The following is a cut down version of the #youth-rules. The complete version can be found here .

About #youth

#youth is aimed at ages 6 to 21; although anyone may join as long as they are prepared to chat at a suitable level for that age range. #youth is run by the #youth-team who are members of the #youth community that have shown that they are trustworthy and responsible.

The ScoutLink Global Youth Co-ordinator has overall responsibility for #youth and ensures that the #youth-team is running smoothly. The role is re-elected every three years. Should the current #youth co-ordinator choose to stand down, the role will be re-elected sooner. The current Youth Co-ordinator is Peter Hodgkinson; elected 2007.

#youth rules

Users of #youth have to abide by certain rules, as do users of all the other ScoutLink channels. Our rules are:

Sitting in the channel without talking is called idling, and is not allowed. This is a chatroom and we like people to chat! If there are five people or more in channel (not including the channel bot; Mainframe) you will be kicked automatically after 30 minutes (you will be warned at 25 minutes that you need to talk). If there are less than five people in the channel then you will not be automatically kicked, but a #youth-op might kick you if you are not responding.

No swearing, this is enforced by an automatic kick list on our channel bots and any words that escape the list will be picked up by our ops.

PLEASE! Do not give out your phone number, address, or other personal details on open channel!

No unauthorized bots or scripts are permitted.

Spoofed hostmarks will not be tolerated.

No flooding, this is sending more than 10 lines to the channel in 5 seconds OR typing gibberish/random letters and/or numbers and/or symbols. Sending more than 10 lines in 5 seconds is automatically stopped. If you type gibberish you may be kicked - this is up to the ops. If they have a reason for thinking you are flooding you may be kicked even if you are sending less than 10 lines in 5 seconds.

#youth is an English only channel. UNLESS everyone in the channel understand the other language. Greetings, hugs, and other gestures in other languages are ok.

Listen to what the ops tell you – everyone is allowed to make mistakes at first, and the ops will explain if you do something wrong, and tell you how to put it right! J

Keep your Scout Law, Oath/Promise – and you won’t go far wrong!

You are responsible for anyone who uses your Computer or nickname

The above rules also apply to use of the TeamSpeak #youth channel where appropriate, the #youth-forum and any other parts of #youth.

Complaints

If you feel that the #youth rules have been broken, or you feel you have been treated unfairly then please send a log of what happened, preferably time stamped to:

coordinator@youth.scoutlink.net

and explain what you think is wrong.

If you are unhappy with the response then e-mail the ScoutLink Global Council, who are in charge of ScoutLink. Their e-mail address is council@scoutlink.net

For a complete list of #youth channel rules take a look at the complete version which can be found here.