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Last updated: 23 Aug 2003
SiGNeL - Content guidelines
Moderators will apply these guidelines
when reviewing messages. Subscribers are advised to abide by these
guidelines when submitting messages to the SiGNeL forum:
Messages should be:
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related to
gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender issues. . . . and . . . |
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relevant
to Singapore, though important international gay and lesbian news,
even if not concerning Singapore, would be welcome, since it would
be of interest to some Singaporeans. |
Moderators will bar
these messages:
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Lewd
messages, meaning descriptions which are graphic and designed to be
prurient. |
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Messages
that do not contain news or opinions about issues, but are in the
nature of personal ads. This also includes messages that solicit for
sexual or physical contact, or contain physical descriptions of the
sender ("stats"), his hobbies, interests, or other
personal information that have no bearing on issues. |
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Messages
that do not contain news or opinions about issues, but are primarily
personal attacks, flaming or wisecracks about another subscriber. |
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Statements
that are potentially defamatory. (This doesn't mean that robust
criticism is not allowed, but you need to substantiate your opinion
with facts.) |
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Statements
that incite hatred of other races, religions or minority groups.
(This rule is used narrowly; it doesn't mean that politically
incorrect statements are barred.) |
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Statements
that incite violence, or information that facilitate criminal acts,
e.g. importing or distribution of drugs. Needless to say, exception
is made for discussion of consensual sex regardless of gender. |
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Messages
which are mainly in the nature of advertising by commercial
businesses. This rule is modified by these exceptions:
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a
subscriber may post information or reviews about shows, films,
bars, restaurants, clubs, gay-friendly hotels, travel packages
and destinations, etc, provided he declares that he has no
financial interest in the subject. |
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participants
are welcome to post messages about rooms for rent. We realise
that there is a demand for lodging in gay households, and we
hope SiGNeL can play a part in facilitating that. |
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Messages may be
delayed by the moderator if
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The
message is extremely long (including trailing old messages and
signature blocks). Moderators will give priority to short messages. |
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Traffic
load is very heavy (e.g. over 25 messages a day). In order not to
overburden subscribers with too much mail, the moderators may set a
quota on the number of messages broadcasted per day, with the excess
kept in a queue for the following day(s). |
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If one or
two subscribers are "hogging" the list through too many
messages, the moderators may impose a quota on these subscribers, in
order to create room for other views. |
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