Rules of Conduct
- All fans of Big Finish, Doctor Who and other Science Fiction series are welcome to share their reviews.
- To combat spiteful troll accounts, all ratings below 4 require a review in order to be included in recent ratings lists and average rating calculations.
- Please treat each other with respect. All opinions regarding stories are welcome. Please do not criticize other people's viewpoints in the reviews. Please leave constructive feedback in your reviews. If you would care to debate with other members, use the Outpost Gallifrey Forums, not The Time Scales Reviews.
- Multiple accounts are forbidden. Anyone caught with multiple accounts will be banned from the website and all account information will be purged. The purpose of this website is for each person to share her or his view point. Creating multiple accounts to skew ratings down or up defeats the purpose of this website. If you would like to criticise an author or company in a manner that would allow them to debate your concerns, use the Outpost Gallifrey Forums.
- Please note the next version of this website will allow visitors to filter out all ratings that do not have an accompanying review. You are highly encouraged to include reviews with your ratings.
- Bullying of other members is not allowed in any way, shape or form. If you cannot be respectful towards other people and/or your review contains offensive wording or attacks on other members, your account may be purged. Bullying of other Doctor Who fans has been commonplace on some of the largest Internet forums for many years and it will no longer be tolerated in 2021 and beyond.
- Profanity is allowed as a form of free speech yet if choosing to use words which may be offensive to some, please use them in constructive context. For example; "This author is an idiot!" would be in proper and constructive context if that is your true belief. However "This author is a fucking jackass!" would not be in constructive context as it could be considered as an attack on a person and one that may not even be present. Profanity does have value in writing. It is best used creatively. Just don't use it to attack people or groups and you should be fine and good to go. One thing to consider may be a thesaurus. There are many other words that can be used to replace profanity that might even be much better given some thought.
- Racially offensive content is explicitly banned. None of the words on this Wikipedia list are allowed on The Time Scales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs
- Please use the story review pages for story reviews only. The Time Scales is intended for story reviews. If you post something which is not a review of the story itself, depending on the content you will be contacted to correct your error or your account will be purged. If you do not correct the action within a reasonable amount of time, as opposed to the violation itself being removed, your entire account will be removed. It is understandable for human error to result in saying something wrong and realizing it later. For that reason we will try to be fair and give you a chance to correct your actions, leaving account removal as a last resort to remove your offending content.
- Sexually offensive content is not allowed. As a reference point this Wikipedia list contains more than most people may be aware of and we will use and enforce it when a non-obvious issue may arise; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBT-related_slurs
- Users are responsible for backing up their own data. While The Time Scales does make and retain backups of data, we are not responsible for your data. If you want to retain backups of your data, keep your own backups.
- Inciting violence is not allowed. If you threaten someone or incite violence your account will be purged after a report to law enforcement is made.
- Finally, have fun. Use humor. Smile. Be constructive. Think about how your review can help others in the same way that their reviews can help you. Do enjoy!
