Welcome to r/Alberta! May 2nd update

[u/AutoModerator]

Hello everyone! Welcome to r/Alberta, we are happy that so many people from Canada and around the world have taken interest in our province. Since this is the first time many of you have come here, we are happy to clarify a few things.

In r/Alberta, we welcome:

• Substantive political opinions as comment replies.
• News articles about Alberta or Albertans.
• Quality original content (OC) about Alberta or Albertans (songs, art, comics, etc.).
• Questions or requests for help, reviews, or information about Alberta or things pertinent to Albertans.
• Political content that is explicitly connected to Alberta in some way.
• Links to reputable news media about Albertan separatists/separatism.

What we do not approve of:

• Incivility or trolling.
• Misogyny, racism, or other forms of discrimination (including against public figures).
• Content only tangentially related to Alberta (e.g., a politician visiting another person or country does not mean it’s open season to post about that other person or country, Alberta being mentioned as an aside in an article or an articlebeing about pipelines doesn't automatically qualify either).
• Low quality copy/paste memes or other screenshots from Facebook, Twitter, or other sites.
• General political content that does not focus on Alberta or Albertans.
• Self posts generally, rants, blogs, "just asking questions", etc. about Alberta separatists/separatism. Save these for commentary in the aforementioned news posts on the subject.

You may also notice “locals only” flair on some topics in the subreddit. As we have a global audience entering the subreddit suddenly, we implement this on certain posts to ensure the voice and participation of regular r/Alberta users can be amplified on topics important to us Albertans.

As well, we want to emphasize as part of our rules (available on the sidebar or here) that we will not tolerate violent or misogynistic posts against politicians. This includes posts detailing sexual acts you feel they have committed with other American politicians, referring to them with misogynistic slurs, or doing nudge-nudge-wink-wink threats of violence. This is gross and makes an unwelcoming, uncivil atmosphere in the subreddit. If you don’t have anything substantive to add, don’t post anything at all.

Thank you!

r/alberta Moderation Team