Poetryetc List Policies [Draft]
Poetryetc is a forum for the discussion of poetry, poetics, and related
matters. The list is unmoderated and depends on the good will of members to
maintain a useful and productive environment for conversation. Poetryetc has
few rules, but list managers take them seriously. Repeated violations of
list policies as outlined below will lead to removal from the list. In
enforcing these policies, the managers must consider sometimes competing
interests. The basis for our decisions, however, rests with our judgment
about the kind of environment we want for the list.
1. No racist, gender-biased, or homophobic language.
2. Posts should concern poetry, poetics, and related discourses.
3. No personal attacks against other members of the list will be allowed.
Criticism of anyone, whether a member of the list or not, should be directed
at the person's ideas or work, not at the person. "Flame" messages will not
be tolerated. Any personal attack or personal insult to anyone—subscriber or
not—will be considered a flame. Creative exchange and critical inquiry are
among the main functions of the list, but this critique cannot extend to a
critique or criticism of a person.
4. Posts that, in the opinion of the list managers, contain libel or slander
will be deleted.
5. Poetryetc. does not allow anonymous or pseudonymous subscriptions.
6. Posts to the list remain the property of their authors. Posting to
Poetryetc is a form of publication & all posts are permanently archived. Do
not repost or republish posts to the list without the permission of the
author beyond the standard rights accorded by "fair use" of published
materials. If you do use material from the list elsewhere with the author's
permission, please note that the material appeared originally on Poetryetc.
List Managers
Anny Ballardini
Joseph Duemer
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