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[bobturkee]

Welcome to BOBTURKEE.COM. This is a forum for creative writing and collaborative fiction. While many of these stories may have settings or elements grounded in the real world they are only fiction. This website has been in operation for nearly ten years and has seen many versions, terrific works of fiction, and hundreds of thousands of visitors. I would like to invite you to join our community and embrace ficition as many of the talented writers at this website have. Please be sure to read the rules below before posting and most importantly have fun!

OLD FORUM NOTE: Half way through 2007 the format for the forums changed and as a result they were reconstituted. The previous forums may be viewed at: http://www.bobturkee.com/Old/forums/. They are currently locked from posting, but are available as an archive of some really great work.

RULES: These rules may be updated and changed at any time. It is your responsibility to keep yourself informed of these changes.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: ALL new users need to post at least one post (preferably introducing yourself) after registraition. Anyone not doing this will have their account deleted. This prevents excessive registraition by bots, hackers, etc.

(1) Writers must maintain the theme and timeline of The FORUMS. The easiest way to do this is to read along for several days or weeks before making your initial post.

(2) Do not ‘kill’ another writer’s character(s), nor place them in any situation they do wish to be involved. This includes forcing anyone elses characters into a situation that is radically advancing the story for someones character without their explicit permission. Email an author and ask before joining his/her storyline. Do not intrude without permission.

(3) Do not begin a new THREAD while you still have one active covering the same material. Multiple THREADs concerning the same characters tend to clutter up the board and make for confusing reading. You can simply REPLY to your first post and THREAD or serialize your story.

(4) Include a valid email address when you register. The Moderation Team and fellow writers need to communicate with you.

(5) Remain within the parameters of the genre, Romero Universe, or other created content.

(6) Avatars: You may use avatar images that are remotely hosted. Your avatar may not contain nudity and must be no wider than 100 pixels or it may be deleted.

(7) Signitures: Your signiture may be up to 500 characters. You may not include images in your signiture or grossly promote a list of websites.

(8) Stop by the Announcements and General Chatter forum and introduce yourself.

(9) Keep all out of character comments (OCC) and discussion in the Planning Boards section. No one wants their stories cluttered with random comments.

(10) If you loose your password or can't get it to work e-mail me from the registered address and I will reset it for you. You can also choose to do this yourself. Only valid e-mail addresses associated with the username will be authorized.

(11) Wait for others to post, dont get be in a hurry to advance the story, let others get involved. Personal reflection or individual story development is fine, but if your writing with others wait for them.

(12) Take others advice and criticism for what it is. Dont freak out, get upset, stop posting, or see it as an insult of your creative abilities. Keep it personable.

(13) Stories involving gratuitus sexual relations or the detailed sexual exploitiation of children or animals will be immediatly deleted and the author warned. After three warnings authors IP addresses will be banned from posting. Please report anything suspect to the moderation staff to help keep our community clean of inappropriate material.

(14) Graphic descriptions of detailed sexual behavior and rape beyond a R movie rating should be avoided. Stories and posts violating this rule may be deleted or edited and authors warned. After three warnings authors IP addresses will be banned from posting. Please report these to the moderation staff to help keep our community clean of inappropriate material.

(15) Stories glorifying school shootings are not allowed on this website. In other words no Columbine style stories. We have enough violence in our stories we don't need any mirrors to real life tragedies such as school shootings. This is not a website for teen angst it is a community of responsible, mature writers.

(16) Be sure to read these rules and ask myself or the Moderation team if you have any questions.