spambots.