The Rogue's Board - Specific Issues
- Who are the current administrators?
There are several areas that make up the web presence of the Colorado Rogues, and each have their own set of administrators. Each area is listed below, along with the username of the respective administrators:
- Message Boards - Captain Ohm, Horni
- Photo Gallery - Merlot Drinkwine, Captain Ohm
- RogueWiki - Stalkie, Captain Ohm, Horni
- Front Page - Merlot Drinkwine, Captain Ohm
- Email @coloradorogues - Captain Ohm
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- How do I become a member of the Boards?
There are a few steps that must be followed to become a member of the Rogue’s Board.
First and foremost, you must be at least 18 years of age to join the Boards. Exceptions are granted only to recognized Roguelings.
Second, click on the Register link or button found at http://forums.coloradorogues.org. Fill in the requested information, including the required information at the bottom of the form.
Since the Boards are essentially invite only, members of the Boards must either be a recognized full member of the Colorado Rogues, or must have a vouching sponsor who is either a full Rogue (active, retired, or non-commissioned), a current Step-n-Fetch, or a Rogueling. You must provide the name or names of the proposed vouchers as part of your registration. If you do not know anyone who can vouch for you, we encourage you to first get to know some of us at one of our community events or at the Colorado Renaissance Festival. We can almost always be found hanging out at the Pirate’s Pub.
Third, once you submit your registration, the administrators will post up your information to a forum on the Boards, looking for vouchers from among those you suggested, or possibly others. Vouchers are willing to say that you would make a good addition to our community of friends and who will ultimately be responsible for your behavior on the Boards, as your sponsor.
Finally, once you are vouched for by at least one eligible person, the administrators will activate your account and send you a follow-up email welcoming you to the Boards.
This process can take up to 14 days to complete, so please be patient.
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- Why was my username said to be "unacceptable" or was changed?
There are a few factors that may cause this, including, but not limited to, vulgar or obscene names, false or offensive representation, or the use of inappropriate ranks in the username (e.g., Captain, First Mate, etc.). The Board administrators retain the right to modify, rename, delete or ban names as they deem necessary and appropriate.
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- Is there a minimum level of activity required on the Rogue's Board?
If you are a full member Rogue, then the answer is No, other than that required of your Captain. For everyone else, the answer is Yes. Your membership on the Boards was elective and was accepted based on our group being, at its very core, a social organization. FoRs and GoRs must remain active on the Boards in order to maintain their guest status and their account.
Inactivity is generously defined to be any of the following situations:
- No recorded Board visits or posts within any 12 month period (18 months for FoRs).
- No recorded Board visits and no posts within the initial 3 month period after becoming a new member (6 months for FoRs).
Inactive accounts will be sent a notification to the email address on record giving at least 2 weeks notice prior to removing any inactive account. This allows the member plenty of time to request that the account remain active via reply email or simply logging onto the Boards and rectifying the inactivity.
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- What actions will earn me Board-related punishment?
Unfortunately, not every possible action can be put down in writing. That being said, the following is a partial list that will likely put you in the bad graces of the Board administrators. These can all be considered as a Terms of Service (TOS) violation for these Boards:
- Making posts which threaten violence to a specific person or persons, regardless of real or imagined intent.
- Making posts which contain adult content (rated R or higher) that do not include the required “NSFW” (Not Safe For Work) label both within the post subject title and the message content. This includes posts with embedded pictures, attachments, hyperlinks, adult language or other generally offensive material.
- Making posts with content or topics that have been specifically banned for discussion by the Captain's Council.
- Making posts which are clearly SPAM in intention.
- Repeatedly posting links to other websites. Repeated posts with links to the same website will be treated as a SPAM violation.
- Using an avatar that is sexually explicit or otherwise indecent (keep them PG-13 or better).
- Repeatedly flaming other members of the Board, to especially include trolling activities. (Flaming: Hostile and insulting interaction between users, usually the result of the discussion of heated real-world issues like politics, religion, and philosophy, or of issues that polarise subpopulations. Trolling: Posting derogatory messages about sensitive or off-topic subjects in order to derail the conversation or to bait users into responding.)
- Being generally abusive, irritating, or excessively obnoxious (as determined by complaints made to the administrators).
- Unnecessarily making the same post in multiple forums. In 99% of the cases, a single post is enough.
- Sharing content from any private forum with someone who is not authorized to see that content for themselves.
- Casually sharing your account information with anyone. If you must temporarily share your account information, you must change your password immediately afterwards.
- Accessing any private forum, by any means, that you are not personally authorized to see.
- Accessing the Boards with an account that is not your own.
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- What Board-related punishments are there?
Violations of the Board rules/TOS may result in partial or complete suspension of Board access, up to and including the complete removal of your account. Access restrictions for FoRs and GoRs will be determined by the Board administrators, and solely at their discretion. Accounts belonging to full members of the Colorado Rogues will never be deleted or suspended (except at the request of the account owner, or as a possible disciplinary penalty imposed by the Captain's Council), but may be otherwise restricted at the discretion of the Board administrators.
There are four levels of "punishment" reserved for TOS violations on these Boards:
Warnings - These may be issued by the Board administrators for violations of any of the Board rules. These won't restrict, suspend or delete your account, but repeated warnings may. This may also result in the removal of any offending post.
Restriction - Various access restrictions may be imposed by the Board administrators, include suspension of posting, restricted posting, removal from various usergroups, and the like. The most common form of this punishment is known as "The Muzzle." Restrictions will typically be in place for a period of 1-6 months.
Suspension - Your account is deactivated for a period of 1-6 months. No access to the Boards is permitted during this time.
Removal - Your account is deactivated AND permanently deleted, with no option for reinstatement.
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- What is "The Muzzle?"
The Muzzle is a special usergroup that bans its members from any interaction or posting on the Boards. Read-only access to the forums that you normally have access to is still available. This is one level of Board-related punishment, as determined by the Board administrators, for moderate violation of one or more rules of the Board by a FoR or a GoR. Full member Rogues can also be placed in the Muzzle group as directed by the Captain's Council as an element of Fleet Punishment. The duration of the Muzzle shall be determined by whoever directed the Muzzle punishment, and will typically be from 1-6 months.
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- What happened to my post?
Posts may be moved by administrators or moderators if they are deemed to not be in the proper forums. Similarly, posts may be locked (or unlocked) or given higher or lower visibility based on a variety of criteria at the discretion of the administrators or moderators. Content will generally not be regulated or deleted, except possibly as part of a TOS violation.
If multiple identical posts are made to different forums, the administrators or moderators reserve the right to delete or lock down one or more of the duplicate posts.
It’s also possible that a post simply didn’t get committed due to a database or network glitch.
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- How do I get access to one of the Private Forums?
Access to private forums is controlled by membership in the associated private usergroups. Some usergroups have open enrollment, while others are closed, like the individual ship groups. If you would like to have access to a specific forum, send your request to the respective usergroup leader(s), which can be found at the top of each usergroup membership list. Usergroup lists can be found within your User Control Panel.
If you are looking to join one of the special community interest forums, information on joining can be found within the community interest forum category.
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- Can I request a new forum to be added?
Yes, within the following guidelines. New forums can be created, as needed, in order to conduct Rogue business, or to support a particular common purpose within the group. Personal forums are not permitted. In most cases, a new forum should be intended for groups of 10 or more people, but consideration will be given for all sizes.
Requests for new forums must be submitted in writing to the Board administrators. The request must contain:
- the reason for establishing the new forum
- the names and usernames of everyone who needs permission to initially access the forum
- the username of the forum moderator(s)
- the username of the usergroup moderator(s)
- the expiration date of the forum, if applicable, for temporary forums
- the name for the forum
- the text to use to describe the forum.
Forums must be requested well in advance of needing it. All requests will be discussed among the administrators, and a decision made as to whether or not the new forum will be created.
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- Do these Boards have a published Terms of Use policy and a Privacy policy?
Of course! The specific policies can be found at the following links:
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