In a nutshell, we ask that you:

• Treat everyone with respect.
• Understand that this web site may be used and viewed by people of any age including children.
• Follow all applicable laws including copyright laws.
• Encourage safe astronomy practices.

The Rules

• Please do not use profanity, "cartoon swearing", or any derogatory words aimed at members of any racial, ethnic or religious group. Communications that are not respectful of others are not welcome.
• Please do not upload or post any objectionable images. Please remember children may be reading this site.
• This is an astronomy site. Please focus your communications on astronomy-related topics. Any blog comments, project comments or other communications designed to "hijack" a legitimate astronomy-related discussion will not be permitted. Spam or other off-topic communications are not allowed.
• Partisan political discussions and religious discussions are generally not allowed. Exceptions may be made to allow the discussion of the NASA budget, for example. The administrators of Share Astronomy and/or their designated moderators will have the final say as to what is permitted and what is not. Please keep in mind this is an astronomy web site. There are 100's of other sites focused on partisan politics and/or religion.
• You are not allowed to post or upload any copyrighted material including images, files or textual material unless you are the owner of the copyright. If in doubt, include a link to the material you are referencing rather than uploading the material itself.
• Please respect the privacy of others and do not post an email address or other personal information unless it is your own.
• We advocate safe astronomy. We will not permit any discussion of lasers above 5mW.  We will not permit links to any sites that sell or distribute lasers above 5mW.  When discussing solar observing please remember that children may be reading what you write.  Do not advocate any unsafe activities.
• You are not allowed to sell anything on this site unless you have an advertising agreement with us. Vendors and others may include a link to a web site that sells astronomy-related products if it is relevant to a legitimate discussion. However, any user-submitted material that looks like advertising will be removed. If you would like to advertise on our site we would be happy to accommodate you. Please visit our Ads Page for contact information.

Enforcement

• Comments, project submissions, images, files or any other material that violates the above rules will be deleted from the Share Astronomy web site. Share Astronomy will make no attempt to return this material to the submitter. Share Astronomy assumes no liability for deleted material.
• Users who violate the above rules may be removed along with all prior submissions and communications. No materials previously submitted by that user will be returned. Share Astronomy assumes no liability for deleted material.
• The final decision regarding the enforcement of these guidelines rests with the Share Astronomy administrators and their designated moderators.