Appropriate Server and Forum Chat

There has been a few discussions appearing about racism and what defines racism and what is appropriate for chat. So I am going a step further and defining what constitutes as "appropriate" for the server and the forums.
By pure observation the forums do have more leniency due to the slightly older audience. However keep the server and forum conduct similar.
I do not want arguments here, including telling people to "get over it", "its just people over the internet" "stop taking offense" or any of those types of posts. Post any suggestions below and I will add to this.

First the basic and simple chat rules for both server and forums:

• No cussing, swearing, cursing, bad language etc, remembering: Just because it is censored does not make it okay to swear. Keep the language clean. On the forums, If you are afraid that something you posted has some mature language, use spoilers. Check the forum rules for more information on this: Forum Rules | Skyblock Forums
• Do not mention sexual terms: similar to above, sexual content and language is NOT appropriate for the younger audience. This included use of terms for sexual organs and parts, the act of sexual intercourse or any related slang words.
• No racism: in the context of the server, this means that we do not discriminate, harass, and be intolerant of other peoples' races by the words we use and things we say. So racial slurs and slang are not tolerated. Even if we believe it won't cause offence to say a certain term, we have to act as if it will.
• No name calling, bullying and threats: there will be zero tolerance towards people trying to bully others. Do not ever name call and label, bully or harass or threaten other players in public or private message. This may be the internet, and you may be saying its stupid to let their threats get to you, but it happens. There is not "get over it", words, even written can hurt.
• Do not fight publicly: There are friendly debates, and then there are arguments that can turn very ugly, quite quickly. Do not fight in public. No one needs to see it. Whats more, it's an invitation for other players to get involved. Keep it private, or block/ignore the person you have the grievance with.

There are also quite a number of sensitive topics that should be avoided, especially if you use them in a joking matter.

• Suicide/self harm (and the emo label): Suicide and self harm are serious issues. Joking about it is not on, and neither is using the label "emo" in such a manor. In fact all metal health related issues and disorders are not really topics that need to be discussed unless in a supportive way.
• Rape: I will tell you that this topic makes me very uncomfortable for reasons I have stated elsewhere. Rape is never funny, and is not a joke. Its not a term you throw around in public chat.
• Race: again we should cut race out of the equation. No need to mention it, no need to comment about it, and just chat like we are all as one race which technically we are.
• culturally sensitive historical events: is it necessary to talk about these things? no. If you want a history lesson consult your history teacher or our good friend wikipedia
• Death: Be a little sensitive to those who are grieving. I know we use the word "die" a lot, just don't joke about death.
• Religion: Big one this is. We respect peoples beliefs, but what we do not to is mention religion and its teaching in public chat. Never, ever ridicule or make fun of religious groups either.

I'm sure there are so many other topics that make people uncomfortable. Controversial and sensitive topics are best left in private and not on the forums or the server.

On thing I will say. Mods are not immune to this. If a mod starts to talk about topics that provoke flaming, or makes you uncomfortable, feel free to report it. Mods do get warned about their behaviour much like players would.
Also remember: the aim in reporting mods is not to get them demoted, so if you think that will happen because you report them, you would be wrong.

It is unrealistic to think we can make people happy and comfortable all the time, but we can try to eliminate the causes of upset by the things we say.

tl;dr?
Keep chat clean, avoid the sensitive topics, and have fun
~krissy

 

Edited to include more info

 

Ah this isnt for pinning, i would have made it shorter otherwise :3

 

Its not getting pinned

 

1. Its not for pinning, nor is anything I write for the purpose of being pinned. Pinned posts must be completely relevant to whats happening and this is a general guide.
2. I tell people one message of the same every 15-20 seconds
3. My mum told us, we swear, shes bringing out the hottest chilli

 

Giving this a bump :3

 

/suicide is a command
So is /kill
But none of us players have them. But I'm talking like actually making fun and joking about it excessively. There was one person recently who was re-enacting the act and saying they would jump... As a joke. It was excessive.
And anything related to sexual abuse is not really acceptable and has no place in server chat

 

Point is, due to younger people on the server, we don't want to influence them to use racist terms. People can say it to each other in private if they want, but not for public eyes.