Posting Guidelines

Topics - Good and Bad

In order to ensure that those who really want help can get it in as expedient a way as possible, certain rules have been drawn up. In particular, the following topics may not be discussed.

• Specific complaints about being removed as an editor.
• Complaints about specific people working or volunteering their time at Curlie.
• Discussion of the ways in which Curlie runs itself.
• Discussion of any confidential information by current, or past, Curlie editors.
• Discussion of how to use Curlie to optimize search engine rankings and site promotion. This directory is not a search engine, and we don't rank or optimize web sites.
• Discussion of editing issues - these should be discussed in the editor forums, not in the public forum.
• Discussion of ways to circumvent or violate official Curlie policy.
• Discussion of your "Freedom of Speech" rights. While Curlie is based on democratic principles, it does not try to imitate a democratic government. You are free to talk about anything you want... somewhere else.

Topics that you are welcome to post about include, but are not limited to:

• General listing advice.
• Who uses Curlie data (just don't ask us when they update, we don't know).
• How to use Curlie data on your site.
• The category structure of Curlie.
• Are sites listed differently depending on the category in which they are listed?
• Some sites get listed multiple times, others don't. Why? (Mentioning of specific sites is not permitted.)
• How to pick the best category when suggesting a site.
• How to write your site suggestion to get the best results.
• How to become a Curlie Editor.

Please remember that there is a certain amount of information available in the public domain related to such issues. You are well-advised to read up on some of these documents. A selection of these are listed in this category.

Posting to the Forums and General Codes of Conduct

Before you post a new thread, use the Forum Search to see if your question has been answered. The subject of your post should be specific and explicit. Readers should have a good idea of what the topic is about by reading the subject, even before they read your post. The thread should relate to only one topic. When posting a reply to a thread, stick to the topic. Consider whether your reply would be useful to the many readers of the thread. It may be more useful to email the few affected editors instead. Keep your comments concise and on topic. Be considerate in your communications with other editors. Post your topic to only one forum. We reserve the right to move a thread to the correct forum and close duplicate threads in such cases.

Please remember that you are expected to be courteous and polite in all your communications. Flames, slanderous/offensive comments and advertising is strictly forbidden. Editors should in addition pay attention to the section below related to editor specific codes of conduct, which are based on the Curlie editor guidelines. Likewise, it is forbidden for any user to solicit editor-only information or to elicit favoritism towards your site.

Please also note that problems with specific sites are only allowed in the Quality Control Feedback forum. Questions on individual sites will not be allowed in any other forum. Also, references to Adult content will only be tolerated in the Adult forum, for which you are required to be over 18 to enter. Any reference made to kid-unsuitable material in the Kids and Teens forum is strictly forbidden - please keep it a kid-safe zone, just like the Kids and Teens Directory.

Hypertext links

If you type in anything beginning with "https://", the Forum software will make everything from that until the next space into a hypertext link. Readers can click on the link to see what you are referring to. However, this also means you don't want to type https://curlie.org, as that comma will be converted into part of the link, and will lead nowhere. Leave a space before and after any hyper-links before punctuation. Inappropriate links will be removed.

Editor specific guidelines

The success of this forum depends on the participation of editors. We welcome your contributions to this forum. However, please remember that in your interactions in this forum you are bound by the editor guidelines. In particular, attention is drawn to the section on "Communication and Codes of Conduct". You are reminded in particular not to violate editor or forum confidentiality. The Curlie guidelines state:

"The content of the Curlie Editor Forum, Editors' Notes, and Editor-to-Editor email or Feedback are private and intended only for internal use by Curlie editors. Editors may not publish or disclose quotes from these sources to anyone other than other editors. Rephrasing is allowed only if the communication as rephrased could not be attributed to a specific editor and disclosure would not violate any editor's expectation of privacy, with the understanding that a diplomatic choice of words is the paraphraser's responsibility. It is never appropriate to disclose the identity or e-mail address of a Curlie editor without the consent of that editor. "

You should also ensure, as far as possible within the bounds of information provided to the public, that the information is as accurate as possible. Violation of the communications guidelines, especially the requirements on confidentiality, may lead to disciplinary action, which may include removal of editing privileges.

Note: Editors do not officially represent directory policy. However, editors are Curlie ambassadors officially representing the community and the project as whole. All communication in the forum should be civil and polite, and demonstrate support for Curlie's mission and goals. Abusive or harassing behavior will not be tolerated.

Moderation

In order to ensure the success of this forum, moderators will have privileges to edit/delete posts, close threads, and block users from using the forum system. This will be used in cases where violations of the guidelines above have been found. Moderators and the administration team will be drawn from the ranks of meta-editors and category moderators.

Disciplinary action

Posts that violate the above guidelines will be edited, moved or deleted as appropriate by a moderator. In addition, with a consensus of moderators, repeat or serious violations of the guidelines above may lead to the removal of your forum privileges. Editors are additionally reminded that their behavior in these forums is governed by the Curlie guidelines, and violations of such guidelines in this forum may lead to the removal of your editing privileges.

Acknowledgments

This document was produced by the Curlie meta community with inspiration from the directory editing guidelines.

Last updated 07/03/2018