Chat Room conduct should be guided by common sense and basic etiquette. You will be considered in violation of the Council of Elrond Rules of Conduct if you do any of the following:

1) Use excessive profanity or anything that is overly vulgar. Keep in mind that young people may be using this chat room.

2) Transmit or facilitate distribution of content that is harmful, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, vulgar, sexually explicit, or in a reasonable person’s view, objectionable. There is no place in this room where hate speech is tolerated.

3) Harass, threaten, embarrass, or do anything else to another chatter that is unwanted.

4) Flood/spam the chat room or otherwise disrupt the flow of chat. This is online vandalism, and it ruins the experience for others.

5) Publicly chat in a language other than English. This is an English speaking site, and the vast majority of its users speak only English. It’s not fair to the moderators/admins to try to moderate the chat if they don’t know what you’re speaking. Please take any non-English chatting to private chat. Exception: Sindarin or Quenya phrases are acceptable, in moderation.

Breaking any of these rules will be cause for temporary removal from the chat room. Continual abuse will ensure your permanent removal.