Community Rules

These are the basic rules of the Strong World community, as well as policies that reflect the standard procedure of situations common in role-play communities. It is **vital** to read the rules, as they are to be upheld at all times while participating in this community. It is recommended to read through the community's policies, although it is not mandatory.

## General Rules

1. **Treat fellow members of the community with respect.** The Strong World community has is intolerant of any form of: Harrassment, Witch Hunting, Sexism, Racism, and Hate Speech.
2. **Always uphold the standards of the Strong World community.** By joining this community, you recognize the value of honesty, consistency, and quality that we rely upon. As well as this, you understand the consequences of yours or fellow community members actions and the appropriate responses taken towards them.
3. **Do not ask for Administrator rights.** This applies to the entirety of the Strong World community. Questions like these will be openly denied, if not outright ignored. If you are interested in becoming a member of the community's Staff, please read here.
4. **Do not vandalize content of the wiki.** Every community member, both past and presence, has been brave enough to make their writing public. No matter their offense, their writing deserves a mutual respect no matter our personal feelings on them. Vandalizing a user's article will result in punishment, and further incidents can result in a ban penalty.
5. **Do not advertise other role-plays here.** Unless given permission by the creator of the community, *never* advertise a separate role-play in our community. It is disrespectful, and only serves to alienate yourself and other members of the community.

## Activity Policy

This is a list of all the following guidelines concerning activity for those who are included in the Strong World community.

Those who are inactive without reason while in this community will receive an Infraction. Upon receiving 3 infractions, the user receives a temporary block. Following this, further blocks may be given in increasing amounts for every 3 more infractions until being permanently banned. Users who are being blatantly hostile can receive an early block. This is the order in which blocks will be received.

**3 Days → 1 Week → 2 Weeks → 1 Month → 3 Months → Infinite**

### Pending Members

Pending Members refer to the role given to those who have joined the Strong World community for the first time. In order to maintain consistent activity, the following guidelines are expected to be followed by all members who serve this role.

1. **Pending members have one week to finish creating your first Role-Play Character.** Pending Members who fail to meet this deadline will have themselves and any incomplete content they have made removed from all affiliated communities. Following this a temporary ban lasting for 3 days will be issued. During this period of time, they may still enter our imvu chat rooms. Afterward, they may rejoin the community as a Pending Member again. Repeating offenders will have their temporary ban increased in increments until it is permanent.

### Members

Members refer to the rest of the community who have already joined Strong World. This also applies to all Staff who are a part of the community.

1. **During the course of a session, members have 24 hours to post when it is their turn.** In order to maintain activity, all members are expected to follow a 24-hour deadline whenever it is their turn in an active session. Members who fail to meet this deadline will be given an infraction for their inactivity.
	* **Members who cannot reach the deadline due to real-life circumstances may ask for an extension.** If a member cannot reach the deadline for any reason, they may ask for an extension of the deadline as long as they provide a reason as to why they cannot post. Provided reasoning, their extension will be lengthened by another day. Provided they need more time than what has been provided, they can refer to the 2nd clause of this policy. Members who have been given this extension, but still fail to meet it, will receive an infraction for inactivity.
2. **Members who will be inactive for a period more than 2 days will notify Staff before removing themselves from active sessions they are participating in.** Members who are expecting to be absent for more than 2 days in the community must notify Staff beforehand and promptly remove themselves from any active sessions they are participating in before they leave, or finish them. Failing to do so will result in an infraction for inactivity.
3. **Members who are inactive for more than 3 days without notifying Staff will receive 2 infractions for inactivity.** Given the previous guidelines in place to notify Staff, those who fail to notify Staff at all for their absence/inactivity will immediately receive 2 infractions.