popedish | post the first

Because I'm so excited that she's going to be on popular television again, I decided to take my obsession to a whole new level and start a community devoted to the best thing to come out of Canada since that ham that's not really "bacon:" Carly Pope. The rules and mission statement are out front, but since this is the first post, let's just repeat them for sentimentality's sake:

Things you should post:

Carly-relevant news;
Discussion and analysis of Carly films and television episodes;
Pictures of Carly, including screencaps of her projects, icons, and other art;
Fanfiction about any of Carly's characters;
Information about relevent communities/websites/projects.

Things you should not do, because it makes people cranky:

Don't be rude. It is possible to have intelligent, thoughtful discussions without resorting to namecalling and talking about people's mothers. I've seen it.
Don't spam about communities that haven't got anything to do with this one. Because we don't care. There are community promotion communities, ironically enough; find one of those to talk yourself up in.
Put things behind cuts. If you have a story that's more than a hundred words, or a picture that's really big, or more than a few icons, put it behind a cut tag so that the other community members don't yell at you for making their friends' page look funky.
Along these lines: please use cut tags for spoilers for current projects. Some people don't want to know everything before watching a new tv show/movie; respect that.
The moderator is completely OCD about ~~everything~~ entry tags. She very much appreciates you using them, but she reserves the right to alter them if you do them improperly. If you don't understand entry tags, or if you're afraid of using the wrong ones; no sweat. It's totally not a big deal; feel free to leave the field blank.
Do not hotlink pictures. People pay money for bandwidth, and hotlinking is stealing. There are many places -- including Livejournal -- that provide image-hosting completely free of charge.
The moderator will totally delete your post if you're in violation of the rules more than once. Consider this your last warning.

That's about it. I expect people will remain fairly peacable, so membership is currently open. There's no layout yet because, heh, I'm waiting for screencaps of her first episode of dirt.