ZineList
List Rules
1. Zinelist is a list for the discussion of Television and Movie inspired fiction fanzines, and their publishers, as well as other fannish topics. At the end of these rules there is a list of permitted topics.
2. This list is not for discussion of fanzines based on wrestling, politics, alternative medicine, current events, boy bands, etc.
It is also not for those looking to solicit business from publishers, authors, and artists for non-fannish or non-fandom supporting purposes. (IE: a Star Trek fanzine publisher looking to agent for others at Media West Con is fine. Joe Schmoo looking to ask a Star Trek publisher about advertising on his "My Neighbourhood Stores" website along with Pops' Deli, Suzy's Dry Cleaning, and the Girl Scout cookie campaign is not.)
3. Discourse between tribbers, artists, readers, and publishers is also welcome.
4. List members must be at least eighteen years old. By joining, you are stating you are over eighteen years of age.
5. When answering an advertisement you see on Zinelist, you must not use the
"reply" featre as your email will go the whole list. You will have to copy and paste or retype the email address of the advertiser to send to the person individually. All offers to buy or inquiries as to whether an item is still available
must go off list.
Anyone who repeatedly sends statements of interest to the list will be put on moderation. Their statements of interest will be
deleted. Please ensure that you check your "send to" box before hitting "Send".
6. Fandoms (or fandom abbreviations) should be in the subject line when posting fandom specific items. Some popular abbreviations:
B:tVS (Buffy)
TS (Sentinel)
Pros (The Professionals)
QAF (Queer As Folk)
DS (due South)
KF:TLC (Kung Fu: The Legend Continues)
H:LotS (Homicide: Life on the Street)
MM (Multi-media/multi-fandom)
Zines (fanzines)
7. Fanzine posts should be labelled Gen, Slash, or Adult (aka Het) and your post should contain an email address where you can be reached. Please spell out your
email address. Example: myname at myisp dot com
8. No Flaming. Disagreement is fine, personal attacks are not. As list owner, I decide what constitutes a personal attack, but I also consider very carefully your peers' feelings, and if you are continually being complained about, I
will not tolerate it. In general, everyone who participates on Zinelist is tolerant of others, even when they don't agree. I, and my co-admin, want to see that continue.
9. Off Topic (OT) discussions: we do not mind a certain amount of OT, and are happy to let some OT discussion go ahead. However, please do not post chain letters, virus warnings, or petitions. Thank you for your understanding and co-operation.
10. ADMIN posts are to be strictly adhered to. Any post from the listowner or co-admin that begins with
'ADMIN' is a note from the person(s) who make the rules and enforces the rules, no matter how arbitrary you may find them. Lists are not democracies. They are parties hosted by the owner and co-admins, who get to decide how the guests behave, and what the party game will be. They are not publicly owned.
When the list owner or co-admin feel the discussion has gotten out of hand, they will call a halt to said discussion. Their word is law. When a halt is called, no further discussion will be tolerated.
11. Discussions pertaining to list rules should not be posted to the list. If any member wishes to make a comment on the rules of the list and what is/is not permitted, then that person should email the list owner or co-mod privately and
off list.
12. Posting personal emails or the discussion of private emails is not allowed on Zinelist. Do not forward or cut and paste any private emails or posts from other lists to Zinelist (even if it is zine related) unless the writer of the email has given permission to forward. Under
no circumstances are you allowed to send/forward/cut and paste any posts posted on Zinelist to anyone unless the post in question clearly states that forwarding is permitted.
13. If you are quoting someone directly and attributing the quote to them, you should seek permission from them before posting. Saying 'a friend and I were discussing the matter and feel that . . .' is fine because you are
not quoting the person. However, actually stating "Susy Fan" said
'blah blah blah' should not be done without permission from the person whom you are quoting.
14. We cannot stress this enough: do
not post your address or anyone else's to the list. It's very dangerous. Whilst we would like to think that no one in fandom would ever harm another person, it's simply not a good thing to do as it opens up all kinds of concerns. You are, of course, more than welcome to invite people to email you privately for it.
Generally, when list members break Zinelist rules, they will be warned privately on the first infraction. On the second infraction, they will be put on moderated status. On the third infraction, they will be unsubscribed and banned. However, abuse of listowner, co-admin on or offlist will not be tolerated, nor will abuse of other Zinelist members be tolerated, and the moderator or listowner may revoke any list members membership on Zinelist at any time.
If you are banned from Zinelist, you will not be allowed to resubscribe at any time.
**Acceptable and permitted topics for discussion on Zinelist**
Discussion of zines and zine publishers, as well as topics that are relevant to zine
publishing/tribbing.
Discussion of
tribbing.
Discussion of artists/artwork.
Adverts showing used zines/books for sale or swap.
Adverts for zines looking for tribbers.
Adverts for services offered by zine publishers (i.e. gift certificates).
Adverts for new zines.
Reviews of fanzines.
Adverts for items of fannish intereast.
Wanted (i.e. looking for a specific zine or zine story) adverts.
Adverts for Original Fiction zines written by fans. Posts must have 'Original Fiction' or 'Original Slash' in the subject line.
Adverts for fandom related, non-fiction, zines. For example, a Starsky & Hutch Recipe book. Posts must state the kind of content in the subject line.
Asking for help
with fanzine information.
If you are not certain if your post is allowed on Zinelist, email me and ask. If you have any questions, or concerns, about these rules, please contact Bast
privately at Zinelist-owner@yahoogroups.com
Revised 25 October 2009
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