 Suggested Moderator Rules
Moderator Rules and Guidelines 1. Moderator judgment & Guidelines - The guidelines outlined in this guide are not intended to be universal and are not to be followed in a rigid way, Due to the different nature of situations the policies about forum and users might change and in such situations final decision will be of officials/admin and full moderator. The moderator's judgment should be the primary influence when making a decision. 2. Rules govern socially acceptable behavior -The exposed policies form an etiquette that defines the expected behavior from a moderator towards the forum users and the rest of the moderation team. Rule (Do's) 3. Public Image of moderator - Keep a neat and clear public image of every moderator 4. Public Image of Moderation Team - Keep a neat and clear public image of the moderation team as a whole 5. Think Twice Before Your Reaction - Never react impulsively or instinctively, always think twice before you edit/delete posts/threads. Remember that your words will usually be taken seriously. Bear in mind that the fact that you are a moderator gives you more responsibilities than power. 6. User Interaction - Respect users' opinions as far as they do not attack, degrade, troll or malign other users. If a user requests an explanation about any of your actions, reply adequately explaining your point of view. If a user does something improper or becomes a disturbance, inform the rest of the moderation team in the Moderator Category and take the necessary measures. 7. Illegal Activities - This includes · Discussion of any illegal activity or threats of violence. (i.e. illicit drug use, including medical marijuana use, threats of suicide or self-injury, or threatened or intended physical harm). · Use of Abusive, hateful, racist, bigoted, sexiest, harassing, threatening, inflammatory, defamatory, knowingly false, vulgar, obscene, sexually-oriented, profane, or is otherwise in violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation. · any message or other material that violated or infringes the rights of any other party, including without limitation, rights of privacy, rights of publicity, copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights. · Distributing viruses or other harmful computer code - link of any damaging software, website or computer files that contain virus, worm or disruptive or harmful components. · Under Age Users – posts comments and questions by a member under the age of 16. · chain alphabets. · Warez/Serials/Keys. software whose purpose is to break or bypass software licensing methods, distribute cracks, or obtain or use commercial software or media in violation of its license and/or for copyright violation. · Posts that attack/impersonating others - insult, "flame", or belittle, make fun off, another member or guest. · Chatting in forum other than chatting Category. · Using forum for commercial purpose. Posts regarding research studies, surveys or clinical trials without obtaining prior approval from the NoorClinic forum administrator before posting to the forums. Advertise, announce, or promote products, services, or organizations, build traffic at other websites, solicit donations, votes, or participants for surveys, contests, or product testing, carry out business activities including employment requests/offers, or other similar purposes that do not benefit our forum community · Posts of copyrighted material unless one owns or controls the copyright in and to such material. · Posts on sensitive Topics - Posts of an overtly political or religious nature OR posts promoting advocacy of particular personal, medical, legal, religious, political, or non-profit causes. · Cryptic posts · Shouting and using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS in posts · Posts of offline personal contact information (i.e. home address, phone numbers etc.) or someone asking from others for personal information. · Irrelevant or off-topic posts. · Registering under more than one name and/or e-mail address · Posting the same note more than once or "spamming". · Shared accounts - Allowing any other person or entity to use ones identification for posting or viewing comments · Engaging in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Public Area or the Site, or which, in the judgment of Noorclinic, exposes Noorclinic or any of its user to any liability or detriment of any type. · Spam and overposting - poster who is not prolific poster Any thread that is related to any such illegal activities should immediately be edited. If the offending post is inside a thread where the intention was not to talk about illegal activities, that post and all related to it should be deleted or if necessary ban offending member.Any kind of activity considered illegal by the rules of forum should be treated in the same way. 8. Locking of Users - If the offending posts were made by a newly created account, that account should be locked. And if the offending user is an old member then a warning should be dispatched to the offending user, unless there are serious reasons to lock his/her account, i.e. it is the third time he does that. 9. Number of threads Allowed per day per member - Each member can post three different threads per day and if a moderator found more than three then dispatch moderator note for that member. 10. Be polite with the newbie/guests on forum which don't know the rules and procedure of forum and possibly guide and help them. Don't leave bad impression on new members on forum. 11. Interacting with other moderators - The other moderators are your team-mates. Try to show unity and unanimity in your actions. Always respect the actions of other moderators. If you do not agree with an action taken by another moderator, discuss it with him/her like rational people in the Moderator Category and if a moderator is doing wrong repeatedly or have some personal problem with any member or moderator then report to owners via email.. Internal problems are to be solved internally. Anyone that does not belong to the moderation team is not supposed to know about it so do not make it public. Try to cover, support or back up the actions of other moderators in public if it is necessary. 12. Delete multiple posts on same topics by the same member and if necessary then warn that user. 13. Moderating the Forum takes time. Please try to dedicate a few hours in day to forum issues. There is no minimum amount of time you must dedicate but please try to give as much time as you can. Your personal life is always more important than moderating the forums. If you're gone for an extended time let your fellow moderators know by post in Moderator Category. 14. Absence of moderator for short time – if a moderator is absent for short time then his/her duty will automatically be shifted to whole moderator team 15. Absence of moderator for extended time - If a moderator will be absent for long time without any reason then moderation will be taken back from him/her. 16. Post links of noorclinic books and noorclinic articles in your answers/posts for solving problems of others. 17. Shifting topics in relevant Category - It will be duty of all moderation teem to shift topics in relevant categories. 18. It is a good practice to edit posts to add your comments in posts of the Violations Thread of the Norclinic Forum. If you think a post should be edited, to remove offensive URLs, reformat the text or anything you consider necessary, add a comment signed with your username at the end. 19. Obvious Poster Error - If you see an obvious poster error, delete them without warning or notification. The only reason to delete threads is if they are obvious double-posts of same topic. 20. Prefer editing to the deleting posts and threads of forum. 21. Spam – warn the users posting URLs and email address in there user profiles. Action to be taken [warning (rarely we choose this option)/ban/ip address ban]. 22. Try to warn major threads once before locking them, if they are drifting off topic or getting personal or something. If you (or any other moderator) threatens something (one more "me too" and this thread is toast), back it up as quickly as possible. Do not make empty threats, nor allow other moderators to look like they have done so, for they may have simply gone to sleep. 23. Threads Containing lots of Pages in it - If a thread contain lots of pages in it then start a new thread similar to that. 24. Questions at or near the bottom of Irrelevant Threads - If a question is asked at or near the bottom that doesn't have anything to do with the initial topic, unless it's really simple and you can just answer it cleanly or say that user to start new topic and give him the procedure link to ask the question on forum. 25. Moderators can give answers and solve Problems of other members (as does doctors) in all categories, by this there will be also influence of your presence on all users and than members will feel not like they can get away with whatever they want, and not start to break rules. 26. You can start new threads with moderator ID but can't take part in discussions of that your thread unless it is necessary. 27. Users With Multiple IDs - If you found any member having multiple IDs then block those IDs except the second ID of moderators. 28. User with ID "Doctor" but not Doctor/medical Student - If you found that any user (not doctor or medical student) have ID with username "doctor" then first warn him/her and ask from him/her three new usernames to change and if he still insist then block his/her ID after two warnings. 29. Give descriptive titles for new posts of your category and possibly to the other categories if any moderator is absent or may have gone to sleep. 30. Copy Paste Information From Other Sites - To answer some questions there is sometime need to copy information from other sites, in this situation URLs or reference links are necessary. 31. Translated & Changed words Information From other Sites - Information from any site in translation or in ones own words is allowed without any reference link (but information must not be direct copy paste from any site). 32. Unblocking Of users – Unblock the users only if you block them mistakenly or without any solid and serious reason. 33. Restoration of posts and threads – Restore the posts/threads if you delete them mistakenly or without any solid or serious reason. 34. Your accountability - Your accountability in your specific category will be edit, delete, block, unblock, restoration, index page topics selection, new unanimous ranking of users, changing titles of threads. After fulfilling your own daily routine duty of your specific category you can also keep eye and can take necessary measures at other categories if any moderator is absent or may have gone to sleep. 35. Index Page Topic Selection Duty - Responsibility of selection of index page topics will be upon all moderators. Who ever see a new topic/thread it will be on him/his to bring it on the front page. 36. Duty of all Moderation team in the absence of any moderator - If any moderator is absent for any reason then responsibility of his/her category will be automatically shifted to all other moderators. 37. Align text in the threads by editing that threads or posts to maintain the shape of forum. 38. Red colored text threads should be warned and change the color from red to black to maintain the shape of forum. 39. Remove the gap at the end of Threads/Posts - If gap is left at the end of any thread or post then remove that gap by editing that post to maintain the shape of forum. 40. Colors Of Moderator Notes - Dispatch moderator notes only in red colored font or combination of red and green colors. for instance: - Moderator Note: Publishing email address is strictly forbidden.
- Moderator Note: Personal Contact Information is not allowed here.
41. All Moderators and Administrators are expected to follow the overall policies and rules of Noorclinic forum. Rules (DON'Ts) 43. Be Tough & Kind Both - You should be both tough and kind you need too. If you are too harsh, than forum becomes a dull and boring place. On the other hand, if you are too nice, than your members will feel like they can get away with whatever they want, and start to break rules. 44. Do no Harm & Consult With Other Moderators If You Are unsure - The first rule of moderating the forums is to do no harm. If a post is borderline or you're not sure what to do with it, err on the side of inaction. Talking it over in Moderator Category with the other moderators may be a good idea to get more opinions of what should be done. 45. Internal Confrontation of Moderator Team - Avoid internal confrontations inside the moderation team and preserve the unity of the moderation team. 46. Don't Inflame A User - All rules applied to forum users are still applied to you, that is, you are not immune. It is sometimes advisable, as a moderator, to keep your opinion to yourself if it will inflame a user or the situation in general. 47. Not to hit "Edit" by mistake - When quoting a post make sure not to hit "Edit" by mistake. Use your own judgment and always err on the side if you are unsure. 48. You can't take part in discussions with your moderator ID if you want to take part in discussions then make another ID (but not more than one). 49. Moderators Problems related to health and sex - If you have your own problem related to health and sex then don't ask by using your moderator ID instead use your second ID for it. 50. Irrelevant Moderator Notes - Don't post irrelevant moderator notes. 51. Don't use your moderator options against the law - Don't use your options edit, delete, block, unblock, restoration without any solid and serious reason and if you do this then after two warnings moderation will be taken back from you. To Be Continued....
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