The Rules for Oupsie.net, Oupsie Chat and the Oupsie Forum
Before continuing to chat on this server you are expected to read through all of these rules. Once you commence chatting, it is understood that you have read and agreed you will follow these rules.
Oupsie is a firm believer in free speech as long as it is not offensive to others. Your free speech on this server is restricted to publicly accessible information, including, but not limited to your user information, channel information, and what is said in public channels.
Harrassment is not allowed, even in minor forms. Most users on this server prefer to allow permission prior to receiving private messages. Private messaging without permission, and continuing to do so after being asked to stop is harrassment. Other forms of harrassment such as hateful or bigoted comments are not allowed or tolerated, under any circumstances. Sexual harrassment will also be delt with swiftly and severely.
If you are harrassed, or if you encounter any behavior that is in violation of our policies, do not get involved in a war of words, instead please contact an IRC administrator or IRCop.
Pornography, hacking and cracking tools, and copyrighted material may not be transmitted through our server. Users found infected with a trojan of some kind will be removed for their protection. Spoofing, bouncing, and the use of shells to access our server is prohibited.
Oupsie does not tolerate illegal activity of any kind. Should we find a user or channel engaging in or encouraging illegal activity, we will take immediate action. This may range from simply speaking to the person(s) involved, terminating the connection(s), or banning the domain.
User created bots are NOT allowed on our server. The only bots that are on the servers are ones introduced by IRCops. If you would like to suggest a task that a bot could do, then please post a message in the forum. There are no promises that these will be acted upon. You will however, recieve a reply in the forum (or maybe personally) as to the administrations views on your suggestion.
Operators on this server are volunteers. Quality support is NOT guaranteed, but is encouraged. We choose our server operators based on what we know about them through the experience with them in chat, not through what you say you can do and who you say you are. Do NOT attempt to help users on matters which should be handled by a server operator.
Do not ask for IRCop status. Our server operators are invited on an "as needed" basis, and at the discretion of the server owner and the other opers. We don't add new IRCops very often, and asking or even hinting for it pretty much guarantees you won't be considered at all.
Since we can only regulate our own server in a network, and we wish to continue providing our own services with its years of data, we do not wish to link with other servers or join other networks, no matter how many users you can bring or how much work you can provide for us.
Based on the previously mentioned rules, the server operators on Oupsie have the right to deny access to any user who refuses to agree to these rules. By joining our server and chatting on it, you agree to these rules. By breaking any one or more of these rules you ask for yourself to be removed. This server is a privately owned server which enforces its policies.
If you have a question about any one or more of these rules, or have a complaint, please contact an IRCop. Depending on the circumstances at the time, a reply may not be immediate.