| Astrologers' Community Forum Rules (last update on June 28, 2009) |
This forum is dedicated to astrology, bringing together beginners and advanced practitioners of this ancient art. The main and foremost rule to abide to before posting is to stick to astrology.
Registration
Registering multiple accounts is not permitted. Any such accounts will be deleted by moderators.
Ethical rules to observe
Your participation on this forum is allowed and welcomed as long as you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, harmful to young people, hateful, racist, offensive, threatening, defamatory, damaging, or otherwise violative of any laws.
The forum administration prohibits any threads and/or posts related to personal and other peoples sexual issues and/or behavior, that cross the line of common sense. ONLY astrological discussions are permitted on sex-related topics.
Underaged members are advised to ask parental permission to discuss sexual matters in this Forum but this site cannot be held responsible if permission is not obtained.
Astrological data are highly sensitive. We therefore ask you to take the protection of personal data of third persons very seriously. If you wish to post the chart of a person known to you, you must have their permission to do so or anonymize the name and all birth / personal data. If this is not the case, please refrain from posting this chart.
Please know that you should take your own risks if you decide to trust someone else with their astrological services, as this forum does not undertake any responsibility for any astrological services, especially those offered against a fee, via this forum in any form: through public forums or chat, private messages or emails.
Also remember that this is a public forum, indexed by search engines (Google, for instance), so basically everything you post here is not only viewable by any other person, but it also can be retrieved by a simple internet search.
Forum moderation
The forum is moderated by a team of moderators. Their list is available on this page: Forum Leaders.
Although the administrator and moderators of Astrologers' Community will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the administrator or moderators of Astrologers' Community will be held responsible for the content of any message.
The administrator and moderators of Astrologers' Community reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread or post which fails to abide the forum rules. Moderators' means to get users to comply with these common sense rules include friendly communication, warnings, and eventually banning in case of repeated or extreme unwanted behavior.
The moderators' decisions are final. You just have to trust the moderators that they're doing the best job they can.
Threads and posts
The purpose of this community is to exchange astrological information, to learn astrology. The purpose is not to give or receive free chart readings! With this in mind, please make an effort to interpret your natal chart or horary chart to the best of your ability when asking others for assistance in a new thread.
So, do not post your natal data and request chart interpretations without first making an attempt to interpret the charts yourself! Many senior members ignore such threads because they do not show much effort on the part of the poster, a keen desire to learn astrology. New members often do not understand this and receive the impression that this community is "exclusive" or "cold," that those with astrological knowledge are not willing to share it with those just beginning their studies. This is not necessarily true, as many forum members have attested in various posts.
We do not expect you to know everything; nobody knows everything about astrology! If you have a question about a certain part of your chart, or are unsure where to begin, please say so; this indicates that you are aware of the expectations and wish to follow them, and you are more likely to receive replies.
New threads should be started in the appropriate board, in order to keep the forum organized. Non-astrological threads belong to the “Anything else…” section. Threads started in the wrong board will be moved by moderators to the appropriate board.
Before starting a new thread un the horary boards, please make sure you read the Guidelines.
Off-topic and personal messages are permitted as long as they are limited and do not turn the attention from the astrological topic discussed.
Personal attacks are not permitted, nor is defending one’s position or fighting back; such situations have only lead in the past to flame wars, stirring turbulent emotions within the community; any personal issues are to be solved by private communication. Whenever such attacks appear in public, the moderators must be notified at once by any user in order to take measures.
To create a new thread, go to the relevant forum and click on the ‘new thread’ button. Upload your chart to make it easier for others to answer your chart questions.
As a newcomer to the forum, please post as soon as possible to the ‘Introduce yourself’ section. Describe what sparked your interest in astrology or your background of knowledge, or write anything you like about yourself.
Take enough time getting to know the existing threads in the forum and sub-forums to be able to best determine where to post your new thread(s). Before asking a question use the search tool in the forum menu to locate any previous threads that might have already answered your question.
Giving your own astrological ideas in your astrological posts shows a willingness to learn and helps create an exchange of ideas where the experienced and less experienced can learn from each other. Members on this Forum are at different levels of study. Please keep that in mind when given or giving advice: we can not and do not guarantee the accuracy of any advice given in the Astrologers' Community.
If you are new to astrology
The Greenhorns Lounge is designed for those with little or no astrological knowledge. No astrological input is required here. Questions asked without astrological input anywhere else in the Astrologers' Community forum, will be moved to the Greenhorns Lounge by a moderator.
If you intend to learn about astrology, you will need to begin with a natal chart, preferably your own, in an effort to better understand your own life journey, and purpose. It is important to note that the time of your birth is the most important information you can have. It is no use guessing the time as this will yield incorrect interpretations. Please try to get a verified birth time. We have also have an Education forum for those who would like to begin with their astrological studies, and a listing of websites that give you an astrological report on your chart.
Medical Astrology advice should not replace advice of a medical professional.
To professional astrologers
It is not allowed to solicit prospective clients on this forum via PMs or discussion boards.
Professional astrologers may post a link to their own website so that prospective clients can locate them, but astrological consultations involving fees should not to take place on this forum, not even via PMs. In any case, forum members take full responsibility for any interactions they might have with a professional astrologer, even if contact was initiated via this forum.
Promotion of non-astrological services or products (by signature links or otherwise) is not permitted.
Private messages
The private messages are by definition private. Nobody (nor even the forum admin) has the possibility to read them, so everybody can write everything. Anybody however can use the Ignore List in the User CP to block receiving and seeing messages from a specific user.
Verbal aggression or sexual advancements made via PM by other members are not permitted, therefore do not hesitate to notify the moderators, so that corrective actions might be taken.
We also expect from the forum users in respect to any messages they receive privately from other forum members or moderators. Publishing a private message is considered a violation of forum rules, unless the sender agrees to it.
Customizing Your Forum Experience
To personalize your preferences (e.g., create your own personal avatar and signature etc.) in the forum go to User CP. All the settings are made in the "Control Panel" area on the left of the page.
Reporting
Users are kindly asked to participate to the moderating effort by reporting what they consider as bad posts. To do this, please click the 'Report Bad Post' link found at the top right of the offending post ( ). This link is an all-purpose method of getting the Moderators' attention - once you click it, it opens a form where you can submit details of what you think is wrong with the post. It doesn't have to be a long description, it can be a few words. When you submit this form, it automatically emails all the Moderators with the URL of the thread (you don't have to copy and paste the URL into the form), and your additional comments. Your identity will not be revealed to anyone else at any time - only the Mods will know who is reporting a post. The reports are kept confidential, the poster will not know you reported their post.
Reporting is not just for severely bad posts, it's for any breaches of the rules or forum philosophy which you think we might need to be aware of and act on, small or large. We may or may not act on them depending on the severity and the courses of action open to us, but as the forums grow you guys really need to use this method to let us know of breaches as we cannot physically read every new post to detect violations or annoyances ourselves. Remember that the moderators here are unpaid volunteers who give up their time to help maintain forum quality.
You may also contact moderators by private messages, for any forum-related subject.
To underaged members
The moderators would respectfully suggest that you obtain permission from your parents or at least let them know that you are visiting this site, since certain discussion boards may have mature content that you or your parents find inappropriate. While we try to keep the subject matter on astrology, we cannot always guarantee that other subjects will not be discussed.
The moderators are also very concerned with your well-being and safety, so if you feel that you are receiving unwanted or uncomfortable attention from other forum members via PM or on the threads, or if you are uncomfortable with some of the material being discussed, please do not hesitate to contact any of us via PM immediately. We are here to help you in your astrology studies and to support you in whatever way we can.
Copyright
In order to respect copyright laws, members must not paste in their posts texts copied from other websites or other publications that are over 100 words long. In all cases of quoting, the source of the respective excerpts is to be properly mentioned. Also, if the text is publicly available online, a link to the source should be placed.
Sharing ebooks under copyright (or even electronic scans of hard copies) between members is strictly forbidden. This forum shall not be a place facilitating copyright infringement, since that obviously goes against our main objective, which is to promote astrology. Indeed, we cannot promote astrology, if we undermine the mechanism intended to ensure that authors publishing on astrology benefit from their hard work, which puts at risk the publications of new books on astrology. Such undermining of the rights of these authors will not be tolerated on the forum, and members are asked to assist the moderators in this by reporting any posts that break this rule.
Privacy Policy
The privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance. Like most standard Web site servers, this site uses log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.
This site does not collect any personal information for statistical or any other purposes. The email addresses of forum members have not, are not and will not be disclosed to any other third party.
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us.
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The administrator and the moderators reserve the right to change or modify these rules at any time without prior notice.
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