DR:ANA staff reserves the right to enforce all Site Rules and make decisions based on the offense. Any infractions not listed in the rules will be left up to members of staff as a judgment call and may be added to the rules if issues persist. Staff will make its best effort to address issues within the community in a timely and respectful fashion. Any and all member reports will be fully investigated to determine the extent of the situation and disciplinary action will be taken as necessary. If you do not agree with a disciplinary action that has been taken against you, please PM Tiffamu or any member of staff.
Disciplinary actions may include, but are not limited to:

• Friendly reminders
• Warnings
• Disabling PMs on all accounts
• Temporary ban from the site and character accounts being disabled
• Permanent ban from the site and the discord

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Reporting to Staff

DR:ANA staff strives to maintain a friendly and open environment for all our members. In order to do this, we utilize reports to flag content that is either in violation of our rules or makes a member or group of members uncomfortable. See below to see how we handle reports.
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Content we handle

• Any content posted to DR:ANA that you feel is in violation of the Site Rules or the Proboards Community Guidelines.
• Any content that contributes to a hostile environment, including hate speech and harassment.
• Any content posted within our public Discord server that violates any of our rules, or contributes to a hostile environment.

Content we do not handle

• Anything that takes place off of the website or outside of our public Discord server (other websites, emails, IMs, Discord DMs).

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The Report System

• There is a report button at the top of each post (click on the gear to open the drop-down menu) and at the top of each member's profile (next to the "Send Message" button).
• A small window will open once you click "Report". There you can explain why you feel the post or member should be brought to the attention of staff.
• Staff will review the report and take any necessary disciplinary actions.
• Staff will not under any circumstances discuss how a member is addressed with outside parties.
• The staff will never punish a member for the act of filing a report for inappropriate/violating content.

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Friendly Reminders

For less severe infractions, members may be given friendly reminders to inform them that they are breaking a rule. These do not cause the warning meter to go up, however, they are taken into account if the member continues to break the rules.
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This can include, but is not limited to:

• Excessive swearing
• Graphic sexual content within any threads and posts
• Severe or graphic violence within any threads and posts
• Repeatedly posting in roleplay threads below the minimum post count
• Unfair roleplaying, such as godmodding and powerplaying

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Warnings

Each member has a Warn Meter on their account. This always starts at zero (0) and will be bumped up as necessary as a response to rule infringement or other anti-community behavior. The meter can go up to a maximum of one hundred (100), at which point the member will be issued a ban.
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Depending on the severity of the infraction, the warn meter will be bumped up anywhere from five (5) to fifty (50) points. The meter will be lowered after six months of good behavior with no additional infractions. In these cases, ten (10) points will be removed from the warn meter every six months from the last warning date.
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When issuing warnings, multiple staff members - including moderators and administrators - must be involved in the process to ensure that warnings are fairly administered.
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Because we cannot possibly predict and list every possible infraction, please see below for some examples of the Warn Meter point system.

• Excessive swearing
  5 - 30 points
• Graphic sexual content within any threads and posts
  10 - 40 points
• Severe or graphic violence within any threads and posts
  10 - 40 points
• Repeatedly posting in roleplay threads below the minimum post count
  5 - 30 points
• Unfair roleplaying, such as godmodding and powerplaying
  20 - 40 points
• Posting prohibited content, as outlined in the Proboards Community Guidelines
  30 - 50 points
• Deliberate trolling or derailing of threads
  5 - 30 points
• Blatant disrespect towards fellow members
  10 - 40 points
• Publicly arguing with staff about disciplinary actions handed down after the fact
  10 - 30 points
• Harassment of other members or staff
  30 - 50 points

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Issuing Forum Bans

In the unlikely event that a member has repeat infractions to the rules and refuses to correct their behavior, the staff may collectively elect to issue a permanent ban to that member. Bans will be addressed on a case-by-case basis as they are meant to be the most severe sanction used when all other options are exhausted.
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With the exception of severely disruptive, inappropriate, or deceitful behavior, bans will be issued in the event their infraction causes a total number of warnings that exceeds the one hundred-point warn meter.

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