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Today marks the ten year anniversary of Sufficient Velocity. The original launch of SV did not go entirely as intended. Before we had proper name or even a proper URL the existence of a new forum leaked and our first users started signing up. This forced our hand somewhat, and we put our...

Staff Roles To serve as a point of reference for new staff and users. Directors Directors are the representatives of Perihelion Media Works Ltd. on Sufficient Velocity. They carry out corporate objectives and unlike the staff generally, the Directors represent the Corporation and have the...

Staff Confidentiality Staff are granted considerable power and leeway when it comes to managing Sufficient Velocity. Because you are all volunteers, that means we have imbued you with a particular level of trust. Part of that trust is understanding that certain parts of the job involve...

Human Resources SV is well-served by a large contingent of volunteers. While strictly speaking they are not necessary for the site to function, it could not function anywhere near as well as it does without their tireless efforts. They range from Councillors elected by the users to Advocates...

SV Does Not Provide Professional Advice SV has many users who are professionals: lawyers, doctors, dentists, wrestlers. Nearly every professional regulatory body which governs the practice of a field (lawyers, doctors, engineers, the WWE excepted) prevents their members from giving advice over...

Advertising & Commercial Use Users are not generally allowed to post commercial messages. This includes advertising a product or service, asking for donations for a cause, asking that money be donated to a third party, or promoting a product or service. This applies not only to the posting of...

Application of The Rules The Rules apply to everything that is posted on Sufficient Velocity, no matter where it is posted (public threads, private threads, personal messages, profile posts, etc.). The rules do not apply to things posted on other websites, even if the person who posted them...

Managing Tribunals Each Tribunal includes all active Councillors and an Administrator. Your job as the Administrator is to act as a combination of judge and investigator. You have the power to gather evidence and Staff statements and provide them to the Council, to manage the behavior of...

Report Queues In the past, there was a single report queue: all reports made by users were dumped into a single queue. That is no longer the case. Now we have a variety of report queues, along with some automatic report handling, and you should understand how and why those queues are to be...

Issuing Infractions When you press the “Infract” button on a post or other content, you will see four tabs in the Infraction menu. On the Infraction Information tab, first select the infraction category. The two primary categories you will use will be “Custom Warnings” and “Staff Notices”...

The Community Council The Community Council represents the users of Sufficient Velocity. Eighteen users are elected to serve one year terms during which they participate in the policy-making process, get a chance to oversee and work with the Staff, and provide their opinions on the resolution...

Staff Policies These policies are primarily guidance for Moderators and Arbitrators in how to carry out their duties and what Staff best practices are. This codification sets out generally what is considered good practice, what the Staff’s interpretation of the rules are, and what is taken...

Appeals If you believe that a disciplinary action taken by a Staff member against you on Sufficient Velocity was wrong, you may be able to have that decision reviewed through the appeals process. Most disciplinary actions on Sufficient Velocity can be appealed. You can appeal: Infractions...

Sanctions The Moderation staff’s primary role is to bring to fruition our vision of Sufficient Velocity. For that purpose, we’ve given them a kit of tools to manage user behavior - everything from the power to use special, extra-noticeable textboxes in posts to the ability to ban users from the...

Rule 6: Acceptable Content on SV Sufficient Velocity allows content which contain elements (such as sex scenes, drug use, and violence) which may be uncomfortable for some readers, as long as that content is handled maturely. We do not allow content which is pornographic, sexually or violently...