Just some lil questions I want to be answered

[waxwing33]

Hi there fellow Chickensmoothians! I’m Waxwing and you know me, right? I have some questions for y’all to answer. Sorry for some of them soundin’ a bit ridiculous, but that’s alright. Staff, maybe you can add some of these to the FAQ? I have sorted them in groups (e.g. Account-related Questions, Art-related Questions, etc.) Questions without answers might be probably not answered yet. I may change answers of questions if I find an answer that is more ‘right’.

1. Questions related to accounts

Q. Can you create an extra account just for a username you want to exist, or for ‘banning’ a specific username (Preventing others from using that username?)
A.

Q. Can moderaters warn/ban themselves for breaking the rules?
A.

2. Questions related to personal info and the rules of CS

Q. Can you share personal information you DON’T have? (e.g. ‘I am NOT (this age)’, ‘(a name) is NOT my real name’, ‘I DON’T live in (country name)’, ‘(fake password) is NOT my password’, ‘(fake email) is NOT my email’, etc.)
A.

Q. Can you share ‘personal information’ about stuff like what clothes you wear, your eye/hair/skin color, what foods you eat, and things like that?
A.

Q. Can you break the rules just because you want your account to be deleted/banned?
A.

3. Questions related to art

Q. Can I post ‘Feel Free to copy’ art? (Art that you allow people to copy)
A.

Q. Can I create ‘Chain-mail art’? (art that says something like “Whoever sees this piece of art, please copy this!” And whoever copies leaves the same message)
A.

Q. Can I comment on ‘dead art’? (art topics that haven’t been commented on for a looooong time)
A.

[decembuary;]

1. no. double-accounting is not allowed in any way.
2. most likely not, but i don’t think that moderators would break rules in the first place.
3. i don’t see why you would need to do that, but i would think that it’s fine to do, since it technically is not your personal information.
4. yes! that’s perfectly fine.
5. there isn’t really a need to do that. it would be better to send in a help ticket regarding the deletion of your account.
6. as it is your art, you’re probably allowed to do that.
7. that most likely would be considered spam.
8. it would be best not to. reviving topics that have been inactive for a long time is considered “grave-digging”.

[Celozon]

Q. Can you create an extra account just for a username you want to exist, or for ‘banning’ a specific username (Preventing others from using that username?)
A. No, multiple accounts are not allowed for any reason, including reserving usernames.

Q. Can moderaters warn/ban themselves for breaking the rules?
A. I would assume it would be carried out by a higher level staff member, don't know the specifics, but I doubt mods actually have the ability to warn/ban other mods, including themselves (its a pretty common safeguard to only allow the higher level staff to do that).

Q. Can you share personal information you DON’T have? (e.g. ‘I am NOT (this age)’, ‘(a name) is NOT my real name’, ‘I DON’T live in (country name)’, ‘(fake password) is NOT my password’, ‘(fake email) is NOT my email’, etc.)
A. For what purpose? Most of these would probably still be considered not allowed/removed regardless of whether they are true or not just because they could potentially be revealing something. And I can't think of a reason to share 'nots' like these except to bait people? Sharing your country is fine under most circumstances, the only time it really isn't would be if its so small that its basically city-sized. ie. Sharing the city you live in isn't allowed, but saying you live in the US is fine.

Q. Can you share ‘personal information’ about stuff like what clothes you wear, your eye/hair/skin color, what foods you eat, and things like that?
A. Those things would be fine, just so long as someone would not be able to identify who you off-site are by the information you give (beyond people who already know you off-site like family)

Q. Can you break the rules just because you want your account to be deleted/banned?
A. No. If you want your account gone report it or send in a help ticket.

Q. Can I post ‘Feel Free to copy’ art? (Art that you allow people to copy)
A. Thats a little vague, might help to be more specific by what you mean with 'copy'. But it is your art and you can choose how it is used.

Q. Can I create ‘Chain-mail art’? (art that says something like “Whoever sees this piece of art, please copy this!” And whoever copies leaves the same message)
A. Chain-mail things in general are considered spam, there isn't anything specifically about this, but I doubt it would be allowed.

Q. Can I comment on ‘dead art’? (art topics that haven’t been commented on for a looooong time)
A. 'Grave-digging' is frowned upon and you shouldn't do it. The owner of the art may not want that art resurrected and generally there isn't a really good reason to bring it back up. If you really need to say something to the artist you can always PM them.

[waxwing33]

Thanks for the answers! I will add ‘em soon!