PRINCEPS
THE INTERNET ANCIENT COINAGE DISCUSSION GROUP OF RECORD
 
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Welcome to the rules page of the internet's premier
 ancient coinage discussion group.
It may look like a lot, but exercising civility, common sense, and
 common courtesy will make the group appear to be "unmoderated".
Princeps Rules:  [violation will result in moderation or expulsion]
 1) No foul or offensive language.
 2) No "ad hominem" attacks.  Ideas may be criticized,
     but personal attacks will not be tolerated.
 3) No discussion of modern religious or sexual practice, or modern politics.
     The sole exception to this rule is discussion of modern legislation which
     concerns private ownership of ancient coinage.
 4) Expulsions and impositions of moderation will be announced to the list
     and a reason stated.
 5) When moderation is lifted from a member, it is the member's choice
     as to whether or not the "un-moderation" is announced.
 6) Cross-postings from other sources are allowed when the topic is
     deemed to be of general interest to members.  However,  posts
     critical of other fora or groups are not allowed.
 7) Advocation of illegal activity (such as copyright infringement)
      will not be tolerated.
 8) Members deemed as bringing discredit to the numismatic community
     may be expelled, even without direct behavorial cause in this group.
 9) Real names must be used to sign posts.  Your real name in the email address
      is an acceptable way to do this.  Anonymous or psuedonymous posts are not allowed.
10) Commercial links as part of signatures are permissable.
11) Moderator actions may be appealed to the list owner, whose judgment is final.
12) No sales announcements on well known sites, specifically eBay or VCoins or
      VAuctions among others, can be made.  It is expected that most members will
      regularly find such items themselves.   The sole exception to this rule is where
      the seller is offering substantial (at least 10%) special discounts to list members
      when using a stated discount code, and even then is limited to once/month
      (see guideline #2 below).

Princeps Policies:  [guidelines interpreted by the moderator(s) -
                                  violation may result in moderation]
 1) Frivolous posts are strongly discouraged.  Repeat offenders will be warned
     and, if necessary, moderated.
 2) Limited commercial announcements of general interest to members
     are allowed - but no more than one/month per member.  As a courtesy to
     members who may not be interested in commercial posts, all commercial post
     subject lines are to be prefixed with " $$ -  " (e.g. - a post announcing a
     book sale will read "$$ - Books for Sale").  Note that eBay sales or sales on other,
     well-known sites (such as VCoins or VAuctions) are generally not allowed, subject
     to rule #12 above.
 3) Posts on topics not directly numismatically oriented, but probably containing
     information of interest to most members should be prefixed with "OT" for
     "off-topic" (e.g. - a post regarding a significant discovery in an ancient society which
     did not produce coinage will read "OT - New finds in Egypt's Valley of the Kings").
 4) The preferred forum language is English but other languages are acceptable,
     and although many of our members are multi-lingual, best results will result
     from posts in  English.   The  moderator(s) may make good-faith efforts to
     edit posts from those for whom English is difficult.
 5) When replying, trim any text which is not relevant to your reply
     from the previous message.
 6) If replying to a message received in digest form, please ensure the subject of your
     message is the same as the message to which you are replying.
 7) Vulgarity will not be tolerated.
 8) When replying to posts which are not of interest to other members, please take the
      discussion off of the list (e.g. - when an interest to meet is indicated the details should
      be worked out off of the list).
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