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1) No harassment, fighting, or insults of any kind.

2) No excessive spamming.
Please do not constantly post icons. If you spam icons or thumbs, we will kick and possibly silence you.

3) Do not swear excessively.
We would like to think we are all adults here, but not all of us are. Let's keep this room friendly.

4) Be respectful of one another.
If you offend someone, apologize and talk about something else unless they are offended by ponies.

5) Do not STRETCH with caps.
Because exciting things happen during some of these episodes, we would like to allow the use of excessive caps to express excitement, BUT if you stretch our screens with them, then we are gonna have a problem.

6) Please avoid tabbing everyone.
It is annoying. Tab only the people you are talking to. If you have a message for everyone, just don't tab. If someone is interested, they will see it.

7) Don't advertise.
This is not a room where people want to be asked to commission something from you. It's okay to ask if you've been around and made friends here, but we prefer you keep that activity in other rooms, and don't make that your sole purpose for coming in. Advertising for people to join your "new room" or "super awesome chat" is also not okay. You may link to a chat for private conversation, but leave your recruiting campaign at the door.

8) Respect the mods and admins.
They keep this place running. They put up with a lot in their line of work and we'd like to show we appreciate them. If you have one of the mods or admins on ignore, it is grounds for IMMEDIATE BAN.

9) Report bad mods/admins.
While we want you to respect our mods, we also want to know if they have been rude to you. Please do not break rule 8, even if a mod/admin has wronged you. If you feel you have been wronged by a mod, or feel they are not correctly enforcing a rule, copy/paste the chat in a note to TexThePony, or sockhidunderaboulder, preferably both of us.

10) Leave the modding to the mods.
It only creates more issues if you try to be a mod when you're not. Please let one of the mods/admins do their job.

11) Do not bring in a personal bot.
We have bots that can do pretty much all we want. Please stick to using our bots for the fun stuff.

12) Have fun.
That's what this room is for. Get excited, and just be yourself without being mean. :)
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Mods must follow these rules AND the member rules.

Rules

1) No abusing power.

2) Do not not be afraid to use your power.

As long as what you do is in the best interest of the chat, you'll be fine. We prefer you get rid of trouble than risk letting it affect our members. Please use your best judgement in any situation.

3) Be friendly.

We don't like sour mods, nor do we like mods that are so focused on enforcing rules that they forget what this place is really about. If you have personal issues that will get in the way of you being friendly for a while, stay out of the chat.

4) Please respect one another.

We don't need turmoil within our ranks. Respect authority and decision making of higher ups, respect your equals as well, and more importantly, respect our members. Disrespecting a fellow mod is one thing, but if you pick on one of the members, it will be cause for more immediate demotion. Personal problems are no reason to disrespect ANYONE.

5) Don't idle.

If you are going to be away for an extended period of time, either log off the main room, or set an away message at the very least.

6) Mods are to report to #MLPFiMChatroomMods while on duty.

7) Always remain professional.

If there is a heated argument, we don't need to add fuel to the fire. Be the voice of reason, talk the drama down and get it stopped. If you can't do that, let someone else do it.

Policies

Mods that do not follow these rules are subject for demotion. If you can't respect our rules, how do we know you'll respect our members?

If there are enough/constant complaints about a mod, an owner or admin may remove said mod from power. If the complaints are about an admin, an owner must remove them from power.

Admins may make MINOR changes to the room (ones that can easily be undone if disapproved, and please use good judgement). However on occasion, an owner may give an admin permission to make major changes to the room if a change is desired by an owner.

Anyone who is demoted or banned and not told why in the chat must be informed by note. This applies to mods and members alike.
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Chat: chat.deviantart.com/chat/mlpfi…

If you have any issues with the following rules, or would like to add new ones, please feel free to note TexThePony or jwhitloctombraider about it.

1) No harassment of any kind, aggressive, sexual, or otherwise.

2) No spamming.

3) No roleplaying in the main room (/me stuff is fine, just no full-on, paragraph style rps). Please use #MLPFiMChatroomRP.

4) No NSFW. Links or otherwise.

5) Do not ignore Moderators on the DA site, or chat. WARNING: Breaking this rule is grounds for immediate ban!

6) No personal bots.

7) No unauthorized advertising.

8) No excessive CAPS. We're more laid back than other rooms about it, just don't stretch the screen with them and you're mostly good.

9) No spoiling of new episodes until the following Monday 12am US Central.

10) No members under the age of 13.

11) No alternate accounts.

12) No sexual conversations.

13) If discussing "shock stories" (ie. Cupcakes), if another member asks you to stop you must STOP. This is not up for debate. If no one objects, however, feel free to talk all you want about it.

If you have issues with any of these rules, the way a moderator has interpreted the rules, a moderator, or another member, please inform an Admin or higher up. We will address it ASAP.
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#MLPFiMChatroom: chat.deviantart.com/chat/mlpfi…

If you have any issues with the following rules, or would like to add new ones, please feel free to note me about it.

TL;DR: Read what's in bold and you'll be fine.


1) No Harassment

I cannot stress how little tolerance there is for harassment in MLPFiMChatroom. If you wouldn't want to be treated in a way, or think someone wouldn't wish to be treated in a way, don't treat them that way. Repeated annoyance after someone asks you to stop also fits under this category, as does consistent trolling. If you feel you are being harassed or mistreated, either notify a moderator or myself, via note if you have to. EVERYONE is covered under this rule, including mods, members, admins, and the chat owner. Bottom line: Don't harass ANYONE.


2) No Argumentative Drama

Do not get involved with drama/arguments that involve personal issues, anger, etc. Let the moderators and admins break it up and disperse it. Take it to another room if you can, or simply drop it.


3) No Spamming

This one should be obvious:
-Don't keep posting the same thing over and over in rapid succession.
-Do not post if it only serves the purpose to annoy.
-Do not use unnecessarily long words/posts that may stretch the screen.

Punishment depends on how bad it is.


4) No Roleplaying in Main Room

The room used to allow roleplaying, but since then has grown to be one of the most popular rooms on dA, and as such simply can't allow roleplaying to contribute to the flow of text. Messing around is okay from time to time, but conducting roleplays is against the rules. We simply ask you go to a private room for any roleplays. As of April 30, 2012, role playing is allowed in our new role play room posted in the title.


5) Newcomers May Not Idle

Newcomers may not idle more than 1 hour without letting an admin or moderator at the time know and provide consent. If they do, it will be an instant kick. This will repeat until they're active enough to be promoted to members, who can idle as much as they please.

6) No Discussion of Shock Stories and/or Sites

Everypony knows about Cupcakes. There's so much Cupcakes fanart it's almost outweighing the canon Pinkie Pie art. Cupcakes is a prime example of what a Shock Story is. Do not link Shock Stories and/or Sites in the chatroom.


7) No Ignoring Moderators or Administrators(DA site, or chat)

If you have SuperDAmn (or not), don't ignore a moderator or administrator in the chat or on DA. Doing so will result in a kick, then a ban, as it impedes our progress to resolve issues.

8) No Personal Bots

Pretty straight forward. No personal bots. If you bring it in, it will be banned. If you use a bot on your account name, don't bring it in here. We have a bot that can do everything that, and more than, personal bots can do.

9) No Advertising

This rule is enforced more strictly on newcomers. This is not a room where you can come in and say "Hey, check this out! I made it!" and then leave. If someone does that, they will be banned on the spot. As for members, please don't advertise for other chat rooms or try to pull traffic away from the room.


Universal Chatroom Rules

This is just to remind/inform some of you who have yet to read the general DA chatroom rules or have not read them in a long time. These are the ones we stress.

1) You are only allowed to have one copy of yourself in the room.

2) If an account of yours is already a member, you may not have alternate accounts as members.


Shero's Amendments: Rule Amendments I, II, and III

I) In the event a moderator is unable to work the chat past any argument that gets out of hoof, an admin will take away chatting privileges of every normal class (and moderators if need be) until they can make a declaration of peace. If, after the room is given permission to speak again, the "drama" is brought up again by anypony and/or the declaration is argued, they will be placed on a 12-hour silence without warning. Yes, this is ridiculously strict, but fair. If you refuse to cooperate with us, we will force you to.

II) MLP, plz, and RP accounts are not allowed in the room, save for written exceptions, which will be written here. Each account has been justified, either on the grounds that every Admin and Moderator is allowed one alternate account in case dA's chats glitch, or they happen to be someone's main account by long term.

III) This room is truly a democracy, in that the ponies have the power. If the chat owner receives enough complaints about any particular individual, said individual may be banned with no warnings, nor kicks, nor silences to precede the ban.


Tex's Amendments: Rule Amendments IV, V, VI and VII

IV) No Spoilers: When a new MLP:FiM episode comes out, it is forbidden from discussion in the chat room until the following Monday. Spoilers will result in an immediate silence until Monday. Hints will get you a warning, kick, then silence.

V) No Moderators nor Administrators may speak for the ruler. If they want something done a certain way, they will send a note to ALL involved or they will put it in the topic. It is best to do what a moderator or administrator says, though. In the event that the ruler may not have had time to announce a change, and a moderator or admin is saying it is by their word, use BronyBot: logmarker, and note the ruler.

VI) Squire Class Addition: A Squire is a moderator on probation before they become a full-fledged moderator. If I receive bad reviews about a Squire, that they aren't doing their job, breaking the rules, etc... then they will be demoted. However, the opposite may happen; I receive good reviews about them and they will be promoted. They have limited power, so you have not much to fear from them. Admins may bring them down if they are witness to the act, "Knights" may do the same. A chat log shall be sent to the owner in such a situation.

VII) In reference to Shero's Amendment III, no member shall send complaints to somepony, other than the chat owner. Only the chat owner has the ability to deal with these sorts of issues. If it is found that you are trying to go to another source, it may just be forwarded to the chat owner anyways. TEMPORARY NOTE: Shero needs to focus on school and it's rather selfish that you guys won't let him. If anyone would like to complain, Tex will listen, investigate, and resolve the issue. Shero can't do any of that anymore. So, for Shero's sake, stop going to him, and go to Tex, otherwise, nothing will get done, and you will be silenced for a day.

Moderator Rules/Enforcement

1) No Abusing Power*

This rule means moderators MUST have a reason to kick, silence, or ban. This reason is usually because the rules are being broken. Members, be careful when calling this out! There are plenty of things the mods may do. In fact, it's better not to call the mod out on this, but to log it, or use the BronyBot's "logmarker" command, and note the room owner. If you call them out, it causes drama. We don't want that!


2) No Insubordination*

Moderators MAY NOT insubordinate those in the same rank as them. Believe it or not, moderators are held to the same rules our members are and even more.


3) Leave Behind Bias

Do not let your decisions be biased. Several notes have been received where no one was doing anything wrong, but bias would make it appear so. Please leave it out of your decision making.


4) Greet All Newcomers

It is VERY IMPORTANT that somepony actually greets our newcomers. It is required for mods and admins, however it is welcomed for members to greet newcomers.


5) Professionalism and Politeness*

Do not be mean to other members and please be respectful to everypony.


6) Idling

Moderators, please try to avoid idling for long periods of time. If you are leaving for more than 30 minutes, please leave the room, as we get newcomers and members questioning where our moderators are at.


MEMBERS: If you find any mods are breaking the rules marked with a (*), or the rules in the first section, BronyBot: logmarker and note me or use the bot's "logmarker" command. I will find it.


Enforcement Policy: IMPORTANT

For each rule, it is a warning, a kick with a warning attached, a warning of being banned, then a ban. The ban will be temporary and will be carried out by using the BronyBot's "tban" command. If a user constantly causes disruptions, breaks rules, etc, then they may be subject to a permanent ban.



NEWCOMERS: IF YOU READ THUS FAR, SCROLL DOWN TO THE "swap" COMMAND! It will tell you how to change your class when promoted. This is to ensure that you read the rules. Also, please take the time to give your name to :iconthe-da-phonebook: if you are interested.



BronyBot Operation Manual


help:
Display help on various commands.
Bronybot: help [command] – Gives help on commands.

away:
Displays a message if you get tabbed.
BronyBot: away [reason] – Reason is optional.
BronyBot: back
BronyBot: customaway change gone [any message] – Allows you to change the message the bot displays if tabbed.
BronyBot: customaway del gone – Deletes the custom away message and restores the default.

welcome:
Sets your custom welcome message.
BronyBot: welcome [any message] – sets any message as welcome.
BronyBot: welcome clear – clears your welcome message.

note:
Allows you to send a message in the chatroom they'll receive it after they join the room.
BronyBot: note [username] [message] – sends the message to the user.
BronyBot: note read – allows you to read the message.
BronyBot: note clear – clears your messages.

hoof:
Allows you to brohoof somepony.
BronyBot: hoof [username]

ponydex:
Shows a small description of a desired pony.
BronyBot: ponydex [pony] (all names are written with capital letter. Ie: Fluttershy).
BronyBot: ponydex list - Shows a list of avaliable ponies.

music:
Post a random link to a song.
BronyBot: music

logmarker:
Marks the log at the exact moment, needed if you need to mark a relevant event.
BronyBot: logmarker

about :
Display infomation about the bot.
Bronybot: about – Display Bot type and owner.
Bronybot: about uptime – display the amount of time the bot has been running.
Bronybot: about all – display all the above infomation.

howlong:
Shows the time a user has been in the room.
BronyBot: howlong

ping:
Ping the bot to find out how much lag it has.
Bronybot: ping

rules
BronyBot: rules shows a link to the the rules.

swap
BronyBot: swap [privclass] allows the users to swap their class, only between the member classes.

tban (Mods and Admins only)
BronyBot: tban [user] [time in seconds] bans said user for the set time.
Conversions:
3600 = 1 hour
21600 = 6 hours
43200 = 12 hours
86400 = 1 day
172800 = 2 days
259200 = 3 days
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