What I think the rules should be.

[GekiClaws]

Hello everyone! Here is what I believe that the rules should be. Pls take a look especially if you're staff.
============================================================
1) NO griefing!
You should only place/break blocks if:
-You own the build.
-You have permission from the build's owner.
-You are building in agreement with friends.
-It is part of the natural terrain.
HERE-You are ONLY allowed to grief abandoned structures or your friends if they tell you to do so for a reason.

HERE-Punishments:
First Offense: 1 day in /jail or 2 day temporary ban, depending on severity of offense.
Second Offense: 1 week temporary ban.
Third Offense: 2 week temporary ban.
Fourth Offense: 1 mth temporary ban.
Fifth Offense: Permanent Ban.

2) NO spamming! It clogs up chat and is extremely annoying. Nobody likes a spammer.
This includes:
-Repeatedly saying the same thing.
-Excessive use of CAPS LOCK.
-Repeatedly using /me to talk instead of using normal chat.
-Long unnecessary sentences of random/repeating letters.
-Logging in and out repeatedly.
-Deliberately killing yourself repeatedly.
-Abuse of /afk.
-Repeatedly spamming a command which sends a message to other players, e.g. /money pay
-Using jarring chat colors and formatting repeatedly.

Punishments:
First Offense: Warning or 10 minute temporary mute, depending on severity of offense.
Second Offense: 1 hour temporary mute.
Third Offense: 1 day temporary ban.
Further Offenses: 2 day temporary ban.

3) NO harassing members and/or staff.
This harassment includes:
-Being around someone when they explicitly state that they don't want to be around you.
-Messaging someone repeatedly for any reason, both in private and in normal chat.
-Asking for items or teleports or player locations over and over again.
-Manipulative behavior to gain access to land and items.
-Telling staff how to do their job.
-Getting into text-fights in chat.
HERE-Being mean, rude, and offensive to a staff member.

Punishments:
First Offense: Warning and/or 10 minute temporary mute, depending on severity of offense.
Second Offense: 30 minute in /jail.
Third Offense: 1 day temporary ban.
HERE- Further Offenses: 2 day temporary ban.


4) NO asking and/or begging staff to do commands or spawn in items! If you ask, and they say "No" or "I can't do that", then DO NOT ask again.

HERE- Punishments:
First Offense: Warning.
Second Offense: 10 minute temporary mute.
Third Offense: 1 hour temporary mute.
Further Offenses: 1 day temporary ban.


5) NO advertising. It is highly disrespectful to the server, its players, and yourself. We're all here to play on Dreamcraft!
This includes:
-Giving out the IP to another survival server.
-PMing/Mailing IP addresses to other players.
-Spamming chat with IP addresses.
-Repeatedly talking about your own server. You may stay to get ideas for your server, but do not say things like "My server SERVERNAME.COM does this!"
-IN PRIVATE CHAT, YOU MAY share IP addresses of the following types of servers for the purpose of playing with friends or arranging events:
Jail Break servers.
Minigame-type servers.
Well-known Hub-type servers, e.g. Shotbow Network.

HERE- Punishments:
First Offense: Warning and/or 10 minute temporary mute, depending on severity of offense.
Second Offense: 1 day temporary ban.
Further Offense: Longer temporary ban, because account might be hacked and it is unfair for the person who uses it.

6) NO cheating! If it seems game-breaking or shouldn't be allowed, it's probably cheating!
You are not allowed to use:
-Hacked and/or griefing clients.
-Xray mods/texture packs.
-Glitch/bug exploits. Report these to staff! If you're found exploiting things without notifying staff, you may get banned.
-AFK pools. This server kicks inactive players to clear space and save resources. Do not be selfish.

HERE- You are ONLY allowed to use:
Optifine
Shadow texture packs

HERE- Punishments:
First Offense: Warning.
Further Offense: Temp/Permanent Ban (depends on severity).

7) NO trolling! Trolling can create arguments between players.
Trolling includes:
-Trapping people by building around them.
-Throwing potions at people to impair their ability to play, e.g. blinding or poison.
-Harassing players.
-YOU MAY prank friends and have fun that way, but be aware that if more people and/or staff gets involved, it will be stopped.

HERE- Punishments:
First Offense: Warning or 20 minutes in /jail, depending on severity of offense.
Second Offense: 2 day temporary ban.
Third Offense: 4 day temporary ban.
Fourth Offense: 8 day temporary ban.
Further Offense: 1 mth temporary ban.

8) BE respectful! Dreamcraft is nothing without its respectful community. Treat others the way you want to be treated! We expect everyone to show some level of respect to everyone else.
This includes:
-Do not direct a swear at any other player.
-Do not insult other players.
-Do not attempt to seek revenge, message staff and they will help you.
-Respect others' opinions. If you disagree, don't make it an argument. If you cannot discuss it in a civil manner, then walk away.
-Do not harass staff. Their job is very stressful and give up their free time to do the job. They are humans too and may not always do the job perfectly. If you have complaints of staff, message LostUser or an SMod(yellow name).
-Do not beg for blocks or items. Work for them!

HERE- Punishments:
First Offense: Warning, and/or 20 minute jail/mute, depending on severity of offense.
Second Offense: 20 minute jail/mute.
Third Offense: 1 day temporary ban.
Fourth Offense: 4 day temporary ban.
Fifth Offense: 1 week temporary ban.
Sixth Offense: 1 mth temporary ban.
Seventh Offense: Permanent Ban.


9) Make sure everyone playing on your account knows Dreamcraft's rules. If a rule is broken on your account, you will be punished for it, regardless if it was you or a sibling.

[Veresy]

You didn't show your changes.

[GekiClaws]

There were changes you couldn't see? Ok ill put a mark on changes.

[GekiClaws]

Veresy, now there are marks saying "HERE" in the post. Pls check it out again. IF you now agree, then pls write in comments. Other staff who have not yet done the poll can do it instead of writing in comments unless you are Hawaii or Lostuser.

[Veresy]

First of all, our punishments are set as is. That is all.


To answer your other questions:

HERE-You are ONLY allowed to grief abandoned structures or your friends if they tell you to do so for a reason.

You are not allowed to grief. Period. You are not allowed to remove abandoned structures unless you have the owner's permission.
If the owner doesn't sign on, then you can't ask them permission. Therefore, you are not allowed to remove their structure.

HERE-Being mean, rude, and offensive to a staff member.

This is already in the rules. 

Please read section 4 of the rules. 
Please be familiar with all of our rules.

HERE- You are ONLY allowed to use:
Optifine
Shadow texture packs

There is nothing in the rules saying you can't use either of these.