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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6181509" data-attributes="member: 177">Those questions deserve an official response.You can read <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/misc.php?do=showrules" target="_blank">The Rules of EN World</a>.  I strongly recommend you read them.  I'll paraphrase a few highlights here...The rules can be summarized as, "Keep it civil, keep it clean, keep it on-topic,"  Or, to paraphrase Mr. Wheaton, "Don't be a jerk."Discussion of real world politics and religion are generally not allowed.  We do occasionally have a discussion on copyright laws, because they are relevant to the industry.  Note that EN World does *not* support copyright infringement and you can't use the boards to engage in it - no posting links to sites that have pirated pdfs of game rulebooks, for example.  We do sometimes have threads on sexism, because that topic has also become relevant to the gaming community.  If you come across as a raging sexist or racist, that will probably be deemed uncivil.The site is intended to be family friendly.  Imagine that you're talking in front of someone's sensitive grandmother (aka, "The Grandma Rule").  Or, that there's a 13 year-old reading the site, and his Mom may be looking over his shoulder.  While those words you chose are not forbidden just as words, I wouldn't expect you'd find many forum-appropriate discussions in which you'll find them useful.Most things are context-dependent.  "Crime" for example, is pretty broad.  If we get the idea that you are actually endorsing illegal actions, or actively trying to upset people, you may well find yourself moderated. We have experienced a lot of edition warring in the past.  We are well and truly tired of it, and are unlikely to put up with much of it.  Similarly, while we encourage constructive criticism and discussion of merits of work, outright bashing on a publisher or designer may not be a good idea.As a basic policy, you don't talk back to moderators in-thread.  If we use "mod voice" colors (orange or red), you don't argue with it publicly.  If you feel something is unfair, or incorrect, you can take it to Private Message (using the board's PM system) or e-mail to discuss it.  You may be tempted to write a mod an angry letter, worded accordingly.  Aside from how such is extremely unlikely to persuade us that we were wrong to moderate you, Morrus is also not a fan of having his moderators verbally abused.  Our moderation comes in a few different forms: There's posts in-thread, or edits of your posts when necessary.  There's "warnings", in which you'll receive a PM from a moderator that you've gone over a line - they are merely warnings, a way to let you know before you get in real trouble.  There's also "infractions", which are like warnings, but they have a point value that we keep track of.  If you build up enough infractions, we will start discussing whether EN World is really the site for you.Other questions?  Feel free to ask.</blockquote>

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