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General Rules

Below is a list of general site rules. This is a forum where older and younger fans can share their love of this hobby. Just because you don't see a specific rule here doesn't mean it's okay to post. Most boil down to common sense. If you have a question, ask a staff member. Some forums also have their own specific rules to assist in the smooth running of those sections.

1. No Insults, Trolling, Flaming, Name Calling, Harassing, Etc.
We will not tolerate insults, excessive profanity or throwing a topic off course. Use of racial, bigoted, sexist, or discriminatory terms or phrases is not accepted. Posts intended solely to antagonize others are not accepted. Keep topics/posts where they belong. Generally, “play nice”.

2. No Gore, Porn, or Sexual Content
No images, descriptions, or links to graphic or pornographic content, including any form of nudity, nude cartoons (hentai), suggestive imagery, or images deemed gross or disgusting. No sexual content, including discussion of sex acts (implied or otherwise), posts about genitalia, or any sexual fan-fiction / slash fiction. The public boards are intended to be suitable for all ages, and anything that could offend members of the community will be reviewed on a per case basis by the site staff.

3. No Politics, Religion or Abortion
This includes signatures, user titles and avatars. Political jokes and links to news stories with a political nature are off limits. Logos, icons, symbols, and any other type of visual representation that can spur socio-political arguments are off limits.

3.a No Direct Covid-19 Discussion
Discussing the event directly - it's origins, it's current state, what organizations and governments are doing - is disallowed here. Casual reference to it in the course of normal hobby discussion is OK. AKA - factory delays, retailer issues, event cancellations.

4. No Illegal / Bootlegged Materials
Do not sell, share, link to, offer or ask for copyrighted materials. This includes movies, music, games, roms, comics, programs, etc.

5. No Alternate ID's - One Account per Individual
We operate a one account - one person policy. Creating an alternate ID will result in both the original account and the alternate ID being permanently banned immediately. Sharing accounts among a group of people is also forbidden. If your sibling / roommate / spouse wishes to post on the boards, they must make their own account and contact us to avoid alternate ID bannings.

6. Do Not Post Things For Banned Members / Report known member alternate IDs
This includes artwork, customs, sales or requests. Once they are banned, they are done with this forum. If it is discovered that you know of another member's alternate identity and do not report it, or discover it and try to "hide" it from moderators, you will receive an automatic temporary ban from the site. Banned members are gone for a reason, assisting them in getting back on the site/boards makes you just as guilty.

7. No Public Discussion On Staff Actions
Do not mouth off or publicly question staff decisions. If you have a problem, comment or question, contact a member of the HissTank Staff.

7.a No Public Questioning of Front Page News Choices
The HissTank Staff takes careful consideration in what gets posted to the front page and when. Please do not question why a story did or did not go up in public discussion threads. If you have a concern with a front page story, please PM an Admin directly. This includes topics related to leaks.

8. No Website Advertising or Personal Ads
Any posts or threads solely to promote a website or store, G.I. Joe related or not, will be removed. This includes making posts with the intended purpose of promoting your own web endeavors such as review sites. You may place a link in your signature. The more you contribute to threads, the more exposure your site will get. If you wish to share your reviews, please post the entire content in the review here (text, video, pics, etc) for the community to interact with. Links to the source can then be placed at the end of the content. Personal ads looking for roommates, dates or “vote for me in this contest” will also be removed. This includes social channels, groups, chats, servers, youtube channels etc.

8.a Exceptions
If a member has a personal website, curates a niche topic related to G.I. Joe or collecting, is generally regarded as well versed in that field, and does not have similar site elements to HissTank (community discussion, daily news, etc), the staff reserves the right to allow a single thread documenting updates to the site and discussion of it's posted content. This will be done on a limited, case by case basis.

9. Do Not Steal Bandwidth
Hotlinking to an image on another site could result in your image being replaced by a nasty or pornographic image. Use a photo hosting website.

10. Keep Off-Site Drama Off This Site
If you had a disagreement or falling out with someone on another site or in real life, if you had a deal go sour on another website or whatever. If it happened elsewhere then don't bring it here. Leave your grievances at the door.

11. Do Not Post Private Conversations
This includes PM's, IM's and emails.

12. No Spam
We do not allow spamming in our general forums. Spam is relegated to the Fuzzy World Forum. The Fuzzy World is a perk for TFW2005 Supporters.

13. No Disruptive Posting or Flamebaiting
Do not purposely post anything which will cause another member (or members) to react negatively. This is subjective. The HissTank staff will evaluate the trend of posts made by those consistently being reported or those that are repeatedly involved with arguments on the site. If their overall method or content of posting leads to staff attention repeatedly, we reserve the right to warn, infract and/or ban accordingly.

Warnings and Infractions

If you break one of the above rules you may receive a Warning or Infraction. A Warning is generally given for a minor first offense. A warning is an official reminder to follow the rules. After a Warning, or for a more severe offense you will receive an Infraction.

3 Infractions = A Temporary One Week Ban
5 Infractions = A Permanent Ban

If you do not agree with a warning or infraction, you should first address the issue with the moderator who issued the warning / infraction. If you are still not happy, the chain of command goes moderator - super moderator - admin. If you are rude when complaining about a warning or infraction, do not expect our position to change.

Overall Community Flow and the Rules

If your presence on the forums causes a disturbance in the normal daily flow for members or staff, the Admins have the right to enact an immediate permanent ban with no warning.

This could include:
• Being repeatedly reported for posts/threads/visitor messages/pms
• Need for intervention in buy/sell/trade interaction between board members
• Need for intervention in buy/sell/trade feedback threads
• Posts triggering public or private arguments
• Presence triggering strife among members or staff due to actions outside this forum.

If these or any other unwanted actions happen, regardless of the quantity, duration, or spacing of events over time, Admins may immediately and permanently enact a ban if they feel it will benefit the community as a whole.


Signatures & Avatars (updated 7/30/20)

You are allow a single image in your signature. Your signature may not exceed 500 pixels in width or 300 pixels in height. Your signature image may not exceed 100kb in file size. If you have a signature image, you are allowed two lines of normal sized text under it. You are required to host the image yourself or on a photo hosting website. If you break these guidelines, your signature will be removed.

Avatars may not exceed 100kb in file size.

Here is a reference:



Do NOT steal bandwidth from other sites.
Make sure the picture you use is one you host yourself, or that somebody else has uploaded for you.


Although that seems like a lot of rules, most of them boil down to one simple sentence:
Think before you post.

Thanks for reading, guys.

Sincerely,
HissTank Staff

[C.I.A.D.]

To all Custom Castors -

It is with great regret that I must inform you that the direct promotion of sale of custom cast pieces is prohibited, effective immediately.

Please note: You will still be able to link back to your store/site/etc through your Signature as you always have been able to. You will not, however, be able to start a thread promoting the sale of your custom cast items. This rule also extends to the completion of monetary exchanges here on hisstank. All sales for cast pieces should be completed outside of the forum. Buyers should not actively seek to purchase custom casts on Hisstank, nor should Sellers actively try to sell. Again, you as a seller will still have the ability to post up a link in your sig to your site.

There are many of you that are going to be negatively impacted by this new rule; both buyer & seller alike. That said, we want to ensure that everyone's experience here is free of the kind of drama that can occur.

This does not impact trading, asking for advice on what parts to cast next, or anything along those lines.

Should you have any questions and/or concerns, please feel free to contact any of the Staff Team.

Thanks!

[Xerofall]

Friendly reminder:

1. No trolling, flaming or Racial Insensitivity.
Any form of personal insult is a no-no. As a basic rule of thumb: if you think that what you are about to post is insulting, don't post it. No posting with the intent of starting "Drama". If you feel the need to start trouble, go elsewhere.

Let's break this down:

Any form of personal insult is a no-no. We have enough bullshit in our lives without having to take it out on our fellow Tankers. We will not stand for it. If I see it, I'll edit/remove or close any thread that contains it.

As a basic rule of thumb: if you think that what you are about to post is insulting, don't post it. Simple. Hit the back button. Peruse the customs forums. Go outside. Read a comic. Just don't spew it on the forums.

No posting with the intent of starting "Drama". If you feel the need to start trouble, go elsewhere. Again, seems simple. This is a GI Joe website dedicated to GI Joe and related product. We understand it's frustrating that there's no product right now, or that the product that is available is either garbage comics or expensive exclusive figures. That's just the way it is. Do we like it? No. But the staff has a job to do and that's to enforce the basic rules.


4. No Political Discussion at all.
No Jokes, no flash animations, no political signatures, nothing.

That being said, I tried several times to allow a little discussion because the very nature of the discussion was political and I wanted you all to be able to openly discuss. However it's been proven time and time again that there's a reason for rule #4. We have people that cannot adhere to it and cannot act like adults. I take full responsibility for allowing as much as was posted.

No more. Rule 4 is back and in full swing. You want political talk, go to Fox News' forums and have at it. But it's not going to happen here at Hisstank anymore.

I realize this is going to rub a lot of you the wrong way. I get PM after PM about closing threads, editing comments and I'm sorry... but I have a job to do here.