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Q.
How do I get my web site linked from DC Dykes.com?
A. Well, it depends on what type of web site you
have. We select links to other websites based on what type
of service it provides. We don't presume to know about every
site out there though, so please feel free to e-mail us
at dcdykes@dcdykes.com
with the following information:
- Your
web site name.
- The
URL (web address).
- A
brief description of what the web site is for.
- Where
you feel it should be linked from. This just helps us
know where to put the web site
- A
Contact E-mail address (If we post the link to your site,
we will e-mail you and let you know.)
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Q. How do I get an event listed in your "Metro Happenings"
page?
A. Just drop us an e-mail at events@dcdykes.com
and let us know the following:
- The
name of the event.
- The
date(s).
- The
location of the event. (This does not have to be the exact
address, but we need to know if it's in Maryland, Virginia
or Washington DC.)
- Contact
information. This can be an e-mail address, web site address
or phone number. Just some way for people to get more
information.
- Any
other information you would like listed along with the
event.
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Can I link to DC Dykes.com from my web page?
A. Sure! We'd love to have more links to our page.
If you do link to us, please e-mail us at dcdykes@dcdykes.com
and let us know. We both love to find out about other websites
that are out there. If you would like to use a graphic on
your site to link to dcdykes.com, feel free to use the image
at the right. Just right click on it and check "save
picture as". If possible, please just use http://www.dcdykes.com
as the link. This will prevent visitors from you site getting
a broken link if we happen to move a page later on.
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Q.
I saw a movie, (or saw a TV show, read a book, heard a CD)
that wasn't listed in your entertainment
section and would like to add my 2¢. Do you accept
outside comments?
A. Of course. Just use the Online
Contact Form or e-mail it to dcdykes@dcdykes.com.
Please give us the name you want listed with the review.
It doesn't have to be your real name. Just make sure that
it is your own comments. We can't post any reviews or stories
that were written by anyone else.
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Q.
How much does it cost to advertise on www.dcdykes.com?
A. Actually, we don't accept "advertising"
banners or links. This site is meant to be a resource for
other lesbians living in the DC Metro area. We are only
posting links to organizations, business, etc. that we feel
are a help to the community. Nobody pays to be listed on
this site. If you are part of an organization or business
that you feel should be listed, please read question
1 and just follow those steps.
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Q.
Why do we go by the names Xena and Gabrielle?
A.
Well, we didn't know each other when "Xena" first
came on the air, but we met because of it, in a round-about-way
(long story). When we started this site, we decided to use
names that would be fun, tell a little about ourselves (you
can learn something based on who is who) and help people
visiting this site know who wrote what. It seemed better
then using DCDyke1 and DCDyke2. You can read more in our
Who Are We section.
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Q.
How long does it take to get an event listed?
A. Usually, we can add the link within 24 hours of
finding out about it. If you look at the What's
New page, you can see that we try and update this
site once a day. We often take the weekends off and if an
event is e-mailed to us on a Friday or Saturday, it may
not go up until Monday. Also, we usually note on the What's
New page if we are going away for a few days.
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Q.
I found a broken link on your site.
A. We try and check out the sites we have linked from
this site at least once a month. It is possible to miss
one. If you find a broken link, please drop us an e-mail
or use the online Contact Form
and let us know what link is not working.
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Q.
Why didn't you list a specific event? (question reworded)
A. We either didn't know about it or didn't feel it
was a lesbian related event. We try to list all of the events
we learn about that are lesbian related. Until the recent
article about this site in the Washington
Blade, close to 95% of the events listed were events
we found out about through visiting other sites, reading
publications, etc. Now we are starting to get a lot more
visitors contacting us with information. We hope to be able
to provide many more events in the future. The sooner we
learn about an event, the sooner we can bring that information
to you.
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Q.
Why do you use the term "dyke"? Isn't that a negative
way to describe lesbians?
A. There are two reasons we use the term "dyke"
in our name. First, we use the term "dyke" as
an empowering term. For years, calling someone a dyke was
a bad word. The community stated taking the name back years
ago and by calling ourselves dykes, we take the negative
use of the word away from other people. Second, we felt
that dcdykes.com was an easy to remember URL.
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If you don't accept advertising, who pays for this
site?
A. We both pay all of the cost involved with this site. We did not
want to start charging people to advertise because then we would not be
able to provide all of the information that we feel is important to the
community. We will list all sites that offer resources, support, social,
etc. to lesbians in the DC area.
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Q.
Why hasn't this site been updated recently?
A. There are a number of reasons. The primary one being time. After Christmas,
both of us got very busy with work and personal issues. I (Xena) got extremely
busy with work and family matters. While Gabrielle was able to get e-mail and
forward messages to me to post, I was only able to get my mail once every two
weeks or so. By that time, many of the events we had been notified about had
past.
As
things are calming down, we have been trying to find
easy ways to update this site. We are making attempts
to notify organizations out there to please send us events
as soon as they are confirmed. We currently receive many
events a few days before an event is going to take place
and it just has not given us that much time since we
are not updating every day.
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