question about acceptability of avatar
 

Would it be ok if I used an avatar with a picture of Lain Iwakura?

She was the main character of a Japanese anime show, she was - in a sense - a 14 year old girl, but also in a sense she was a God - its a bit complex anyway... but I didnt know if it would run afoul of the "no under 18's" rule... obviously it is an animated character, not a real person under 18, but I wanted to check it would be cool or not before i changed it.

animation and artwork is a difficult call, but i would lean towards the no.. grey areas aren't something we really like to play around with.

I take the "no" call, as well. We've disallowed images of the Power Puff Girls, because they're "underage". This falls into the same catagory.

Well so muh for my Bart-Simpson-mooning-avatar I have been working on. :(

What about the psyco little girl that Halx has as his avatar now?


I've also wondered about people posting drawings they have done of children. Is that not allowed either?

I suppose if its his site he can interpret the rules. Ayway, its cool, I made my own face an avatar instead! Thanks to all the mods for giving me guidance anyway

Yeah,

I wish there was a one size fits all rule that is easy to apply, but there isn't.

I would have leaned toward a 'yes', animie is ok, but others think not.

Too bad we have to worry about such things.

"Osaka" in Halx icon is definately under 18..
and if you wanna get technical "Chii" in mine isnt even 1 yet..
Come on.. it's an avatar of an animated character.. not a picture of an actual person.
Nor does it sound too explicit.

I don't know if this will get me in trouble, but i had lain as my avatar for a while. I didn't stop to think that the no kids policy would apply to anime. :cool:

how about this one? - it was pretty small before and so probably didn't get noticed by anyone - but I don't want to break any rules.

The image is from an old BBC test-card, the kind they used to show during 'technical difficulties'

Please let me know (PM if you want) if it breaks any rules - and I'll use something different.

actually, I've thought against it - will try something else instead