THE MOST IMPORTANT POLICY
As the editor-in-chief of Ask a Korean!, the Korean will do whatever the hell he damn well pleases with this blog. The operation of every aspect of this blog will be completely up to the Korean's arbitrary and capricious whim. Telling the Korean what to do with this blog will be the swiftest course to getting banned from this blog.
As you are asking a question, reading or commenting on this blog, please keep the following policies in mind:
QUESTIONS POLICY
Once the Korean receives your email, he will decide whether it should be answered privately in a reply email, or publicly through a blog post. The Korean tries to reply all emails within a week, although in practice a reply can happen anywhere between 5 minutes and two weeks.
For emails that deserve a post, the Korean gives a short answer to them in a private email, then later writes a longer, more detailed post. Thanks to all of your questions and support, the time between an email and a post is very long -- at this point, definitely over a year. If your email is featured on a post, your email may be edited to make the question clearer and more applicable to the general readership.
The Korean accepts questions ONLY through email. Any question asked ANYWHERE ELSE (e.g. comment board, Facebook wall, Twitter) will be ignored. This will ensure that the questions are answered in the order received. If your question is particularly time-sensitive, let the Korean know and he will consider bumping the email up the line. The Korean may also answer questions that he finds particularly compelling or relevant to current events ahead of their turns.
The Korean's email is askakorean@gmail.com. Please note that the Korean no longer checks askakorean@hotmail.com, which had to be abandoned as it was overwhelmed by spam emails.
Please remember the following points when asking the Korean:
1. You are writing an email with a question to a blog that publicly gives answers. You never know which one the Korean would publicly answer. If you are squeamish about the possibility of sharing your problems with the whole world, think twice before sending your question. Although the Korean will not reveal any personal information, please write with caution. You may also ask the Korean not to write a post about your question.
2. Please check your spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Bad English really annoys the Korean. The Korean learned to speak English at age 16; there is no reason why you should be a worse writer than the Korean. Exceptions are made for those who do not use English as the first language, but poorly composed questions will be either ignored, or publicly ridiculed.
3. Search the blog before asking. The Korean so far answered thousands of questions, and hundreds of them are on this blog. There is a good chance that someone asked your question previously. The search bar is at the top of the blog.
4. Do NOT email over and over again. That will only ensure that your email will be answered later, as your place in the line goes farther and farther back.
5. Do NOT send a huge number of questions at the same time. The Korean is not a gumball machine that spits out 20 gumballs for 20 quarters. He needs the time to think and research about each question. Please be considerate -- you are not the only one with questions, and the Korean cannot spend his whole life answering your questions.
6. Think about your question before sending it. Your answer will only be as good as your question. A lot of stupid questions are actually lazy questions. And please, do your own Google search. If your question is particularly stupid, it will be featured in the annual "Best of the Worst" list and ridiculed mercilessly.
Please remember the following points when asking the Korean:
1. You are writing an email with a question to a blog that publicly gives answers. You never know which one the Korean would publicly answer. If you are squeamish about the possibility of sharing your problems with the whole world, think twice before sending your question. Although the Korean will not reveal any personal information, please write with caution. You may also ask the Korean not to write a post about your question.
2. Please check your spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Bad English really annoys the Korean. The Korean learned to speak English at age 16; there is no reason why you should be a worse writer than the Korean. Exceptions are made for those who do not use English as the first language, but poorly composed questions will be either ignored, or publicly ridiculed.
3. Search the blog before asking. The Korean so far answered thousands of questions, and hundreds of them are on this blog. There is a good chance that someone asked your question previously. The search bar is at the top of the blog.
4. Do NOT email over and over again. That will only ensure that your email will be answered later, as your place in the line goes farther and farther back.
5. Do NOT send a huge number of questions at the same time. The Korean is not a gumball machine that spits out 20 gumballs for 20 quarters. He needs the time to think and research about each question. Please be considerate -- you are not the only one with questions, and the Korean cannot spend his whole life answering your questions.
6. Think about your question before sending it. Your answer will only be as good as your question. A lot of stupid questions are actually lazy questions. And please, do your own Google search. If your question is particularly stupid, it will be featured in the annual "Best of the Worst" list and ridiculed mercilessly.
7. For translations, the Korean has "10-second" rule. The Korean is, among other things, a professional translator. It costs money to hire him. He is NOT available to translate anything that takes longer than 10 seconds to do so -- i.e. one or two sentences. If you need a professional translation service, the Korean can give excellent references.
8. Please give your first name or a hilarious pen name. Otherwise, you will be called "Anonymous Coward".
COMMENTS POLICY
The Korean believes that intelligent discussions can be had on the Internet, but only as long as there are strictly enforced rules conducive to such discussions. Please only leave comments that are relevant to the discussion made in the post. (As a corollary, please try hard to actually figure out what the original post is trying to say.) Do not make any personal attacks toward other commenters, and do not troll. Violators of these policies will be banned from this blog.
The Korean does read every comment submitted to this blog, no matter how old the original post was. To prevent spam comments, comments submitted to posts older than 60 days are subject to moderation.
FAIR USE / MEDIA / PROMOTIONS POLICY
Everything on this blog is intended to be public material. You are welcome to use any part or the whole of this blog, as long as proper attribution and a link (if referred to online) are provided. If you are re-posting the posts on this blog through an automated RSS feed, please attribute to this blog clearly in order to avoid the impression that the Korean is writing for your website.
The Korean intends to write anonymously for the foreseeable future. If you are a member of the media whose policies require the identity of the interviewee, do not bother asking for an interview.
Cross-links on this blog are only available for the blogs that the Korean personally loves. Please do not send any cross-link request, as you will be ignored. The Korean will find you instead.
If you want Ask a Korean! to promote an event or a product, you are free to submit it to the Korean's attention. But please note that the Korean will only promote things that he really, truly likes on a personal level -- which means promotions on this blog will be arbitrary and capricious to the Korean's whim, just like everything else on the blog. Ask a Korean! does not take paid advertising.
Cross-links on this blog are only available for the blogs that the Korean personally loves. Please do not send any cross-link request, as you will be ignored. The Korean will find you instead.
If you want Ask a Korean! to promote an event or a product, you are free to submit it to the Korean's attention. But please note that the Korean will only promote things that he really, truly likes on a personal level -- which means promotions on this blog will be arbitrary and capricious to the Korean's whim, just like everything else on the blog. Ask a Korean! does not take paid advertising.
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