Comments Policy
Experience running BC2009 and other sites have steered the following guidelines that will be used with respect to the moderation of comments.
A broad range of comments are allowed, including those advocating their partisan positions. What will not be allowed are for people to pollute each and every post with repeated comments without regard to the content of the post.
Once people reach the threshold, their comments will be removed. This will be only resorted to when it is obvious, but will be done without warning.
If the comment policy could be “codified”, it would be described as follows:
1. BC2013 reserves the right to delete anything and/or invoke closure on any discussion.
2. Spam will be deleted, although candidates (or their representatives) will be allowed one or two ‘vanity’ posts if the topic applies to them.
3. Comments with two or more links in them will be explicitly approved for moderation and will not appear instantly on the site. They will appear if the links in question are not spam.
4. Your IP (internet protocol) address is public domain. Although they are not currently displayed, they may if abuse is suspected.
5. “Astroturfing” (i.e. posting assuming two or more identities when the poster is really one person) is highly frowned upon. If commenters are caught doing this, your internet protocol address will be displayed in your comment.
6. Keep it clean (attack the issue or party, but not the person), and keep the debate on-topic to the post.
7. “Borderline” posts are more likely to be kept if you use your full and real name.
8. This policy is merely a guideline and can change, without notice, at any time.