Community Rules

[moony_blues]

Welcome to tm_challenge! We hope that you are eager to read, write, and participate in our little community here. Please peruse the following rules before you jump in.

General Community Rules and Guidelines:

1. This is an all-inclusive community. All ships are welcome, all genres are welcome, and all subject matters are welcome. As long as it's based on Tin Man, it's all welcome. We even extend the invitation to crossovers. That being said, flaming, bashing, and hazing are not allowed. The mods are in good with the Witch's remaining Mobats.
2. In the interest of fairness, you may only join this community with one account. Puppet accounts, when they are discovered, will be banned and the mods will restrict the posting access for your main account for a period of time as deemed fair by the moderators and the maintainer of the community. This is a contest driven community and using multiple accounts to either post stories or vote for stories gives a single member an unfair advantage over the other members. Breaking this rule may result in immediate banning, no matter how many warnings you have. We detest cheating and will act accordingly.
3. This community is moderated for the purpose of ensuring that all member-submitted posts are for sponsored challenges. If you are looking for a place to post any other story, please visit tinman_fic, the_o_z, or any of the character-centric or ship-specific communities. A fairly comprehensive list of these communities can be found here.
4. Authors may not vote for their own stories when it comes time to pick a winner for each challenge. We will know if you do, even in the Grand Prix. This will result in disqualification, no questions asked. You do not have to be a member of tm_challenge to vote for a story. Members may not ask their friends to vote for their stories, though they may encourage them to read the stories and vote in the polls.
5. For the most part, this is a three-strikes community, meaning you'll get two warnings for breaking any of these rules. Not two warnings per rule. Two warnings, period. After that, you're banned. Breaking any of these rules will result in disqualification of any stories currently submitted to any challenge.
6. The owner of this community, moony_blues, reserves the right to change any of these rules, at any time, without notice. Please be sure to check this page often for updates.