Make the nickname policy official

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/templates/main/about/rules.html b/templates/main/about/rules.html
index e4ff0609..f042797e 100644
--- a/templates/main/about/rules.html
+++ b/templates/main/about/rules.html
@@ -82,6 +82,33 @@
                     </li>
                 </ol>
 
+                <h1 class="uk-article-title hover-title" id="nickname-policy">
+                    Nickname Policy
+
+                    <a href="#nickname-policy" class="uk-text-primary" title="Permanent link to this header">
+                        <i class="fas fa-paragraph" data-fa-transform="shrink-8"></i>
+                    </a>
+                </h1>
+                <p class="uk-article-meta">
+                    Keep It Simple, Stupid
+                </p>
+                <p>
+                    In order to keep things pleasant and workable for both users and staff members, we enforce the
+                    following requirements regarding your nickname.
+                </p>
+                <ol>
+                    <li>No blank or "invisible" names</li>
+                    <li>No slurs or other offensive sentiments</li>
+                    <li>No noisy unicode characters - for example, z̯̯͡a̧͎̺̻̝͕̠l̡͓̫̣g̹̲o̡̼̘  or byte order marks</li>
+                    <li>No nicknames designed to annoy other users</li>
+                    <li>Make sure the nickname is easy to mention using a keyboard that can only type ASCII characters</li>
+                </ol>
+                <p>
+                    Staff reserves the right to change the nickname of any user for any reason. Failure to comply with these
+                    requirements may result in you losing the right to change your nickname. We also reserve the right to
+                    discipline users with offensive usernames, regardless of the nickname they're using.
+                </p>
+
                 <h1 class="uk-article-title hover-title" id="infractions">
                     Infractions
 
@@ -100,7 +127,8 @@
                     The possible actions we take based on infractions can include the following:
                 </p>
                 <ul>
-                    <li>A public verbal/textual warning</li>
+                    <li>A public verbal or textual warning</li>
+                    <li>Forced nick changes, where appropriate</li>
                     <li>A short temporary mute</li>
                     <li>A long temporary mute</li>
                     <li>A kick from the server</li>