How to make a report

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In the member's house (presentation) you will see a button that says:
'report this member to the guards'
right above the member name.
Click on the button and a new page appears.
Select the type of report you are making and write down your complaint. When you are done you press 'Send a report to the Guards'.

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Art theft reports

If you see an image that belongs to you, please report it to the Guards. Also, please read through the Uploading Art Rules to see what kind of images are allowed here and report those that are not.

Here's what makes the reports a little easier for us to handle:

- A good report contains as much information about the image as possible. So instead of saying 'I've seen this image before and so it is not hers!' you provide a link to the original location of the image.
Please do not use the img tag in the report, a simple link is fine.

- With regards to the images displayed in the bio, please do check the image location (right click and check the image properties). Just because Cathug does not host the images doesn't mean the images are stolen. Sometimes the members inline images from their own websites or free hosts like www.photobucket.com.

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Message Harassment reports

If you feel harassed by certain members on Elfpack, please feel free to report them to the Guards. However please note the following while making a report:

Messagenumbers
Include the messagenumber(s) by writing: [number@].
That we we know which message you are referring to.

Who started it
Do not report a member for calling you names if you started that first. It is extremely childish to call the authorities because you could no longer handle an insult war that you started. In such a case, in all probability you would be the one being warned/facing a ban.

Real life problems
Please do not contact us about real life problems that you have with certain members here. For example if some friend from real life and you decide to stop being friends, do not expect us to solve your problems.

Harassment outside of Cathug
Please do not contact us about harassment outside of Cathug, such as MSN or email.
Keeping your email hidden may help prevent getting unwanted emails or adds to your MSN.

Reporting for someone else
Please do not make reports on behalf of someone else. We want the harassed member to report, not some protective older brother or boyfriend to do it. Similarily, do not use a clone house (another account that you have here on CH) to make a report on someone because you do not wish that member to know who reported them. Your identity will never be given out to the reported member, you have all reasons to feel safe. (Note: Many reports are obvious who they come from, so we have to reveal your identity there. If after that you get a 'You reported me, you bitch!' message, we'll ban the offender.)

False reports
Do not make false reports. You are just wasting the Guards' time by this and you will be warned and possibly banned if you continue to do so.

Block
It is a good idea to block someone who keeps sending you annoying messages. To do this go to the bottom of their house and click on the 'block this member' button right below the message box. Please do report the member too.

Chain messages
If you received Chain messages, read the instructions about what to do then on given page.

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Wiki reports

Report a member if they have been harassing you in wikis or have been messing up wiki pages intentionally. Please include the name of the wiki page (and the version number).

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Go or return to:
-The Uploading Art Rules
-What is an asshole?
-Chain Messages
-Guards