I should mention that this page owes a great deal (possibly everything) to John Scalzi’s Site Disclaimer and Comment Policy. In short, I think Mr. Scalzi is absolutely right in his approach, and I thank him for posting it.
SITE DISCLAIMER
This is my site. I have strong opinions. You are not required to like my opinions. (Sometimes I don’t even like them.) You are also not required to share my opinions.
Other people can post their opinions here, if I judge those comments (if not the opinions themselves) to be applicable and reasoned. However, I am not fair. This is my site. What I say, goes.
COMMENT POLICY
I like commenters, and I like discussion. I love reasoned discourse and I read every comment even if I don’t reply. Sometimes I will take up the thread of a comment in a new entry.
I generally leave the comment settings loose, with a few precautions in place to discourage spambots and trolls. Your first few comments will be held in the moderation queue as a precaution. If said comments are nasty, inflammatory, abusive, an obvious piece of trollage or baiting, a personal attack on me or another commenter, or just plain naughty, I will probably decide not to let them loose of the moderation queue. The comment will be held and screen caps taken, just in case.
I may decide to screen your comment even if it is initially approved. This is my prerogative. I don’t have to give a reason, but generally it will be because your comment has aspects of the list above. (I have never had to do this, but there is always a first time.)
Each comment is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. In situations of repeated, egregious trollage or abuse I will ban.
This is not only to keep the site nice for me, but nice for all the people who come here. The vast majority of Readers who comment here do so appropriately and reasonably. I appreciate them more than I can say.
This policy wouldn’t be necessary except for a few bad apples. Those bad apples will be punted without mercy over the fence of etiquette and into the Forest of the Banned and Damned. It’s not a nice place. You don’t want to be there.
‘Nuff said.
