The Moderation team has become aware of a trend in the In-Character subforums. Many players are making posts in IC threads that contain isolated words or phrases mid-sentence surrounded by [OOC] faux-BBCode tags. We would like to remind players that at this time such posts are considered attempted circumvention of the IC nature of these forums, especially where the overall meaning of the post is clearly OOC.
Please note that this does not prohibit OOC tags altogether, but merely the interjection of them into the middle of a sentence. The respective IC and OOC parts of a post should remain separated. An example of improper use of OOC tags would be such:
An example of proper use of OOC tags, however, would be:
This topic is currently under discussion in the Moderation forum, here. Further clarification of the current policy on this subject may be found in the same thread, here. Users are encouraged to participate in this policy discussion; please remember to keep the politics at the door and follow the guidelines of the Moderation forum.
Thank you for your cooperation.