[Genocide/1971] A Moderated Discussion Forum

Bangladesh: Genocide 1971

A Moderated Discussion Forum

Activated on December 16, 2003 (the Victory Day)

Introduction
Moderation of the forum
Posting Guidelines

Introduction

This discussion group is coordinated by this Genocide 1971 website. Its objectives are: (1) To raise general awareness about genocides, to help prevent their recurrence; (2) To better inform others about the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan); (3) To help increase sensitivity toward issues such as democracy, human rights and bridge-building; (4) To gather pertinent, objective and, in particular, academic information about Genocide 1971; and (5) To coordinate additional enrichment and expansion of the website into a premier online depository of information resources related to Genocide 1971.

Pertinent email addresses:

   Post message: Genocide1971@yahoogroups.com
   Subscribe:        Genocide1971-subscribe@yahoogrous.com
   Unsubscribe:    Genocide1971-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

To learn more about Genocide 1971 site and this forum's moderation and posting guidelines, please see the contents below.

Moderation of the forum

In the long run, the forum is expected to be managed by a moderation team. However, until then, it is to be managed and moderated by Dr. Mohammad Omar Farooq. All communications pertinent to this forum should be directed to: genocide1971-owner@yahoogroups.com or farooqm@globalwebpost.com.

Posting Guidelines

1. To be posted, articles must meet the forum's policy guidelines. Rejected submissions may include the following:

Any article or posting that does not serve the purpose of Genocide 1971 site's mission and objectives.

No abusive article or words will be permitted. The abuse may be any one or combination of the following:

Messages containing word that is generally accepted or known to be abusive, or. any message containing personal attacks or derogatory comments about individuals.

Messages that tend to question an individual's character, identity, background etc. without a convincing reason.

Messages containing racial prejudice or attack toward a community or an ethnic group.

Messages containing hatred against any ethnic, religious, political, social groups

Any message considered too long for the readers to be able to digest in one go (Note: To enhance and maintain readability factor of the articles posted in the forum, this forum advises its subscribers not to exceed the maximum limit of 2000 (3-4 pages of normal text with size 11-12 fonts). While the forum intends to follow these rules strictly, it would, however, give due consideration to the conceptual buildup of logic of the message. Should a particular subject or topic require exceptional treatment to keep the quality or completeness of the article intact, exceptions may be made.)

Messages that have no or unsuitable formatting, which will be sent back for formatting with necessary suggestions.

Messages without a subject header

Messages from authors who do not sign off their messages or use anonymous or pseudonyms. Pennames might be allowed only if the author's actual identity is known, but the author signs off with a penname or uses penname as an email ID. This forum also does not accommodate our subscribers' forwarded material that are from anonymous or pseudo-name sources. Each contributor must introduce himself/herself with their first message.

Messages that do not meet the quality criteria, including the ones that are too poorly written or requires extensive editing.

Repeated messages having similar concepts by the same writer

Messages containing religious statements from scriptures (such as Vedas, Qur'an/Hadith, Tripitak, etc.) without full reference.

Messages that contain attachments. Please send your article in text format. Yahoogroup does not archive attachments any longer.

Messages that contain advertisement unless it is clear that the advertisement will particularly benefit the Bangladeshi community or for humanitarian cause within the scope of this site and the forum's objectives.

Any other item that is not included here but is subsequently considered relevant in keeping with the objectives of the site/forum.

Messages posted in other forums that are not of announcement nature.

Messages with any vulgar or obscene words. Use of such word(s) in an appropriate context may be permitted. It is the responsibility of the writers to avoid any commonly used vulgar words. Repeated violation of this policy, where use of vulgar words may have escaped the attention of the moderation process, may provoke restriction of subscriber's posting privilege.

The forum will be run impartially irrespective of any kind of bias toward any ideology or view.
Subscribers are cautioned not to initiate any personal hate or threatening mails to other subscribers or, any mail that might be commonly expected to be unwelcomed by other subscribers, based on the writings he/she had initiated in the forum.
Subscribers are encouraged to share any opinion or suggestions regarding the postings by writing directly to moderator. Please direct your comments to genocide1971-owner@yahoogroups.com.
All messages, unless rejected for the above-mentioned reasons, will be distributed. However, the number of messages per day would be limited to maintain the quality of the forum. The approval process may take 2-3 days. In case of news-related postings on the same subject, the first submissions would be given preference.
Forum members are welcome to share their comments, criticisms candidly with the moderator for the sake of improving this forum.