Site Rules Update

Joey
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Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Cool Crow - "Caw!" An awesome tagger
Tree of Harmony - Drew someone's OC for the 2022 Community Collab
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Hello everyone!
 
We have just released a major update to the site rules, so that they would be better organized, clearer, and easier to understand. Overall, the rules are largely the same as they were previously. However, a few of the rules have different numbers as a few items were merged together and rearranged.
 
Please be sure to check them out, and if you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to leave them in the comments below.
 
For reference/historical purposes, the old set of rules is available here, but please note that they are no longer the rules governing the site.
 
Thanks!
SuperSupermario24
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!

fluffy sylveon
I have a question about rule #5:  
Derpibooru is governed by the laws of the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, and therefore content against the laws of these countries is forbidden on this site. Likewise, we do not host “borderline” content that may be legally dubious, and generally use a “better safe than sorry” approach to such content.
  • Do not upload photographs of real life humans whose age cannot be verified to be at least eighteen years of age or older.
  • Do not upload drawn or computer generated images of characters who appear to be under the age of eighteen and who are human or closely resembling a human.
  • Simply adding one or two nonhuman features to an otherwise human-like character is not necessarily enough to make the image acceptable. Characters should be nonhuman enough that a layman would not reasonably believe them to be human.
None of this mentions specifically pornographic/sexual content, but the old rules did. Is this an oversight, or were the rules actually changed to apply to safe images of under-18 humans as well?
ATMunn
Artist -

I have a question about rule #5:
Derpibooru is governed by the laws of the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, and therefore content against the laws of these countries is forbidden on this site. Likewise, we do not host “borderline” content that may be legally dubious, and generally use a “better safe than sorry” approach to such content.
  • Do not upload photographs of real life humans whose age cannot be verified to be at least eighteen years of age or older.
  • Do not upload drawn or computer generated images of characters who appear to be under the age of eighteen and who are human or closely resembling a human.
  • Simply adding one or two nonhuman features to an otherwise human-like character is not necessarily enough to make the image acceptable. Characters should be nonhuman enough that a layman would not reasonably believe them to be human.
None of this mentions specifically pornographic/sexual content, but the old rules did. Is this an oversight, or were the rules actually changed to apply to safe images of under-18 humans as well?
 
I was somewhat wondering about that as well. Also, what about Equestria Girls?
 
Edit: I really should refresh the page before posting comments.
Background Human
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Preenhub - We all know what you were up to this evening~
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!

CHS, Class of 20XX
For those of you in the tl;dr crowd, here are the big changes I’m seeing:
 
  • Animated pics with rapid flashing must have the seizure warning tag, and must be spoilered and labeled as “seizure warning” in comment sections and forum posts.  
  • If it’s unclear whether a certain tag applies to a pic (e.g. is it shipping?), the artist’s judgment prevails.  
  • “We have filters, use them” is an official rule now. So quit complaining about content you don’t like.  
  • Ditto “no RPing in the comments.” Take it to the forums, Sparky.  
  • Comments and posts should at least make an attempt to follow the image/thread rating. If you need to spoiler the whole thing, just don’t post it at all.  
  • Avatars must be safe and must not have rapid flashing.  
  • DB now has three countries’ laws to contend with: the UK, France, and Germany.  
  • Respect people’s privacy. No doxing, no reposting PMs without permission, and if an artist uses multiple names (e.g. to separate SFW and NSFW content), don’t point out the suspicious similarities between them.
Cyan Lightning
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.
Chaotic Little Trees - 1000+ images under their artist tag
Tree of Harmony - Drew someone's OC for the 2022 Community Collab
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Kinship Through Differences - Celebrated the 11th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2020) - Took part in the 2020 Community Collab

The Prodigy Unicorn
i kinda confused here, what’s the thing that really defined as “intentionally antagonize”?, while I understand about “Do not troll, attack, insult, name-call,” but i don’t understand about the “otherwise try to intentionally antagonize another person or group of people.”
Clover the Clever
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.
A Perfectly Normal Pony - <@CloverTheClever> I'd pay to see Carcer in a fursuit
Always Codes Drunk - It explains a lot
From the Night - I have technically banned myself a bunch of times...
Since the Beginning  - User number zero

Lord and Saviour
For those of you in the tl;dr crowd, here are the big changes I’m seeing:
  • Animated pics with rapid flashing must have the seizure warning tag, and must be spoilered and labeled as “seizure warning” in comment sections and forum posts.
  • If it’s unclear whether a certain tag applies to a pic (e.g. is it shipping?), the artist’s judgment prevails.
  • “We have filters, use them” is an official rule now. So quit complaining about content you don’t like.
  • Ditto “no RPing in the comments.” Take it to the forums, Sparky.
  • Comments and posts should at least make an attempt to follow the image/thread rating. If you need to spoiler the whole thing, just don’t post it at all.
  • Avatars must be safe and must not have rapid flashing.
  • DB now has three countries’ laws to contend with: the UK, France, and Germany.
  • Respect people’s privacy. No doxing, no reposting PMs without permission, and if an artist uses multiple names (e.g. to separate SFW and NSFW content), don’t point out the suspicious similarities between them.
 
Derpi always had several legal jurisdictions to contend with and aimed to keep content legal in the vast majority of jurisdictions including the USA and Canada. Canada has very similar anti-drawn-porn laws to the UK and France/Germany have their own quirks and oddities. The vast majority of people should be able to browse the site without fear of legality of content being an issue, even on unrestricted filter settings.
 
As an aside, the speed with which these completely rewritten rules were rushed through and the changes which have been made in them have been the metaphorical straw, and so I am stepping down as an administrator with immediate effect. I have no doubt that the remaining site staff will look after the site.
ATMunn
Artist -

As an aside, the speed with which these completely rewritten rules were rushed through and the changes which have been made in them have been the metaphorical straw, and so I am stepping down as an administrator with immediate effect. I have no doubt that the remaining site staff will look after the site.
Aw, Clover the Clever isn’t an admin anymore. :c
Pagan

Gay Viking
As an aside, the speed with which these completely rewritten rules were rushed through and the changes which have been made in them have been the metaphorical straw, and so I am stepping down as an administrator with immediate effect. I have no doubt that the remaining site staff will look after the site.
 
D:
dt
Diamond Tiara's Diamond Tiara - Derpi Supporter
Diamond -
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!
The 1% - Uploaded 1% or more of the site's images
Happy Derpy! -
Derpibooru Premium - Learn about the benefits of subscribing to Derpibooru Premium membership at https://derpibo
Perfect Pony Plot Provider - 150 uploads with over 350 upvotes or more (Questionable/Explicit)
Fine Arts - Two hundred uploads with a score of over a hundred (Safe/Suggestive)
Since the Beginning  -

No Thank You
All edits of an original image not made by the original artist should be tagged as “edit”, and preferably should be made with the artist’s permission.
 
This really should also say that the original artist(s) need to be tagged, and tagging artist needed or stating “I do not claim ownership of the original” will not suffice. And if the original has no known or anonymous artist, and valid link to the original must be included.
 
If the artist’s name is not known, an image should be tagged with the “artist needed” tag.
 
That tag exists as an excuse to not tag artists. Hell, that tag gets used on pics that have the artist’s handle on it in plain text. Nobody tags artist needed because they actually want to know who the artist is and can’t find it. It should not be used at all, the same way we don’t use tagme. It should not be mentioned in the rules because it just creates an easy way to circumvent Rule 2.
 
At least add something like “The artist needed tag is not a substitute for an artist tag, and repeated use of this tag is a violation of Rule 2.”
 
Do not make posts calling out other members for violating rules.
 
So we can’t make a post about an artist tracing or stealing art?
Cyan Lightning
Solar Supporter - Fought against the New Lunar Republic rebellion on the side of the Solar Deity (April Fools 2023).
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.
Chaotic Little Trees - 1000+ images under their artist tag
Tree of Harmony - Drew someone's OC for the 2022 Community Collab
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Kinship Through Differences - Celebrated the 11th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Twinkling Balloon - Took part in the 2021 community collab.
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Friendship, Art, and Magic (2020) - Took part in the 2020 Community Collab

The Prodigy Unicorn
@dt  
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Do not make posts calling out other members for violating rules.
So we can’t make a post about an artist tracing or stealing art?
We can’t really tell people when they are about to break the rule here?.
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