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<h1>Planet PostgreSQL <i class="fas fa-gavel"></i></h1>

<p><em>Last updated: October 12, 2016. {%git_changes_link%}</em></p>

<p><a href="https://planet.postgresql.org/">Planet PostgreSQL</a> is a blog
    aggregation service run by the PostgreSQL community. In addition to the main
    Planet site, entries are published ("syndicated") to the <a
            href="https://www.postgresql.org/">www.postgresql.org</a> site as
    well.</p>

<h2>Planet PostgreSQL Policy</h2>

<p>The following simple rules cover the blogs being listed on Planet
    PostgreSQL:</p>

<ul>
    <li>Blogs should be submitted by a community account in the name of the blog
        author.
    </li>
    <li>All blogs should be about PostgreSQL or closely related technologies. If
        you want to blog about other things as well, please put your PostgreSQL
        specific posts in a separate category/tag/label, and use the feed for
        this category only for Planet PostgreSQL.
    </li>
    <li>All topics related to PostgreSQL are of course appreciated - both
        technical and non-technical.
    </li>
    <li>All posts should be in English. If you want to blog in other languages,
        please put your PostgreSQL specific posts in a separate
        category/tag/label, and use the feed for this category only for Planet
        PostgreSQL.
    </li>
    <li>All blogs should be identified by the posters name. A nickname is
        allowed to be used in combination with this, but blogs without names are
        not allowed.
    </li>
    <li>Avoid inflammatory comments in syndicated posts. Personal attacks are
        not permitted.
    </li>
    <li>Publishing of advertising in the syndicated part of your blog is not
        permitted.
    </li>
</ul>

<p>Violating these rules will cause your blog to be removed from Planet
    PostgreSQL.</p>

<h3>Approval of Blogs</h3>

<p>Planet PostgreSQL volunteer moderators approve your blog once you submit the
    syndication request. Note the following points:</p>

<ul>
    <li>The blog must have at least one article before approval, so that the
        moderators can make a decision based on the initial contents. Empty
        blogs are not approved.
    </li>
    <li>Moderators are not allowed to approve blogs owned by other employees of
        their own employer.
    </li>
</ul>

<h2>Planet PostgreSQL FAQ</h2>

<h3>How can I remove a bad entry from the feed?</h3>
<p>It's possible to login to the administration interface and hide an individual
    entry. If you realize you've made a mistake and done something like
    accidentally posting incorrectly tagged content, removing it on your own is
    recommended.</p>

<h3>What are the right URLs to use for a labeled feed from <a
        href="https://www.blogger.com/">blogger.com</a>?</h3>
<p>Assuming your blog is named "blogname" and you've tagged a subset of your
    posts with the "postgresql" label, the correct URLs to input to the Planet
    code are:</p>

<ul>
    <li>Feedurl: <a href="http://blogname.blogspot.com/search/label/postgresql">http://blogname.blogspot.com/search/label/postgresql</a>
    </li>
    <li>Blogurl: <a
            href="http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/postgresql">http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/postgresql</a>
    </li>
</ul>

<p>You can confirm those URLs display a suitable copy of your feed via a web
    browser before submitting them.</p>

<h3>Are commercial posts allowed?</h3>
<p>Informative entries that mention proprietary products are normally
    permissible, as long as the main entry is relevant to the PostgreSQL
    community. But the policy specifically prohibits publication of advertising
    in the portion of a blog that is syndicated to the Planet feed. It's
    recommended that blogs that may contain ads tag them appropriately, to
    provide a feed to the Planet without those entries included.</p>

<h3>What constitutes an advertisement?</h3>
<p>The primary test here is whether the information provided would be of some
    use even to people who have no interest in the commercial product mentioned.
    Consider what your entry would look like if all references to the product
    were removed. If there's no useful PostgreSQL content left after doing that,
    that post is an ad.</p>

<p>You can find a blog entry giving a more detailed opinion from one of the
    moderators about this subject at <a
            href="https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/planetary_alignment/">Planetary
        alignment</a>. That commentary is not part of the official policy.</p>

<h3>Can I offer free or discounted products to people?</h3>
<p>Not as your only post content. An article that otherwise meets the standards
    here, by providing useful information to readers with no interest in the
    commercial product mentioned, might also include some commercial offer like
    a free product in them. But promotions like product giveaways or providing a
    discount to blog readers are not acceptable on their own. You might consider
    the offer itself informative, but the moderators of the Planet feed will
    usually judge it to be advertisement. Blog entries offering to give away
    something for free or at a reduced cost are very likely to be flagged as a
    violation of policy.</p>

<h3>What happens to blogs that violate the site policies?</h3>
<p>A first violation of the advertising policy will result in the blog entry
    with the ad being removed, and a warning e-mail sent to the listed owner of
    the blog.</p>

<p>A second violation will resulting in the blog being removed from the Planet
    PostgreSQL feed. After a two month suspension period, the blog owner can
    submit their blog address--or a new feed URL better tagged to filter out
    advertisements--for reconsideration.</p>

<p>A third violation in any year will result in a full 12 month suspension of
    the blog from Planet PostgreSQL.</p>

<h3>Who makes the moderation decisions about the Planet content allowed?</h3>
<p>Site maintenance and moderation duty is done by a small team of volunteer
    moderators, primarily made up of <a
            href="https://www.postgresql.org/community/contributors/">PostgreSQL
        contributors</a> from various companies who are familiar with the
    policies of the PostgreSQL community.</p>


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