I talked to Artemis and ran what I was going to say by him before I posted this and he said this was okay.

 

I apologize in advance for making this a huge wall ot text, but I believe this is an important issue and I want to be as thorough as possible.

 

I have had the idea for this particular thread for a very long time and have decided to post it because I believe that the way the "borderline NSFW" rule here has been applied in an inconsistent manner that often makes it a bit confusing as to what is actually allowed on here. I have talked to a few other members on here via PM that seem to agree. I realize there are certain cases that are a tad more complex than others but it seems that even moderators don't seem to be on the same page on this matter. Clarifying this further and making things more consistent I believe will be a win for both the users as well as the staff as it will cause less inadvertant breaking of said rule and could also improve user morale.

 

One user I talked to has said that he is afraid to address any topic even the slightest bit sexual because of this even though it is clearly within the rules to talk about sexual subjects so long as people don't go into graphic detail. I am sure there are others who may in fact feel the same way, when users are afraid to say certain things on any subject. While going to a moderator when you are not sure if something is innapropriate or not is good advice which I am sure some of you on staff may give and I of course agree with it when users wonder if anything even the slightest bit sexual may get them in trouble and they feel they have to go to a moderator for everything than I believe that is a problem.

 

I and some other users have seen certain images and other material be taken down because it is judged as "borderline NSFW" while material which is just as close or even closer to it has been left alone. Case in point is the most attractive pony tournament held last year, which you can see at the link below.

 

http://mlpforums.com...ournament-2013/

 

Most of the images posted are well within the realm of the rules however some of the images are while they are not full blown NSFW are fairly suggestive and because of the lack of a clear definition of "borderline NSFW" could have easily been removed and result in said warning but have been left alone. I looked through that thread carefully a few days ago and you can find said images on pages page 48,46, 45,44,42, 41,39, 37,36,34,33 and 23. One such image is very similar to an Applejack image that I posted that was removed by a moderator and it is this Octavia pic which I shall call "exhibit A" for ass.

 

This same user also brough to my attention a glaring inconsistency in two disciplinary decisions. One being a 2 day suspension of a user who posted Nazi Rarity pictures in the March Madness Tournament thread and gory images of Rarity in the Rarity fanclub thread. While another user was given a 7 day suspension and nearly banned for posting graphic content of a man shooting a dog in order to raise awareness of an incident of animal cruelty. While the judgment of the user who was nearly banned was arguably bad and the content he posted was innapropriate it begs the question as to why who was miguided but had the best intentions got a 7 day suspension for graphic content yet someone who openly flamed and trolled only got a 2 day suspension.

 

Another user I have spoken with on this matter was recent cited for "borderline NSFW" for an edited show screen shot. I saw the screenshot in quesiton and don't see how it was innapropriate as nothing sexual was added to said pic. The pictures I mentioned in the "most attractive pony tournament" thread are far far closer to "borderline NSFW" than that particular pic.

Source: More Clarification And Consistent Enforcement of the "Borderline NSFW" Rule