Community Guidelines

Here you'll find a set of guidelines (think of them as a cheat sheet) to ensure the goals of the community are kept in mind at all times.

These guidelines are an abbreviated version of the user agreement you'd have agreed to when you signed up. They've been created to help protect community members (you) and the provider of the service (Curtin University). Just to let you know, the following is a list of penalties we'll use if you mess with us... (cue maniacal laughter) BWAHAHAHAHA!

1. Warning (via private message)
2. Suspension (1 week)
3. Permanent suspension

Play fair at all times, respect the community, its readers and yourself at all times. Read on…

Inappropriate comments or activities (...they said WHAT?!)

Any contribution, comment, post, chat or uploaded content must be appropriate to the aims, spirit and goals of StudentBox. Continual misuse may lead to members being permanently suspended or in extreme cases, reported to the authorities.

Action taken: First offence - inappropriate content removed and official warning given. Second offence - suspension (1 week). Third offence - permanent suspension.

Criticism of people, your school or university (…what comes around goes around)

This community encourages the positive contribution of content, and any direct criticism of other users, other people outside of the community, organisations, services and especially schools and universities is not acceptable and is not in the spirit of the community. Criticisms will result in the offending content being removed and the member responsible being warned, posting privileges revoked, or permanently suspended if the criticism persists.

Action taken: First offence - inappropriate content removed and official warning given. Second offence - suspension (1 week). Third offence - permanent suspension.

Abusive behaviour (…save it for the field)

Abusive behaviour including abusive language, swearing, threats, stalking, teasing, or any offensive comments made on the grounds of race, sex, religion or personal circumstance will result in the offending content being removed and the publishing member permanently suspended. Extreme cases may be reported to authorities.

Action taken: First offence - inappropriate content removed and official warning given. Second offence - suspension (1 week). Third offence - permanent suspension.

Deliberate misuse of the community (…no starting cults)

Use of the community outside of the intention, nature and spirit of the stated scope will not be tolerated. This includes but is not limited to – for commercial business or personal gain; to promote products; to state a personal agenda or belief; to mislead users; to cause disruption or damage to a person or organisation; to phish; to defraud; to meet or make contact with personal members inappropriately; to defame individuals.

Action taken: First offence - inappropriate content removed and official warning given. Second offence - suspension (1 week). Third offence - permanent suspension.

Inappropriate contact or conversations (…keep a lid on it)

Use of the community to seek out or meet other users for reasons other than to discuss, exchange information about, create groups and networks relating to, or share experiences of aiming for university is strictly forbidden. Evidence of dating, stalking or grooming will be removed immediately, and acted on accordingly.

Action taken: First offence - inappropriate content removed and official warning given. Second offence - suspension (1 week).

Copyright material (…this is a biggy!)

Photographs, video and audio content that is copyright cannot be posted directly within the community. Links to content on other sites such as Myspace, Youtube and Flickr can be posted but the files themselves cannot be uploaded or stored on this community. Material breaching copyright restrictions will be removed. Continual posting of copyright material will result in permanent suspension.

Action taken: First offence - inappropriate content removed and official warning given. Second offence - suspension (1 week). Third offence - permanent suspension.

If you have any suggestions, want to report an issue, or just tell us how great we are please contact admin@studentbox.com.au