IMC-Editorial-Guidelines-%28sample%29.md

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 IMC Editorial Guidelines (sample)
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+Indymedia is network of a sites for reporting, promoting, and commenting on community, grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial social justice, environmental, and political issues. It is run by a local Indymedia Collective (IMC) - an open group of volunteers who maintain and make decisions about the site.
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+The IMC is dedicated to the open publishing ethos. This means that you can post any story or event, as long as it does not break our guidelines. The guidelines ensure the site stays true to it's aims of providing an alternative to corporate dominated mainstream media.
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+The guidelines are not rules. The interpretation of them is decided by the IMC collective.
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+There are two areas to the site that allow open posting: the newswire and the calendar. Anybody can suggest content for the features section, but only site moderaters can upload it.
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+Content may be deleted
     
 **All content**
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 * Not local: Items that do not have an explicit link to instance subject/location and the surrounding area.
 * Not news: Stories which are clearly purely comment, opinion, or rants unrelated to a recent event (does not apply to comments, but we encourage you not to rant - more on comments below).
 * Discriminatory: Items using language, imagery, or other forms of communication promoting racism, fascism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, or any other form of discrimination or oppression.