Community posting rules

[cesy]

For the posting of amusing, insightful, witty (etc.) things said on Dreamwidth.

Rules:

1. Quotes must have originated on Dreamwidth. (Yes, things posted here and cross-posted elsewhere at the same time are ok.)
2. Original quotes only - quoting quotes on Dreamwidth does not make for a metaquote.
3. Context! You must credit the quotee by linking to what they said. Include the permanent link to the entry (or comment thread, if you're quoting a comment) in which the quote appears.
4. If the quote comes from a non-public entry, you must ask for permission from the quotee before posting, and add "QWP" to the post so the admins know all is above board.
5. Cuts are your friends! metaquotes is not intended to be safe-for-work, but please try to respect people browsing their Reading Page at work. Also, please keep quotes short. (How do I make a cut?)
6. Don't quote yourself, or ask to be quoted. If someone else thinks you're funny, they'll do it. If they don't -- you're not.
7. You've got 100 characters to set-up, comment on, or explain your quote if you must - that's how long the title of a post can be on DW.
8. No flaming. The mods reserve the right to delete things that aren't funny. We can't promise this community will be a safe space, but we don't like people being nasty.

If you notice posts and comments which break these rules, alert a community admin so that the contribution can be deleted or mocked accordingly.

Comments

[youngsoulrebel]

I've clarified the last rule to cover this - anything that comes under tasteless, horrible and offensive (discretion of the mods, yadda yadda, but this would cover rape jokes, racist jokes, or anything similar, while allowing genuinely funny sporkings of such with suitable warnings).

I know I'm late to the party here, but I just wanted to say "thanks" for the clarification. For example, I find a lot of potentially tasteless and offensive things funny (like, well, considering angelikitten's question, George Carlin's infamous bit hilarious, cos in context, he's making a valid point; and [points to icon] the comic strip this is from is full of shocking and intentionally offensive humour), but I also get that some people would just rather not read something like that. It's good to know where certain things may stand with the community maintainers right off the bat.