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Welcome, rules and infractions, guidelines
Welcome to the LJ slash community steelandsparks! This is a community devoted to the Fullmetal Alchemist pairing Roy/Ed. :) If you're an artist or a writer looking for a place to share your fanworks, or a reader looking for a new source of fanworks to indulge in, I hope this will be a place where those two interests meet!

So, how to begin? Well, if you have something to share, then by all means do so. ^_^ Even if it's a story or a piece of art that is already written and has been out for a while, odds are that somebody else on the list who'd love to see it hasn't had a chance to do so yet. I encourage you to make a post with links to places that fanworks can be found, so that people can find and enjoy even your old works. And if you have something new to share, by all means do so too!

Please take a moment before you begin to review the community rules. Most of them are just common sense and courtesy, there should be nothing troublesome here.

Rules:
1. Be polite at all times.
2. Keep all posts on-topic -- all entries must pertain to Fullmetal Alchemist and to the pairing Roy/Ed, or at least to the characters Roy and Ed together.
3. Avoid spam (that is, posting many entries all at once, or one-line posts with no content.) Respect the other members' friends view. :)
4. Respect the other members, period. Constructive criticism is always welcome, but rudeness and flames are not. Trolls will be banned at my discretion.
5. Over 250, LJ-cut. Long text entries (over 250 words) and large graphics (over 250 pixels) should be put behind an LJ-cut. If you're not sure how to do an LJ-cut, please check out the FAQ here.
6. Spoilers for important events that happen in the series should also be placed behind a cut. If you're not sure what constitutes a spoiler, assume that it is anything more than basic knowledge about the show and the identities of the two characters involved is a spoiler.
7. Anything that is not 'work-safe' -- that is, of a PG-13 rating or higher -- must be locked. In addition to be friendslocked, such material should be placed behind an LJ-cut, with specific warnings in the header.
8. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Plagiarists will get one warning, after which they will be banned. Reposting without permission, even if credit is given, will be counted as plagiarism.
9. No introductory posts without content. Leaving comments on other peoples' entries is far and away the best way to get to know people, and to get yourself known in the community.

Enforcement works on a 'three-strike' basis. One infraction will receive a verbal warning, and a reminder to read the rules. Two will result in loss of posting access for three days. Three will either result in loss of posting access for a week, or loss of membership. Rudeness, profanity, or trolling will lead to immediate banning.

Strikes will last until the end of the month, after which I will forget about them and you are free to rack up more infractions. :)



Guidelines:
+This is a community for enjoying Roy/Ed, not for bashing other pairings. The community members have diverse interests; avoid bashing on other people's preferences.
+This community is Roy/Ed inclusive, but not Roy/Ed exclusive. Stories involving other relationships will be allowed so long as the Roy/Ed component is there.
+Yes, Ed/Roy is acceptable too.
+Please spell-check and grammar-check entries before you post them, and try to avoid chatroom slang or netspeak. Remember, what you write is your face on the internet!
+No sexually explicit material is allowed to be posted unlocked on this community. If you choose to post an unlocked link to such material on your own journal, you may do so, but at your own risk.
+I reccommend that you include a header with your fics and art. Headers should contain information such as the author/artist name, rating, warnings if applicable, and spoilers if any; anything else is optional. An example header might look like this:

Title:
Author:
Rating:
Spoilers:
Warnings:
Summary:
Notes:

If you have a question or a serious quarrel with any of these rules, post a comment and let me know.


You can click here to join this community. Membership is open.

Above all else, to thine own self be true... I mean, respect the other community members, and enjoy yourself!