Hey everyone. First off welcome to all the new members, I am so glad to see there's already a lot of people who enjoy the show from what they've seen from the 'pre-aired' pilot episode and/or promo videos shown on TV. Because it's only few more weeks until Chuck officially kicks off, hereby a few quick notes to keep everything running smoothly:

• Please make sure when posting a new entry you tag it appropriately. At the moment I have to tag almost every other entry. Which right now isn't too much work, but when the show officially starts airing and more people start posting it could become different.

• Don't ask for or post about (episode) downloads.

• Starting September 24, each week there will be one post in the community where everyone can comment with a link to their reaction post in their own journal. That way the friends lists won't get cluttered with everyone copying their rec into the community's journal.

• For more information read the full list of rules.

• Affiliates.

• Contact the mod.

Hey guys. I -finally- finished writing out the rules for the community, you can find them here.

They are a must read for all members to keep everything going as smoothly as it is now. There's also a large part dedicated to the rules for making new posts which, besides some basics, is divided into separate categories:
• Fan art
• Fanfic/drabbles
• Icons
• Miscellaneous
• Pictures
• Reaction posts
• Spoilers
• Videos

Please read them before making a new post and I'd also like to remind you to make use of our tags. That way everyone can find your post(s) easy, even when it's no longer near the top of the page.


Now, since this community is still so new, I'm not done yet tweaking the layout etc. however I've encountered a few minor problems I can't seem to figure out. I am sure there's a lot of people in the community with more knowledge in this area than I possess so I'll put my questions behind a cut and if you could help me out that'd be fantastic. Problems solved thanks to the always amazing dontburnhot.


( Some layout related problems/questions )


If you have any questions or remarks in regards to the rules, feel free to comment here. Thanks for joining guys and keep the community as awesome as it is now :)

GENERAL RULES

• When posting a new entry you must tag it appropriately. If a tag for the content you're posting does not yet exist, you can make a new one
• Be nice! No bashing, trolling, racism, flaming, etc. allowed
• Use proper spelling and punctuation. Of course we all make mistakes and there might be people here who don't have as good a grasp on the English language as native speakers, but just dOnT tAlK LiEk ThEeS pLz
• Don't post in all caps, this is considered shouting on the internet
• Affiliates are welcome, more information see here
• If you have a question, encounter a problem or need to contact me for another reason you can do so here


WHAT YOU CAN NOT POST

• Downloads or requests for downloads. This is illegal and will get us banned
• Introduction posts. While we are happy to have you here, no need for a new post to say hi, just jump into the discussion
• Gossip
• Dreams you've had about the show or an actor from the show
• Flails about how you saw someone on the street who looked just like one of the actors, but it wasn't them
• Spam
• Website/community promotions unless permission has been granted here


HOW TO POST

Fan art

• All fan art posted must be from Chuck
• Anything larger than 400x400 pixels or anything spoilery must be put behind an lj-cut
• Don't link to a flocked entry or journal, or if you do at least leave the post public for a week and mention this in your post. If you fail to do so your entry in chucktv will be deleted
• Don't make multiple fan art posts a day. Either wait until you're done and post all of it at once, or if you've already made a post for that day and don't want to edit it, save your new art and post it the next day
• If your art contains spoilers for a not yet aired episode or an episode that has aired less than three days ago your preview has to be spoilerfree and you have to put up a warning in the post itself

Fanfic & drabbles

• At this time all Chuck related fics and drabbles are welcome. Once the show starts airing there will probably be an individual community for it, but for now everything can go here
• Use a header providing at least the following information: Title, rating, character(s) or pairing and a summary. Example:

Title: Chuck
Rating: PG-13
Characters, pairings: Chuck/Sarah, Morgan
Summary: Chuck and Sarah are on a date when Morgan bursts in
Author's note: You can find the full story [here] in my journal

• Don't make multiple fic posts a day. Either wait until you're done and post them all at once, or if you've already made a post for that day and don't want to edit your previous post, collect your fics/drabbles and post them the next day
• Don't link to a flocked entry or journal, or if you do at least leave the post public for a week and mention this in your post. If you fail to do so your entry in chucktv will be deleted
• If your fic contains spoilers for a not yet aired episode or an episode that has aired less than three days ago you have to put up a warning in the post itself

Icons

• At this time all Chuck related icons are welcome. Once the show starts airing there will probably be an individual community for it, but for now everything can go here
• All icons posted must be from Chuck, there's plenty of other communities for say icons from Adam Baldwin in Firefly
• If you link to a multi-fandom post, only show previews of Chuck icons
• You can have up to three teasers (no spoilers), the rest has to go behind an lj-cut
• Don't link to a flocked entry or journal, or if you do at least leave the post public for a week and mention this in your post. If you fail to do so your entry in chucktv will be deleted
• Don't post a single icon, but wait until you have a few more
• Don't make multiple icon posts a day. Either wait until you're done and post them all at once, or if you've already made a post for that day and don't want to edit it, save your new icons and post them the next day
• If your icons contain spoilers for a not yet aired episode or an episode that has aired less than three days ago your previews have to be spoilerfree and you have to put up a warning in the post itself

Miscellaneous

• Magazine scans, fan encounters with the actors, TV-appearances, news, interviews, etc. are very welcome. Keep spoilers and everything larger than 400x400 pixels behind an lj-cut
• If you use an online source for what you post, link back to it in your post

Pictures

• Please place pictures larger than 400x400 pixels behind an lj-cut.
• If your picture(s) contains a spoiler it has to go behind a cut no matter the size. Also give a warning in the name of the cut
• Picspams of the show and actors are more than welcome, just post only one (or none) pictures outside the cut, not larger than 400x400 pixels in size

Reaction posts

• Once the show starts airing, each week there will be one post in the community where everyone can comment with a link to their reaction post in their own journal. That way the flists won't get cluttered with everyone copying their rec into the community's journal

Spoilers

• A spoiler is a piece of information on an episode that has not yet aired on television. Spoilers are very welcome, however not everyone wants to know what's going to happen before it airs, so please put all spoilers behind an lj-cut
• Information on new episodes will be considered a spoiler until three days after the episode has aired in North America
• If you use an online source for what you post, link back to it in your post
• While this community has members from all continents we unfortunately can't guarantee to keep it spoilerfree for people from countries where Chuck airs at later dates than in North America. Be aware of that fact before joining

Videos

• All embedded videos have to be put behind an lj-cut
• Links to downloads of episodes or requests for such are prohibited. Downloading is illegal and if we would provide it within the community we risk being banned


USEFUL LINKS

Community directory

• Join
• Tags
• Contact the mod
• Affiliates

Official Chuck related sites

• Chuck on NBC
• Chuckssecret
• Chuck's MySpace
• Morgan's MySpace
• Ellie's MySpace
• Chuck's YouTube account
• Chuck on Flickr
• Chuck's profile on geek2geek
• Chuck's Lastfm account
• Chuck's Stickam profile
• Official Zachary Levi website
• Buy-more.net
• NerdHerdHelp.com

Livejournal

• FAQ
• About LJ-cuts
• Terms of Service


// Rules are subject to change. If any big alterations will be made however I'll notify you guys through a new post in the community //

If you want to contact me for whichever reason you can leave a comment here and I'll get back to you asap.

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• Community questions
• Suggestions for chucktv
• Reporting a member who behaved badly
• And so forth and so on

All comments to this post are screened by default.

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• A link to your community
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