[ MOD ] New Rules
Hello everyone! This will (hopefully) be the final moderator post in this community dealing with the issue with Selling Rule 8. Reviewing the poll here, the moderators and I have decided to change the rule into the two following ones:
-- 8. All sales posts made directly to the community must only have Hetalia-related items.
-- 9. All sales posts that are hosted on another journal and linked to the community via an ad post must have at least 75% of their items be Hetalia-related.
-- A bit off-topic, but we've also decided to expand the preview icon size to 500 x 500.
These rules will be in affect from this post onward. We expect everyone to read and abide by the rules of the community. If you have any sort of questions or concerns, now is the time to raise them up. However, since we've just had a discussion and a poll on the first two rules, don't expect much leeway in terms of what we will change at this point.
Any sort of posts violating these rules will:
1. Be given a warning. If violating Selling Rule 9, the warning will be given on the ad page. If not heeded, then we'll give the warning on the selling page.
2. If the warning is ignored or met with hostility (note: raising questions or concerns politely does not constitute hostility), the ad post will be deleted.
3. We will do this until the third violation. If you keep posting your ad and it doesn't fall within the proper guidelines, then we'll consider banning you. We hope to never get to this point, as we haven't banned anyone yet.
Thank you for your cooperation! Our apologies if this rule causes any inconvenience, but something had to be done about this.
-- 8. All sales posts made directly to the community must only have Hetalia-related items.
- Flags, flag-related items, and cosplay items and sets count as Hetalia-related.
- The exemption to this post is GAs of huge lots that contain a few non-Hetalia items. As long as the majority of items are Hetalia-related, the GA can be posted on the community.
-- 9. All sales posts that are hosted on another journal and linked to the community via an ad post must have at least 75% of their items be Hetalia-related.
- The main point of this rule isn’t to punish sellers, but to help our buyers find Hetalia items easier. This community caters to Hetalia collectors and fans. Buyers should not have to shuffle through long lists of other merchandise and doujinshi just to be rewarded with two or three Hetalia items.
- You may link to your other sales in the description/guidelines, just as long as it doesn’t draw as much attention at the Hetalia link.
-- A bit off-topic, but we've also decided to expand the preview icon size to 500 x 500.
These rules will be in affect from this post onward. We expect everyone to read and abide by the rules of the community. If you have any sort of questions or concerns, now is the time to raise them up. However, since we've just had a discussion and a poll on the first two rules, don't expect much leeway in terms of what we will change at this point.
Any sort of posts violating these rules will:
1. Be given a warning. If violating Selling Rule 9, the warning will be given on the ad page. If not heeded, then we'll give the warning on the selling page.
2. If the warning is ignored or met with hostility (note: raising questions or concerns politely does not constitute hostility), the ad post will be deleted.
3. We will do this until the third violation. If you keep posting your ad and it doesn't fall within the proper guidelines, then we'll consider banning you. We hope to never get to this point, as we haven't banned anyone yet.
Thank you for your cooperation! Our apologies if this rule causes any inconvenience, but something had to be done about this.