This category should only contain sites that have some details as to "what you can do" politically, action that people can take, or have taken. A site offering primarily general information or education on a subject should be submitted to Society/Issues. A site about a particular political grouping or ideology or which emphasizes electoral and governmental actions should be submitted via Society/Politics.
Sites that respond to readers' requests for advice, whatever the topic - unless a ''specialist sub-category'' exists.
Please read the category description and look at the sites already listed. Also, you might like to browse the ''sub-categories'' - one of them might be more appropriate.
Self help and support sites do not belong here - Try: Self Help or Support Groups )
If you are not sure, submit in the category you feel is closest.
Sites must contain unique content in order to be listed.
Sites dealing with controversies or issues surrounding crime, law enforcement, and related topics should be sent to Society/Issues/Crime_and_Justice
Private investigations belong in Business: Business Services: Fire and Security: Security: Investigation: Investigators
Sites submitted here must be in English. Non English sites should be submitted to a WORLD category.
This section offers categories organized by their focus on specific racial and ethnic groups. Please take the time to locate the most appropriate subcategory prior to suggesting a site. An Ethnic Group is a category or group of people considered to be significantly different from others in terms of cultural (dialect, religion, traditions, etc.) and sometimes physical characteristics (skin color, body shape, etc.).
Sites listed in Society/Ethnicity will focus on a particular Ethnic Group''s culture (i.e. traditions, history, arts, religion and education).
Do not submit sites here in languages other than English or sites about countries or other regions which are served by a category of the Regional hierarchy.
If your site offers psychic services go to Society/Paranormal/Psychic and submit to the most appropriate subcategory there.
If your site is in a language other than English, start at World and submit to an appropriate category under the language of the site.
Do not submit sites about local (e.g. town, city, county) history unless pertinent to an event or place of national or international significance. For example, a site about the founding of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is Regional in interest, whereas a site about the course of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, a turning point in the American Civil War, would be accepted into the Society/History category of the same.
Society/History is best suited to academic or scholarly sites devoted to history of civilizations, or of particular branches or philosophies of history.
Sites about multiple holidays are listed in Holiday Pages. Submit lists and calendars of holidays to Calendars and Lists. Sites about a specific holiday are listed in corresponding sub categories.
Sites that primarily market seasonal merchandise should be submitted to Shopping/Holidays.
Sites created especially for children may be found in Kids_and_Teens/People_and_Society/Holidays_and_Special_Days.
Sites which focus primarily on the religious aspects of holidays are listed in Society/Religion_and_Spirituality.
National or International days of (food, career, animal, whatever topic) should be listed in the most relevant topic (in the directory) to whatever the day is for. The Holiday category does not have a calendar to list every event, occasion, or national day of, by month.
Sites about multiple holidays are listed in Holiday Pages. Submit lists and calendars of holidays to Calendars and Lists. Sites about a specific holiday are listed in corresponding sub categories.
Sites that primarily market seasonal merchandise should be submitted to Shopping/Holidays.
Sites created especially for children may be found in Kids_and_Teens/People_and_Society/Holidays_and_Special_Days.
Sites which focus primarily on the religious aspects of holidays are listed in Society/Religion_and_Spirituality.
National or International days of (food, career, animal, whatever topic) should be listed in the most relevant topic (in the directory) to whatever the day is for. The Holiday category does not have a calendar to list every event, occasion, or national day of, by month.
| Failure to submit to the proper category will entail significant delay in the review of your site. |
Please do not submit your site here unless it is a very deep site with lots of content that covers virtually every major issue.
Please look through the subcategories to find the appropriate place for your site. Doing this will get your site reviewed much more quickly, saving several weeks or more in many cases.
Personal pages covering multiple social issues should be submitted to the Personal Multi-issues Pages subcategory.
Personal political homepages should be submitted to the Politics: Personal Pages subcategory.
Thank you for your cooperation.
If your site contains information specific to one country, please submit it to the Government/Military category of that country.
Sites must be in the English language.
Please send non-English sites to the World hierarchy.
The editors reserve the right to omit from the index sites which are submitted more than once to the same category, sites under construction, or sites which belong in other categories.
Please suggest only English language sites. If your site is in another language than English, please suggest it in World under the appropriate language.
Please Do NOT suggest your site more than once. This includes multiple pages from your site. Website suggestions should meet the guidelines of the category to which you are suggesting. Please take a moment and find the best subcategory.
If the site is under construction, please wait until the site is ready to view before suggesting it.
Thank you.Please submit sites of individual philanthropic organizations in the correct subcategory, such as Society/Philanthropy/Organizations, Grant-Making_Foundations, or Youth/Organizations/Public_Service.
Please DO NOT submit sites under construction.
Popular metaphysics, as is usually dealt with in religiously-oriented sites, theology, and New Age philosophies are better suited for categories in Religion and Spirituality. This includes psychic readings, ancient Egyptian religion, crystals, UFOs, and alien abductions, the I Ching, etc.
IMPORTANT:
Politics is the art of reforming a society through public policy, and a hallmark (and curse) of civilization.
For organizational purposes, the Society/Politics branch is devoted to ideology and to the practice of politicking, i.e. electoral and legislative activities such as campaigning and lobbying.
Grassroots, protest, and "direct action" activities are placed under Society/Activism whereas education, information, and advocacy regarding specific issues are placed under Society/Issues.
Sites about specific candidates and campaigns are generally placed in the Regional/ branch, while sites suitable for scholarly use are placed in Science/Social_Sciences/Political_Science.
Please submit only English language sites into this branch.
NOTE: "Sites with adult sexuality content which is not of an artistic, educational, or informative nature are not permitted in Society."
Instead, that material should be placed in the Adult category. This includes "Adult Oriented Personals," "Adult Novelties," XXX, hardcore, porn, etc. If the site is meant to arouse, not only to inform, it belongs in Adult rather than Society/Sexuality.
Although there is no universal agreement as to what constitutes adult material, any notice on the site that the visitors to the site must be of any minimum age -- 18+, 21+, or not minors -- is a strong hint that this site needs to go to Adult. Other hints can include PICS labels over 1, explicit keywords, and "the company the site keeps," the sites that it links to, advertises, maintains reciprocal links to.
See the Adult category FAQ for more details.
Continual submissions of adult sites into Society/Sexuality/Society/Sexuality may result in said sites being banned completely from the directory.
If the site belongs in Support_Groups : Opposing_Views, see if there is an appropriate sub-category here.