Controlling the "Posting Rules" box

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I'm minimizing my template to get rid of a lot of "stuff" and open space that really isn't needed. I want to display threads and posts (and some stats), and that's about it.

Now, the "Posting Rules" box is pretty high, and it's taking up the whole row by itself. I was thinking I could only remove it (do anyone really read it anyway?), but figured it could be better to leave it minimized as default.

So, instead of having to click on the "arrow" to minimize it, I want it to be like that as default - and instead I have to click on it to maximize it. I've been messing around in the forumrules template, but have yet to find a working solution.

Could someone kick me in the right direction, please?