| | I'm copying this over from the SM64 forum (with a few changes here and there) so we can have some ground rules here. They're pretty universal. I believe this community will be more mature than the SM64 one, but there will always be those who just don't get it. 
FAQs
Before you ask ANY QUESTIONS, please read the forum FAQ. There are few things more annoying than being asked the most mundane, half-way obvious and easily answered questions over, and over, and over by someone who didn't have the courtesy to read the FAQ.
ROM POLICY
Direct linking to any commercial* ROM, be it the vanilla game or a hacked version, is expressly forbidden. IPS/NINJA/PPF patches are okay. However, what you do in private is none of our business. 
*Commercial refers to a ROM that was dumped from a video game that was released on a console for profit. Homebrew ROMs, meaning that they were made by amateur programmers who are coding for the system for non-profit reasons, are perfectly fine to link.
HOW TO GET HELP
If you've read the FAQs and help thread and you still have questions, post a reply to the help thread with clear and concise information on your problem. If you post a question simply saying "I open the program and it crash what do I do" - you will probably get no help at all. We're not mind readers, we can't know exactly what the issue is. If you need help on a feature, be specific on what you need to be done. If you're having technical issues, be very specific. If the program is behaving oddly, note very specifically what is going wrong ("it turns black" is NOT specific at all). If the program is crashing or failing to start up, post exactly what the error message says, along with system specs. The more in depth you explain your problems, the greater your chances of being helped.
DON'T BE AN IDIOT
This should be common sense, but I'm going to throw this down for consistency. First off, type reasonably well. "hey wen u open th rom ware do i find how2 chang tihng?s" is absolutely unacceptable. If English is not your native language, there will be much more leniency for you. Still, don't use it as an excuse to not make sense. You don't need to be completely perfect by any means, but at least give an effort.
Another part of not being an idiot is being reasonably nice to people. Don't be rude. If a newbie comes along and violates everything I've said in this thread, please don't just roast them on the spot. Instead, just give them a friendly link to this FAQ and leave it at that. If you jump all over them with a series of personal attacks and general flaming, you may quickly find yourself being the one in trouble. If a person repeatedly violates the rules, don't play moderator; let someone who IS a moderator/admin take care of the situation.
PUNISHMENT AND ENFORCEMENT
All rules are usually enforced. The punishment for breaking the rules generally goes as follows:
First offence: warning
Second offence: three day ban
Third offence: week long ban
Fourth offence: indefinite ban
This is not set in stone and in varies per situation. More often than not, if the staff believes you're not getting it after the second (or sometimes even first) offence, they won't hesistate to skip right to the indefinite ban.
CONCLUSION
Don't be intimidated by this FAQ! It's actually not that complicated. In summary:
Read the FAQ
Don't post ROM links
Type reasonably well
Don't be a jerk
That's all you really need to know!
FOOTNOTE
While it's no means a rule, if you want people to try out your hack, post screenshots. Seriously. It's the most important thing.
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