Community rules

Our aim on Absinthe.FM-Blog is to provide a space for information exchange, discussion and debate. We have created the following set of Community Rules and Guidelines to foster an environment of shared values, mutual respect and trust.

These community rules are to be considered in line with the Absinthe.FM-Blog netiquette, which outlines generally agreed terms of communication conduct over the internet, and the Absinthe.FM-Blog terms and conditions: the legal information.

These apply to user contributions to posts, articles and documents uploaded to the site and comments added to existing articles published within the site. Absinthe.FM-Blog reserves the right to remove any postings which do not adhere to these guidelines, or take further action if required (see below)

• You are responsible for any content you post. Where it relates to an existing post or article, ensure that it is relevant and will prove useful to other members taking part.
• Keep the content of discussions on the topic of Absinthe and related issues.
• You are also responsible for copyright infringement in your messages. Please do not post copyrighted material in your messages unless you yourself hold the copyright or have received permission from the author.
• Please be polite and respectful towards other members of the community, and remember that others may not always share your point of view. Disruptive, offensive or abusive behaviour will not be tolerated. This is a sensitive area and the Absinthe.FM-Blog-Team reserve the right to take action if requested by a community member: remember: your debating style may seem ‘excitable’ to you but intimidating to others. Any such postings will be removed.
• Please do not use Absinthe.FM-Blog for self-promotion. This can take the form of advertisements for your professional services, products etc. or repeated promotion of other websites/blogs/networks etc. We welcome collaboration with other networks but not a series of links to them without direct relevance to the discussion (e.g. repeated linking from comments). If you have a reasonable cause for promotion or would like to be sponsored in some form, please contact the  Absinthe.FM-Blog-Team.
• Please consider other users at all times when using the interactive spaces on  Absinthe.FM-Blog. Behaviour that deters other members from engaging with the community is considered offensive. Allow other members to contribute and do not dominate any discussions. This is identified by repeatedly answering your own articles or comments, or being recognised as always the last person to comment. If members make complaints about members showing this behaviour, they will be taken seriously.
• Please remember that many members might not be native English speakers; keep you language simple and clear for this sake.
• Absinthe.FM-Blog community areas are not designated for the promotion of commercial activities. If you have an event you would like to promote, please e-mail to mail@absinthe.fm. If you are a commercial organisation interested in developing a partnership with  Absinthe.FM-Blog , please e-mail mail@absinthe.fm.
• Repeated use of  Absinthe.FM-Blog to make defamatory or commercial postings, offensive behaviour towards other users, or any illegal activities) may result in a user being banned from future participation in the community and their ISP informed.

In the unfortunate event of any member abusing the community in any of the ways above, the  Absinthe.FM-Blog-Team reserve the right to remove or edit postings. The author (of the article to which the comments are made) and commenter will be notified by the editor or community steward. If members continue to behave in an unsuitable manner, they are liable to being barred from the community for two weeks. When they come back after this barring, if they continue to behave in this way, they will banned from  Absinthe.FM-Blog.