Everyone's welcome - except you mate! I'm up waiting for the rugby to come on.
On Oct 8, 2:11 am, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> > > .
