Vision
Our aim with VGJournal is to provide a all-in-one platform for all the gaming of every kind of gamer; one that is neutral and independent, as well as foster a wholesome, helpful community free of toxicity and trolling where anyone can feel welcome to participate.
While we still have a long way to go, we hope that, with the support of the community, we'll get closer to our goal with each new day.
To try to ensure that the community grows in a healthy way, we have created the following rules and tips:
Rules
These rules are site-wide and must be respected by every single user in the website,
including staff members.
Failure to comply will result in punishment and a thorough ass-kicking.
- Be nice
- Don't be an asshole
- No illegal content, no real world gore or violence
- All spoilers should be marked or omitted, regardless of age or type of media
- No promotion of self or others unless authorized or explicitly allowed
- No intentional spreading of any kind of misinformation
- Do not add bad information the database (false, humorous, nonsensical or degrading content, hoaxes, etc)
- Do not feed trolls (i.e., don't engage users violating the rules)
- Content generated by AI is strictly forbidden, except in personal pages.
Etiquette
We're aiming to build a nice, wholesome community here, so please follow these tips to ensure maximum wholesomeness (they'll also help you follow rules 1 and 2 better):
Punishment
Users that purposefully and repeatedly disrespect the rules will be punished with 3 possible levels of punishment:
- Warnings are just notifications that the user has done something wrong - it does not carry any penalty. Warnings have a numeric value indicating how grave of a violation it was (a higher number meaning a more severe violation). The numbers are subjective according to the staff member and only serve as reference to how much trouble a use is perceived to be causing, and do not trigger any kind of automatic punishment.
- A Suspension is applied to an user if their behavior does not improve after multiple warnings, or commits a sufficiently grave infraction. A suspended user is effectively invisible to the rest of the community, and can't edit website contents, write reviews, have their profile seen by others, etc. They can still use some website features, like the wishlist, the gamelist and write to their journal. A suspension will expire after a set amount of time, chosen by the staff member according to how severe the violation was. If a user is suspended multiple times, each one will last longer than the last.
- Bans are applied to users who commit the gravest infractions. Banned users will have their information and files erased (such as wishlist, game list, etc) and will no longer be able to login. If a banned user has an active subscription, it will be immediatelly cancelled - no refunds will be issued. Bans are a last-resort measure against users who grossly violate the rules and hopefully be used a very limited amount of times. Bans are irreversible and can only be applied by admin-level staff members.
Although all rules are important, intentionally violating Rule 07 will result in an immediate ban.