[Announcement] 2021 Rules Revision

We have some rule changes to announce that will be put into effect soon. Some of these rules are just to clarify already existing standards, the current rules that will be revised can be found at reddit.com/r/nba/wiki/rules

Rule Header	Rule Text
3f. Highlight Quality Enforcement	Highlights should show as much of the play as possible, and not abruptly cut off at the end. At moderator discretion, if a better version of the highlight is posted shortly after the original (this includes overall quality, duration, replays, etc.), the original highlight may be removed in favor of the higher quality one. This will be enforced more strictly during the playoffs than during the regular season.
4f. Recent Highlights	Highlights must be from the past 48 hours. This rule will only be in effect for during the season. Fan made mixes/highlight compilations should go in the stickied daily thread.
3e. Trending Topics/Posts	When one post gets really popular, there will often be threads made similar to that one. For example, when there is an existing post with an article/interview/video/etc. and then additional content from the same source is used to make new posts. These posts will be removed if posted too frequently as they end up cluttering both the front page and the new queue. Please try to keep these within the originally created thread. If you are wanting to cite multiple parts of a source, consolidate it into a single thread.
2d. Witch-hunt Threads	Witch-hunt threads/comments are classified as tagging a user to troll, bait, or call them out. If you have a problem with the mods or certain users, please leave it to private messages and modmails. In order to prevent witch-hunting, crossposting old threads as a means of calling out users is not allowed. This includes linking to threads in order to point out bad takes, whether calling out one user specifically or the general mindset at the time of the post. These threads only serve to target those with perceived bad takes and they will be removed.
17d. NBA History (Discussion, old highlights, etc.)	Posts discussing NBA history are allowed as self-posts. These should primarily be discussion-centric posts and not just a means of posting old game footage. Throwback posts and “on this day” posts are not allowed. Any direct video submissions (streamable, YouTube) that are of a game not having occurred within the last 48 hours will be removed. These are allowed during the offseason.
18d. Irrelevant content	What is or is not considered relevant is up to the discretion of the moderators. This includes posts about video games, 2K, fantasy, and other unrelated news. Quotes from individuals not involved with the NBA will largely be removed. These include celebrities, politicians, former players (those who are no longer involved with the NBA and are largely trying to stir up drama). Various editorials regarding politics and/or NBA matters that are authored by individuals not related to the NBA will be removed. Posts about individuals involved on the executive-side of the NBA will be removed unless the topic is directly relevant to the NBA.
19d. NBA prospects	Posts about prospects are allowed as a self-post with a discussion. These posts should be more than just asking a basic question about the prospect. Highlights of NBA prospects are not allowed during the season and are allowed during the offseason.
6c. Repetitive Posts	There are a number of repetitive posts such as user-opinion top (5/10/25/etc.) rankings, homework help, “which team should I root for”, etc. These should be commented in the stickied daily thread and will be removed as a post.
7c. Filler Text	Any post submitted as a self-post should have at least 100 characters. If you have a simple question to ask, ask it in the stickied daily thread. Attempting to circumvent this requirement through the use of filler text will result in a temporary ban.
8c. Account Age	Accounts need to be 3 days old to comment and 30 days old to post. This can be automatically reduced with positive subreddit participation.
9c. Default Language	This is a subreddit to discuss the NBA, and as such, unless particularly notable, posts/highlights/etc. should be in English. An example of an allowed non-English highlight would be an enthusiastic non-English commentator during a prominent highlight. If you are simply posting a non-English play in order to be the first to post the specific highlight, it will be removed.
5b. Comment Full Edits	Editing a popular comment or post in order to troll/advertise/make a joke/etc. can result in a ban. Additionally, if you have a highly downvoted comment and you edit the comment to troll, you face a ban.

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