Rules and Regulations

There are a few rules here at Purple Row and we reserve the right to change them at any time.

First/Golden Rule: Practice civil discourse.

• This means no trolling, no personal attacks, no discussing religion or politics. They may seem like different things, but those latter topics tend to cause the former two. They're best left to other sites.
• Just to make this clear, the level of discourse practiced on this site is a source of pride for us. There will be zero tolerance for asinine comments. We are not talking about writing, "Aaron Miles was the greatest Rockie ever!" As stupid as that may be to write, it's your opinion. There's a problem when you start making ad hominem attacks against a baseball player or a member of the community.
• Furthermore, if you feel like you're getting snarked at in replies, be the bigger person and just type "z". You'll move right past that comment and it's all over.
• Additionally, if you feel there's something above and beyond typical disagreement, please notify a moderator ASAP. We appreciate some self-moderation of our community, but sometimes you gotta call in the big guns.
• Finally, no posting scantily clad women (or men). Please link said images, because we don't want to ruin any Purple Rowing for people at their workplaces. If you HAVE to share something inappropriate, please link it with a NSFW (not safe for work) warning.

Second Rule:  Rox Girl and Andrew Martin are the judge, jury, and executioner combined into one role. We do have other moderators and they have similar authority. While their decisions will be reviewed by us, we will likely side with their decisions. As one former incarnation of these rules stated: "Same as in baseball, you can't argue balls and strikes with the umpires or you could get ejected." We reserve the right to delete comments without notice or comment as to why. But deleting comments happens only for rules violations, not opinions (see below).

Third Rule: Do be a Colorado Rockies fan. That's why we are all here: because we are fans of the Rockies. We all have different views about the Rockies, so just remember the first rule.

• Fans of opposing teams are acceptable. Just remember to follow the rules. We will quickly ban you if you get out of line. No warning, just a ban.
• Somewhat related, don't visit opposing team blogs to make snarky/trollish comments before, during, or after a game ends. If you do, whatever happens is in your hands.

Fourth Rule: Game threads are for discussing the game, but off-topic conversations are acceptable. We'd like to limit them, but they grow organically and take on lives of their own.

• We do not like to view incessant negativity in the comments. It is unnecessary to repeatedly say the Rockies lost the game when it is only the second inning. A game ends when 27 outs have been completed. The Rockies can win. Incessant negativity can result in a warning and escalate to a banning if need be. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the Rockies. Tell us the Rockies have lost, but one comment is enough. Tough luck if you don't read this, because when you signed up you were told to read this, and this same message appears in the box when you sign up. Sorry, you can't complain about this one.

Fifth Rule: If you have brought yourself to the attention of the staff/mods and got yourself a warning, do not - DO NOT - use that as an invitation to call out the staff in the comments. If you feel your warning was undeserved, EMAIL ANDREW MARTIN, do not try and protest things in the threads. Should you violate this rule, you might be banned, depending on the severity of the outburst. Where that line is, that depends on which moderator gets to it first.

How to use FanPosts:

The Community Guidelines for posting a FanPost are:

* A FanPost must be a minimum of 75 characters in order to be published. If you need to add filler in order to publish, it is not a FanPost. It should be a comment somewhere, most likely in the Rockpile or Pebble Report.

* A FanPost must in some way belong on PR--in other words, it must relate to the Rockies, or to baseball, or to PR, or to an existing thread or FanPost, etc.

* A FanPost should not be used for self-promotion.

* You are limited to two (2) FanPosts per day, thought it really should be per week.

* A FanPost should not be your first foray into Purple Row.

Tips on writing good FanPosts:

Some of the qualities that the most popular FanPosts often have in common are:

* They expand upon the main idea with supporting examples, or statistical data, or a link to a relevant article, or a "thinking question" for others to consider, etc.--something beyond just the main idea itself.

* They explore a topic, idea, or question that has not been explored recently, or at all, on PR.

* They are not to be used as a form of advertising. 

Keep in mind that if your FanPost contains only one point or idea that is not developed, expanded on, or supported with arguments or data, it is really not a FanPost--it is a comment that should be posted in an existing thread, FanPost, or FanShot.

FanShots:

Here is a link to learn how to use FanShots.

FanShots should also not be used for self-promotion.