Yeah, title's pretty explanatory on its own. Here are the bare basics I have, for both reviewers and non.

Rules for non-reviewers and reviewers alike:

1. Please keep the comments section civil. No harassment, no comment wars, no whining, and please keep the internet poop to a minimum.

2. In general, we will try to give constructive criticism to stories that do not meet the group standards. While we WILL review Mature fics, we will not extensively discuss their Mature elements (namely, Sex and Gore) for obvious reasons. That being said, ALL REVIEWS ARE FINAL. If you disagree, see rule 1.

3. All site rules are to be followed. Offenders will be removed from the group and reported to the site moderators.

4. Have fun! We prefer to distinguish ourselves from those other stuffy groups. As long as rules 1-3 are followed, there shouldn't be any problems.

Rules specifically for reviewers:

1. Reviewers may not, under any circumstance, review their own stories if said stories wind up in submissions. That would create unfair bias—regardless of approval or shame.

2. If a story's going to take a while to review, it's best to move it to Pending Review and go over it bits at a time.

3. If a crossover material confounds you, consult someone in the group who might know the material, and whether or not it can transcribe well with the MLP universe. If it's obscure, consult all of your fellow staff until you find someone who knows it.

4. Treat all works as fairly as you can—give them proper grades, let the author know what they can do to improve the works, and so forth. Don't rage at a story, unless there's very good reason to do so. Some of the reviewers are bound to rage, sadly, at some things—as they've been in Rage Reviews for a time. Bear this in mind.

5. If you're a contrib reviewer and not an admin reviewer, when you accept/reject a work, consult an admin to let them know a story needs moving to an appropriate folder.

6. Do not take a bundle of stories and review them in one go, unless they're written by the same author, AND they'll all be accepted or rejected in one review. Same applies to re-reviews, and collab reviews. This is only to err on the side of caution.

3649258 Hence why I said that rule being up to mod discretion.

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enforsive

What about, "especially strict on enforcing this one?"

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