Community Profile

Welcome to the Silmarillion Writers' Guild LiveJournal Community! SWG was founded in 2005 as a group for Silmarillion researchers and authors of Silmarillion-based writing to share their work and discuss the book. SWG also hosts a homepage and a Yahoo! group for discussions. Our Dreamwidth community serves as primarily a place to share our writing and group news. We are an easygoing community that welcomes members from all over the world and the worldwide web, with all levels of experience with Tolkien's works and writing. If you love Tolkien's early works, we welcome you to join us! If you have any questions regarding the SWG, please do not hesitate to contact our moderators at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org. We're happy to help!

1. Abusive or derogatory behavior will not be tolerated at any time or in any part of SWG. We do not welcome or allow any content in our group that is designed to be hurtful or insulting.
   
   
2. If at any time, you have a problem with another member while at SWG, it is your responsibility to contact a moderator about it. As moderators, we do our best to keep on top of what goes on in the group, but we are human, and we sometimes miss things; therefore, it is your responsibility to inform us if another member is violating the etiquette outlined here.
   
   In keeping with this, members are not to attempt to solve conflicts that occur on this site. More often than not, this only makes the problem worse. Please take your concerns to a moderator.
   
   
3. This group was designed as a place where authors could get help and feedback on their writing. As such, you should expect constructive criticism on the work that you share here. If you are seeking only praise for your work, then this is probably not the best place to share it.
   
   Along the same lines, if you choose to reply to your reviewers, please do so politely. Not everyone will like every aspect of your work. You are welcome—and encouraged—to contact your reviewers for clarification when necessary, not to strike up arguments or berate the reviewer because s/he did not like certain aspects of your work.
   
   In the instance that you feel that a review is inappropriately harsh, please contact a moderator. There is Reviewer Etiquette here as well! Please do not reply to the review. We will gladly handle the situation for you.
   
   
4. Always and include relevant warnings in the piece’s summary. SWG welcomes members of all ages and backgrounds and believes that members should be free to choose the content to which they are exposed. Failure to properly rate a story will result in the story’s removal from our site. When in doubt, please be conservative in choosing your ratings and warnings. See our Ratings Guide for more information on our rating system.
   
   
5. Please take care to properly reference any sources that you use in your writing. This includes direct quotes from Tolkien’s works, direct quotes or original source material that belongs to other authors, and secondary source material, such as song lyrics or books. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism and is considered unprofessional and unethical.
   
   
6. SWG was founded as a place for authors to get feedback and help with their writing. As such, constructive criticism is welcomed here. However, diplomacy is required. Reviewers are expected to be courteous and respectful of all authors and stories that they choose to review. If you are not familiar with the concept of diplomatic reviews, then I highly recommend that you read our diplomacy guidelines before beginning to submit reviews. These are the standards to which all reviewers will be held on this site.
   
   
7. Readers are responsible for what they choose to read on our site. If a work is properly rated according to our ratings guide, then readers are not complain about the content they choose to read. SWG does permit adult rated material and "slash"; readers who wish not to be exposed to this content must be careful to avoid it. In the instance that a story is not properly rated, please contact our moderators at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org.
   
   
8. All story content must go behind an LJ-cut with ratings and warnings outside of the cut. If you do not know how to use an LJ-cut, please consult the LiveJournal FAQs or ask a moderator for assistance.
   
   
9. All material posted in the community must be on-topic and related to The Silmarillion or its related works. Most of us love all of Tolkien's works--including The Lord of the Rings--but there are myriad groups that focus on these books. This community is for Silmarillion-based material only.
   
   

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