I am very grateful to
readers who visit my blog and leave comments on the things I have written
about. However, it is important that we have a few rules of engagement or
guidelines as to what constitutes appropriate comments.
Context and Relevance
It is fundamentally
important that comments remain in the context of the blog being commented upon
by helping, extending, or giving perspective to the discourse.
I am not using
comment moderation but rely on the spam detection mechanism of Google Blogger
to automatically mark irrelevant commentary as spam.
Commercial and
Inappropriate Content
In addition to this,
I will mark as spam any seemingly genuine comment that makes references to, or
contains URLs/links directing to, commercial, offensive, or pornographic
material. Since I cannot edit comments to remove the chaff from the wheat, the
comment will not be published and will be deleted.
Generic comments
which have no particular context may or may not be approved; it is left to the
person leaving a comment to make their views worthwhile, worth accepting, and
worth publishing.
Engagement and
Response
I cannot promise to
respond to each and every comment, but each comment posted within context
becomes part of the discourse and is highly appreciated.
Comment Guidelines
You are free to leave
comments on my blogs as long as they are polite, reasoned, and within the
context of what I have written.
I will not entertain
insults, abuse, or expletives; your strength of emotion should be expressed
without resorting to uncouth language.
Since it is my blog,
I reserve the right to accept, review, edit without losing context, or delete
any comment if it does not meet the standards of decent and polite discourse.
Identity and
Attribution
Finally, your
comments cannot be anonymous. Please give a name when leaving a comment,
especially if you want a response or some action on my part.
My blog offers
options to provide an identity. I have accepted quite a few anonymous comments
in the past; the least you can do is sign off your comment. It makes it easier
for me to respond and gives you a platform for your well-intentioned opinions.
Thanks for reading my
blog and leaving a comment.
