Archives and Lost Posts Soliciting in comments for your own wishlist Gifting music and MP3s Contacting the Moderators

Because this is such a huge community, we need to have some rules and regulations on proper conduct. Here's a list of issues that have come up frequently that we feel need to be officially addressed. Please check back here frequently as this list will be updated as we make mod posts.

Archives and Lost Posts

We get many comment requests and submitted posts asking if users can re-post their wishlist since they "know they posted it already" but "can't find it," or for users who can't find a list for a specific user. The easiest solution to this is to go to the community archives and click on the month of November, December, or January and "View by Subject." This will generate a master list which you can use your browser's "find" feature (often ctrl + F, or cmd + F on macs) to find a username.

Soliciting in comments for your own wishlist

This is something that has come up quite frequently as of 2007, and unfortunately we've had to take some measures to try and put a stop to this. As of November 24, 2007, the practice of commenting on someone's wishlist with a link to your own list or otherwise soliciting traffic to your own wishlist in the community is banned, unless the OP (original poster) has explicitly asked for a link to your wishlist. This is both because the moderators feel that this practice has gotten out of hand, and because we have had a number of complaints from users themselves. Bottom line is that it's unfair, and above all else we want to keep the community fair so everyone can have a good time with as little stress as possible.

If you post with a link to your own wishlist, your comment will either be screened or deleted, and you will receive a warning. If your comment is screened or deleted, you may re-post your comment without the link. Repeat offenders will be reprimanded or dealt with at the discretion of the moderators.

Gifting music and MP3s

If you are requesting Music or MP3 files in your wishlist and are gifted these via MegaUpload/YouSendIt/SendSpace/etc., please screen these comments from view from the public, or request that links be sent directly to your e-mail address or to comments in your own journal. File Sharing is illegal in most cases, and thus we do not condone it. So if you engage in it, please be as discrete as you can.

Contacting the Moderators

If you have a suggestion, comment, or question for the moderators, leave a comment on a mod post or an open thread, or e-mail your comment directly to wishlist.project (at) gmail (dot) com. Moderators are not to be contacted through their personal livejournals.

Moderators are under no obligation to respond to comments left in their personal livejournals and are permitted to delete such comments without warning. The only way to guarantee that your suggestion/comment/question will be heard by the moderators is to comment on an open thread, mod post, or e-mail. Even if you don't receive an immediate response, each one of these will be read.

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