2.4 soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi: What is the moderation policy?
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This article is from the Gay-Lesbian-Bi Youth FAQ, by Jane Patterson with numerous contributions by others.
2.4 soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi: What is the moderation policy?
SSYGLB is moderated in order to make it a safe, high-signal forum. To
that end, the moderators will reject:
* Ad hominem personal attacks, unnecessary profanity or any other
sort of flaming behavior. Strongly worded disagreements or
rebuttals will not be rejected where they don't cross the line
into gratuitous abuse or four letter diatribes.
* As a support group, soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi does not
operate under the principle of "equal time". Consequently, under
no circumstances will the moderators approve any messages
containing homophobic abuse, declarations of the supposed
immorality, condemnation or blanket judgement of homosexuality
derived from any religious or secular source, or any other
submission which the moderators consider contrary to the mutually
supportive and friendly atmosphere of the group.
* Off-topic posts: S.s.y.g-l-b is a group for gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transgendered and exploring young people and their
friends to exchange information and support relevant to their
youth and sexuality. Any submission which is not of specific
relevance to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered youth -
whether to specific people or in the abstract - is off-topic for
this newsgroup.
* Posts without a valid e-mail address attached. The moderators are
willing to anonymize messages, or approve posts from anonymous
remailers, but the moderators must be able to contact the person
who sent the post.
* Cross-posted articles
* Binaries or uuencoded files. All binaries should be posted in the
binary groups.
* Personal ads are not approved under any circumstances. Requests
for email which do not contain any other content of relevance or
interest to the other readers of the group may be approved in
exceptional circumstances at moderator's discretion, but in
practice are rarely approved at all. Any request for email should
be:
+ Non-sexual in nature. Sexual requests are always rejected
whatever form they take.
+ Tagged on to an introduction to the other readers of the
group, (a "demuffining") of sufficient length and detail to
make interesting reading and add to the group atmosphere and
dynamic. "Hi, My name's Peter and I'm 19. Does anyone else
live in North Carolina? Email me if you do." is a
(fictitious) example of the sort of submission the moderators
receive all the time and reject. It add nothing to the group
and says nothing that anyone would want to read.
* Requests for information that is in the FAQ.
* General discussions of gay politics/issues that aren't
specifically youth related. (soc.motss, soc.bi,
alt.politics.homosexuality, and other forums are more appropriate)
The moderators reserve the right to edit approved posts. All personal
snail mail addresses or telephone numbers will be removed from
submissions.
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