*When It Comes to Discussion* Treat others with respect, whether you agree with them or not. No flaming or personal commentary will be tolerated. We always debate topics, not personalities. Please remember that disagreeing with someone on a topic, as long as it is done respectfully, is not considered by the admin to be a flame or an attack.

*Spoiler Policy*: If a thread has SPOILER in the title, no spoiler space is required in the posts for that thread.

If you're discussing something in a different thread/folder and an example comes up using something for an episode/show currently in production -- then please a) warn people you're about to post a spoiler and b) use spoiler space. No spoiler space is required for episodes of Stargate that have already aired in the US and UK, BOTH. Sorry Canada and Australia and the rest of the world, but god knows when the episodes will be shown there!

The moderators are ultimately in charge. Please listen to them if they ask you to do something or to stop doing something.

*Chat Room Rules* Our chat room is open all of the time and there is usually a moderator present. The rules are simple:

The moderator is in charge. Please listen to them if they ask you to do something or to stop doing something. Kicking someone from the chat room or gagging them is completely at their discretion.

The chat room is for discussing Stargate, and although the topic often wanders, it is not a dating service. If there is a scheduled chat in progress, please be polite enough to recognize that there might be a topic.

Please: NO TEXT MESSAGING. Many people don't understand what the heck you're talking about when you use these abbreviations in the chat room. It's rude. Don't do it.

*Adult Topics* This Forum is moderated by adults for adults. Accordingly, some threads may wander into PG13-rated territory. Slash, ship and gen topics of discussion are all welcome here, but please remember you are posting on a public Forum. If you do not like gen or you do not like slash or you do not like ship, please either stay away from those threads or learn to exercise some tolerance. Siglines and pictures and commentary about slash or ship are all allowed as long as they are not graphic in nature. Please stay within the bounds of good taste. To clarify, manipulations which present the actors in suggestive poses outside of what we’ve seen on screen are crossing the boundaries of good taste in that they involve the actor’s actual images and put them in positions they might not be comfortable seeing themselves in - and we would ask members to refrain from posting those type of manips on the forum, as well.

*OT's* When the discussion continues to repeatedly wander off-topic remember to create a new folder.

*Discussion Threads* Try to look for an existing thread on a subject before starting a new one. You can expand all of the folders to show you all of the previous threads by clicking on the folder name or by changing your settings near the top of the page.

Some threads are “protected.” This means that the subject being discussed is not open to debate. As an example, we have “protected” threads for discussion of slash called “Slashers Paradise” and for ship called “Shippers Heaven.” Within those threads, people are free to discuss slash or ship respectively without having to justify why they might like slash or ship. If a thread has (P) in the subject line/title or the first post says it is a protected thread (some of the older protected threads may not have the (P) in the title), please respect that.

Please do not put direct links to messages on other forums in messages on Our Stargate. You may link to other websites and the front page of other forums, but not to specific messages.

*Keep up-to-date on spoilers, news and more on actor Michael Shanks (Dr. Daniel Jackson), on the Michael Shanks list .*

*Fan Fiction* Fanfic is discussed here but not posted.