#depression Channel Guidelines

The rules below apply to everyone on #depression irc.

1. No A/S/L - Although this is a adult channel this room is not a pick up channel so please do not ask other users their a/s/l .
2. Private Messaging (PM) Please Ask before Private Messaging, respect the persons right to say no.
3. No offensive behaviour - No abusive language or actions toward other individuals Although some people don't mind swearing, there may be others who are offended by vulgar language, so please keep it to a minimum. Discrediting remarks and put-downs, including prejudicial language directed at minorities or other groups that suffer discrimination, will not be tolerated under any circumstances. If it is brought to your attention that someone is offended by your remarks, then please refrain from making those remarks..
4. Absolutly no discrimination of any Kind This includes racism, sexism, homophobia, or any other sort of prejudice. If you are found to be discriminating against a particular group of people you shall be kicked immediately.
5. No harassment What goes on in Personal Messages or on other irc channels is technically none of the #depression channels business, if we hear reports of a member of our channel harassing another members of our channel, action will be taken to keep them from being part of #depression channel. Harassment is not acceptable at all and we don't want the sort of people who might do that to be in our channel.
6. No excessive use of CAPITAL letters Using CAPITALS in an excessive manner implies you are yelling and annoys everyone.<
7. No flooding - Extreme word repetition If you want to post something that you have typed up or snippets from another webpage that you would like to post, please DO NOT post many short lines in quick succession.

Additionally do not spam the channel. If you highlight someone to get their attention and they do not respond they will get back to you as soon as they can. You will annoy everyone when you break this rule.

 If you need to show people in the channel a large block of text please use a service such as www.pastebin.com.
8. Please spare us the drama / Questioning Rules and why they are in place If you are warned, kicked, banned, or otherwise seem to be unhappy with the channel, do not bring that problem to the main channel. Criticising the operators in the main channel or bringing issues from other channels to #depression, will result in you being banned. If you have an issue that needs to be addressed, take it up directly with that person in PM.If they choose not to respond you will need to accept that fact and move on.
The rules of the channel are set for a purpose. This is to allow the members of the room to have a pleasant and enjoyable experience. Operators have the right to change the rules with out any notification. Please remember, Operators will take action if you break the rules. Depending on the severity of the of the rule breakage a Warning / Kick / Ban may occur. If you continue to break the rules, you will be permanently banned from the room. This also applies to any past offenders who have been given a second chance to re join the community. Trying to evade Bans by rejoining the channel will not be tolerated and you will be permanently banned.
9. No third party bots Users are not allowed to bring bots into this channel. Both the bot and the user will be banned.
10. Absolutely No promotion of self medication or talk of suicide methods For those who are struggling with drug addiction, chatting about the merits of taking LSD, cannabis, or a range of other substances, can serve as a trigger for cravings and potential misuse. Our experience in the channel is that people trying to overcome addiction do not always reveal that they are struggling in this way, so we have a blanket rule against drug talk in the channel. We ask that you respect others by taking these discussions elsewhere.
11. Language - English only This is an English language channel, and as such only English should be spoken in the channel.
12. Stay out of troll, drug, porn, and illegal channels - In our experience, a large amount of the problematic behaviour on the channel can be resolved by simply blocking entry to our channel when a person is hanging around in suspect or troublesome channels on IRC. There are some channels on IRC that if we notice a person is in, they will be banned. Feel free to send a PM to an operator to chat about this if you like. Ultimately though, it is our call and unfortunately it is a measure we have found necessary to make to make all of our lives easier. Please respect that decision.
13. Abuse of Power - Operators will not use there power to kick / ban people to suit them or other users. If you have a problem with a user, then use the ignore function on your IRC Client. If you should witness a OP abusing their powers. please PM the channel manager ( AC-130H or ^Starry^ ).
Who to contact If you have any concerns/issues, please contact one of the operators.