Since AA is all about anime, I thought that a Dojo Theme might be nice. Since it is also Asian, I thought it would wrok extremly well with what we have.
White Belt:
1-50 posts
Anyone under 50 posts is considered a white belt. They are considered new and know not much of how AA works. They can only purely post, not much else.
Yellow Belt
51-100 Posts
These people proved that they are actually going to stick around AA. That they plan on being true to the site and abide by our rules. They have now earned the ability to PM other users.
Orange Belt
101-250 Posts
These people hgave shown that they do completely wish to stay here. They have now earned the right to edit a post, so long as no one has posted after them.
Green Belt
251-500 Posts
They have the right to now tell someone what they are doing wrong when they see fit to do so. They know the basics of the site and know what is expected of them.
Blue Belt
501-1000 Posts
These people have the right, if they so choose to do so, adopt a White Belt.
Purple Belt
1001-2050 Posts
You people have shown that you have earned the right to get a more space in your siggy.
Red Belt
2051-5000 Posts
Now that you are red belt, we expect the smae type of behaviour we expect from our mods. We expect you guys to carry yourselves with great respect and respcet others.
Black Belt
5001-10 000 Posts
You are the most senior of senior users. Maybe even more senior then some Mods, who knows. We expect nothing but the best from you. We expect that you will help keep peace, alert us of questionable threads and or users. Keep an eye out for those that you feel would be a "problem", but tell a Mod about it. We would rather you not take maters in your own hands.
I suggest, rather then calling them just Mods, call them, "Masters" For that is what they are. They are the masters of AA. they teach, they keep peace and make sure everything is running smoothly. They are our police if you will. So to keep with my dojo like theme, they should be "Master" rather then Mod.
Adopt a White Belt:
This is what I think a great idea. For all those that wish to participate in such things. To help our little novices get used to our forum, I think that a Blue Belt is good enough to help them out. Think of it as a Mentor like you would have in high school or University. They would help them get used to the place and help them allow AA to feel like a tue home to them too.
Punishments:
This is very simple. As you pregress in a normal Tae Kwon Do belt system, there is stripes. These indicate that someone is half way to a belt. If someone is reported, or is caught not following the rules, they will be degraded.
Example:
Blue Belt -> Blue Stripe -> Green Belt -> Green Stripe -> Orange Belt -> Orange Stripe -> Yellow Belt -> Yellow Stripe -> White Belt
Through this, someone could lose there Black Belt in a matter of a few hashly put posts. For White Belts though, they have two chances. If they have a Mentor, and they have not stepped in and laid down the rules and told them what they did, then the Mentor shall be degraded on the third account. If they have a trouble some Adoptee, then other actions might have to be taken.[/quote]
I forgot to add somethings...
When it comes to being degraded down a belt of stripe, you can go back to where you were, or should be after 7 days. The more wrongs you do though, the even more time you must wait...
For the "Adopt a White Belt" once they are Yellow Belt, then they are no longer your responsiblity. Now they are on their own.
Aswell, with Black Belt, you need to have a perfect record for atleast a month. I mean, no down grades for a whole month before you can be a Black Belt as well as meet the proper post specicafations.[/quote]
I think Pixie's system is the best and most efficient. I am not saying that out of biased opinion, she has put quite a bit of thought into hers and has developed some really neat systems for punishment and new policies. I vote for hers. Peace out
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It would work well.
or answering questions.
This is actually taking after the days I've spent on Adultswim.com and it's just grown on me. If I logged back on (after about a year) I'd probably be a SwimLegend with a couple more hours on there and a bit of posts on my account.
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