1) Commenting
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Oklahoma Citizen takes pride and a vibrant and lively discussion on our posts. In order to insure that, we ask all our readers to adhere to the following commenting rules:
a) Keep all comment threads on topic. This includes the main comments of the post and all sub-threads within that post’s comments.
b) Will not post comments that contain spam, malware, Trojans or any other items harmful to the community. Failure to comply with this rule is grounds for an immediate ban.
c) Will not engage in racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-Semitism or other intolerance.
d) Not post comments that are obscene, hateful, threatening or wishing acts of violence against other.
e) Will not engage in “flame-baiting” or trolling.
f) Will opt to ignore users before engaging in any of the above.
g) Keep all discussions civil. Everyone has a right to disagree, but do so respectfully and refrain from name calling.
h) Give proper attribution to all copied content and keep said copied work to a maximum of three paragraphs
i) Will not repost the same content numerous times.
j) Understand that the Oklahoma Citizen staff reserves the right to edit or delete any comment for the purpose of; compliance with the guidelines and/or privacy policy, content and clarity. We also reserve the right to edit content for any reason not stated above.
2) User Accounts
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a) Users are limited to a single account only. Creating multiple accounts are grounds for an immediate ban of all accounts.
b) Usernames must not contain foul language, spam, racist, sexist, homophobic or any other hateful language
c) You are responsible for the security of your account. Only you know the password and our programmers can not even retrieve them. If violations occur on your account because it was hijacked by someone else, then your account will remain banned.
d) You may not change your username. Pick a name you like when you register and make sure you will continue to like that name.
e) Keep a valid email address associated with your account at all times. Oklahoma Citizen will never disclose your email to parties outside of the Oklahoma Citizen staff.
f) Users may upload “avatars” or images associated with their accounts. These images appear on all content associated with you and provide an easy way to identify you as the author. Images may not be pornographic or hateful. Oklahoma Citizen reserves the right to remove any avatar we feel objectionable to the overall vision of Oklahoma Citizen.
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3) WARNINGS
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4) Bans
We reserve the right to ban any user who has violated the guidelines. Bans maybe either permanent or temporary depending on the reason for said ban. Any attempt to circumvent the ban will be grounds for a further action.
5) Termination
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