Sounds like a lovely group that I'd love to participate in. :) On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 9:04 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
> MINDS EYE welcomes anyone in a spirit of hospitality. > There are a few rules. We'd expect anyone reasonably sound in spirit > not to > have to consider them before posting. We really intend them for use > in > dealing with nuisance. Or they serve to give you an orientation of > where > you are. We intend a warm and friendly spirit and to recognize and > reflect > the spirit of the group in any moderation. > All you need to do to join is either put up a new post or comment in > an > existing thread. This message will go to our moderation page in the > first > place and you’ll quickly be out of the moderation process and able to > post > directly. This is how we keep out spammers. > Keep on making meaningful contributions to the group and enjoy the > exchange > here on MINDS EYE. > Present MINDS EYE moderators are Archytas, Molly, and Ornamentalmind. > None > of us share the same religious or political views, thus we hope that > there > is no peculiar bias in moderation, though we are all white, broadly > middle-class, native speakers of varieties of English, and aged 50+. > You can email us<[email protected]>if you need a private > consultation. > > *MINDS EYE Posting Guidelines* > > *1. New Member Moderation* > All new members of MINDS EYE are initially moderated. This means that > a new > member's posts will not appear immediately, rather they will be held > in a > queue until an administrator has checked them over and released them > to the > group. The group's moderators are spread across several time zones and > work > schedules, thus this process generally happens within a few hours. > Sometimes > it's much quicker. However, your patience is appreciated if it is the > weekend or a public holiday. After a few posts we will take new > members off > of moderation, thus allowing their messages to appear immediately. > We take a strong line on posts from new members which contain links. > Farming > hits for your website or blog from MINDS EYE is very likely to get > you > banned. After your moderation has been removed and you have proven > yourself > capable of meaningful contribution, we would tend to be more relaxed > about > you linking back to your website, assuming it is relevant and not > just > blatant hit farming. > *2. Etiquette & Principles* > 2.1. Do not "flame" people. MINDS EYE is a group intended for > rational > discussions. Aggressive/bullying posts are unwelcome. Find > constructive ways > to enlighten your view instead. > 2.2. Attacks upon immutable human characteristics (race, disability, > sexual > orientation, et al) are totally unacceptable. > 2.3. Debates about a person's deeply held values, beliefs, or way of > life, > should be tempered with a high level of respect and civility. These > debates > have been some of our most interesting over the years, and they work, > or > not, based upon the level of mutual respect and honesty extended by > each > side. If your motive is to ridicule members, or spread bad feeling, > please > do not bother to post. > 2.4. We've tackled a fair few sacred cows over the years and these > are > always interesting discussions. However, by their nature, these > debates are > very likely to stir up emotions. Please accept that there may be > people with > radically different opinions to yours which they hold equally as > strongly. > MINDS EYE is a forum for you to interact with such people and learn > more > about them as well as about yourself as they learn from you. > 2.5. Posting irrelevant asides, snide comments, or generally trying > to > derail a discussion, is not in the spirit of the group. If you have > nothing > to contribute to a discussion, move on, start a new thread, or just be > happy > reading what other people have posted. > 2.6. Do not preach, proselytize, or patronize: we are here to discuss > ideas, > not be recruited to a particular religion or other belief system. The > membership of MINDS EYE is fantastically diverse in terms of member's > ages, > national and family backgrounds, levels of education, forms of > spirituality, > life experience, and professional vocations. We are discussing here on > a > peer to peer level. > 2.7. *Ad hominem* is not accepted, in the most serious circumstances, > could > see you moderated or banned. This is broadly replying to an argument > or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a > characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, > rather > than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing > evidence > against the claim. We are adults and do engage in some friendly > ribbing and irony. > *3. Quoting / Citations* > 3.1. Copy/pasting reams of text from a website, without a citation, > gives > the impression that you are claiming the work as your own. Given that > this > is probably not the case, please attribute the quote to its author or > source. > 3.2. When quoting from a website, do not copy/paste the entire > article. Try > and limit your citation to a paragraph or two, and, of course, please > provide the link. > 3.3. If you wish to reproduce content from MINDS EYE elsewhere, we ask > you > to seek permission of the author(s). > *4. Crossposting/multiposting* > Crossposting is <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting> "the act > of > posting the same message to multiple forums, mailing lists, or > newsgroups". > It is sometimes known as multiposting. MINDS EYE is a discussion forum > and > we encourage you to take part, not treat the group as a one-way > audience for > your message. We consider crossposting to be the equivalent to > spamming, > thus it could see you banned. Depending on previous form, the > moderators may > take a more lenient stand with existing members; however, be clear, > repeated > crossposting may see you moderated or banned. > *5. Bannings* > All decisions regarding disciplinary actions up to and including > banishment > from the group are discussed thoroughly among the moderators before > any > decision is made. None of the moderators take it upon themselves to > discipline a member of the group. Disciplinary actions include, but > are not > limited to: warnings, return to moderated status, and banishment from > the > group. All bannings and moderations are voted on. > *6. Legal Ground* > Last but not least let’s not forget that we are all walking on Google > land > here. This is the rules we’ve agreed to: > http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS<http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS> > .
