Posting

These rules are provided by setting forth guidelines surrounding making posts.

Definitions

Thread: a String of replies. Referred to as a 'Topic' by Proboards.

Post: Adding content to the forum.

Original Post: The post that starts a thread.

Reply: Adding content to the forum in reply to a post.

Timestamp: A required inclusion in all posts. Sometimes referred to as a 'When Line'.

Wherestamp: A required inclusion in all posts. Sometimes referred to as a 'Where Line'.

When Threads Happen

Every thread must be clearly marked with a Timestamp in the original post. In clan areas one should use the clan-style dating. For Domestics it is acceptable to give the human correlation that is provided in the weather file, but for clarity it is advisable to also include the clan-style translation.

Examples

Clan-style

WHEN: 1st day of First Green (2007)

Domestic-style

WHEN: 17th of April 2007 [1st day of First Green (2007)]

Changing Timestamp Dates

If one wishes to alter the date of a timestamp it MUST be approved by the leader(s) of the involved Clan(s), and cleared by at least one of the Administrators. This rule is to prevent potential abuse, ensure that the ICA=ICC rules are fulfilled, and make sure dates are not being changed to benefit involved characters. Date changes may also not be made to correct the situation if one fails to maintain a reasonable self limitation of their characters. If you create a situation in which you'll have to edit 14 threads, that is your own fault and you'll have to attend to it yourself.

Where Threads Happen

Every thread must be clearly marked with a Wherestamp in the original post. This indication of where a thread happens should use a location listed in the area descriptions on the Wiki. It is suggested that you work to be as clear as possible on the location a thread is happening to avoid confusion.

EXAMPLE

WHERE: ThunderClan Camp, next to the Fresh-kill Pile

Reasonable Self Limitation

A player is expected to keep themselves within reasonable limits. This means that players need to think before they join threads, particularly if they are involved in a large number already, or if they're involved in ones that might change the way their character would respond in the current thread.

Traveling Between Threads

Unless the thread your character is going to happens immediately after the conclusion of, or DURING another thread (or two characters are leaving a thread to start a new one) then no notices of heading to another thread are needed.