[CQ-Contest] All Asian DX and self-spotting

[XV4Y]

Dear fellow contesters,

Yesterday I was using the DX Cluster (DXWatch website) to do some statistics and check the best time for propagation.
I found that some participants have been self-spotting.
I had a look in the rules (http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/2013AA_rule.htm) and it seems there are no expressed rules against self-spotting...

Does someone know the exact position of the JARL contest committee on this topic ?
I thought self-spotting was not considered as a sign of good manner and was banned from all contests.
I am surprised JARL seems "open" to this...

73,
Yan.
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Yannick DEVOS - XV4Y
http://xv4y.radioclub.asia/
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