Hello. The board was officially transferred a little less than 24 hours ago, if that wasn't obvious to anyone still. I am the BO now. I'm going to ignore anon if he discusses meta outside this thread and anon may be running afoul of the rules depending on context. I might not respond to anon anyways in-thread, but know that your post was at least read if posted here. First order of business is to make a seamless transition of power that isn't too jarring. Posts made before the hostile ta/k/eover are all pardoned by virtue of working under a different ruleset at the time of making. I can not in good faith purge someone who was unaware of wrongdoing. Allow me to review the rules. >0. Fuck around and find out. Encompasses all standard rules. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Act accordingly. Learn through bans if you get banned since I don't hold grudges and would prefer you learn. This rule is intentionally loose so that troublemakers can't play rule lawyer games and will be applied liberally. >1. This is a gentlemen's club not a shitting street. Posts will be expected to maintain a certain quality outside of the meta thread and /k/anteen/100rads. "Any community who gets their kicks acting like retards etc." as the saying goes. Wit/humor can be substituted for quality else expect the beatings to continue until morale improves should strelo/k/'s desire to pretend to be retarded kick in. Overlaps with rule 0 but separate to make a point. >2. Global rules apply. Do not wake up the globals. Do not wake up the globals or else I will be forced to abide by global rules. Make a reasonable post explaining your "DIY cluster munitions are for educational & recreational purposes only" if you want to discuss them. >3. Fun allowed. As implied in rule 1 exception, Strelok has limited rights, and this rule is a reminder that no rules are sacred if anon says a funny or engages in a content-generating discussion (example: the nazi discussion in the Ukraine thread that should have moved to the /k/anteen or history thread a while ago). >IDs temporarily enabled Anons are still expected to do most of their own moderation work. I retired from imageboard moderation with some 7ish years under my belt and intend to remain an old retired groundskeeper living in the manor's back shed. The ID question will be judged in two weeks, and then again on a monthly basis if believed to have had a positive effect on board quality. Ultimately I would like to remove it if anon can show himself capable of not needing it. tl;dr- Board is laissez-faire and I am the private security company/PMC keeping an eye on niggerfaggots acting unprofessionally or in bad faith. This is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship, and (You)s are the currency of choice with embezzlers & currency launderers getting heavy punishments. Succession I would like to give the board to someone else. I will groom anon into a proper Board Owner if he wants to take a shot at it and then turn the board over to him after a few months. I will make a proper account for handling this board in the mean time, but I am retired and mostly just acting on a whim. Volunteer applications will open up in a couple weeks after everything's settled down from the transition of power and anon has had a chance to see my moderation style. Board volunteers will be removed on a whim if I think they are a bad fit for the position. I have no qualms with lashing out at my own if I believe them to be letting the power get to their heads since moderation is the job of a man's man among men, and not that of a superior over a subordinate. We're all capable of fuck-ups from time to time. Email complaints to spamcumdump at protonmail (yes I am aware they are compromised ever since the French ruling several months ago). EDIT: Updating the Sticky Might as well put the sticky to good use. I intend to slowly turn it into a proper sticky so that "read the sticky" can be a proper response. If there are any links or guides you would like to see included in it, simply mention them here. Most of the information in the sticky should require clicking the "read more" button or opening the thread as a retard/journalist filter. Other stuff Banners, requests, etc. should go in this thread. If it's meta related post it here. So long as anon isn't actively and intentionally lowering the quality of the board I don't care if you advertise it within or outside the webring. A healthy board is a happy board. Invite the fudd boomers from their gun forums for all I care since I'll just ban them if they start pulling some "y-you can't say nigger on the interwebs!" shit if anon doesn't bully them to death first. A dose of different worldviews is good for anon from time to time. Remember as much when someone says something you don't like and then call him a niggerfaggot anyways. Anon will receive more leniency for complaining here than he will for causing a scene elsewhere. I'll be in your care. Tripcodes and namefaggotry should be for filtering purposes only (filterme, antichristfag, etc.) or under special, pre-approved circumstances (such as a quest thread or specific type of OC creation process). Namefags who develop a cult of personality or attach significance to it will be banned. Anime images are allowed and encouraged. As a rule of thumb, threads should reach page 3 or 800 posts before a new thread for the same topic is made. Advertisements must go in this thread or contextually they may be allowed in the /k/anteen. Board is for discussion of weapons, combat, military history, conflict news reporting, and outdoorsmanship. Make threads and posts in honor of this ideal.