The Wiccan Family Temple

Brightest Blessings to all our new Forum, Chat, or Blog members!!!

In the interests of maintaining a peaceful environment:
All members of the Forum, whatever their role, are expected to abide by and uphold the rules below:

That said, I really hope you will have a great time here.

The board will be open to members from all over the world and from all walks of life. Although most of our members are Pagans, and particularly Wiccans, we will have representatives of many different faiths on the site.

We are to be respectful and tolerant of all and expect our members to be likewise. The atmosphere of Wiccan Family Temple is very important and sets us apart from many other places of discussion on the Internet. We pride ourselves on being a safe site where no-one need feel intimidated about posting. Challenging discussions and debates are welcome but we will not tolerate flaming or the exchanging of insults. Profanities, racism and sexism are prohibited (we also recognize that some terms acceptable to one culture are not to another and when such issues are raised with the board moderators we will look into them). Anyone who transgresses these rules will be given one warning. If the situation continues they will be banned from the site.

We would also ask that care is taken if making posts about a sexual nature. We have a number of minors on the board (under 18s) and content of posts needs to be appropriate.

The boards are looked after by site administrators and a team of dedicated and friendly moderators. If there is anything you want to know then please don't hesitate to ask.

 If a member has a grievance or complaint against another member they should private message the moderators of the board where the grievance or complaint occurred. They will either deal with the issue themselves or refer it to admin.

If there is a grievance or complaint about one of the moderators please contact us via ‘The Contact us’ page.  

Please do not post grievances or complaints against other members or moderators (even if worded indirectly) publicly on the board as they will be deleted.

The following behaviours will result in two warnings and then a ban from this forum. Depending on the seriousness of the offence, you may be banned from this forum without warning.

• No put-downs, flaming, bullying or aggressive behaviour designed to intimidate or harass other members, this includes being condescending by calling members ‘sweetie’ ‘dear’ or ‘hon’ in a post while you are actually patronizing them. ‘Debate the idea, don’t attack the poster.’
• Racism, sexism, ageism (age discrimination) and religious bigotry against ALL religions (including Christianity) is not allowed. No hate speech please! While this is a predominantly Pagan/Wiccan Forum, we will be open to members that are not. Please keep this in mind while posting and refrain from bashing and speaking ill of another religion.
• No swearing.   There are no reasons for it.
• No spamming or deliberate multi-posting in different Forums with the same topic.
• No multiple accounts (with the exception of admin who have ‘test’ accounts to make sure all the technical changes are running smoothly).
• No illegal activity or promotion of illegal activity including, but not limited to, pornography, scam sites etc.
• Try to talk and write normally and not like you would on a mobile phone, or on instant chat. We appreciate good grammar.
• Respect copyright! Legally, you can reproduce a small amount of text for education purposes (as long as you cite the text afterwards), but it is illegal to copy entire chapters, websites, etc. from books, sites and magazine articles. When in doubt, write something in your own words with links to where you got the information from.
• We ask that there is no advertising for similar services to those offered by www.charmedbystarr.com which is a division of The Wiccan Family Temple, particularly indicating similar to Charmed By Starr (this can include profile and signature links). If you are unsure if your services conflict with that of Charmed By Starr, please do contact us using the contact us page.
• Please don't post sexually explicit information on this site, we have minors here. If you're unsure what counts as sexually explicit, ask yourself if it would be shown on a G-rated program and if you're still not sure, please email us using the contact us page.
• We ask that you try and stay on-topic within threads; you can post about whatever you want, but if there is a good debate on Wicca going on, please don't come in and talk about your kitten. The “Fancy a Chat” board is a good place to talk about non-Wicca related items. Moderators reserve the right to move non board related threads to somewhere more suitable.
• Please don't be afraid to start new threads or revive old topics if you have something to say. It doesn't matter if that topic is 6 months old, if you have something you need to add - add it! We want to hear your opinions, experience, knowledge and growth. We all can learn something from each other and that includes you.
• Do not carry arguments and flame-wars between threads. If you have a heated disagreement in one thread between yourself and other member (or members), leave it there!!! Arguments off-site, stay off-site. If you absolutely cannot leave your argument alone, ask for an administrator to mediate between you to try and resolve the problem via the ‘contact us page’.
• Do not send your complaints about moderators to other moderators, please send them directly onto the administrators so that your problem can be sorted out as quickly as possible.
• Do not publicly post the content of private messages or emails on the main site, or forward them to other members, without the consent of the other party.
• Trying to find ways around the policies that are in place will result in deletion of posts and/or a warning.
• There is a 1 warning rule in place before a temporary ban from the forum will occur. Then if the behaviour continues you may have a permanent ban from the site. These warnings do not have to be within the same offence but are accumulated overall. There is no time limit on these warnings, and will result in a ban after any amount of time. In general I have one rule where there is zero tolerance and that is pertaining to adults in any way shape or form soliciting minors. You will be banned never to return and reported to the authorities.
• Nobody is above the rules, including the moderators and the administrators. If you notice moderators or administrators breaching these rules in some way, please keep a copy of it where you can and contact Starr or another administrator immediately.
• The administrators reserve the right to remove, edit, move and close any thread, post, signature, avatar etc. as necessary to prevent trolling and to make sure that people do not try and skirt around the rules as outlined above (it does happen). This is to ensure that the board stays a safe place for all the good-hearted members of this forum.

• No direct intolerance or intention to victimize or intimidate other members of the forum and other people in general, including displays of bigotry and hateful attacks on people due to their beliefs, age, race, gender, sexuality etc. No defamatory material.
• No highly explicit or graphic descriptions of sexual acts, including but not limited to sexual language and harassment. We have minors in the forum, and some people find this offensive. If this is unsolicited it is cause for an immediate ban with no warnings.
• No discussions pertaining to the purchase or use of illegal substances, or discussions concerning illegal substances themselves.
• Any engagement in illegal activities, including the solicitation of sex with minors.

• Soliciting personal information (such as address / phone number) from a minor.
• Facilitating or transmitting viruses or harmful computer code.
• Infringing intellectual copyright laws (e.g. plagiarism).