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Here are a few concise guidelines for members. Please read them - they will make your experience here much more enjoyable.

 

Neopoet Community Guidelines 

Mission

Neopoet is a workshop community for writers dedicated to learning and improving. As a community we will provide a forum for writers of all levels of ability and experience, of all backgrounds and locations to interact and grow through respectful discourse.

Culture
  • Neopoet is a workshop
    • Every member has the right to comment and critique all submissions to the community
  • Critique the work, not the author
    • Critique is defined as offering insight or suggestions
  • We discourage value judgments, accusations, or personal slights
  • Seek critique, not praise
    • Do not complain about suggestions to your work
    • Do not assume dislike of your work is an insult
    • Please be receptive to the feedback of any member
  • Play Fair
    • Avoid conflicts of interest
      • Do not create multiple accounts
      • If you have a substantial connection to a person outside of Neopoet, do not vote on their work
    • Do not try to change your own spotlight rating
    • We do not allow multiple accounts
    • Please do not ask others to rate your work
    • Do not maliciously rate the work of others
  • Neopoet is a community for mature individuals
    • Neopoet, as an international community, supports freedom of speech that adheres to the community guidelines 
    • Keep a cool head -- be diplomatic. This is not the place for the mudslinging found on other internet forums.
    • PMs are private conversations - please do not reproduce them on Neopoet.com without the permission of all parties
    • You may post only your original work -- plagiarism is forbidden
    • Harassment of other members will not be tolerated in any form (including through submitted work)
    • We are an international community -- we do not encourage posts that are directed against other people's beliefs, values, sexual orientation, religion (or lack), age, disability, nationality, or skin color
    • If you do not care for a piece of work, ignore it (unless it violates these guidelines -- in this case, we encourage you to report it to the AEC)
    • Please submit work in the appropriate venue
    • We ask that you accept full personal responsibility for reading and carrying out these guidelines.
  • How this place works
    • We have a democratically elected panel of members called the Advocate Election Committee (AEC). Their primary responsibility is to elect volunteers called Advocates. They have been entrusted with the stewardship of the day-to-day governance of Neopoet.
    • Any member who wants to contribute to Neopoet may apply to become an Advocate
    • The AEC is nominated and elected by the community once a quarter 
      • Any member, even if they are not an Advocate, may run for AEC.
    • The AEC also is charged with reviewing any complaints. If necessary, they may take disciplinary action if a member violates the letter or spirit of our guidelines.
    • Neopoet is a private community and membership is a privilege. In rare cases, the AEC or the Board of Trustees may suspend or revoke a person's membership.
  • Final words
    • This site - is - and always will be - in motion. Everything can and will grow and change and improve. If you’d like to make a suggestion, please do! Discuss it in the forum, with other members, or contact the AEC or the Trustees.
    • Contribute! Be an active member. Read. Comment. And please go beyond that -- we would love to have your help. Offer to mentor rising talent. Join Advocates or run for the AEC. If you have any ideas to improve this site (and everything you see here already is a result of suggestions like yours), let us know!
    • Help build our culture. If you see a new member who might need help, help out. Be friendly. Thanks for joining and have fun!

 


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