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Wickimen wrote:

You're allowed to tell people about sites on comments... Are you allowed to post a project about a website you made?

Because if so, you could just post a link to that project, couldn't you? 


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Last edited by Wickimen (2011-09-26 19:36:22)

This is getting a bit confusing and clogged up. Could there be a part of the site where you can submit your website and then you get an answer in your comments with an "Admins Note"? I see a lot of projects with people advertising their sites. Would those count? I don't have a site, I just have questions 

bharvey wrote:

Some other web sites that I've visited (especially ones run by the government    ) have a feature that when you click on an off-site link you get a pop-up saying "this is an off-site link and we're not responsible for its content" (only in lawyerese); you might consider doing that (either instead of or in addition to banning forum links).

~Vista4563 +1'd this

I see a lot of sites that do this. Since Scratch is an educational site, I'm thinking it applies here as well.

If you are going to stop Weebly websites, why not “.webs” websites.

They’re not as populous as Weebly sites, but they still exist.

Paddle2See wrote:

Wickimen wrote:

You're allowed to tell people about sites on comments... Are you allowed to post a project about a website you made?

That's a really good question!  My feelings are that problems don't seem to show up until the website is advertised in the forums and gets exposed to a larger audience - but that might be just because I don't hear about problems on sites that are advertised only on  projects.  What do you think we should do?

JJROCKER wrote:

This is getting a bit confusing and clogged up. Could there be a part of the site where you can submit your website and then you get an answer in your comments with an "Admins Note"?

Interesting idea!  Right now, though, as we work through these issues, please use the Contact Us form to apply with your sites.  Perhaps we'll come up with a more structured application process later.

You know how we had the voting for moderator page? We could have a page like that but the only way to get to it could be through this forum, that way the site does not get messy.

That's what I was thinking, cause I could make a comment checking system for blogs.

JJROCKER wrote:

Just wondering, would websites that don't allow comments or chatting be allowed? Like swifty2 and SpriteMaster's sites?

Sure, as long as the material is appropriate for our entire membership 

kimmy123 wrote:

What if someone makes a website where others can send the creator something, but it gets approved by the creator before it gets on the website?

Exactly!  That kind of safety feature would be ideal.  Right now we are thinking that sites that don't allow comments or that have a comment preview feature, like you describe, probably don't need to "prove" themselves with a long wait period.  That only would apply to forums or other hosted communities.  Stay tuned for more updates to the policy soon.

Last edited by Paddle2See (2011-09-29 09:56:56)

Ehm, could you maybe make clear the exemptions? A moderator censored my (approved) site since s/he probably didn't know about the exemption.

Maybe a list? 

Would it be okay to post a topic on a site you made, with no link to the site anywhere on the topic, and give a link to whoever is interested via comments?

Anyway, is it okay if you have the link in your signiture?

It doesn't appear to be blocked, but is my like button website ok? I only ever link to the like button portion of it, and the rest of it has nothing of any interest/inappropriateness.

scimonster wrote:

scimonster wrote:

On behalf of the Block Library, I would like to ask for an exception to welcometoyourlocalblocklibrary.weebly.com. We use this site to host images for the site (well, it will should actually show up no matter which it's from. XD)

There are no forums, no contact, only images being embedded.

Well then, you don't have to ask...