de Corbin
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Please Read These Rules BEFORE Posting!
Honestly, I’d really like to just write a single rule like:
1. Don’t be a jerk.
But, Alas!, I’ve run into enough jerks in my life to recognize the fact that jerks don’t know what it means to be a jerk, which is, I think, why they are jerks - something is missing in their brain.
So it seems that some clarification is in order. I do want to keep this to a minimum though. I’ll regretfully add more if the need arises.
So - here are the rules. I’ll give them, and explain the theory behind each. If you don’t like them, that’s fine, but please remember that you are a visitor in my house here - an honored visitor, true, but still a visitor - and the host makes the rules. If the visitor doesn’t like them, the visitor is welcome to visit somewhere else.
THE RULES
1. Don’t be a jerk.
I would like this to be a place where people with artistic natures can feel comfortable showing and talking about the things they make. COMPLIMENTS are extremely useful for encouraging people with sensitive natures to continue developing their skills. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM is incredibly useful for helping serious artists and craftspersons push their work to the next level.
WHAT IS NEVER USEFUL is ripping into somebody and trying to make them feel worthless, incompetent, clumsy, and artless. This is the kind of thing a pathetic looser does in order to make him/herself feel superior.
Nobody ever really falls for this, by the way. Whenever an intelligent reader sees somebody engaging in this kind of activity, he/she knows who the real turnip is. Unfortunately, the person who was attacked still feels bad.
Don’t show yourself to be a jerk in public, if you can possibly restrain yourself. I don’t care how talented you are as an artist, it will get you banned.
ADVICE AND ETIQUETTE LESSON: Please notice that there is a section called “The Harpy’s Lair” where people can submit their work for serious critiquing. The general “Show and Tell” section is not for hard critiques. People who post in “The Harpy’s Lair” expect a good, hard evaluation and are prepared for it. People who post in the “Show and Tell” section expect a much softer reception. That doesn’t mean you can’t write “Have you tried a crow quill on hot pressed illustration board? It will give you the kind of fluidity of line that would go so well with your style.” But don’t expose every flaw your eye detects.
That belongs in “The Harpy’s Lair”
This DOES NOT give you a license to be rude or abusive.
It DOES give you a license to be picky.
When critiquing a work, be well mannered. Gear your critique to the level of the work - a person who has just made their first hemp bracelet (of which he/she is very proud) should not be critiqued in the same way that a master goldsmith is critiqued.
Encourage, don’t discourage. Despite your many bad experiences, please remember that criticism should not be only about finding fault. More correctly, a critique evaluates both what is good in a work, and where improvements can be made in a work. Remember to compliment what is good, as well as point out where improvements can be made.
If you are looking at a work, and you know of a trick or tip that could help the artisan in an area where he/she is having trouble, take the time to explain it. If it is a quick tip, do it right in your evaluation. If it needs some lengthy explanation, it would be very, very, nice of you to write it up and post it in the “Tips and Techniques” section, and direct the artisan there.
2. Don’t be abusive.
I shouldn’t have to say this, but I’ve been on enough forums to know that I do.
Any derogatory reference to a person’s life style choices, gender, race, beliefs, etc. are strictly forbidden.
Any derogatory references to these things in general (i.e.: not directed at a specific person) are strictly forbidden.
What you believe about these things is your own business. What you express in my house is mine. If you don’t like my house rules, build your own house, and call it “The Bigoted and Obnoxious Artist’s Forum” or something similar so you will attract like minded individuals.
3. No cursing.
Corbin only curses when he thumps his thumb with a hammer, hard. I believe that curses should be used sparingly, and only when the occasion warrants it. When they are used too often they loose their potency and become all flabby and weak.
Also, uttering one of the twenty-five or so standard English curse words or curse word combinations is so totally artless and uninteresting that I can’t picture a serious creative artist wasting his/her time typing them. If you really must curse, take a lesson from Shakespeare, and do it with a flair.
To help you out a bit with this, here’s a link to a Shakespearian Insult Generator. Try using it, thou mammering beef-witted whey-face!
http://www.web-l.com/insult/
4. No Pornography.
Runboard, which hosts this board, has strict rules against displaying anything specifically intended to arouse sexual interest. And I don’t want that stuff here either. I’d like this place to be as family friendly as possible.
On the other hand, if you’ve sat through as many college figure drawing classes as I have, you know that looking at naked people and drawing, painting, and sculpting them is no big shakes for an artist. Nudity is now and has always been a part of art.
This means that I want to allow some things, but not others, and the dividing line is going to be somewhat arbitrary and subjective. However, once again, it’s my house, and I am responsible for what happens here, so I have the absolute, irrevocable, non-debatable, fascist-like right to determine what can and can not be shown.
Here are my guide lines:
A: In photographs and photo-based digital media - NO acts of intercourse, NO gratuitous erotic poses, NO clearly visible naughty bits (if it would be covered by a fairly standard bikini or men’s jockey shorts, then cover it).
B: In all other artworks - NO acts of intercourse, NO gratuitous erotic poses. Naughty bits are permitted, as long as they are not the main item of interest.
In cases where you are unsure where a particular work falls, please email me a copy and I will happily look at it, save a private copy, and (more to the point) provide you with a judge’s ruling.
Remember - think family friendly, but friendly for a reasonably easy going family.
5. Nothing disgusting.
If your thing is shock art, you should really go somewhere else.
I don’t want to look at pictures of severed genitals, eviscerated animals, fantasy scenes of graphic torture and bondage, or other things that make me want to puke.
I understand that these kinds of things are a part of art controversy, and controversy in art is a good thing, but not that controversy here. The standard skull with a snake coming out of the eye socket is fine, but, I mean really...
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11/28/2008, 10:31 am
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Pastor Rick
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Re: Please Read These Rules BEFORE Posting!
Hi and welcome to the Runboard Community 
The following guidelines are what the Runboard Staff uses as a guideline to keep us out of trouble with the authorities around the world (as it pertains to what is and what isn't allowed with the human form).
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Not allowed:
1. No male or female genitalia is to be shown in any form, regardless of whether it's in a public or private forum.
2. No showing any image or group image that involves sexual intercourse or infers sexual intercourse with the intent to arouse or not.
3. All allowed nude photos must be in a private forum to restrict any access by those not interested or minors.
4. No full frontal nudity photos allowed for avatars, signatures or links.
5. No porn (as defined here) or links to porn, whether virtual or real, in a post, avatar, signature or link.
6. No picture may be posted in public or private which promotes or suggests in any way either actual or virtual child pornography.
Allowed:
Breasts and buttocks are allowed in the private forums only, as this goes along with the golden rule. If you can see it at a public beach, it's legal in private forums.
For board owners and administrators:
If it's not allowed in a public forum, then it's not allowed to be visible in any of your board customizations which can be seen when logged out of Runboard. If you're not sure, then log out of your account and look at your board while logged out. Also, if you have any smilies which depict nudity, the whole board must be set for private, members-only viewing, to restrict access from minors.
Runboard users and board admins are all responsible for the content which they have control over. This means that everyone is responsible for his or her own posts, and board staff are responsible for making sure the content on their boards complies with the TOS. It has always been this way, but at least now it should be easier for you to decide whether something is or isn't allowed, while also giving Runboard Staff a clearer set of rules on which to base our decisions.
This is not the 100% official policy at this time since the Runboard owner has not endorsed it yet but it is the guidelines we at the Runboard staff are using currently when making our decisions.
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de Corbin
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Re: Please Read These Rules BEFORE Posting!
Thank you, Pastor Rick, for visiting and for clarifying that.
The runboard rules are stricter than the rules I worte, and so we will abide by them.
There are no private sections on this board, so no nudie photos at all.
No genitallia in any art - drawing, sculpture, whatever.
And keep breasts and buttocks to yourself.
I realize that this limits the scope of art somewhat, but I'm hopeful that everybody will understand.
Last edited by de Corbin, 11/28/2008, 12:00 pm
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You are most welcome de Corbin,
I just happened on your board while doing my rounds and figured I would share our current "working guidelines." It looks like you are to a fine start and I wish you well
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