This is the Mended Drum, Discworlds best known disreputable tavern.

The Mended Drum should serve as a welcoming home to any and all who remember Sir Terry Prachett (#gnuterrypratchett). Denizens of alt.fan.pratchett, alt.talk.mendeddrum and irc.lspace.org are especially welcome.

If this sounds like garbish to you, I congratulate you on your youth and wish you a very warm welcome if you like the writings of Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, Charles Stross, Diane Duane, and more.

The Drum aims to be a friendly place. Should you come across content which does not belong here, do not hesitate to ask for moderation.

Please be informed that there are currently a couple of custom emoji available, which are :gnutp:, and the afp-tags :rtag: itag: :atag: :mtag: :ftag:.

This instance is open for registration, but on manual approval so as to be able to control the growth. Feel free to request an invite or wait for approval to happen, which should be within a day. Please include your favourite Terry Pratchett novel in your application and include at least one word in British spelling (this is to filter out AI-formulated registration requests). Due to regulation issues mainly in the UK, you need to be at least 18 years of age to sign up to this service.

The Mended Drum is a voluntary undertaking. To be financially able to continue running it, and to show your appreciation, I have set up an OpenCollective page for it here. Many thanks and my eternal gratitude to all donors!

1. GNU Terry Pratchett.
2. No discrimination, including (but not limited to) racism, sexism, homophobia or transphobia.
3. No harassment of other users on this or other servers.
4. No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies. No disinformation.
5. No spam. This includes targeted commercial advertising, promotional campaigns, and SEO. Cans of spam (or pictures thereof) are allowed.
6. Don't pose as somebody else, especially not a famous author, except if you are one (writers of official biographies count). Please attribute non-original work. Use of AI must be disclosed.
7. This server runs on hardware, free time and nerves donated by volunteers. Don't abuse any of the three.
8. Please do not upload videos; use video services like vimeo, youtube, or other services instead and post a link. This preserves storage and bandwidth and keeps costs down.
9. Explicit (NSFW) content must have a content wrapper and/or sensitive media marker but is otherwise allowed. as long as the material is legal.
10. Please include your favourite Terry Pratchett novel in your application and include at least one word in British spelling (this is to filter out AI-formulated registration requests). Due to regulation issues mainly in the UK, you need to be at least 18 years of age to sign up to this service.

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