lashtal.com Announcements - Site Guidelines lashtal - Dec 19, 2009 - 11:50 PM Post subject: Site GuidelinesRevised 27 February 2010
These Site Guidelines should be considered an extension of the standard Terms of Use. Membership of The Aleister Crowley Society and participation in LAShTAL.COM requires compliance with both documents.
LAShTAL.COM hosts Forums, downloads, links, galleries and other interactive or collaborative resources as a service for members with an interest in Thelema and in the life, works and legacy of Aleister Crowley. LAShTAL.COM doesn't promote a particular interpretation of Thelema and neither does it seek to teach or initiate. It is devoted to the legacy of Aleister Crowley: it is home of the Aleister Crowley Society.
The ability to browse the majority of the collaborative parts of the site is freely given to all, members and non-members alike. Some parts of the site are, however, restricted to members only and some parts to invited members only.
Membership of LAShTAL.COM and The Aleister Crowley Society is free and places the member under no obligations beyond acceptance of these Guidelines. Members will never be asked to pay for services provided by LAShTAL.COM or The Aleister Crowley Society -- donations are welcome and should be paid through PayPal to username webmaster@lashtal.com - other donation methods will be posted at the top of the site's main page.
All members of LAShTAL.COM have the authority to post on the Forums provided the post has been submitted to the site's editor for consideration. It is the current policy of LAShTAL.COM that this requirement for pre-moderation is waived for as long as the member demonstrates the willingness and ability to comply with these Guidelines. In other words, authority to post without pre-moderation is a concession, not a right of membership. The editor reserves the right at any time, and without notice, to withdraw from any member any or all rights to post without pre-moderation.
LAShTAL.COM's editor will monitor and moderate all activities on the site including posts on the Forums. Any participation that, in the opinion of the the editor, fails to comply with these Guidelines is likely to be deleted or edited. Non-compliance with these guidelines will result in the termination of membership.
Members must not engage in disruptive activity such as persistent off-topic postings on the Forums or inappropriate comments on News items or Gallery submissions, or statements that might incite other users to violate these guidelines. Foul or aggressive language, personal attacks and threats will not be tolerated. Offensive or abusive behaviour is not permitted: contributions must be constructive and polite. Unlawful or objectionable content is not permitted: harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, homophobic, racially offensive or otherwise objectionable items are not acceptable. Contributions that promote or appear to promote activities unlawful in either the UK or USA are specifically prohibited. Material – or links to material - breaching or appearing to breach copyright must not be submitted. Attempts to solicit the provision of such material or links to such material will result in robust moderation.
Contributors to the site must not rely on it for the safe and secure storage of any material, such as images and documents. LAShTAL.COM is not responsible for the alteration, deletion or loss of any such material.
Members are responsible for any actions taken as a result of information or advice received while online.
The use of multiple logins will be detected and will result in the closure of all such accounts.
In order to reinforce the site's impartiality, with the exception of Google Adsense and other small advertisements included for the sole purpose of generating income for the hosting and development of LAShTAL.COM, no advertising is accepted on the site except where the product mentioned is likely to be of genuine interest to other members and visitors. Such advertisements may only be posted in the For Sale forum and not as News comments, etc. Announcements of such products may be submitted as News items and will be approved for publication if the editor considers them to be of sufficient merit or interest. You must not use the site to draw attention to Auctions: submissions relating to Auctions will be deleted except where they are intended solely for the raising of funds intended exclusively for LAShTAL.COM. Members WILL NOT use the Private Messaging or integrated emailing systems for advertising purposes. Failure to comply with this last instruction will always result in the termination of accounts.
Posts must be in English.
Except where otherwise stated, copyright of all submissions to this site - including Forum posts - becomes jointly owned for non-commercial use by LAShTAL.COM. Submissions to the Forums, Galleries and the Bibliographia Thelemica will not be removed except at the discretion of the editor.
Submissions should NOT take the form of 'newbie' questions along the lines of "Where do I find information on..." (unless the question is quite specific and of a reasonably scholarly nature, and/or the information being requested is not generally known or available). Posts of this kind are likely to be deleted by the editor. LAShTAL.COM is not a beginners' site and many alternative sites exist to fulfill that role.
Submissions should not contain false or misleading information. Such posts are frequent on other sites and e-groups, and usually go unchecked. If a member is unsure of his sources, he or she should say so. In all cases where the editor detects inaccurate information, he may either append a query to the post, edit the post or delete the post altogether.
The editor's decisions are final: complaints about moderating decisions are likely to lead to the immediate termination of accounts. Moderating decisions - including the closure of accounts - will be undertaken without public or private justification or discussion.
We may use the details that you have provided as part of the site's registration process to contact you in relation to LAShTAL.COM; for example, to send you an occasional email newsletter. If you would prefer us not to use your details in this way, please contact us at webmaster@lashtal.com to request otherwise. We will not share your details with any third party.