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The environment
General rules
Creating a new account
Nexus site staff
Piracy
User-generated content and the rights to removal
File and image database commenting and rating
Uploading files and images
Uploading to the Image Share section
Donations
The environment
These are the terms of service for the group of sites developed and maintained by Robin Scott (member name Dark0ne) known as “Nexus sites”. These terms of service apply to any Nexus site, current and future as well as the forums.
Many aspects of Nexus sites, such as commenting and rating files and images are linked with the forums so the two should be seen as having a symbiotic relation where all rules apply to both. Most importantly; Nexus sites and the forums make use of the same member database so registering on a Nexus site registers you on the forums and vice-versa.
Nexus sites are community-driven websites for people of all ages to share news, files and images and talk about pretty much anything and everything with a clear focus on gaming. This means that most of the content available to you on Nexus sites is generated by members of the site and not the staff or admin of the sites.
Members of all ages make use of Nexus sites both young and old. As a result the maturity of content can vary and you are encouraged to simply move on and ignore any content that you believe may be below you.
Nexus sites are open to people aged 13 or older. Due to legal reasons minors under the age of 13 are not allowed to use the site and should not register an account. Similarly content marked as adult-only should only be unlocked by members aged 18 or over.
General rules
Please take a moment to review these rules and insure you understand and agree with them. These rules are used as a general guideline by administrators and moderators of Nexus sites and it is important you are aware of them if you want to share content on a Nexus site. It is important to also acknowledge that there may well be rules and etiquette that may not be mentioned here but are still upheld by administrators and moderators of the site.
We reserve the right to change these Terms of Service at any time. It is the sole responsibility of members to keep up-to-date with the terms of service. Major amendments to the rules will be clearly announced on Nexus sites and on the forums.
The official language of the Nexus sites is English and English should be the primary language used at all times. We reserve the right to remove any content from the Nexus sites that isn't written in English.
Through your use of any Nexus site you agree that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening, related to piracy, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of UK law. Know that in severe cases legal action can be taken against you.
The posting of copyrighted material, unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material, is strictly prohibited on any Nexus site. This includes linking to sites that contain copyrighted material used without permission of the copyright holder. Legal inquiries regarding copyright infringement are taken very seriously on Nexus sites and we will work with any legal body to identify and bring to justice anyone who might use a Nexus site to share copyrighted material.
Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are not allowed on any Nexus sites.
Due to the community-driven nature of Nexus sites it is impossible for us to confirm the validity of all the content available on these sites. We do not actively monitor every piece of user-generated content uploaded or added to a Nexus site and we are not responsible for their content. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any content presented. User-submitted content expresses the views of the author, not necessarily the views of any staff on a Nexus site.
Anyone who feels that user-generated content uploaded to a Nexus site is objectionable or breaks these terms of service is encouraged to notify an administrator of the Nexus site immediately via the appropriate means. If you believe someone has posted any content that is against these terms of service please report the content but do not contact the offender by any means. Leave disciplinary action to the staff of Nexus sites or you may well be punished for engaging in vigilante behaviour.
Creating a new account
You have the ability, as you register, to choose a username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. You agree to never give your password out to another user of the site outside of the administrators of the site for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to never login to another account that does not belong to you. People caught sharing their accounts will have them banned from accessing the site and every attempt will be made by the administrators of the site to make sure you cannot create a new account.
Members are only allowed to be in possession of one account on the site. Members caught using more than one account will be regarded as attempting to exploit or circumvent features on the site and will have both their accounts banned.
Nexus sites all share the same member database that is centralised via the Nexus forums. As such registering on a Nexus site will mean you are registered to any other Nexus site that might exist now or in the future as well as the forums.
By registering for an account on any Nexus site you agree to allow the owner of this site and all subsequent sites to email you regarding important changes to Nexus sites. There is no “opt-out” for this email while remaining a member. This email will not contain SPAM or unsolicited email and will not affect the privacy of your email address.
Members have the ability to customise their profiles on Nexus sites making them more noticeable and unique. Two of the main identifiable attributes of a member profile are the avatar and signature that display with every post on the forums. Nexus sites have strict guidelines for member avatars and signatures to help reduce page scrolling and load times, these are:
Nexus sites are owned and maintained by Robin Scott (member name "Dark0ne"). Robin is regarded as “the law” on Nexus sites and he has the final say on any action that might need to be taken regarding a breach of the terms of service for any Nexus site. What Robin says goes irrespective of whether there has been a breach of the terms of service or not.
Nexus sites and the forums are staffed by un-paid volunteers (known as “moderators” and "staff") who work hard to insure the smooth operation of Nexus sites and encourage a healthy community. The moderators and other admin on the site have been given specific privileges by Robin to keep the site clean of the bad articles listed in these terms and use their own personal judgement, that Robin trusts, to come to decisions.
These moderators have a right to carry out their task without harassment, insult or hassle. Members who believe that a member of staff is not conducting themselves properly should get in contact with Robin via the forums or email. Know that if Robin receives word of any members harassing or being rude to Nexus site staff then he will take every action possible to permanently remove them from his sites.
Piracy
We have a strict anti-piracy policy on these forums and the Nexus sites and we take a proactive and pre-emptive stance on anyone we believe is using a pirated version of any game or software.
If you give us reason to believe that you are a software pirate you will be instantly banned.
User-generated content and the rights to removal
You remain the sole owner of any content you have personally created and uploaded to a Nexus site but by adding your own content to the sites you provide the owners of the Nexus with a license to make use of your content until such time as you remove said content from the site. You remain solely responsible for the content you upload to a Nexus site and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this site, and any related websites. We reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any information we have about you) to authorities in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any information posted by you, and any information sent either private or public can be made available to any admins, staff or enforcement agencies at any time.
We have the right to remove any content we deem objectionable at any time and without warning or reason.
By uploading your own files to a Nexus site you agree to allow administrators of the site to store and present the content whenever and where ever the administrators deem necessary until such time as you manually remove the content yourself using the pre-provided tools or until such time that you send a request to the owners of the site for the content be removed. Removal of content is a manual process, however, so please realise that we may not be able to remove or edit content immediately.
You only retain the rights to files you have uploaded to a Nexus site. You do not own the rights to files or content not posted by yourself that might have been created as a result of your content being available on any Nexus site, including, but not limited to, ratings, comments, images created by other users, articles in regards to your content and any statistical information in regards to your content.
The Nexus does not claim ownership of the content you provide to the Nexus or post, upload, input or submit on any Nexus site or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the members of any public or private community. However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting ("Posting") content on the Nexus you are granting the Nexus a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your content and to publish your username in connection with your content at our digression.
File and image database commenting and rating
Please take the time to read and understand the following before commenting on any files or images uploaded to this site.
We have a strict zero-tolerance policy for the breaking of our terms and people can and will be banned from the site without warning if they ignore them. Remember; ignorance is not an excuse.
The commenting, endorsement and rating system is available on Nexus sites to provide users with:
If your comment contains text that is likely to personally offend other users of the site either in the language you use or the message of your text then do not post. We take personal attacks very seriously and you will be banned without warning.
If you believe that someone else’s post does not fit into these criteria then you are encouraged to report the comment in question for moderator review. Above all do not post in reply to the offending comment however good intentioned your post might be, even if you are the author of the file in question. This is known as “feeding the trolls” and “forum vigilantism” and is frowned upon by the moderator staff. You may well end up with a suspension from the site if you partake in this activity.
This site has extremely dedicated moderating staff who have full authority to edit and delete posts as well as ban accounts instantly and without warning. However the moderating staff cannot possibly read and keep up-to-date with every single comment, rating and file posted on the site. It is up to you, the users of this site, to help keep this site clear of the people who just want to ruin it for everybody by reporting violations of these conditions to the moderators, either through the provided reporting features on the site or via forum PM to the moderating staff.
Uploading files and images
The primary role of Nexus sites is to provide a platform for members to share their content with other members of the site via the file and image databases respectfully. Content uploaded to Nexus sites is not immediately moderated by members of staff and is instantly available for download once the member agrees to publish the content on the site. While such a system is open to exploitation the moderation staff are extremely astute and remove rule breaching content in very acceptable times. We do however rely on members of this site to help us in moderating content uploaded to Nexus sites by reporting any content the user deems to be in breach of the file sharing rules. People exploiting the open nature of Nexus sites will be banned without warning and with extreme prejudice and every attempt will be made to insure that person is not able to use the site again and, if necessary, reported to the relevant authorities for further action.
Nexus sites have quite a liberal content policy on what files are acceptable on the site but there are still rules all uploaders must adhere to. Failure to adhere to these rules will result in the file being removed from the site, the uploader's account being banned and if necessary all the details of the uploader being passed on to relevant authorities:
Uploading to the Image Share section
The image share section of Nexus Sites was designed to allow players to share their favourite or informative screenshots of the games they play with other users of the site. While an adult-only tag is available that should be used if the image would be rated anything higher than a PG-13 in US/UK media we do not want images of nude characters hosted in the Image Share section. “No nudity” includes boobs and genitalia as well as visible pubic hair in the genitalia area.
Yes, there’s an adult-only content filter (that some have just taken to mean “nude content” filter) but adult-only content is more than just nudity. It’s excessive gore, it’s risque comic-strips, it’s pictures of characters wearing the skimpiest outfits possible without breaking the rules. It’s basically everything you wouldn’t want to have your boss catching you looking through at work.
For a more detailed look at what is and isn't acceptable within the Image Share section please read Robin's thread on the subject.
Aside from no nudity, you should only upload images that would be acceptable in the file database. This, importantly, means that you should not upload pictures of mods you are using that would not be allowed in the file database such as mods using ported or copyrighted content. Whether or not you use these mods is your choice, but please do not upload pictures of these mods in action to the Image Share section of the sites.
As of the 12th of May 2010 a private "Supporter" only Image Share section is available for Supporter members of the site. This section may contain images of all types within the legal bounds of the internet. That is to say that nudity is permitted but any images that wouldn't be legally acceptable (such as pictures of naked children, bestiality, necrophilia, copyrighted content etc.) are still not allowed.
Donations
In March of 2012 a donations system was added to the Nexus sites that allows users to specify a Pay Pal address to accept voluntary donations through. Included in this system are two locations where users can donate to your account from; your profile and your mod pages.
Donations are classed as completely voluntary monetary transactions that yield no gain for the donator. That means that donations should only ever be offered as a way of thanking other users and never in exchange for services, support or perks on the site or with files. Users are not allowed in any way, shape, or form to offer their files, services or support to other users in exchange for donations on the Nexus. If people are found in breach of this then you can expect to be banned.
We have a 100% no solicitation rule in regards to donations. This means that you cannot request users donate to you anywhere on the site including on your profile, in your file or image descriptions, via images, forum comments or private messages other than by selecting from the already existing donation options in your preferences area on Nexus sites. If you are caught asking for donations anywhere on the site you are subject to receive a strike or an out-right ban depending on the severity of the breach of rules and on past warnings. Such strikes or warnings are handled based on the moderating staff member's own discretion.
General rules
Creating a new account
Nexus site staff
Piracy
User-generated content and the rights to removal
File and image database commenting and rating
Uploading files and images
Uploading to the Image Share section
Donations
The environment
These are the terms of service for the group of sites developed and maintained by Robin Scott (member name Dark0ne) known as “Nexus sites”. These terms of service apply to any Nexus site, current and future as well as the forums.
Many aspects of Nexus sites, such as commenting and rating files and images are linked with the forums so the two should be seen as having a symbiotic relation where all rules apply to both. Most importantly; Nexus sites and the forums make use of the same member database so registering on a Nexus site registers you on the forums and vice-versa.
Nexus sites are community-driven websites for people of all ages to share news, files and images and talk about pretty much anything and everything with a clear focus on gaming. This means that most of the content available to you on Nexus sites is generated by members of the site and not the staff or admin of the sites.
Members of all ages make use of Nexus sites both young and old. As a result the maturity of content can vary and you are encouraged to simply move on and ignore any content that you believe may be below you.
Nexus sites are open to people aged 13 or older. Due to legal reasons minors under the age of 13 are not allowed to use the site and should not register an account. Similarly content marked as adult-only should only be unlocked by members aged 18 or over.
General rules
Please take a moment to review these rules and insure you understand and agree with them. These rules are used as a general guideline by administrators and moderators of Nexus sites and it is important you are aware of them if you want to share content on a Nexus site. It is important to also acknowledge that there may well be rules and etiquette that may not be mentioned here but are still upheld by administrators and moderators of the site.
We reserve the right to change these Terms of Service at any time. It is the sole responsibility of members to keep up-to-date with the terms of service. Major amendments to the rules will be clearly announced on Nexus sites and on the forums.
The official language of the Nexus sites is English and English should be the primary language used at all times. We reserve the right to remove any content from the Nexus sites that isn't written in English.
Through your use of any Nexus site you agree that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening, related to piracy, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of UK law. Know that in severe cases legal action can be taken against you.
The posting of copyrighted material, unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material, is strictly prohibited on any Nexus site. This includes linking to sites that contain copyrighted material used without permission of the copyright holder. Legal inquiries regarding copyright infringement are taken very seriously on Nexus sites and we will work with any legal body to identify and bring to justice anyone who might use a Nexus site to share copyrighted material.
Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are not allowed on any Nexus sites.
Due to the community-driven nature of Nexus sites it is impossible for us to confirm the validity of all the content available on these sites. We do not actively monitor every piece of user-generated content uploaded or added to a Nexus site and we are not responsible for their content. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any content presented. User-submitted content expresses the views of the author, not necessarily the views of any staff on a Nexus site.
Anyone who feels that user-generated content uploaded to a Nexus site is objectionable or breaks these terms of service is encouraged to notify an administrator of the Nexus site immediately via the appropriate means. If you believe someone has posted any content that is against these terms of service please report the content but do not contact the offender by any means. Leave disciplinary action to the staff of Nexus sites or you may well be punished for engaging in vigilante behaviour.
Creating a new account
You have the ability, as you register, to choose a username. We advise that you keep the name appropriate. You agree to never give your password out to another user of the site outside of the administrators of the site for your protection and for validity reasons. You also agree to never login to another account that does not belong to you. People caught sharing their accounts will have them banned from accessing the site and every attempt will be made by the administrators of the site to make sure you cannot create a new account.
Members are only allowed to be in possession of one account on the site. Members caught using more than one account will be regarded as attempting to exploit or circumvent features on the site and will have both their accounts banned.
Nexus sites all share the same member database that is centralised via the Nexus forums. As such registering on a Nexus site will mean you are registered to any other Nexus site that might exist now or in the future as well as the forums.
By registering for an account on any Nexus site you agree to allow the owner of this site and all subsequent sites to email you regarding important changes to Nexus sites. There is no “opt-out” for this email while remaining a member. This email will not contain SPAM or unsolicited email and will not affect the privacy of your email address.
Members have the ability to customise their profiles on Nexus sites making them more noticeable and unique. Two of the main identifiable attributes of a member profile are the avatar and signature that display with every post on the forums. Nexus sites have strict guidelines for member avatars and signatures to help reduce page scrolling and load times, these are:
- Avatar pics must only be 65x65 pixels or less in size and the types of files that can be uploaded are GIF, JPEG, JPG and PNG. If they are animated, they can only be minor and below 30kb in size.
- Signatures can only be 450w x 300h pixels or less in size. This includes both text and pictures. For text, that is about 8 lines max. The maximum file size for images is 110kb that doesn't leave much space for animation.
Nexus sites are owned and maintained by Robin Scott (member name "Dark0ne"). Robin is regarded as “the law” on Nexus sites and he has the final say on any action that might need to be taken regarding a breach of the terms of service for any Nexus site. What Robin says goes irrespective of whether there has been a breach of the terms of service or not.
Nexus sites and the forums are staffed by un-paid volunteers (known as “moderators” and "staff") who work hard to insure the smooth operation of Nexus sites and encourage a healthy community. The moderators and other admin on the site have been given specific privileges by Robin to keep the site clean of the bad articles listed in these terms and use their own personal judgement, that Robin trusts, to come to decisions.
These moderators have a right to carry out their task without harassment, insult or hassle. Members who believe that a member of staff is not conducting themselves properly should get in contact with Robin via the forums or email. Know that if Robin receives word of any members harassing or being rude to Nexus site staff then he will take every action possible to permanently remove them from his sites.
Piracy
We have a strict anti-piracy policy on these forums and the Nexus sites and we take a proactive and pre-emptive stance on anyone we believe is using a pirated version of any game or software.
If you give us reason to believe that you are a software pirate you will be instantly banned.
User-generated content and the rights to removal
You remain the sole owner of any content you have personally created and uploaded to a Nexus site but by adding your own content to the sites you provide the owners of the Nexus with a license to make use of your content until such time as you remove said content from the site. You remain solely responsible for the content you upload to a Nexus site and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this site, and any related websites. We reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any information we have about you) to authorities in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any information posted by you, and any information sent either private or public can be made available to any admins, staff or enforcement agencies at any time.
We have the right to remove any content we deem objectionable at any time and without warning or reason.
By uploading your own files to a Nexus site you agree to allow administrators of the site to store and present the content whenever and where ever the administrators deem necessary until such time as you manually remove the content yourself using the pre-provided tools or until such time that you send a request to the owners of the site for the content be removed. Removal of content is a manual process, however, so please realise that we may not be able to remove or edit content immediately.
You only retain the rights to files you have uploaded to a Nexus site. You do not own the rights to files or content not posted by yourself that might have been created as a result of your content being available on any Nexus site, including, but not limited to, ratings, comments, images created by other users, articles in regards to your content and any statistical information in regards to your content.
The Nexus does not claim ownership of the content you provide to the Nexus or post, upload, input or submit on any Nexus site or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the members of any public or private community. However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting ("Posting") content on the Nexus you are granting the Nexus a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your content and to publish your username in connection with your content at our digression.
File and image database commenting and rating
Please take the time to read and understand the following before commenting on any files or images uploaded to this site.
We have a strict zero-tolerance policy for the breaking of our terms and people can and will be banned from the site without warning if they ignore them. Remember; ignorance is not an excuse.
The commenting, endorsement and rating system is available on Nexus sites to provide users with:
- an interface to offer positive feedback on the functionality of the file in question based on the author’s initial intentions
- the ability to offer constructive criticism on aspects of the file that could be improved
- the chance to ask for feature requests and discuss such requests with other users of the site or the author
- the ability to ask for help in troubleshooting problems with the file in question
If your comment contains text that is likely to personally offend other users of the site either in the language you use or the message of your text then do not post. We take personal attacks very seriously and you will be banned without warning.
If you believe that someone else’s post does not fit into these criteria then you are encouraged to report the comment in question for moderator review. Above all do not post in reply to the offending comment however good intentioned your post might be, even if you are the author of the file in question. This is known as “feeding the trolls” and “forum vigilantism” and is frowned upon by the moderator staff. You may well end up with a suspension from the site if you partake in this activity.
This site has extremely dedicated moderating staff who have full authority to edit and delete posts as well as ban accounts instantly and without warning. However the moderating staff cannot possibly read and keep up-to-date with every single comment, rating and file posted on the site. It is up to you, the users of this site, to help keep this site clear of the people who just want to ruin it for everybody by reporting violations of these conditions to the moderators, either through the provided reporting features on the site or via forum PM to the moderating staff.
Uploading files and images
The primary role of Nexus sites is to provide a platform for members to share their content with other members of the site via the file and image databases respectfully. Content uploaded to Nexus sites is not immediately moderated by members of staff and is instantly available for download once the member agrees to publish the content on the site. While such a system is open to exploitation the moderation staff are extremely astute and remove rule breaching content in very acceptable times. We do however rely on members of this site to help us in moderating content uploaded to Nexus sites by reporting any content the user deems to be in breach of the file sharing rules. People exploiting the open nature of Nexus sites will be banned without warning and with extreme prejudice and every attempt will be made to insure that person is not able to use the site again and, if necessary, reported to the relevant authorities for further action.
Nexus sites have quite a liberal content policy on what files are acceptable on the site but there are still rules all uploaders must adhere to. Failure to adhere to these rules will result in the file being removed from the site, the uploader's account being banned and if necessary all the details of the uploader being passed on to relevant authorities:
- Absolutely no copyrighted work is to be used without permission of the original creator. This includes content from other games, from DLCs, music creators or from other file authors. This also includes members from countries that do not recognise copyright laws (such as Russia).
- All files uploaded must have been created by the uploader or used with permission from the original author of the content. If you cannot provide proof of consent when asked then your file will be removed and your account is likely to be banned.
- Always provide appropriate credit to authors who have given you permission to use their content in your files both within the file description and within your file readme.
- Any files that contain sexual images or reference of sexual acts with minors (people under the age of 18 or people who look under the age of 18) and animals, incite racial or religious hatred or are generally designed to spark a negative reaction in certain demographics beyond what is accepted within the UK/US media will be removed and accounts banned. To further clarify: what would be acceptable within the film and video game industry in the UK/US is generally acceptable on Nexus sites.
- Insure that any content that would typically be awarded a 15 certificate or higher in the US/UK film and video game industry is properly labelled with the “Adult-only” option when uploading files and images. Continued failure to adhere to this rule will result in your account being banned.
- Do not upload files that contain viruses, malware, spyware, adware or any software or code that would compromise the integrity of a system or the user’s game.
- Do not upload files that are knowingly broken and known to prevent the majority of member’s games from working properly.
- Do not upload files that are password protected or contain password protected sections.
- Do not upload compilations of other users work irrespective of whether the authors of the work you would like to compile together have agreed to your using their work in your compilation. For example: no "my favourite mods" lists or "best weapon" compilations.
- If you are providing a translation service for a mod in another language then you cannot upload any of the content from the file you are translating (this avoids issues with your version being out-of-date with the original author’s file). Your translation should be a stand-alone addition that works in conjunction with the original file and you should link to the original file as a mirror or in your file description. If you cannot translate a file without including the original file’s content then do not upload it at all.
- Insure you upload a file for your file entry as soon as possible. Do not create "placemarkers" or "Work-in-progress" pages for files that are incomplete or you haven’t even created yet. If uploading a file will take a long time or you’re not ready yet then keep your file set to “Hidden” until you are ready. Do not deliberately create a file page without uploading any files just to generate hype or interest in your work; it will get you banned (uploading a text document with your ideas will not get around this issue).
- If you are collaborating with one or more other users to create a file then insure you keep a record of all discussions related to permissions of use and distribution, as well as how and where to credit all involved. Lay out a set list of criteria or even a contract among yourselves to avoid potential problems in the future.
- If you give your permission to another author for them to use your work within their own modifications then, pending a breach of whatever terms you decided, you cannot take back that permission once the other author's file has been released. Once again; always document your conversations with other authors regarding permissions, preferably via private message on the Nexus forums just in case.
- If you make things particularly and unnecessarily hard for Nexus staff we may just decide to remove any/all your files and be done with you.
- Do not deliberately name your file entry so it is the first file in a category list sorted alphabetically (for example; by calling your "My House" mod "AAA My House". We will either delete your entry or rename your file to "ZZZ My House" depending on how we feel. Continued breaches will get you banned.
- When uploading images for files make sure they are relevant to the mod, don't mislead people and insure no adult-only images are uploaded if your file is not an adult-only file.
- Do not ever ask for donations.
- Do not upload files that require users to pay any sort of financial sum for parts or all of your file. You cannot charge money for the files you upload to Nexus sites.
- Do not solicit (ask for) ratings, endorsements or file of the month votes within your file description.
- Nexus staff reserve the right to edit details relating to your file (but not the uploaded files themselves) or remove it completely without warning or reason at their own discretion.
- If your file contains graphic scenes including but not limited to nudity, sex, masturbation, rape or torture then you increase your chances of Nexus staff removing your content at their own discretion and without warning.
- If you see a file that breaches these rules it does not mean that file has been allowed to remain by the Nexus staff and that all files of similar content are OK. Nexus staff might not have seen the file so report the file if you are unsure.
Uploading to the Image Share section
The image share section of Nexus Sites was designed to allow players to share their favourite or informative screenshots of the games they play with other users of the site. While an adult-only tag is available that should be used if the image would be rated anything higher than a PG-13 in US/UK media we do not want images of nude characters hosted in the Image Share section. “No nudity” includes boobs and genitalia as well as visible pubic hair in the genitalia area.
Yes, there’s an adult-only content filter (that some have just taken to mean “nude content” filter) but adult-only content is more than just nudity. It’s excessive gore, it’s risque comic-strips, it’s pictures of characters wearing the skimpiest outfits possible without breaking the rules. It’s basically everything you wouldn’t want to have your boss catching you looking through at work.
For a more detailed look at what is and isn't acceptable within the Image Share section please read Robin's thread on the subject.
Aside from no nudity, you should only upload images that would be acceptable in the file database. This, importantly, means that you should not upload pictures of mods you are using that would not be allowed in the file database such as mods using ported or copyrighted content. Whether or not you use these mods is your choice, but please do not upload pictures of these mods in action to the Image Share section of the sites.
As of the 12th of May 2010 a private "Supporter" only Image Share section is available for Supporter members of the site. This section may contain images of all types within the legal bounds of the internet. That is to say that nudity is permitted but any images that wouldn't be legally acceptable (such as pictures of naked children, bestiality, necrophilia, copyrighted content etc.) are still not allowed.
Donations
In March of 2012 a donations system was added to the Nexus sites that allows users to specify a Pay Pal address to accept voluntary donations through. Included in this system are two locations where users can donate to your account from; your profile and your mod pages.
Donations are classed as completely voluntary monetary transactions that yield no gain for the donator. That means that donations should only ever be offered as a way of thanking other users and never in exchange for services, support or perks on the site or with files. Users are not allowed in any way, shape, or form to offer their files, services or support to other users in exchange for donations on the Nexus. If people are found in breach of this then you can expect to be banned.
We have a 100% no solicitation rule in regards to donations. This means that you cannot request users donate to you anywhere on the site including on your profile, in your file or image descriptions, via images, forum comments or private messages other than by selecting from the already existing donation options in your preferences area on Nexus sites. If you are caught asking for donations anywhere on the site you are subject to receive a strike or an out-right ban depending on the severity of the breach of rules and on past warnings. Such strikes or warnings are handled based on the moderating staff member's own discretion.
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