We created Wee Welcome to provide new parents with the tools to have a baby and a life. To provide helpful information, connect with other new parents and share everyday adventures about life with a baby. Wee Welcome is your community. It is a fun place to keep in touch with friends, share ideas, and explore the world together with your babies. We understand that a your time is precious so we understand Wee Welcome should be a place where you can come and feel welcome and safe and not be subject to personal attacks or disrespectful behavior. These guidelines are intended to make Wee Welcome a great place for as many new parents as possible.
As a member of this community, you should keep this in mind when participating in Wee Welcome. Failure to follow this agreement may result in the termination of your account.
I agree to:
1. Always represent myself honestly. Pen names are allowed, but I will not impersonate others. If you suspect that someone on the site is an imposter or not legitimate, report the problem to info@weewelcome.ca and we will deal with it. Don't share your personal information with someone unless you're absolutely certain it is safe to share with that person.
2. Respect other members and treat them fairly. I will not slander, libel, or defame other members. I will be open to giving and receiving constructive criticism.
3. Recognize that a difference of opinion drives debate and diversity. I may disagree but I will not personalize our differences. I will not gang up on or personally attack or harass others. If you're going to post something controversial, be prepared for others to disagree with you and your ideas.
4. Strengthen and contribute to the overall good of the community by my participation on Wee Welcome. I will keep my comments within the context of the content and I will not:
- engage in comment spamming
- post any nude photographs
- post any images or photographs of abortion
- ask members for money, gifts or donations
- use slurs, stereotyping, and hate speech
- share personal information about others
- do anything criminal or illegal on Wee Welcome or encourage anyone else to do so
5. Only send friend requests and group member invitations to people I know or have communicated with on Wee Welcome. I will not engage in spamming in any form, such as friend requests, invitations to groups, or private messages.
6. Work to keep the community engaged in interesting content and informed debate. I will not annoy people by posting advertisements or posting the same thing over and over again. I will contact Wee Welcome's advertising team through advertising team at info@weewelcome.ca to advertise.
7. Help us keep our community orderly by reporting any problems you see on the site including posts that break these rules. Only report content that violate the Terms of Service, or is intended for mature audiences, but lacks a mature audience setting. I will not report content to complain about another member, or based on someone or something I do not agree with. I will not republish content that has been reported and is under editorial review.
8. Review and follow Wee Welcome's complete policies and Terms and Conditions of Use. When in doubt, I will review the Terms and Conditions of Use.
9. Above all else, be nice to the members of our community and give each other the benefit of the doubt as it is hard enough to be a new parent and together we can celebrate having a baby and a life.
10. You may discuss Wee Welcome's policies, but only with the Wee Welcome Team. You may contact us at info@weewelcome.ca and express your questions and/or concern about any of our policies. We are open to constructive feedback and will be honest with everyone about the reasoning behind our policies. If you create comments or blog posts about policy issues, they will be removed.
Content Guidelines
From your most imaginative thoughts to your favorite photos, you can publish almost anything on Wee Welcome. Just make sure it's legally yours and within the Terms and Conditions of Use. With your common sense and these publishing guidelines, you'll be on your way:
1. Recognize that tags provide content organization for the community and only assign those tags that accurately portray your content.
2. Adult themed content is allowed, but, pornography or other sexually explicit images or videos are not allowed on Wee Welcome.
3. Images or videos showing dangerous or illegal acts are not allowed on Wee Welcome. For instance, content containing animal abuse, child abuse, drug abuse, or bomb making are not permitted.
4. Do not post photos or videos with gratuitous violence against people or animals.
5. Wee Welcome defends personal expression of unpopular points of view. However, hate speech is not permitted. The use of slurs or malicious stereotypes intended to denigrate a particular gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or nationality is not allowed. Encouraging violence against these or any other group is never permitted.
Responsibilities - Ours & Yours
Wee Welcome will not look at every post, photo or comment made on the site nor do we guarantee the integrity of every member on the site. But, if we catch something that we believe violates our guidelines or the Wee Welcome Terms and Conditions of Use - either because we noticed it or you reported it - we will act on it.
When you report something to us that you believe violates these guidelines or the Wee Welcome Terms and Conditions of Use, we will do our best to review it. We will not always agree with you that there is a problem. When we do agree, we will take the action that we feel is appropriate. While we listen to our members, we have the final say on whether content or conduct is permissible under these guidelines and our Terms and Conditions of Use.
We generally won't take action against older content that violates these guidelines. We feel our efforts are better spent focusing on current issues on the site.
Please remember that the information you provide to other members is not controlled by Wee Welcome, be cautious and protect you and your family's information. We want everyone to be comfortable and feel safe.
Groups are run by the moms who started them, not Wee Welcome. Group owners are responsible for making their own guidelines for the group and enforcing them as desired. If a group owner needs help with an issue that she/he can't deal with on her/his own, she should contact us for assistance. Groups must abide by the Community Guideline and the Terms and Conditions of Use.
We always have the right to remove postings, lock postings, warn members, suspend accounts, and/or cancel accounts to enforce these guidelines or the Wee Welcome Terms and Conditions of Use or as we deem necessary to maintain the integrity of the site or our business. Whatever action we choose to take, our decision is final. We will not always explain our actions, but rest assured we do not take these decisions lightly.
We are not responsible for what happens off the site, even if it was organized on Wee Welcome. Be careful whom you talk to, whom you trust, and what you do in the real world based on what you read online.
Finally, please remember that we are just trying to make this the best site possible for as many new parents as possible. If we feel that by removing a post or a member we can make the site experience better for the rest of the members, we will do it. Or, we could decide that a posting that you find objectionable is within the guidelines. You may not always think our decisions are fair and you may not always agree with us. Arguing with us or harassing us will not change our minds. Let's all treat each other with respect and work together to make this a great place for moms.
These guidelines are a work in progress. We may revise these guidelines at any time and without prior notice.
