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This is a topic that contains announcements and rules that pertain to the forums. Please don’t link this post to new users, it’s not necessary. If you have any questions or concerns regarding what’s posted here, you can contact the mod team here.

These rules and announcements are no longer maintained by @Blackhole927. Instead, the current staff team manages them.

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Announcements!

Decisions made earlier have been reverted for now as they have been met with controversy, and might be enforced again

Official Rules ⇩

https://forum.creative.gimkit.com/t/gimkit-creative-forum-rules/54/1

Additional Rules

  1. No sharing emails, Padlets, Google Docs, Canvas, link shorteners, self-hosted forums, or any other off-forum communication method besides the official Discord and WIX, anywhere. This includes bios.
  1. Refrain from typing a reply that does not correlate to the first post nor building Gimkit Creative. Off-topic posts and spam posts will be subject to moderation and include, but are not limited to:

a. Compliments or acknowledgments with no content. Use the :heart: button instead.

b. Welcome posts. Only do these if you are going to add content to the post.

c. Dropdown chains, and hidden chats.

d. Hard to read (small) text.

e. Fake “post deleted by author” posts like (post eaten by author)

f. Necroposting. Any necroposts will lead to your post being split into a new topic if you are new to the forums and your reply looks as if it could be a new topic, but will otherwise be hidden and the topic will be closed if OP is inactive.

  1. Bumping has been blocked entirely now. Any attempt to bump posts will cause the post you create to be blocked, any attempt to bypass this can be subject to moderation.
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    There is only an exception for trust level four, they may use the bum

    p timer, as they do it have to create a post that could encourage off-topicness, include off-topic content, or is entirely off-topic.

  1. Before posting in a research topic, read the first post comprehensively, and make sure your post contributes to the topics.

  2. Using AI to write replies, guides, and topics for you is strictly prohibited. This includes help replies. Scan AI using zerogpt or any other AI generator if you suspect it is AI generated, then flag it.

  3. Please do not speak languages other than English on the forum. Reasoning: [1]

  4. Bios can contain off topic content, but cannot break any other rules or be used to write inappropriate messages.

  5. No pinging users for ideas topics either, just like art requests. For many it’s just plain annoying when they’re probably looking for those kinds of topics in the first place.

  6. Do not make minimodding posts. Minimodding is the action of telling others what not to do / what to do.

  1. Marking youself as a solution is allowed when:
    a. nobody else has solved the problem
    b. your solution is actually a solution and not off-topic
    Otherwise , it is not allowed when:
    c. Someone else solved your issue.
    d. Replies that have nothing to do with the question
    e. Solution grinding

Additional Rules for Art Requests

  1. NO showcasing past art in requests. We don’t want to discourage others. Keep those in bios.

  2. The following is considered spam in art request topics, and is not allowed:
    a. Posting updates on your thumbnail. Please limit it to the final result.
    b. Saying “I’m going to do this.”, “I might do this.” or something else of the like, and adding nothing else.

  3. Don’t waste thumbnailists time if you aren’t going to plan on publishing the map anytime soon. It doesn’t feel good to make a cool thumbnail just to have the map be scrapped or not finished.
    a. The same goes for the thumbnailists— if you see that they might not finish the game, think about if you want to continue making the thumbnail.

  4. Please do not ask for custom gims if you are making a thumbnail. The original poster is allowed to request a custom gim or allow you to use one of your own.

  5. Do not ping thumbnail artists. Reasoning: [2]

  6. Thumbnail and idea polls are prohibited. refrain from creating them.

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  1. Because only a minority of people here do not speak English, it’s on them to use a translator. It’s not fair, but we also don’t have the capability to learn every language someone wants to speak so it can be moderated. Once someone is informed of this rule, that’s their issue. Continuing to speak their language will result in punishment. ↩︎

  2. This rule is in place because team Gimkit said before not to ping thumbnail artists. ↩︎

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**** These rules are no longer set in stone. These are only considered ideas, please read the official rules. Rules of Gimkit staff post are official rules

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If you would like my thoughts, they are below. I only understood the change to this topic after I read the replies in the personal message, which everyone else on the forum doesn’t have access to.

Personally, I felt boxed in a little by all the rules. Some are fine and very reasonable… others not so much. I know the intention was good, but it came off as harsher or rigid.

I notice that a majority of what we do is based on the decision of “does team gimkit approve,” which isn’t necessarily a bad thing; it’s just that it can get excessive at times. You are a moderator twofoursixeight. You have the authority to decide if a rule is enforced. This comes with trust, of which you do hold.

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