Post by Barry Brook on Apr 23, 2012 17:13:32 GMT 9.5
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Comment Restrictions
No defamatory comments or inciting of violence/intolerance of any community group
No abuse, insults or personal attacks
No foul language
No inappropriate or illegal material, including breaching of copyright ("fair use" citation is permitted)
No repeat (cross) posting
No forum spamming
No repetitious/false tirades
Violations may result in moderation, or temporary/permanent banning.
Trolls will be warned, and then banned.
Civility — Clear-minded criticism is welcomed, but play the ball and not the person. Rudeness will not be tolerated. This includes speculation about motives or what ‘sort of person’ someone is. Civility, gentle humour and staying on topic are superior debating tools.
Relevance — Please maintain focus on the topic at hand. Do not attempt to solve big problems in a single comment, or to offer as fact what are simply opinions about complex matters.
Citing literature and other sources — appropriate and interesting citations and links within comments are welcomed, but please DO NOT cite material that you have not yourself read, digested and understood. As a general rule, please introduce any and every link or reference with a short description of the material, your judgement on its quality, and the specific reason you are including it (i.e. how it is relevant to the discussion).Please do not cut and paste large slabs of copied text.
Politics — The BNC forum does not support any particular political ideology. Blatant political tirades (of any persuasion) and attempts to rally support for any political party will not be tolerated. When presenting facts, please frame them in a politically non-partisan manner. Obviously the odd, off-the-cuff political comment is permissible.
Moderation — All posts are open to moderation to ensure that they comply with the comments policy.
A moderator has the right to:
— Refuse, or remove from the site, material of any user and/or cancel the registration of any user who in the moderator's reasonable opinion has failed to observe, or is otherwise acting in a manner inconsistent with, the BNC Forum Comments Policy.
— Edit, abridge, amend or otherwise alter any material submitted to the forum for publication.
In the event that the moderator edits, abridges, amends or otherwise alters a user's forum posting, the moderator will indicate that editing has been made.
Moderator's decisions are final and have the full support of the board owner. Please use the link to notify moderators of any violations of the comments policy which may have been overlooked.
If you would like to delete a post that you have made, or that has been made by someone else and refers to you, please PM the moderator.