Read & understood
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My apologies In advance, for asking you this, quite a while after you made this comment;
There are a few rituals, spells, & questions I would like to answer publicly, (that I get asked quite a bit through my dms), if I make a YouTube video, is it still okay to post that in a new thread, or could that be considered by the admins of the forum, spaming/self premonition??
I wanted to ask before I assumed, & did it. I thoroughly enjoy this forum, & respect all the rules that have been in place, & wish not to break)disobey what has been established.
Thank you!!
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Yes, you can post a YouTube video. Many members have.
The rules against self promotion is mainly aimed at people who come here to promote their monetised blogs, channels or magical services.
Please correct me if Iām wrong, @Lady_Eva
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Thank you!! I truly appreciate the response, & clarification!!
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Nope, all good, we do ask no-one collect personal info to make something unless theyāve been active 3 months, but uploading your work on YouTube is fine, look forward to seeing it. 
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Thank you Lady Eva!! Iām sorry it took me so long to get back to you!! Iām literally just seeing this!!
Iām looking forward to sharing my work with you, & everyone 
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Hi Iām an ancient member previously read and agree, agree still, and hopefully useful as a male witch of Hecate.
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Welcome to all our new members! 
This little imp has a very important message for you:
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I had seen the requirement to provide information about yourself before I made an account and the rules listed here are all well within my code of respect, so seeing them after making an account provided me insight in to the fact that additional research doesnāt hurt, fortunately the rules here were essentially ingrained in my mind prior to even becoming aware of this forum.
2 sayings/mantras I believe in are;
- Treat people how you want to be treated,
- If you donāt have anything nice to say, donāt say anything.
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Understood
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Read and agree
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Now, I see the rule I missed about Personal Reading before three months Seniority.
Cool, accept.
Nir666
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Read and agree. Though I do have a question. So in the original part of the rules it says to make a new post but other places it says to post in the new member thread. Iāve posted in the new member thread, is that sufficient? I just donāt want to get booted 
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Yes. It is one or the other, whichever you prefer.
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I agree with rulesš
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So I guess if I want to delete my account I just tell one of the moderators to do it? Correct?
Correct
Rule regarding readings has been updated.
As a corollary to this, I am updating this thread to point out that moderation is NEVER performed based on anybodyās UPG, or for any other magickal reason.
What is UPG?
The wikipedia definition is poor, so I will clarify what this means to BALG forums, as we have talked about in thread many a time:
Unverified Personal Gnosis, or UPG for short, is a belief gained through personal experience or intuition that cannot be attributed to or corroborated by other people (itās not necessarily about āreceived traditionā). When UPG is confirmed by the independent gnosis from others, ideally two or more people without influence, itās considered verified for this forums purposes.
We have had, over the years, a small number of people mistake moderation as being not rules based, but an objection to the personās posted UPG. They will say things to the effect of:
- Ask the spirits / scan me / do a divination about me/my UPG
- Iām legit because spirits say so
- Iām the chosen one; rules donāt apply to me
- I talked to my spirits about you, (meaning the mod) and you x so you canāt enforce rule y
Please know these talking points are completely irrelevant to moderation and are NOT taken into account. This also means, we do not take moderation action on UPG claims of offence against other members. Using these as an excuse to break rules, still means the rules were broken and thatās all we need to know.
Your UPG is your UPG, and this forum respects UPG, so you can believe whatever you likeā¦ what we really care about is your behaviour to other members on the forum, to keep this a welcoming and useful community. 
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