all those wonderful r u l e s and regulations !

this is where you all can read over the rules of the site whenever you need to for whatever reason and we must ask that you all follow the rules to the best of your abilities, as we know that if you are able to join a site, than you are able to at least abide by its rules if nothing else. thank you very much and here we go.

* rule number one ,
we ask that you always show respect to anyone and everyone that you meet here on the site; administrators, staffers, and members alike. you may not like everyone that you talk to or meet...but that doesn't mean that you have to act like a five year old about it and start up loads of drama--which we despise, by the way--either, now does it? we don't want any fights being had here on the site and we are not afraid of banning members who instigate trouble amongst the population because trust me, drama-starting is not something that any of us appreciate as a trait in any of the people we meet, unless we're talking drama club . <3

* rule number two ,
activity is an absolute must here at SALEM, people! we will not hesitate to take away canons if they are not active for two full weeks of time with no plausible excuse so that someone more active may take on the role and those who are not canon will lose pb claims first when inactive for two weeks with no notice and then their accounts will be deleted after a month has gone by. with excuses given to the admins, of course, you will be given a more ample amount of time to return, though we cannot hold your positions forever. you may, of course, reapply for characters or pbs if they are not taken when you return, as we always believe in second chances and sometimes things just happen that we can't control .

* rule number three ,
stealing any content whatsoever from SALEM is not only beyond disrepectful, both to the administrators and the members who have worked so hard on all that is displayed here, but its also a rather lowly thing to do... we ask that you not deliberately steal anything from this site, and only use things if you are given administrative consent from all three admins to use something on the site that you have requested the use of through private message. otherwise, it is highly frowned upon and rude to take that which is not your's without asking first, and we will handle the situation accordingly .

* rule number four ,
we realize that some people may not exactly be accustomed to role playing sites such as this one; we've all been there before...and because of this, we will have a minumun requirement for post lengths, but it will only be two paragraphs of at least four sentences each. this, of course, is only the minumum requirement and over that amount is completely acceptable as well as highly appreciated. we would also like for you to know that role plays here at SALEM will be conducted in the third person, rather than the first person.
for example ::

• 'I saw that it was time to head to class and start the lesson for the day, so I headed out to the classrooms building.' this will not be accepted here.
  
• 'Abigail saw that it was time to head to class and start the lesson for the day, so she headed out to the classrooms building.' this is the correct way to role play here.

* rule number five ,
here at SALEM, we will be allowing only certain types of adult content, and it will not be allowed to go to the extremes. according to the proboards terms of service, websites are not meant to promote the use of illegal drugs or alcohol, and are also not meant to promote sexual activity. will we allow some innocent things like kissing and perhaps even a slight mention of something happening? sure. but actually writing out a wild and crazy sex scene like we're all trying to be the next nora roberts or something is not acceptable, people. i have personally seen a site be taken down by proboards for allowing such mature material and i don't want to see that happen to SALEM, ever, capiche? also, smoking cigarettes will be allowed here, but students may not smoke on campus, as this is illegal in the united states--only in town or at home on breaks, everyone...and it would be appreciated if teachers didn't either, though it is allowed i suppose... language also needs to be kept to a minimum, don't go on cursing sprees, and i would like for the terms 'F' and 'GD' to remain entirely out of our vocabulary here, nuff said .

* rule number six ,
make sure whenever you are creating a character here at SALEM that you remember that no mary sues or gary stues will be allowed, meaning that your character must have flaws! your character can not possibly have a perfect boyfriend, personality, school record, personal record, and be talented at everything...certainly not! so please take this into account while writing your applications. also, thanks to our wonderful outline created by MS. J.K. ROWLING herself, no characters will be admitted onto this site if they are under the age of eleven or over the age of twenty, unless they are part of the school faculty .

* rule number seven ,
please remember to be as cautious and aware of your spelling and grammar usage in your role plays as you possibly can. we realize that it is only natural for people to make mistakes in this area at times and that some people here may not speak english as their first language, but there is a spell check button for your use and we would like to encourage the use of it whenever possible. it really is a nifty little thing, and it can be incredibly frustrating to some to be role playing with someone and not understand much of what they are saying because of all of the spelling and grammatical mistakes that they have made .

* rule number eight ,
finally, one should read and respect the aformentioned terms of service rules of proboards.com at all times and should follow them closely along with the rules of this site because they are both very important to the makeup of SALEM in all of its entirety. also, please be aware of the threads that WENDY, CICI, and SYDNEY post in the boards and sub-boards; what we post there also includes rules for those specific boards and so they are just as important to follow as these .

thank you all very much for your time and we hope that you will enjoy your time role playing here at