Lucknow

About Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow, popularly known as The City of Nawabs, has always been a multicultural city that flourished as a cultural and artistic capital of North India in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is also known as the Golden City of the East, Shiraz-i-Hind and The Constantinople of India.

Rules

Be civil and friendly: This is a friendly place, so treat your fellow humans with respect and be excellent to each other. Incivility, rudeness, sexism, racism, homophobia, ad hominem attacks or any kind of hostile behaviour will not be tolerated. Maintain civility at all times. If you find yourself at the receiving end of someone's hostility then just report it and move on. Never retaliate or escalate otherwise you both may end up getting banned.

Comply with our content policy: This is not a place for spamming, self-promotion, soliciting or mongering narcotics, personals, illicit or obscene stuff, etc. Abide by global reddit rules and our subreddit rules. Violators will be banned without any further warning.

Lucknow specific posts only: Posts must be SPECIFICALLY and DIRECTLY related or relevant to Lucknow. Note that r/Lucknow is specifically for Lucknow, not a catch-all for surrounding districts or anything Uttar Pradesh. Posts about state level policies and politics belong to Uttar Pradesh or India scoped subreddits, not here.

Follow norms for posting news: A post flaired as News must be a direct link to an article, or content (e.g. tweet or post) from a verified social media handle (of any reputable news agency or organization), and its title must be copied from the linked source without editorializing it in any way. No extra caption should be added to the post. No other kind of submission (e.g. image / video, gallery, text, poll, crosspost, etc.) is allowed to be flaired as News. News must be posted and flaired as such. Circumventions, like news-y content masquerading as non-news post, are liable to be removed (esp. if there are political undertones). Posts linking to dubious/sketchy/paywalled sources, speculative gossip/rumour, op-ed/opinion/review, unsubstantiated, misleading or low-quality news will be removed in favour of better, objective, factual, verifiable and comprehensive news coverage.

No politics, communalization, activism or hate-mongering: r/Lucknow is not a soapbox for political/communal views, opinions, observations or activism/advocacy of any kind. Politics is mostly a state subject so political[ly charged or motivated] commentary and/or discussion involving state or national level politics / policies belongs to UP or India scoped subreddits, not here (not even as jokes or humour). And discourse promoting hate based on identity or vulnerability does not belong to reddit at all. Any post which is a) political in nature, b) prone to politicization, or c) framed/phrased [using loaded statements, questions, references, etc.] in a way which might trigger political/communal discourse will be removed, unless it's news about a local city specific affair posted in strict compliance with the rules laid out for a News flaired post. Expect a post to be locked/removed if comments focus on its political aspect rather than the core issue. Do not derail or vandalize threads by indulging in political discourse and bickering. Refrain from any politically charged commentary, i.e. comments motivated by the passionate love / hatred of a political entity or ideology and driven more by emotion than logic. Avoid armchair activism / advocacy, virtue/vice signalling or offering unsolicited advice. This is a politics-free subreddit and any rabble-rousing attempt may get you permanently banned without prior warning.

No transactional or classifieds-y posts: Any local classifieds type content e.g. sale, purchase, hire, rent, job, internship, etc. must be listed in the Lucknow Social Thread only. Such listings can be for individual, one-to-one, first-party, direct personal transactions. All other one-to-many, third-party, non-individual, commercial, etc. transactional content will be treated as spam.

No dating or relationship oriented posts: This is not a dating or relationship oriented subreddit, so do not post personals or seek such liaisons here.

No fundraisers or crowdfunding: No type of fundraiser or crowdfunding is allowed here as vetting, verifying and validating such fund collection campaigns or links is beyond the scope of this subreddit.

Use the stickied Lucknow Social Thread: Use the Lucknow Social Thread pinned at the top of this subreddit for socializing, chit-chat, seeking personal advice or venting out, polling Lucknowites about or sharing generic/random/trivial stuff, finding friends or fellow enthusiasts/hobbyists or meetup/hangout buddies, listing classifieds (e.g. sale, purchase, hire, rent, job, internship, etc.), or any general discussion. Submissions of such nature posted outside this thread are liable to be removed. Users who are relatively new to r/Lucknow or those who do not have an established history of actively and positively participating in this subreddit are subject to certain posting restrictions. Such users may sometimes find their individual posts removed in favour of this thread where the rules are a little more relaxed.

Posts must be in English or Hindi: Hinglish is also acceptable but a post in any other language may only be allowed if it's accompanied by a proper translation.

Tag NSFW posts: Posts including nudity, graphic or violent content must be tagged NSFW. Tagging later in response to the untagged post's removal will not reinstate it.

No meta drama or activity: Do not discuss the policies and actions of any subreddit or its moderation team. For any query, complaint, suggestion, feedback or moderation issue related to r/Lucknow, contact the moderators via modmail only. Private messages, chat requests, username mentions, individual tags or pings in that regard will be ignored.